Presented at the Nebraska Library Association/Nebraska School Library Association Conference, October 2014

1. The Accidental
Cataloger:
Tips and Tools to Help
You Use the Rules
Emily Dust Nimsakont
Cataloging Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
NLA/NSLA Annual Conference
October 9, 2014
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Alphabet Soup

3. AACR2 vs. RDA
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vs.

4. MARC vs. BIBFRAME
vs.

5. Sources of
Free MARC
Records
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6. Library of Congress Catalog
http://catalog.loc.gov/

7. AMICUS
http://amicus.collectionscanada.ca/aaweb/aalogine.htm

8. MARC Converters
Amazon to MARC Converter:
http://amazon.libcat.org/cgi-bin/azorder.pl
IMDB to MARC Converter:
http://amazon.libcat.org/cgi-bin/imdb2marc.pl
Web2MARC Converter: http://dl2sl.org/records

9. Library of Congress Authorities
http://authorities.loc.gov/

10. MARC Resources

11. OCLC’s Bibliographic Formats and
Standards
http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/

12. Library of Congress MARC Standards
http://www.loc.gov/marc/

13. Follett’s MARC Tag of the Month and
Ask Ms. MARC
http://www.follettsoftware.com/tagofthemonth.cfm
http://www.follettsoftware.com/askmsmarc.cfm

14. MarcEdit
http://marcedit.reeset.net/

15. The Cataloging Calculator
http://calculate.alptown.com/

16. Call Number Resources
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17. Classify
http://classify.oclc.org/

18. LC to DDC Mapping (and vice versa)
http://www.questionpoint.org/crs/html/help/ja/
ask/ask_map_lcctoddc.html
http://www.questionpoint.org/crs/html/help/ja/
ask/ask_map_ddctolcc.html

19. Training and Networking Resources
(AKA You are not alone!!!)
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20. NLA’s Technical Services Round Table
http://nebraskalibraries.org/TSRT/

21. NLC’s Cataloging Certificate Program
http://nlc.nebraska.gov/cataloging/certificate.aspx

22. NLC Cataloging Resources
http://nlc.nebraska.gov/cataloging/resources.aspx

23. Thank you!
Emily Dust Nimsakont
Nebraska Library Commission
800-307-2665
emily.dust.nimsakont@nebraska.gov
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