Introduction to Cataloging and Classification

Dr. Taylor is obviously a highly intelligent woman who is well known and respected in her field. However, she seems (to me at least) to belong to that class of people who are brilliant yet unable to explain their field to others. I found this book very dull and technical, even though I don't think cataloging is necessarily a dull and technical occupation. It seems to me that although this book is meant to be an introduction, you need to have at least a minimal background in cataloging in order to understand the text. Dr. Taylor's discussion of Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR), for example, was much more confusing to me than just reading AACR itself. Overall, I found this book difficult to read and not particularly useful.

This book is good in that it is technically correct, and it provides a ton of information on cataloguing. However, it is not very accessible! I suppose it is an introduction to the topic, but the writing is extremely dry and rarely engages the reader. Even technical writing like this should have a little life!

This is the main text for class, which is also well done. May be worth holding on to.

not exactly light reading, but it does the job it set out to do

Used before online cataloguing for teaching cataloguing rules

Complete book on cataloging and classification. Arlene Taylor is professor emerita, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburg, author of several works, ALA Highsmith Literature Award; ALA's Margaret Mann Citation in Cataloging and Classification. Use as reference source.

krishna kumar sonkar ,mlis bhu