TY - JOUR
T1 - The no-main-entry principle and the automated catalog
AU - Shoham, Snunith
AU - Lazinger, Susan S.
PY - 1991/7/15
Y1 - 1991/7/15
N2 - The No-Main-Entry Principle and the accompanying Description-Idependent System of cataloging, described in a 1989 article by Takawashi, Shihota and Oshiro, is analyzed in relation to the online catalog. The development of the main entry concept, from the time of the single entry catalog to the advent of the automated catalog is described. The relation between the available technologies of the time and the main entry concept is explored. Although the necessity for a main entry, or full cataloging record, in a single entry catalog is acknowledged, it is suggested that in an automated catalog it is no longer relevant. A recommendation that libraries with online catalogs explore the possibilities of cataloging according to the no-main-entry principle is accompanied by a statement of the advantage of such a system and suggestions for implementing it.
AB - The No-Main-Entry Principle and the accompanying Description-Idependent System of cataloging, described in a 1989 article by Takawashi, Shihota and Oshiro, is analyzed in relation to the online catalog. The development of the main entry concept, from the time of the single entry catalog to the advent of the automated catalog is described. The relation between the available technologies of the time and the main entry concept is explored. Although the necessity for a main entry, or full cataloging record, in a single entry catalog is acknowledged, it is suggested that in an automated catalog it is no longer relevant. A recommendation that libraries with online catalogs explore the possibilities of cataloging according to the no-main-entry principle is accompanied by a statement of the advantage of such a system and suggestions for implementing it.
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U2 - 10.1300/j104v12n03_04
DO - 10.1300/j104v12n03_04
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AN - SCOPUS:77950403220
SN - 0163-9374
VL - 12
SP - 51
EP - 67
JO - Cataloging and Classification Quarterly
JF - Cataloging and Classification Quarterly
IS - 3-4
ER -