Deanna Marcum's response to the "On The Record" report of the LC working group (June 1, 2008)

From Cataloging Futures: 

 

"Martha Yee has a new article available at the UC eScholarship repository, Cataloging, Compared to Descriptive Bibliography, Abstracting and Indexing Services and Metadata."

Toward a Code of Ethics for Cataloging
Sheila Bair - Technical Services Quarterly, 2005

Cataloging is the foundation of librarianship, and catalogers are professionals with special skills that set them apart from the profession in general and give them unique ethical responsibilities.

"Columbia University Libraries' Robert Wolven reflects on what's next for cooperative cataloging"

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)response to the LC Working Group

Creating Access to Invisible Special Collections: Using Participatory Management to Reduce a Backlog
MW Lundy, DR Hollis - The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2004 - Elsevier

Special Collections Cataloging at a Crossroads: A Survey of ARL Libraries
BM Russell - The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2004 - Elsevier

Basic Values and the Future of Cataloging
presentations from an ALCTS/CCS Forum, Jan. 21, 2007 from 8 to 10 am at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, Washington

Two meanings of identifier = Two Functions of ‘Identifiers' => Fulfilled with only one mechanism in traditional anglo-american cataloging.

And the harm this causes.