The process of cataloging includes the use of metadata, which is data that describes information resources.  Metadata makes working with and finding resources easier.

Cataloging and Metadata

- Descriptive Cataloging
- Subject Cataloging
- Controlled Vocabularies

Types of Cataloging

A data format that arose from a nearly four-decade-old endeavor led by the Library of Congress. It provides the means for computers to communicate, utilize, and understand bibliographic data, and its data elements constitute the basis of modern-day library catalogues. 

Machine-Readable Cataloging 

Cataloging is the process of assigning identifiers (author and title) and subjects to an information resource so that the user may retrieve it. 

San Jose State University

New York University

- Genre Structure
- Cataloging 
- Metadata

Focuses of Information Organization

The use of technology to operate library systems such as:
- Cataloging
- Metadata
- Indexing services
- Database Management

Information Technology in Library Science

Joudrey, D. N. (2017). Cataloging. In Encyclopedia of library and information sciences (4th edition). Taylor & Francis.

Cataloging

Organizing information within a document such as a scholarly article through the use of functional units. 

Genre Structure

Metadata is structured data that describes an information resource and points a user to the actual information resource.

Metadata

Service of capturing keywords in documents being cataloged

Indexing Services

Manage user information as well as retrieve information such as articles, books, and more

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