Courses of study in library science : $b being the assistants' guide to librarianshipWilliams, Reginald Gordon
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Courses of study in library science : $b being the assistants' guide to librarianship
Williams, Reginald Gordon
Library science -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.
The best method of working is to study primarily the Anglo-American
Code, comparing rule by rule with the corresponding portion of other
codes, noting differences as they occur.
Necessity often arises for dealing separately with the contents of
a book. Consider the extent to which analytical treatment should be
carried out, and the form of the entries necessary.
READING LIST.
Anglo-American Code--Rules _1-111; 130-135; 167-171_.
Bolton--Anglo-American joint code of cataloguing rules, _1908_. _L.W.
Vol. 12, 1909-10, pp. 382-390._
Cutter--Rules _1-119; 193-196; 352-369_.
Fellows--Cataloguing rules. _pp. 16-37; 58-86; 97-130; 144-257_.
Guppy--Cataloguing of anonymous literature. _L.A.R. Vol. 3, 1901, pp.
298-313._
Hitchler--Cataloguing. _Chap. 3; pp. 7-16; 19-22_.
Quinn--Library cataloguing. _Chaps. 4-13._
QUESTIONS.
_1._ Under what name or form of name would you enter:--(_a_) authors
with compound surnames; (_b_) noblemen; (_c_) trials; (_d_) monarchs;
(_e_) authors who have changed their names.
_2._ Show by examples how you would catalogue books by a married
woman who has written under maiden and married names.
_3._ Give the ruling of the various codes with reference to the
treatment of anonymous books.
_4._ What is the Anglo-American Code rule governing (_a_) a book
showing initials instead of an author’s name upon the title page;
(_b_) government reports? Give examples.
_5._ Define “analytical entry,” and say what works compel the use of
this entry.
_6._ How would you catalogue (_a_) a commentary; (_b_) an anthology;
(_c_) a dissertation; (_d_) transactions of a society.
_7._ Give a full entry, with the necessary references, for a work
written pseudonymously.
_Lesson 4._
SUBJECT ENTRY. REFERENCES. FORM ENTRY.
Here we face the most difficult and vital part of cataloguing,
requiring the maximum amount of care, ability, and discretion, so
essential is the choice of correct headings to the success of a
catalogue.
There are no fixed rules as in the case of author entries, and few
cataloguers, even of long experience, feel completely satisfied with
their work in this direction. As a warning to the unwary, it has truly
been said that in the choice of subject headings and cross references
more absurdities can be perpetrated than in any other branch of library
work.
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