Google Using LC Subject Headings

"One can't help see the irony here ... it appears that Google is using LC subject headings to enhance the search capabilities of Google Book Search." (Cataloging Futures blog)

http://www.catalogingfutures.com/catalogingfutures/2007/10/google-using-lc.html

Virtual Museum of Cataloging and Acquisitions Artifacts

Heidi Lee Hoerman announced the virtual Museum of Cataloging and Acquisitions Artifacts on the AUTOCAT e-list.

http://www.heidihoerman.com/museumca/index.html

Virtual International Authority File

"Name authority files are often national in scope and will be created under different policy regimes. This is the rationale for VIAF (the Virtual International Authority File)." (Lorcan Dempsey's weblog)

http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001460.html

Subject Authority Validation Records

"The [Library of Congress] Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) has begun creating and distributing subject authority records called 'validation records' that represent valid 6XX headings plus subdivision strings (topical, chronological, geographic, and form), including strings with free-floating subdivisions for which subject authority records were previously not made." (Catalogablog)

http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2007_10_07_archive.html#1992779656103239277#1992779656103239277

Provider Neutral Records for Electronic Integrating Resources

The final recommendations from the Task Force on Provider Neutral Records for Electronic Integrating Resources is available from:

http://www.loc.gov/acq/conser/ProvNeutforE-IRs-Sept-21-2007.pdf

Please send any comments to Les Hawkins (lhaw@loc.gov) or Peter Fletcher (pfletcher@library.ucla.edu) by October 31, 2007.

Posted to AUTOCAT, October 10, 2007.

New Edition: Differences Between, Changes Within

A revised edition (2007) of Differences Between, Changes Within: Guidelines on When to Create a New Record has just been published by ALA/ALCTS. It is available as a free, 38-page PDF at the URL below. It is no longer available in print. (OCLC-CAT e-list)

http://www.ala.org/ala/alctscontent/alctspubsbucket/webpublications/cataloging/newrecord/differences.htm

IFLA Metadata Survey

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions is "collecting your suggestions to be used in preparing a chapter on metadata decisions for the Digital Library Guidelines." (Catalogablog)

http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2007_09_30_archive.html#114601048172551605#114601048172551605