descriptive cataloging

descriptive cataloging
the aspect of cataloging concerned with the bibliographic and physical description of a book, recording, or other work, accounting for such items as author or performer, title, edition, and imprint as opposed to subject content.
[1900-05]

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • descriptive cataloging — noun : a library procedure by which a book or other item is identified and described by recording such items as author, title, imprint, and collation contrasted with subject cataloging * * * Library Science. the aspect of cataloging concerned… …   Useful english dictionary

  • subject cataloging — noun : a form or portion of the library cataloging process that not only describes a title but classifies it and assigns subject headings contrasted with descriptive cataloging …   Useful english dictionary

  • Digital Scriptorium — Leaf from a Gradual, c, 1450 1475, Italy; New York, Columbia University, Plimpton MS 040A Gl …   Wikipedia

  • Library catalog — A library catalog (or library catalogue) is a register of all bibliographic items found in a library or group of libraries, such as a network of libraries at several locations. A bibliographic item can be any information entity (e.g., books,… …   Wikipedia

  • information processing — Acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and dissemination of information. Today the term usually refers to computer based operations. Information processing consists of locating and capturing information, using software to… …   Universalium

  • Library classification — forms part of the field of library and information science. It is a form of bibliographic classification (library classifications are used in library catalogs, while bibliographic classification also covers classification used in other kinds of… …   Wikipedia

  • Missouri Library Network Corporation — (MLNC) Type Nonprofit membership cooperative Founded 1981 (1981) Headquarters St. Louis, Missouri, United States Key peopl …   Wikipedia

  • Manuscript — Christ Pantocrator seated in a capital U in an illuminated manuscript from the BadischeLandesbibliothek, Germany …   Wikipedia

  • Diplomatics — For the practice of conducting negotiations between groups or states, see Diplomacy. Diplomatics (in American English, and in most anglophone countries), or Diplomatic (in British English), is the study that revolves around documentation. It is a …   Wikipedia

  • DCC — • Data Country Code (ISO7498) • Descriptive Cataloging Committee • Data Communication Conceptual Block • Data Compression Conference, IEEE Computer Society •(informationswissenschaftl. Veoeffentlichungen) • Digital Compact Cassette System mit… …   Acronyms

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”