1. Enriching Traditional Cataloging for Improved Access to Information: Library of Congress Tables of Contents Projects.
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Byrum Jr., John D. and Williamson, David W.
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CATALOGING , *DOCUMENTATION , *CLASSIFICATION of books , *LIBRARY of Congress classification , *INFORMATION organization , *LIBRARY science , *LIBRARY automation , *LIBRARY information networks , *INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems - Abstract
The article focuses on the enrichment of traditional cataloging for improved access to information particularly in the Library of Congress Tables of Contents projects. Catalog users expect access to information well beyond what can be offered by traditional approaches to bibliographic description and access. The Library of Congress has responded to the challenge of enticing patrons to continue to include the online catalog among the tools they use for information retrieval. The staff of the Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team have created and implemented a variety of initiatives to link researchers, catalogs, and Web resources; increase the content of the catalog record; and link the catalog to electronic resources. The paper also illustrate such points by demonstrate how library automation wherein it can make significant bibliographic enhancement efforts easy and quick.
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- 2006