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AACR/RDA/Metadata Authority Control Bib Utilities Cat Tools Gen. Ref. Macro Express NonBook Train/ProfDev Tools Pages

LC Cataloging Tools

1. Cataloger's Desktop (Web version)
2. Cataloger's Desktop FAQ (incl. Quick Tips)
3. Cataloger's Desktop 3.0: Search at a Glance
4. Cataloger's Desktop 3.0--New Login Instructions
5. Cataloger's Desktop (Web Version): a Basic Introduction
6. Classification Web
7. LC Online Catalog
8. LC Authorities

RDA

1. RDA Toolkit
   1. See YUL Local Workflows in the Toolkit for Current Policies & Practices
2. Term and Code List for (336) RDA Content Types
3. Term and Code List for (337) RDA Media Types
4. Term and Code List for (338) RDA Carrier Types
5. RDA in MARC
6. CONSER Serials Cataloging Issues (CONSER RDA Core Elements; CONSER MARC 21 to RDA Core Elements; CONSER RDA Cataloging Checklist)
7. Library of Congress RDA Page
8. LC Training Modules for RDA (posted 6/12; latest update Oct. 2012)
9. LC Core Elements
10. NACO: RDA in NACO Training Page (with webvideos)
11. NACO: Summary of Programmatic Changes to the LC/NAF File: What LC-PCC RDA Catalogers Need to Know
12. NACO: Changes to the LC/NACO Authority File (Oct. 2012)
13. NACO: RDA in NACO Series Training
14. MARC 21 Encoding to Accomodate new RDA Elements
15. OCLC RDA Resource Page
16. OCLC Policy on RDA Cataloging & Minimal Records
17. OCLC Policies on RDA Records (Links to Pre- & Post- March 31 Policies
18. PCC Home Page (links to the PCC RDA sites are given here)
19. PCC Bibco Bridge Training
20. PCC RDA BSR Metadata Application Profile (MAP, 01/01/2013) PDF WORD
21. PCC RDA Proposed Guidelines and Standards
22. PCC Provider-Neutral E-Resource MARC Record Guide: P-N/RDA version (Jan. 2013; official version)
23. PCC RDA FAQ [revised]
24. PCC RDA Record Examples
25. PCC Task Group on AACR2 & RDA Acceptable Heading Categories
26. PCC Task Group on Expressions Final Report
27. PCC Post-Implementation Hybrid Record Guidelines
    1. Monographs
    2. Serials
    3. Integrating Resources
28. PCC Relationship Designators in Bibliographic Records PDF
29. PCC Guidelines for coding MARC 21 Field 264
30. Interim Policies Before Mar. 31, 2013
    1. PCC RDA Interim Policies and Best Practices
    2. PCC Guidelines for Working with RDA and non-RDA Records Prior to Implementation
31. PCC TG Reports (Replaced by OpCo Instructions)
    1. PCC Task Group on Hybrid Bibliographic Records RptPDF
    2. PCC Task Group on Relationship Designators Final Report PDF
32. See RDA Toolkit Local Workflows for Current YUL Policies & Practices
33. YUL RDA C&T Training
34. YUL RDA SharePoint Site
35. YUL RDA FAQ (SharePoint wiki)
36. YUL RDA Excel Sheets for Orbis & NACO

See also: RDA/FRBR Section on AACR2 Plus page

Abbreviations

1. AACR2 Abbreviations (Roman Alphabet) (Yale)
2. Abbreviations of the Names of Months (Yale)
3. Abbreviations for Captions: AACR2/ISO (Cornell)
4. Abbreviations of places (PSU)

Description & Access

1. Days of the week/Months of the year [use with caution]
2. Descriptive Cataloging of East Asian Material (LC)
3. End punctuation for variable fields (Yale)
4. Entry element for surnames with separately written prefixes (Yale)
5. Fraktur chart (Yale)
6. Glossary of Western European bibliographic terms [including ordinal & cardinal numbers] (Cataloger's Toolbox)
7. Greek Usage in Cataloging (Princeton)
8. Julian date converter (USNO)
9. Metric conversions
10. Notes (Order of, Examples) (PSU)
11. Roman numeral conversion (online university)
12. Romanization tables (ALA/LC)
13. Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)

Subject & Form/Genre

1. Biblical materials (Princeton)
2. LCSH Genre/Form FAQ (LC)
3. LCSH Mini-Review #1: Dictionaries and Terminology (Yale)
4. LCSH for Folklore: H 1627 (Yale)
5. LCSH Headings for Videorecordings (LC)
6. LCSH Topical Headings Theoretically Usable as Genre Headings (OLAC)
7. MeSH Browser (Medical Subject Headings)
8. Russia/Soviet Union/Former Soviet Republics (Princeton Slavic Team)
9. Subject Headings for Theological Resources (ATLA)

Call Numbers & Shelflisting

1. Belletristic Call Numbers (SML) 2005 version
2. Belletristic Call Numbers: P-PZ40 Table
3. Belletristic Call Numbers: P-PZ40 Examples
4. Biography Table
5. Cataloging Calculator (Oregon)
6. Classify (OCLC)
7. Dewey to LC map
8. LC Classification Outline (LC)
9. LC Cutter Table  (Yale)
10. LC Cataloging & Shelflisting Manual 2013 updates
    • Editions (CSM F 175)
    • Literary Authors (CSM F 632)
    • Literary Authors: Subarrangement of Works (CSM F 633)
    • Literary Collections (CSM F 634)
    • Dates in Call Numbers (CSM G 140)
    • LC Translation Table & Policies (CSM G 150)
11. Library of Congress Classification Call Numbers (Overview) (Yale)
12. Old Yale Classification Outline
13. Orbis2 Location Codes
14. Regions and Countries Table
15. Shelflisting Introduction (Yale)
16. Shelflisting Quick Reference Table (Yale)
17. Subclass G (Cartographic Materials)-Special instructions and tables of subdivisions
18. Orbis MFHD Examples

MARC

1. Counting non-filing indicators in MARC 21 bibliographic records (PCC)
2. Fixed Fields Checklist for Voyager (Yale)
3. Format Integration Cheat Sheet (Yale)
4. Initial definite and indefinite articles (LC)
5. MARC Standards (LC)
6. Understanding MARC (LC)
7. Value Lists for Codes & Controlled Vocabularies

Orbis

1. WebVoyage searching guide
2. Cataloger's Toolkit