New issue of Catalogue & Index online

Dear cataloguers and indexers,

The new issue of our journal, Catalogue & Index, is online https://www.cilip.org.uk/members/group_content_view.asp?group=201298&id=812633

C&I 195 an issue all about metadata standards, with a particular focus on RDA. RDA stands, of course, for Resource Description and Access, and, as the successor to AACR2, it is intended to provide a means for those involved in bibliographic metadata (and beyond) to describe materials in a standardised, interoperable, and useful way. RDA has divided opinion since its introduction in 2010, but it’s safe to say that it is here to stay, and we thought now would be a good time to look back over the past few years of RDA implementation, and also look forward to what the future will bring for the standard. In an increasingly interlinked metadata world, however, it’s also important to be aware of standards from outside the remit of traditional cataloguing, and we hope that you find the articles on other standards as enlightening as we did.

 

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Catalogue & Index Issue 192: indexing

From the editorial – Catalogue and Index: Issue 192.

Welcome to issue 192 of Catalogue and Index which is devoted to the
topic of indexing. The term “indexing” can have different meanings, as
indexing takes place in many different ways and formats. So, we are
delighted that this issue gives a taste of the different ways indexing is
used in various parts of the information professions. We have
discussions about Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) and
FAST, which may be the ways many of us encounter indexing in
everyday cataloguing life. However, the issue also contains articles
about keywords in abstracting and indexing databases, subject indexing
in repositories, and back-of-the-book indexing. We hear from those who
do indexing and lead developments in indexing, as well as from those
who research indexing. Above all, this issue shows the variety and
vibrancy of indexes, indexing and indexers.

Contents:

• FAST forward?
• Methodologies for classifying repositories
• Subject indexing in a repository
• History of index creation 
• Comedic indexes
• Foundation of the Society of Indexers
• Directions in indexing
• Change needed in the subject index 
• Online language classification
• Machine translation 
• Retrospective cataloguing case study 
• CILIP 2018 conference report
• Letters and responses
• Full Issue (192)

Book reviewer wanted

The latest review title has landed on my desk. Here are the details of the book:

Cataloging and managing film and video collections: a guide to using RDA and MARC21 / Colin Higgins. Chicago : ALA Editions, 2015. xi, 225 pages.

I am looking for a volunteer to review this book for our journal, Catalogue & index. If you are interested in writing a review or require more information about the book, please contact me at n.nicholson@nls.uk

Neil Nicholson,

Book Reviews Editor,

Catalogue & index