Revealed! How to catalogue your hidden archives
“An archive without a catalogue is like a room without a door”: inaccessible, unusable, and the cause of much frustration. …
Tag Archives: Cataloguing
Beware the Trilemma!
Meet the Trilemma I was thinking about the oft-cited software designer’s “trilemma”: fast, cheap, good. The trilemma for the designer’s …
The ILLiad, and other stories
Making Archival and Special Collections More Accessible is a new publication whose name says it all. The good folk at …
Cataloguing Made Simpler: key rare book standards freely available online
Cataloguers rejoice! DCRM(B) and DCRM(S) are now freely available online. Here: Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books) http://rbms.info/dcrm/dcrmb/index.html Descriptive Cataloging …
Making the Case is Key for Music
This post from the Special Collections librarian at the Jerwood Library, Trinity Laban, is inspiring. It tells a story of …
Manuscripts Online! And in the Public Domain …
“My vision then of a future manuscript catalogue would be of something that links together a wide range of resources …
What’s new (and not so new) in cataloguing
Cataloguing methods and standards are in an exciting and uncertain state. RDA is coming! What does this mean? Like many …
Make the Most of Your Maps
Maps often occupy a paradoxical position in special collections. On the one hand, they are star items. People love maps, …
Hidden Collections in the UK
One of the greatest problems facing Special Collections services is the legacy of historic collecting policies – or, rather, lack …
British Armorial Bindings: Heraldry Online
Delighted to see the British Armorial Bindings database online, thanks to the Bibliographical Society of London and the University of …
