Author: Harriet Wheeler Pierson

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9781332313013

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Excerpt from Guide to the Cataloguing of the Serial Publications of Societies and Institutions The present compilation has been undertaken for the purpose of placing in available form the interpretations and revisions which have been adopted from time to time since 1908 in the rules for cataloguing society publications. That questions of interpretation should have arisen is inevitable in so large a collection as that of the Library of Congress. The rules as laid down in the "Catalog rules compiled by the committees of the American Library Association and the (British) Library Association, 1908," have proved a satisfactory basis, and it is only necessary, therefore, to indicate the occasional variations in these rules, or their application as worked out through many years of experience. In the matter of procedure, the rules for corporate entries follow closely those for periodicals, and the "Guide to the cataloguing of periodicals, prepared by Mary W. MacNair, 1918," is followed except where differences are indicated. The Library of Congress receives its accessions of society material through the following channels: (1) by subscription, through the Periodical Division; (2) by purchase, gift, and exchange, through the Order Division; (3) by gift and international exchange, through the Document Division; (4) by deposit, from the Smithsonian Institution. As the relation of the Smithsonian Deposit to the Library of Congress is frequently not understood, the following statements may be of interest: "April 5, 1866, an act was approved for the transfer of the library of the Smithsonian Institution to the Library of Congress, to be removed on the completion of the new fireproof extension of the Library. The collection was estimated at that time to contain about 40,000 volumes. This valuable accession to the Library comprised a large collection of journals and transactions of learned societies, foreign and domestic, many important works on the fine arts, linguistics, bibliography, statistics, and natural history. Though not stipulated in the act, later accessions were deposited, until the overcrowded condition of the Library rendered it impossible to care properly for the increase. Now that ample space has been provided in the new building, the whole collection will be arranged in the large hall specially fitted up for it, and with suitable accommodation for the student." (Report of the Librarian of Congress for the year 1901, p.192) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Guide to the Cataloguing of the Serial Publications of Societies and Institutions (Classic Reprint) written by Harriet Wheeler Pierson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Guide to the Cataloguing of the Serial Publications of Societies and Institutions The present compilation has been undertaken for the purpose of placing in available form the interpretations and revisions which have been adopted from time to time since 1908 in the rules for cataloguing society publications. That questions of interpretation should have arisen is inevitable in so large a collection as that of the Library of Congress. The rules as laid down in the "Catalog rules compiled by the committees of the American Library Association and the (British) Library Association, 1908," have proved a satisfactory basis, and it is only necessary, therefore, to indicate the occasional variations in these rules, or their application as worked out through many years of experience. In the matter of procedure, the rules for corporate entries follow closely those for periodicals, and the "Guide to the cataloguing of periodicals, prepared by Mary W. MacNair, 1918," is followed except where differences are indicated. The Library of Congress receives its accessions of society material through the following channels: (1) by subscription, through the Periodical Division; (2) by purchase, gift, and exchange, through the Order Division; (3) by gift and international exchange, through the Document Division; (4) by deposit, from the Smithsonian Institution. As the relation of the Smithsonian Deposit to the Library of Congress is frequently not understood, the following statements may be of interest: "April 5, 1866, an act was approved for the transfer of the library of the Smithsonian Institution to the Library of Congress, to be removed on the completion of the new fireproof extension of the Library. The collection was estimated at that time to contain about 40,000 volumes. This valuable accession to the Library comprised a large collection of journals and transactions of learned societies, foreign and domestic, many important works on the fine arts, linguistics, bibliography, statistics, and natural history. Though not stipulated in the act, later accessions were deposited, until the overcrowded condition of the Library rendered it impossible to care properly for the increase. Now that ample space has been provided in the new building, the whole collection will be arranged in the large hall specially fitted up for it, and with suitable accommodation for the student." (Report of the Librarian of Congress for the year 1901, p.192) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.