Descriptive cataloging is the process of identifying, describing, and recording an information resource and the person or institution responsible for creating it. 

Descriptive Cataloging

Subject cataloging is the process of determining what the information resource is about and assigning concepts that represent the work.  

Subject Cataloging

A list of subject headings that are used along with metadata to sort and organize resources in a library or archive. The collection of terms are used to describe documents and content objects.

Controlled Vocabularies 

- Descriptive Cataloging
- Subject Cataloging
- Controlled Vocabularies

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

Cataloging

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

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

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. 

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