Association of College and Research Libraries / Rare Books and Manuscripts Section

Institutions often have only one cataloger to catalog their rare books, manuscripts, and other special collections materials, and this person rarely has a colleague available to help resolve the cataloging
problems that occur with these materials. This resource page provides links to experienced rare materials catalogers who have volunteered to respond to queries in their areas of expertise. Many of the volunteers are current or past members of the ACRL/RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee.

The site is organized by five general areas of expertise:

• Systems
• Material Type/Genre
• Subject
• Periods
• Languages

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SYSTEMS

Ameritech Horizon	DRA Jennifer O'Brien-Roper, North Carolina State University
Endeavor Voyager Jerry Wager, Library of Congress	ESTC John Bloomberg-Rissman, ESTC project Juliet McLaren, ESTC project
Ex-Libris	GEAC
Innopac Innovative Richard Noble, Brown University	NOTIS Edwin C. Schroeder, Yale University Jane Gillis, Yale University
OCLC Jain Fletcher, UCLA	RLIN Robert Maxwell, Brigham Young University
Sirsi Unicorn Melinda K. Hayes, University of Southern California Robert Maxwell, Brigham Young University	VTLAS

Genre, material Type and Cataloging

Archival processing		Artists' Books		Bibliographic Description Richard Noble, Brown University Stephen Young, Yale University
Bibliography/Books about books Eric Holzenberg, Grolier Club		Chapbooks		Children's literature Ellen Ellickson, Yale University
Early manuscripts and manuscript books Gregory Pass, Saint Louis University		Incunabula Peter Goodman, Dominican College		Maps Carolyn Kadri, Univ. of Texas, Arlington
MARC John Attig, Penn State University		Modern Fine Presses Robert Maxwell, Brigham Young University		Moving Images
Music		Music manuscripts		Playbills
Printed Books Richard Noble, Brown University Stephen Young, Yale University		Scores and Printed music Jain Fletcher, UCLA		Serials Juliet McLaren, ESTC project Jane Gillis, Yale University
Sound Recordings		Two Dimensional Images		Western Americana Edwin Schroeder, Yale University

 

Subject

Art		Astronomy Peter Goodman, Dominican College		Christian religious literature Larry Creider, New Mexico State University
Church history Larry Creider, New Mexico State University Lenore Rouse, Colgate Rochester Divinity School		Genealogy Robert Maxwell, Brigham Young University		History American  British  European Latin American (pre 1900) Michael Hamerly, John Carter Brown Library
Legal Material David Ferris, Harvard Law School Library Mary Person, Harvard Law School Library		Linguistics Peter Goodman, Dominican College		Literature American  English  German  Gail Hueting, University of Illinois French Stephen Young, Yale University
Liturgy & theology Peter Goodman, Dominican College		Natural History		Mormonism Larry Draper, Brigham Young University