Cataloging Tools
Julie Woodruff MORE Project Manager
Indianhead Federated Library System
1538 Truax
Eau Claire WI 54703
715-839-5082 ext 25
Libraries
Arrowhead Library System RockCat http://rockcat.als.lib.wi.us
Michigan eLibrary Consortia catalog http://elibrary.mel.org
Milwaukee County LS CountyCat http://countycat.mcfls.org/
Minneapolis Public Library MPLCat http://mplwebcat.mpls.lib.mn.us
Northern Waters Library Service MERLIN http://merlin.nwls.lib.wi.us
OhioLINK http://olc1.ohiolink.edu
Owlsnet Infosoup www.infosoup.org
St. Paul Public Library http://alph.stpaul.lib.mn.us
South Central Library System Linkcat www.linkcat.info
Wiscat www.wiscat.net
Subject headings
LC subject headings usable as genre http://www.hahnlibrary.net/libraries/formgenre.html
Compiled by Joel Hahn and Niles Library.
List of LCSH Moving Image Genre-Form Headings (www.olacinc.org/capc/new.html)
List valid through August 2008; compiled by Scott M. Dutkiewicz
Library of Congress subject headings weekly lists
http://www.loc.gov/aba/cataloging/subject/weeklylists/
Weekly lists of new and changed subject headings are posted on the Cataloging
Policy and Support Office web site as they are approved.
Library of Congress Authorities http://authorities.loc.gov/
Using Library of Congress Authorities, you can browse and view authority
headings for Subject, Name, Title and Name/Title combinations; and download
authority records in MARC format for use in a local library system. This service
is offered free of charge.
Cataloging tips/how to’s
Planet Cataloging http://planetcataloging.org/
Planet Cataloging is an automatically-generated aggregation of blogs related to cataloging and metadata designed and maintained by Jennifer Lang and Kevin S. Clarke.
Special Libraries Cataloging http://slc.bc.ca/cheats
Cataloging Cheat Sheets by J. McRee Elrod
OLAC list of new topics http://www.olacinc.org/capc/new.html
Online Audiovisual Catalogers site
ITS Bibliofile Cataloger’s Reference Shelf
http://www.itsmarc.com/crs
The Cataloger’s Reference Shelf, a component of the help systems in Bibliofile and the Library.Solution integrated online library system, is published in web format is available for free use by any cataloger with a web browser. It’s based on 21 MARC manuals and other reference works published by The Library of Congress.
MARC 21 LITE Bibliographic format http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/lite/
Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com/
Useful for checking actors, producers, directors.
Listserves
Autocat
OLAC list
Personal name list (name authorities)
Dewey error list
Books
Anglo American Cataloging Rules, 2nd ed., 2005 updates. ALA, 2005
Cataloging of Audiovisual materials and other special materials by Nancy Olson. Libraries Unlimited, 2008
Cataloging Service bulletin. Library of Congress, quarterly updates.
Dewey Decimal Classifiction, 22nd ed. OCLC, 2003.
Library of Congress Subject Headings. Library of Congress, Annual
Subject Cataloging manual. Library of Congress, updated annually