CATALOGING TOOLS
- Bibliographic Formats and Standards (OCLC)
- Searching WorldCat Indexes
- Cataloging Defensively: “When to Input a New Record” in the Age of Duplicate Detection and Resolution
- MARC21 Documentation
- Cataloging and Metadata Resources from the Music Library Association’s Cataloging and Metadata Committee (MLA-CMC)
- Best Practices for Music Cataloging from the MLA-CMC, including the following:
- LC Vocabularies
- LCMPT
- LCGFT
- RDA (Original and Official) and MARC21
- Supplements:
- Describing and Encoding Attributes of Audio Recording Carriers
- Recording Parallel Data Using ISBD in MARC and Minimally Punctuated MARC
- Complete MARC Record Examples
- LC Vocabularies
- Best Practices for “Funny Formats” Cataloging from OLAC, including the following:
- DCRM(M): Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Music)
- Thematic Indexes Used in Library of Congress NACO Authority Files (MLATI)
- Types of Composition for Use in Authorized Access Points for Music: A Manual for Use with RDA
- Types of Compositions for Use in Music Uniform Titles: A Manual for Use with AACR2 (historical only)
- Types of Compositions for Use in Authorized Access Points for Music: A Manual for Use with RDA
- OCLC Connexion macros
- Connexion Client Macros for Connexion Client Version 2.63, from OCLC
- Joel Hahn’s Macros
- Walt Nickeson’s Macros
- Gary Strawn’s Music Toolkit
- Gary Strawn’s Authority Toolkit
WEBSITES OF CATALOGING COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS
- Music Library Association–Cataloging and Metadata Committee (MLA-CMC)
- American Library Association–Association for Library Collections and Technical Services–Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA)
- Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC)
- OLAC Catalogers Network (formerly On-Line Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc.)