Full Description
Seymour Lubetzky ranks among the greatest minds in library science. His groundbreaking works devoted to the problem of modern cataloging in the 20th century place him with Antonio Panizzi and Charles Cutter. Now, for the first time, Lubetzky's works are being published as a collection, which includes a complete reproduction of his three most influential titles: Cataloging Rules and Principles, Code of Cataloging Rules, and Principles of Cataloging, as well as periodical articles. The selections included in this book are presented in chronological order so that the development of Lubetzky's thought can be followed from his first writings on cataloging problems in the late thirties and early forties to writings in the following decades that consolidate and reiterate his philosophical and methodological stances. The book includes an introduction by the editors, relating to the major events in Lubetzky's writing career, as well as a comprehensive bibliography of his works. An absolute must-have for faculty and students of library and information science, cataloging professionals, and librarians.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Crisis in the Catalog
Capital Punishment for Catalogers?
Titles: Fifth Column of the Catalog
Manual of Descriptive Cataloging
Analysis of Current Descriptive Cataloging Practice
The Cataloging of Publications of Corporate Authors
Cataloging Rules and Principles
Comments on Discussion of Cataloging Rules and Principles
Development of Cataloging Rules
Non-Author Headings: A Negative Theory
Panizzi vs. the "Finding Catalog"
Some Observations on Revision of the Cataloging Code
The Current Revision of ALA Rules
Fundamentals of Cataloging
Code of Cataloging Rules: Author and Title Entry
Smoke Over Revision
The Function of the Main Entry in the Alphabetical Catalogue-One Approach
On Teaching Cataloging
Background and Underlying Principles
Principles of Cataloging, Final Report.
Idealogy of Bibliographic Cataloging: Progress and Retrogression
The Fundamentals of Bibliographic Cataloging and AACR2
The Traditional Ideals of Cataloging and the New Revision
On the Use of Form Headings in an Alphabetical Catalog
