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Main Author: Hoffman, Herbert H.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1976
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED130668
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author Hoffman, Herbert H.
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Hoffman, Herbert H.
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contents Descriptive Cataloging in a New Light; Polemical Chapters for Librarians. Hoffman, Herbert H. Books Cataloging Information Sources Library Catalogs Library Materials Library Science Subject Index Terms Vocabulary In this new approach to descriptive cataloging, all publication sources without exceptions, from books to records, tapes, cassettes, magazines, series, and filmstrips, are shown to consist of works contained in books that come in sets. The dicta that the author entry is synonymous with main entry and that the unit card is an author card are shown to be false. Contradicting the notion that only periodical title main entries are typed in hanging indention, it is demonstrated that all catalog cards are typed in hanging indention. The description principle, a new cataloging principle based on the structure of information sources, is introduced. The concept of entry is simplified: there are two entry principles that apply without exceptions. Added entries are shown in their full complexity as intrinsic or relational, connective or analytical, work analytic or book analytic. The term "subject heading" is shown to be inadequate to designate the complex of categorical headings. (Author/PF)
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spellingShingle Descriptive Cataloging in a New Light; Polemical Chapters for Librarians.
Hoffman, Herbert H.
Books
Cataloging
Information Sources
Library Catalogs
Library Materials
Library Science
Subject Index Terms
Vocabulary
Descriptive Cataloging in a New Light; Polemical Chapters for Librarians. Hoffman, Herbert H. Books Cataloging Information Sources Library Catalogs Library Materials Library Science Subject Index Terms Vocabulary In this new approach to descriptive cataloging, all publication sources without exceptions, from books to records, tapes, cassettes, magazines, series, and filmstrips, are shown to consist of works contained in books that come in sets. The dicta that the author entry is synonymous with main entry and that the unit card is an author card are shown to be false. Contradicting the notion that only periodical title main entries are typed in hanging indention, it is demonstrated that all catalog cards are typed in hanging indention. The description principle, a new cataloging principle based on the structure of information sources, is introduced. The concept of entry is simplified: there are two entry principles that apply without exceptions. Added entries are shown in their full complexity as intrinsic or relational, connective or analytical, work analytic or book analytic. The term "subject heading" is shown to be inadequate to designate the complex of categorical headings. (Author/PF)
title Descriptive Cataloging in a New Light; Polemical Chapters for Librarians.
topic Books
Cataloging
Information Sources
Library Catalogs
Library Materials
Library Science
Subject Index Terms
Vocabulary
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED130668