Radical cataloging
Subtitle: essays at the front
By: edited by K. R. Roberto ; introduction by Sanford Berman.
Contributors: Roberto, K. R. 1975-
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780786435432
Subjects: Cataloging
Description: "This collection of essays addresses the state of cataloging in the world of librarianship. The contributors address topics ranging from criticisms of the state of the profession and traditional Library of Congress cataloging to methods of making cataloging more inclusive and helpful to library users"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The existential crisis of a cataloger / Beth Thornton; title: A hidden history of queer subject access / Matt Johnson; title: Cataloging in non-Roman scripts : from radical to mainstream practice / Bella Hass Weinberg; title: Ubiquitous cataloging / Bradley Dilger and William Thompson; title: The genre jungle : organizing pop music recordings / Michael Summers; title: Playing fast and loose with the rules : metadata cataloging for digital library projects / Jen Wolfe; title: This subfield kills Fascists : a highly selective, slightly irreverent trip down radical cataloging literature lane / Brian Hasenstab; title: Ranganathan's forgotten law : save the time of the cataloger / Jennifer Young; title: OCLC : a review / Jeffrey Beall; title: Latina lesbian subject headings : the power of naming / tatiana de la tierra; title: Swine-juvenile literature? : good cataloging vs. good public service / John Sandstrom; title: Cults, new religious movements, and bias in LC subject headings / Tracy Nectoux; title: (The English word) that dares not seek its name / Carol Reid; title: Folk art terminology revisited : why it (still) matters / Joan M. Benedetti; title: Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic : a drowning cataloger's call to stop churning the subject headings / Christopher H. Walker; title: Who moved my pinakes? / Tina Gross; title: The end of prohibition / Carol Reid; title: North American Indian personal names in national bibliographies / Frank Exner, Little Bear; title: Useful cataloging / Chris Dodge; title: What is going on at the Library of Congress? / Thomas Mann; title: Don't class me in antiquities! : giving voice to Native American materials / Kelly Webster and Ann Doyle; title: Teaching the radical catalog / Emily Drabinski; title: Browsing Bergman, finding Fellini, cataloging Kurosawa : alternative approaches to cataloging foreign language films in academic libraries / Michelle Emanuel and Susannah Benedetti; title: User-centered serials cataloging / Wendy Baia; title: "Why isn't my book on the shelf?" and other mysteries of the library / Robin Fay; title: AACR2-bendable but not flexible : cataloging zines at Barnard College / Jenna Freedman; title: CE-MARC : the educator's library "receipt" / Tom Adamich; title: Dr. Strangecataloger, or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the tag / Jennifer Erica Sweda; title: Drawing reference librarians into the fold / Dana M. Caudle and Cecilia M. Schmitz; title: MARC : it's not just for cataloging anymore / Dana M. Caudle and Cecilia M. Schmitz; title: "Respect my authoritah" : Eric Cartman and enhanced subject access / Daniel CannCasciato; title: High-speed cataloging without sacrificing subject access or authority control : a case study / Carrie Preston; title: Monographic collections structure and layout revisions, or, How to tweak LC call numbers for the good of your users / Brian R. Thompson; title: Cataloging heresy / A. Arro Smith; title: Talkin' the cataloging blues : the poetry of Albert Huffstickler / Sylvia Manning.