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Advanced Look at the New & Enhanced User Interface coming to Cataloger’s Desktop on September 10

First of 3 Weekly Messages . . .

Favorites

“Favorites” give you the ability to bookmark and annotate important passages and share them with your colleagues, if you like. Create shortcuts to specific spots in Cataloger’s Desktop resources so you can link to them in email messages and your local library’s cataloging policy manuals and training materials.

You can also save searches that you want to re-run in the future, as well as save sessions that reflect recurring cataloging operations.  And— any bookmarks, annotations, or shortcuts you create in the current Cataloger’s Desktop system will carry forward in the new user interface.

See more at http://www.loc.gov/cds/downloads/catdesktop06-2014.pdf

Resource Description & Access (RDA): Access to AACR2 via Cataloger’s Desktop after Marc...

Resource Description & Access (RDA): Access to AACR2 via Cataloger’s Desktop after Marc...: I n January 2012 the Library of Congress announced that it would transition from AACR2 ( Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules , second ed...

Cataloger's Desktop 2012 Issue 2 released

2012 Issue 2 (April 2012) of Cataloger's Desktop was released this morning.  This issue includes the following revisions:

* Integrating Resources: A Cataloging Manual -- 2011 Revision

* Library of Congress Policy Statements -- 2012 Update 2

* MARC 21 Format for Authority Data -- Corrections

* MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data -- Corrections

* Provider-Neutral E-Monograph MARC Record Guide -- Revisions to September 2011

Cataloger's Desktop subscribers who also have RDA Toolkit logins will have access to an RDA update later today.  Details about the RDA update are online at: http://www.rdatoolkit.org/content/369

AACR2-RDA concordance search

A new feature with this Cataloger's Desktop issue is the ability to search for related rules in AACR2 and RDA by using the rule number from either resource.  Here are some examples:

* Search "1.0E1" and retrieve RDA 1.4, LCPS 1.4, and AACR2 1.0E1. Note that because search weighting in Cataloger's Desktop promotes RDA and LCPS to the top of most searches, RDA and LCPS search hits will generally appear ahead of hits in AACR2 and LCRI.

* Search "1.1B1" and retrieve RDA and LCPS 2.3.2.7, 2.3.2.2, 2.3.1.4, as well as relevant entries from the RDA-L discussion list, the MARC Bibliographic format (245), and the Dublin Core documentation.

Please note that you must enclose the rule number you are searching in quotation marks to get expected results.  Searches without quotation marks will be broken up wherever there are periods in the rule number.

Please also note that, given Cataloger's Desktop large number of resources, you may want to focus your searches by selecting just a few resources to search at a time. This is accomplished by selecting the table of contents (TOC) checkboxes next to the resource(s), or section(s) of resources, that you wish to search.  Additional information about searching is available online at: http://www.loc.gov/cds/desktop/training/4-Search.pdf

Streamline Your Search for Cataloging Rules and Online Resources

Learn how to set up and edit Cataloger’s Desktop Preferences. By taking a few extra moments you can limit your searches to just the cataloging resources you refer to all the time. This makes your searches faster, more focused, and more efficient. http://www.loc.gov/cds/desktop/training/3-Preferences.pdf?loclr=lsc_g0008

(Library of Congress, News from CDS)

Create Custom Shortcuts in Cataloger’s Desktop—Find the Rule Faster

This 5-10 minute tutorial will teach you how to create and use custom shortcuts in Cataloger’s Desktop. It makes it simple to cite and link to cataloging documentation from the Library of Congress and elsewhere.http://www.loc.gov/cds/desktop/tips/cd3shortcuts/cd3shortcuts.htm?loclr=lsc_g0006

Cataloger's Desktop Tutorial

FIND THE CATALOGING RULE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR QUICKLY.

Understand how to search Cataloger’s Desktop effectively and become a power user, in control of your cataloging work. Expert tips at http://www.loc.gov/cds/desktop/training/4-Search.pdf?loclr=lsc_g0001Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service
Washington, DC 20541-4910, USA
Email: cdsinfo@loc.gov