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Chan, Lois Mai Daughter of Kar K. and Sau N. Mark.
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The third edition of Lois Mai Chan's classic Cataloging and Classification covers the analysis and representation of methods used in describing, organizing, and providing access to resources made available in or through libraries, including both the materials owned by the library (mostly physical items such as books, journals, and nonprint materials) and external resources such as those in electronic form that are accessible through the library's portal. Chan emphasizes the standards for bibliographic control that were developed over the years and have been widely adopted in the library field; reports on recent developments in the retrieval arena; and discusses a number of widely used metadata schemas in order to provide a brief overview of this important movement closely related to resource description. Divided into six parts—a general overview; resource description; access and authority control; subject representation access; the classification and categorization of library resources; and the encoding and processing of cataloging records—each part of the book begins with a list of the standards and tools used in the preparation and processing of that part of the cataloging record covered, followed by suggested background readings selected to help the reader gain an overview of the subject to be presented. Fully updated to incorporate changes that have occurred during the interval between the second and third editions, this book is the standard text for the teaching and understanding of cataloging and classification.
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The fourth edition of the late Lois Mai Chan's classic Cataloging and Classification covers the analysis and representation of methods used in describing, organizing, and providing access to resources made available in or through libraries. Since the last edition published in 2007, there have been dramatic changes in cataloging systems from the Library of Congress. The most notable being the shift from AACR2 to Resource Description and Access (RDA) as the new standard developed by the Library of Congress. With the help of the coauthor, Athena Salaba, this text is modified throughout to conform to the new standard. Retaining the overall outline of the previous edition, this text presents the essence of library cataloging and classification in terms of three basic functions: descriptive cataloging, subject access, and classification. Within this framework, all chapters have been rewritten to incorporate the changes that have occurred during the interval between the third and fourth editions. In each part, the historical development and underlying principles of the retrieval mechanism at issue are treated first, because these are considered essential to an understanding of cataloging and classification. Discussion and examples of provisions in the standards and tools are then presented in order to illustrate the operations covered in each chapter. Divided into five parts—a general overview; record production and structure, encoding formats, and metadata records; RDA; subject access and controlled vocabularies; and the organization of library resources—each part of the book begins with a list of the standards and tools used in the preparation and processing of that part of the cataloging record covered, followed by suggested background readings selected to help the reader gain an overview of the subject to be presented. This book is the standard text for the teaching and understanding of cataloging and classification.
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educator information and library science educator
Chan, Lois Mai Daughter of Kar K. and Sau N. Mark.
AB, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 1956. Master of Arts, Florida State University, 1958. Master of Science, Florida State University, 1960.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Kentucky, 1970.
Assistant order library Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1960-1961, assistant cataloger, 1961-1963. Serials acquisition library Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1963-1964. Assistant library Lake Forest College, 1964—1966.
Serials cataloger University Kentucky, Lexington, 1966-1967, assistant professor library science, 1970-1974, associate professor, 1974-1980, professor, since 1980. Visiting lecturer University Minnesota, Minneapolis, summer 1979, University Hawaii, Honolulu, summer 1982. Project consultant Online Computer Library Center, Dublin, Ohio, 1983-1986, since 2000.
Chairman Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee, Washington, 1986-1991.
( The third edition of Lois Mai Chan's classic Catalogi...)
( The fourth edition of the late Lois Mai Chan's classic ...)
( The rapid proliferation of online databases has been ac...)
( This book is the only comprehensive treatise on the Lib...)
(This work offers users a complete and definitive guide to...)
(Book by Chan, Lois Mai, Comaromi, John P., Satija, Mohind...)
(Excellent resource.)
Author: Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction, 1981, 3d edition, 2007, Library of Congress Subject Headings, 1981, 4th edition, 2005, A Guide to the Library of Congress Classification 5th edition, 1999. Co-author: Thesauri Used in Online Databases, 1988, Dewey Decimal Classification: A Practical Guide, 1994, second edition, 1996, Dewey Decimal Classification: Principles and Application, 2003, Faceted Applicatoin of Subject Terminology, 2010.
Member of American Library Association (Margaret Mann award 1989, Beta Phi Mu award for district service education for librianship 2006).
Married Shung Kai Chan, June 22, 1963. Children: Jennifer M., Stephen Y.
