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Subject: ALCTS Research Topics in Cataloging and Classification
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 10:14:59 -0400
From: Maggie Horn <mehorn@cnsvax.albany.edu>

This notification is being cross-posted to several lists. Please excuse
the
duplication.

Now Available:  ALCTS Research Topics in Cataloging and Classification:
a
Summary of the Literature, 1995-1998

Members of the PRC (ALCTS CCS Policy and Research Committee, or PRC)
have
compiled a number of short essays summarizing recent research in
cataloging
and classification.  The compilation is now available at the PRC Web
site
at http://ala8.ala.org/alcts/organization/ccs/pol.html.   PRC members,
working on assigned topics, have reviewed the published literature and
described research accomplished from 1995 to 1998. Intended as an
informal,
practical tool for those in search of a useful research topic or a quick
review of recent research, some essays include suggestions of research
topics, and all include citations to the most important articles.  The
topics covered include authority control; cataloging personnel,
education,
and training; use and contents of catalogs and other databases; and
outsourcing.  PRC members plan to add additional topics in the future.
Additional topics for which essays may be prepared include cataloging
rules
and codes; classification and subjects; new technology; workflow, output
measures and cost studies; and metadata systems.

PRC members would appreciate any comments or suggestions regarding their
work. Please send them to Karen Calhoun, PRC chair, at
ksc10@cornell.edu.

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Marguerite E. "Maggie" Horn
Head, Cataloging Department
University at Albany, State University of New York
University Libraries, ULB 35-A
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
(518) 442-3633
Fax: (518) 442-3630
mehorn@cnsvax.albany.edu

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