Attempts to Deal With the Crisis in Cataloging at the Library of Congress in the 1940's.

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Attempts to Deal With the Crisis in Cataloging at the Library of Congress in the 1940's.
Martha M. Yee, University of California, Los Angeles

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ABSTRACT:
This article provides a review of the ten-year period at the Library of Congress (LC) during which attempts to deal with the "crisis in cataloging" set the stage for the profound changes in Anglo-American cataloging theory and rules that occurred during the 1950s and 1960s. The review centers around the previously unpublished report of the Librarian's Committee, which recommended reorganization, simplified cataloging, cooperative cataloging, changes in personnel policies, and changes in methods of cost analysis. Each of these recommendations is examined in detail, and the results of implementation are traced through the decade that followed.

SUGGESTED CITATION:
Martha M. Yee, "Attempts to Deal With the Crisis in Cataloging at the Library of Congress in the 1940's." (1987). Library Quarterly. 57 (1), pp. 1-31. Postprint available free at: http://repositories.cdlib.org/postprints/3116

REQUIRED PUBLISHER STATEMENT:
© 1987 by The Univeristy of Chicago. Submitted for publication to Library Quarterly - www.journals.uchicago.edu/LQ/

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