TO: The Editors of Serialst and Autocat:
  I thought this list of serials tools might be useful if you would please
post it.
-- Mitch

>Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 14:00:24 -0600 (CST)
>From: Theresa C Trawick <tsutct01@asnmail.asc.edu>
>To: Mitch Turitz <turitz@sfsu.edu>
>Subject: Re: SERIALS TOOLS WAS: Re: Defining serials

>
>Thanks a heap! for responding.  Also-I agree that others on the list might
>be interested.
>
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>
>On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, Mitch Turitz wrote:
>
>> Teresa:
>>   Actually, this is a good question to post to the list.  I would like to
>> forward your question and my response to the list (I can XXX out your name
>> if you don't want to appear in it).  Any way, I would recommend:
>>
>> CONSER CATALOGING MANUAL (LC)
>>
>> CONSER EDITING GUIDE  (LC) *THE most important book to have for serials
>> cataloging in my opinion*
>>
>> SERIALS CATATALOGING HANDBOOK by Carol. L. H. Leong.  Chicago, American
>> Library Association, 1989.  ISBN 0-8389-0501-3
>>
>> NOTES FOR SERIALS CATALOGING by Nancy Thomas and Rosanna O'Neil. Littleton,
>> CO, Libraries Unlimited 1986 ISBN: 0-87287-535-0 (new edition about to come
>> out by Beverly Geer)
>>
>> And the following web sites (please excuse the HTML tagging - it was easier
>> for me to leave them in - as I just copied this out of my web page):
>>
>> <dd><a href="http://lcweb.loc.gov/acq/conser/homepage.html">CONSER</a>:
>> Cooperative Program for Serials Cataloging</dd>
>>
>> <dd><a href="http://lcweb.loc.gov/issn/">ISSN Home page (Library of
>> Congress)</a>: International Standard Serial Number</dd>
>>
>> <dd><a href="http://nasig.ils.unc.edu/nasigweb.html">NASIG - the North
>> American Serials Interest Group</a></dd>
>>
>> <dd><a href="http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn/"> Serials in Cyberspace</a>:
>> Collections, Resources, and Services, by Birdie MacLennan</dd>
>>
>> <dd><a
>> href="http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/ercelawn/serials.html">Tools
>> for Serials Catalogers</a>: A collection of userful sites and sources</dd>
>>
>> <p><h3><i>Links to Cataloging & classification online
>> sources:</i></h3>
>>
>> <dd><a href="http://206.102.94.200/tlc/crs/">Cataloger's Reference
>> Shelf</a> : USMARC format, code lists, and cataloging manuals for
>> catalogers</dd>
>>
>> <dd><a href="http://www.oclc.org/oclc/man/9256cat/toc.htm">Cataloging
>> Internet Resources</a> : A manual and practical guide, 2nd edition. Edited
>> by Nancy Olson </dd>
>>
>> <dd><a href="http://purl.org/net/intercat"> InterCat </a> : the OCLC
>> Internet Cataloging Project's Catalog of Internet Resources
>> </dd>
>>
>> <dd><a href="http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/jsc/index.htm">INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
>> ON THE PRINCIPLES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF AACR</a> : recent conference
>> recommending changes to the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules - conference
>> papers available on the web site </dd>
>>
>> <dd><a href="http://lcweb.loc.gov/issn/">ISSN Home page (Library of
>> Congress)</a>: International Standard Serial Number</dd>
>>
>> <dd><a href="http://www.loc.gov">LC - the Library of Congress</a></dd>
>>
>> <dd><a href="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8459/lc.html">the Library of
>> Congress <b>CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM</b></a> : Details about call numbers,
>> classification, etc.</dd>
>>
>> <dd><a href="http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/">USMARC Home Page</a> : The U.S.
>> <b>MA</b>chine-<b>R</b>eadable <b>C</b>ataloging details - if you don't
>> know what it is, <i>you don't want it!</i></dd>
>>
>> <dd><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Reference/Libraries">Yahoo! -
>> Reference: Libraries</a>: WWW Search engine for Libraries</dd>
>>
>>
>> At 03:08 PM -0600 2/5/98, Theresa C. Trawick wrote:
>> >I have been following the thread about the definition of a serial.  Since
>> >I am not a serials librarian but someone in electronic services, who is
>> >"playing" serials librarian, I would greatly appreciate your advice on
>> >what the core collection of titles (tools) would be for a serials
>> >department, e.g., Conser Cataloging Manual, and how to obtain them.  I
>> >have ordered a copy of U.S. MARC Holdings Manual.  Your suggestion on the
>> >basic tools needed to catalog serials, other than the library system
>> >documentation and OCLC stuff, would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> >Theresa C. Trawick
>> >Electronic Services
>> >Troy State University
>> >Troy, Al.  36010

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