Subject Description and Discovery

This is the first up-to-date guide on subject cataloging and the creation of subject-level access to materials in archives and special collections that incorporates recent developments in cataloging theory and standards as well as new catalog technologies.


* Provides LIS educators and students with an easy-to-follow tutorial on subject cataloging and access issues for special collections and archives

* Offers practicing catalogers or archivists a reference source for resource description and thesaurus publication

* Explains subject metadata alongside practical advice for building databases and discovery interfaces-information particularly helpful for web developers

* Incorporates recent developments in cataloging theory and standards like the revision of Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials, the publication of RDA: Resource Description and Access, and the development of BIBFRAME as well as new catalog technologies such as Linked Open Data and mobile/web platforms