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objectives of a library cataloguecharles ami cutter described the objectives of a library catalogue in 1876 when he published the first edition of
advantages of ordering procedure1 agents frequently allow a certain percentage of discount over the subscription rates of some periodicals
format in the unisist reference manual a machine readable bibliographic record is defined as a collection of information which pertains to a
purposes of a library catalogue libraries generally acquire reading and reference materials in various physical forms which will be utilised by users
ordering procedurewe have discussed the procedure until the selection is finalised and the lists and the cards are forwarded to the
pre-requisites for a union catalogue compilation of a union catalogue is possible only through library cooperation any such compilation should
library catalogue a modern library provides a number of facilities to its readers for making use of its collection one such facility is the catalogue
agency methodthe alternative to direct ordering with publishers is to acquire the periodicals through a duly appointed subscription agent a
union catalogue a library catalogue we know is a list of all or some of the holdings of a library if two or more libraries make out such a list
periodicals procurementwe have dealt with the selection of periodicals logically the next step is procurement of the selected periodicals
library catalogue-introductionlibrary catalogue is an essential and important tool for any library this tool has been developed to facilitate the use
cooperative cataloguing in cooperative cataloguing a group of independent libraries share the cataloguing work needham says that cooperative
selection procedurethere can be two sets of operations in the selection of periodicals those relating to continuing titles and those relating to
objectives library catalogue is an important tool in a library and cataloguing is one of the most important activities of a library in this unit you
arranging personnelplanning for periodicals serials selection should also cover the personnel or human factor the people involved in the
acquisition sourcesas mentioned earlier supply is another basic factor supply means availability of periodicals serials for acquisition
user registrationan obvious first step in any circulation system is to register the users or borrowers this is a time consuming and somewhat
card services eminent librarians like charles jewett albert blor henry stevens f max mueller wclane melvil dewey and several others advocated
ascertaining demandthe methodology to be followed in ascertaining users needs have been discussed in detail in unit 5 under sec 52 users
automated circulation systemautomated circulation system for several decades now ingenious librarians and library equipment manufacturers in western
periodicals selectionin section 82 you have seen that acquisition work includes three distinct phases of activities periodicals selection is the
forms of centralisation in centralised cataloguing we observe that there are several forms of centralisation like card or sheaf
semi-mechanical systemsthe next stage saw the replacement of human labour by machines when mechanical charging systems were developed essentially
card systemswith the increase in the number of readers using libraries it became necessary to devise some method of identifying both the book and the