Knowra Cataloging Cataloging Cataloging is the creation of structured records that identify and describe items in a collection. It supports consistent organization, discovery, and management of those items.
Bibliographic record : A structured description of a published resource, including identifying details such as title, creator, and publication information. This is the record catalogers create to represent a book or other resource.
Bibliographic description : The recording of identifying and publication details about a resource. It supplies the descriptive core of a catalog record.
Library catalog : An organized database of materials held by a library or group of libraries. Cataloging supplies the records and access points that make its holdings discoverable.
Panizzi's 91 Rules : A set of cataloging rules developed by Antonio Panizzi and colleagues for the British Museum library catalog. These rules helped establish systematic principles for identifying and organizing books.
Folksonomy : An informal classification created when users apply their own tags to shared resources. Unlike cataloging's prescribed terms and rules, folksonomies emerge from user tagging.
Authority control : The process of establishing consistent forms for names, titles, and subjects in information systems. It connects variant names to consistent access points across catalog records.
Access point (cataloging) : A name, title, or subject term through which a resource can be found in a catalog. Access points provide the routes from catalog searches to described items.
Archival description : The description of archival materials, often emphasizing provenance, context, and hierarchical arrangement. It adapts descriptive practice to records whose relationships and origins matter as much as individual items.
Charles Ammi Cutter : An American librarian whose cataloging principles and classification system shaped library practice. Cutter articulated enduring aims for catalogs, including finding and selecting works.
Faceted classification : A classification method that represents subjects through combinations of independent facets. It organizes concepts through composable dimensions rather than relying only on fixed catalog headings.
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