Library Cataloguing

The preparation of the manuscript of the catalogue for the press, and the reading and correction of proofs, call for great care on the part of the cataloguer, if the results of...

Pseudonyms _v._ Real Names. The Better-known Name. Methods of Marking Pseudonyms. Writers who use Two Names. Phrase-Pseudonyms. Specific Entry. Repetition Dashes. Use of Capital...

=Books by Three Authors. Choice of Subject-Headings.= =Cross-References. Books by a number of Authors.= =Ecclesiastical and other Titles of Honour. The use of= =Capitals. Editor...

We shall not have proceeded very far with the work of cataloguing before problems in connection with the varying forms of personal names will arise. Translations of works by for...

Title-Entries. Classics. Specific Subject. Concentration of Subject. Definite Headings. Popular Terms. Historical Fiction. Novels in Series. Sequels. Fiction Known by Special Ti...

To study systematically the various codes of cataloguing rules is of great value to the beginner in the work of cataloguing a library, though the apparent variations and contrad...

The extent to which the work of dissecting and "indexing" the contents of books of a miscellaneous nature is to be carried out in a library catalogue depends largely on the natu...

It may be presumed that most of those who use this book are engaged in municipal or similar libraries, where the requirements of the many must be taken into account rather than...

Among other names rather puzzling to the cataloguer are those of persons who have no surnames in the ordinary accepted sense, and who are known and entered by their Christian or...

In these days of cheap processes of reproduction of illustrations, particularly in colour, the cataloguer is called upon to decide whether the author (that is, the writer of the...

Before proceeding to consider the practical side of the subject, we may take a brief glance at the history of _modern_ cataloguing of public libraries in this country. The earli...

Whether noblemen are to be entered in the catalogue as authors or subjects, the question of entry by title or family name requires careful consideration. Difference of opinion e...

There are various books which, while not strictly anonymous, are regarded for cataloguing as if they were. Some of these have already been referred to under Societies, but there...

When a book is written by two authors, the entry is given under the first-named on the title-page. The following is an illustration of the method of treatment in such a case, an...

Among the varied duties of a librarian that of cataloguing his books is generally supposed by the uninitiated to be one of the easiest. The popular idea is that books are sent t...

Books by Three Authors--Choice of Subject-Headings--Cross-References--Books by a Number of Authors--Ecclesiastical and other Titles of Honour--The use of Capitals--Editors--Date...

Pseudonyms _v._ Real Names--The Better-known Name--Methods of Marking Pseudonyms--Writers who use Two Names--Phrase-Pseudonyms--Specific Entry--Repetition Dashes--Use of Capital...