Acquisitions & Cataloguing - Library & Information Technician - CE

Booklist
This journal provides a guide to current print and nonprint materials worthy of consideration for purchase by small and medium-sized public libraries and school library media centers.

Seeing Standards: A Visualization of the Metadata Universe
This visual map of the metadata landscape is intended to assist planners with the selection and implementation of metadata standards.
Dublin Core Metadata
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, or "DCMI", is an open organization supporting innovation in metadata design and best practices across the metadata ecology.

What to collect? Building a local history reference collection at your library
Source: American Libraries
Public libraries gather a wide variety of materials to build a local history reference collection (LHRC) This article aims to help Determine what to collect, which is probably the most important set of decisions to make and is, in fact, the place to start.

Serials Directory
Provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials.

Children's Literature

The Canadian Children's Book Centre
The Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) is a national, not-for-profit organization, founded in 1976. They are dedicated to encouraging, promoting and supporting the reading, writing, illustrating and publishing of Canadian books for young readers.
Candlewick Press Presents
An audio podcast about the storytellers behind your favorite children’s books.
Publishers Weekly PW KidsCast
A podcast that includes interviews with children's and YA authors conducted by Publishers Weekly children's editor Emma Kantor.

Resources & Tools - Young Adult Library Services Association
A collection of guidelines, professional tools, publications and products to aid librarians, library workers and libraries in better understanding the components of an excellent teen services program.
Adventures in YA
A young adult literature podcast.
First Draft with Sarah Enni
Podcast
Publishers Weekly PW KidsCast
A podcast that includes interviews with children's and YA authors conducted by Publishers Weekly children's editor Emma Kantor.

Classification Web
The Library and Information Technician program subscribes to this database for student use. Please contact your instructor for login information.
Library of Congress Authorities
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.
Library of Congress Classification Outline
The main classes are listed here, and you can click on them to get a list of sub-classes.
Fundamentals of Library of Congress Classification
This document contains the outline for a workshop that focuses on the application of Library of Congress Classification numbers to bibliographic records.

CLASS PS8000: A Classification for Canadian Literature
The PS8000 schedule is based on the Library of Congress schedule for American literature in English (PS1-PS3576). PS8000 is uniquely different from the LC literature schedules in that it brings together all Canadian literature regardless of language.

The Canadian schedule replaces the Library of Congress number ranges for English Canadian literature (PR9190 – PR9199.3) and French Canadian literature (PQ3900 – PQ3919.3), as well as Canadian literature that would fall into all of the other language groupings in the LC schedules.

WebDewey
WebDewey is the easiest way to use the Dewey Decimal Classification® (DDC) system. It includes all content from the print edition plus additional features. Requires a subscription, 30-day free trial period available.
DDC 22 Summaries
The OCLC provides access to summaries at each level of the Dewey Decimal Classification system.

MeSH: Medical Subject Headings
MeSH is the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus.
NLM Policy on Subject Analysis and Classification
This link includes the NLM Policy on Subject Analysis and Classification.

RDA 101: Getting to Know Resource Description and Access (PDF)
OCLC: About RDA
To help you prepare for implementation of RDA at your library, we’ve compiled a list of some of the resources that are available. Items include work being done at OCLC to support implementation of RDA and resources available from ALA, LC, and other sources.
Library of Congress: Descriptive Cataloging using RDA
The table below contains the training materials for “Descriptive Cataloging Using RDA,” a 9-module curriculum created by the Cooperative and Instructional Programs Division (COIN) at the Library of Congress. The curriculum targets novice and beginning catalogers with little education or experience in cataloging.
Further Reading on RDA
Library of Congress: RDA Refreshers
The topics listed below are addressed by using ‘performance support’ – job aids, clarifications of policies, optional ‘test-yourself’ online quizzes, etc.

Understanding MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging)
Published by the Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress.
MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data
Machine-Readable Cataloging or MARC coding is the mechanism by which computers exchange, use and interpret bibliographic data.
Cataloger's Reference Shelf
The Cataloger's Reference Shelf provides access to a variety of cataloging tools all in one place.