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To top of page Current Practice in Health Sciences Librarianship (8 volume series)

The critical desk reference for every working health sciences information professional!
Alison Bunting, editor-in-chief
Bibliographic Management of Information Resources in Health Sciences Libraries
Volume 6 of of Current Practice in Health Sciences
Laurie L. Thompson, AHIP, editor
Bibliographic Management of Information Resources in Health Sciences Libraries

Librarianship series
2001 (232 pp., hardcover)
ISBN 0-8108-3783-8

MLA Member price: $44.00 plus shipping/handling; nonmembers: $55.00 plus shipping/handling.

With so much emphasis being placed on the Internet, the value of cataloging has come into question. This volume serves as a means of promoting the importance of cataloging and bibliographic organization within libraries. It takes the reader through the cataloging process by focusing on the tasks to be done; recognizing that not all health sciences libraries will have a cataloging staff.

Chapters include practical considerations; rules that govern the process of creating a catalog record; the development and application of various classification and subject heading schemes; the purpose, principles and processes of authority control, standards and various bodies that produce indexing language; the differences between controlled vocabulary, a thesaurus, a subject heading list, and indexing language; and the past and future of bibliographic management.

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To top of page Reviews

"When the authors cover such topics as the Unified Medical Language System, they describe how the union of traditional indexing with electronic resources emphasizes the essential role of the librarian in organizing information, whatever its format.
This volume guides the reader through the cataloging process, with the focus on the practical. The text is readable, the topic timely, and the recommendations logically presented. This book is recommended for all health sciences libraries and information science collections, regardless of library type."

Med Ref Serv Q 2002 Summer;21(2):90-1

"Overall, the editor does a fine job outlining the matters at hand in detailed discussion. The seven chapter authors are well regarded in the field of health sciences librarianship and contribute their expertise to this work."

Tech Ref Serv Q 2002;19(4):76-8

To top of page Table of Contents

Preface

Alison Bunting

Expert Reviewers
Advisory Committee Members
Authors
Introduction

Laurie L. Thompson

Cataloging Operations

Laurie L. Thompson

Descriptive Cataloging: Theory and Practice

Margaret Wineburgh-Freed

Classification and Subject Analysis

Susan L. Gullion

Authority Control in Library Catalogs

Robert A. Pisciotta

Standards for the Organization and Management of Information Resources: An Annotated Web Bibliography

Billie Jean (BJ) Schorre and Jett McCann

Thesaurus Construction and the Unified Medical Language System

Peri L. Schuyler

Automation in Bibliographic Management: Past, Present, and Future

Kathy Hoffman

Appendix A

Resource Guide for Outsourcing Cataloging Services

Appendix B

Training Catalogers in the Electronic Era: Essential Elements of a Training Program for Entry-Level Professional Catalogers

Glossary
Index
Author Biographies

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