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USING CATALOGER’S DESKTOP
Bruce JohnsonLibrary of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 2008
After a presentation by:Anna Martin, Union Catalogue Project, Cambridge University, 2006
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Objectives
A quick overview Where to find help Focus on usability rather than
content
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What is Cataloger's Desktop Desktop? Provides online access to AACR2 and
LC’s most heavily used cataloging publications. With hypertext links, a single click takes you from one tool to the relevant section of others:
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2)
Library of Congress Rule Interpretations Subject Cataloging Manuals MARC 21 Formats & Code lists Hundreds of web-based cataloging
resources
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Searches many sources of cataloging information quickly
Online material organized and searchable in a variety of ways
Hypertext links make it easy to move from relevant sections of one publication to another.
Allows you to customize your files to suit your needs and create a personal file of notes and bookmarks.
Copy-and-paste capability is available to create your own documents
Doesn’t go out-of-date and good value for money Usable from several PCs at once (unlike a book)
Benefits of using a web-based documentation resource
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When would you use it?
When cataloging original materials e.g. theses, published slides, videos, foreign
To understand why a copied record was cataloged that way and to confirm that it is correct
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Where to find help from the Library of Congress
Go Desktop’s start page
http://desktop.loc.gov/
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This is the initial view within Cataloger’s Desktop. Click the Help view tab
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There are Quick Tips and other help
http://www.loc.gov/cds/desktop/web-faqs.html
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Additional information is available on the LC website at http://www.loc.gov/cds/desktop/
Note the Training and FAQs tabs
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Click the FAQs tab
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Logging on
To log on to Cataloger’s Desktop, open a browser session and go to http://desktop.loc.gov/ Click the Log On button to start a session.
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Pop up blockers
You will need to select “please click to open the site.”
It is helpful to allow pop-ups on desktop.loc.gov.
This allows Cataloger’s Desktop to start without going through this extra step.
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The Start page
Note the Start Over button. This always brings you back to the Document pane.
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Join the Cataloger’s Desktop Discussion Listhttp://listserv.loc.gov/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=desktop&A=1
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Browsing the Cataloger’s Desktop Discussion List Archiveshttp://listserv.loc.gov/listarch/desktop.html
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The Table of Contents in the Browse view
Table of Contents pane Document pane
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A Resource folder
Scrolling down categories: note MARC Standards category folder is closed
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Opening an Resource folder
When clicked on MARC Standards folder opens revealing sub-categories
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Hyperlinked contents pages
Scrolling down the MARC standards document you can see further hyperlinks to additional resources
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Nested folders
The subfolders may contain further subdivisions
Some of the links take you to external websites (marked with a globe)
Note the categories hyperlink
External website link
Folder open reveals subfolders
Categories link
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Browsing categories
appear. Click (for
example) “Type of activity”
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Browsing categories (2)
A sub-menu appears. Click the “Subject headings” hyperlink
Note how the list has only displayed a few resources (rather than the full list.)
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Browsing categories (3)
The list on the left is much shorter and now only includes material that relates to subject headings (Note the size of the central scroll bar)
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Category Structure
T yp e o f A c tiv ity T yp e o f M a te ria lT yp e t it le h e re
M e th o d o f D is trib u tio n a n d S p e c ia l C la ssesT yp e t it le h e re
C a ta lo g in g E d uca tion R e la te d Issu es
C a te g o riesT yp e t it le h e re
Type of Activity:
Descriptive CatalogingName & Series AuthoritiesSubject HeadingsCall Numbers
Type of Material:
TextCartographic MaterialsMusic & Sound RecordingsMotion Pictures and VideorecordingsGraphic MaterialsElectronic ResourcesThree-Dimensional Artefacts and Realia
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Category Structure (continued)
T yp e o f A c tiv ity T yp e o f M a te ria lT yp e t it le h e re
M e th o d o f D is trib u tio n a n d S p e c ia l C la ssesT yp e t it le h e re
C a ta lo g in g E d uca tion R e la te d Issu es
C a te g o riesT yp e t it le h e re
Method of Distribution & Special Classes:
Monographic ResourcesContinuing ResourcesArchival & Rare MaterialsManuscripts (including Manuscript Collections)Canadian-Related Resources
Français & Español
Cataloging Information:
Instruction for Library Science StudentsContinuing EducationInstruction for Library Technical StaffInstruction for Non-Catalogers
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Category Structure (continued)
T yp e o f A c tiv ity T yp e o f M a te ria lT yp e t it le h e re
M e th o d o f D is trib u tio n a n d S p e c ia l C la ssesT yp e t it le h e re
C a ta lo g in g E d uca tion R e la te d Issu es
C a te g o riesT yp e t it le h e re
Related Issues:
Community InformationDiscussion ListsMARC Code ListsMARC StandardsMetadata ResourcesOnline Catalogs
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Setting preferences
To remove resources that you seldom use, you can deselect them and save your preferred view in Preferences by clicking the “Set view” button.
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Selecting preferences in Browse
To select only those sources of information pre-selected in the preference view and display them in the table of contents pane, Select Use personal prefs from the TOC dropdown menu
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Other options in the Reset dropdown menu
Use Searchable resources
Use LC resources Use Personal
prefs Use Full site
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Doing a search limited by Categories
Instead of browsing this view you can search the resources in this category by using the simple search box in the upper right corner
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Restoring the full site view
To return to the full site once you have finished searching within a certain category, click the “Reset” TOC drop-down and then select “Use Full Site”