What Your Acquisitions Colleagues Need to Know About Cataloguing
Keywords:
cataloguing standards, acquisitions, LRM, ISBD, RDA, BIBFRAMEAbstract
This article explores cataloguing knowledge and skills needed by acquisitions staff. It explores the diverse backgrounds of acquisitions professionals and the complexities of and changes in cataloguing standards, highlighting developments in cataloguing standards and models, including the IFLA Library Reference Model (LRM), ISBD, RDA, and BIBFRAME, relevant to acquisitions work. Aimed primarily at cataloguers, it is hoped to also be useful to acquisitions colleagues themselves.
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