Minimal Level Cataloging: What Does It Mean for Maps in the Contexts of Card Catalogs, Online Catalogs, and Digital Libraries?

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Title: Minimal Level Cataloging: What Does It Mean for Maps in the Contexts of Card Catalogs, Online Catalogs, and Digital Libraries?
Authors: Ercegovac, Zorana
Source: Journal of the American Society for Information Science. Jun1998, Vol. 49 Issue 8, p706-719. 14p. 6 Charts.
Subjects: Minimal level cataloging, Card catalogs, Online library catalogs
Abstract: Presents a study which examined some proposals that dealt with the problems in cataloging in the contexts of card catalogs, online catalogs and digital libraries. Examination of some of the measures which attempted to deal with the crisis in cataloging at the Library of Congress in the 1940s; Assessment of problems in cataloging in the era of online public access catalogs; Discussion on the extent to which minimal-level cataloging works for maps.
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Abstract:Presents a study which examined some proposals that dealt with the problems in cataloging in the contexts of card catalogs, online catalogs and digital libraries. Examination of some of the measures which attempted to deal with the crisis in cataloging at the Library of Congress in the 1940s; Assessment of problems in cataloging in the era of online public access catalogs; Discussion on the extent to which minimal-level cataloging works for maps.
ISSN:00028231
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199806)49:8<706::AID-ASI5>3.0.CO;2-I