Portraits in Cataloging and Classification

In Portraits in Cataloging and Classification: Theorists, Educators, and Practitioners of the Late Twentieth Century, you'll gain greater respect and admiration for those catalogers and classificationists (more broadly, bibliographic organizers) who have made the profession a decidedly human one--much to the benefit of library users the world over. This fun-to-read book is part history, part biography, and part speculation about the future. It will give you plenty of personal insight, philosophy, and background knowledge so you can do your part in keeping this profession a human one as we leave the twentieth century and enter the twenty-first.You knowledge of the autobiographical and biographical history surrounding the cataloging and classification professions will expand and flourish with Portraits in Cataloging and Classification. You'll discover what leading educators, theorists, and practitioners in the field have done to ensure its success as a viable and worthwhile occupation, and you'll explore a variety of descriptions of the past 30 years and possible development the profession may still undergo 30 year in the future. Specifically, you'll read about:


significant trends and vicissitudes in librarianship

life stories, opinions, career histories, and personalities in this intriguing group

the development of PRECIS (PREserved Context Indexing System)

the development, revision, translation, and implementation of AACR (Anglo-American Cataloging Rules)

MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging)

use of automation in bibliographic organization

education for cataloging and classificationThis personalized volume is perfect for library professionals, sociologists, historians, and general readers. If you want to find out exactly how cataloging and classification has changed for the better and how it might continue to change in the future, then open up Portraits in Cataloging and Classification. It will give you the background, history, and insight necessary to become a positive contributing part of this profession's development as the field continues to change and grow.