A textbook for a course in a two-year associate degree or certificate program for library technicians. Students should have completed a course introducing technical services in general. It interprets and explains the rules and how they should be applied but does not substitute for the reference tools needed to perform cataloguing. The 1995 first ed

Structure your workload with this comprehensive guide to the role and responsibilities of library technicians! More than basic instructions on how to do library classification, this classic work is a how-to handbook covering all aspects of a library technician's job. Cataloging and Classification for Library Technicians, Second Edition, gives step-by-step instructions for all aspects of cataloging and classification of library materials (book and non-book), emphasizing copy cataloging but also discussing original cataloging. Because much has changed in the library field since the first...