Guides, tutorials, and documentation are listed here.

Documentation
Type of Resource: Documentation
Author: American Library Association (ALA), Canadian Library Association (CLA), and Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), Publishers
Title: AACR2 Web Site
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.aacr2.org/
Subject: AACR2
Keyword: Cataloging rules
Description: This is the home page of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR). It is a good online source for ordering AACR2 and allied product information. The JSC hyperlink will take readers to the JOint Steering Committee web pages, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/index.html. The Rules are maintained by the Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR.
Rights:
Copyright: © Unknown
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation and last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: Metadata Catalogers; Metadata Architects

Type of Resource: Documentation
Author: National Library of Canada
Title: AACR - Rule Interpretations
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/6/18/index-e.html
Subject: AACR2R
Keyword: Descriptive cataloging
Description: These rule interpretations of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, second edition, 2002 revision and its updates are used in cataloguing for Canadiana, the national bibliography. They are being issued for the information of libraries that use catalogue records produced by the National Library of Canada or follow National Library of Canada cataloguing practice in their own institutions.
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Copyright: © National Library of Canada
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation and last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: Metadata Architects

Type of Resource: Documentation
Author: The Library Corporation
Title: Cataloger's Reference Shelf
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.itsmarc.com/crs/
Subject: Cross references (Information retrieval)
Keyword: MARC, Reference manuals, Subject Cataloging Manuals
Description: The Cataloger's Reference Shelf, a component of the help systems in ITS for Windows and the Library.Solution integrated online library system, is published in web format and is available for free use by any cataloger with a web browser. The CRS is based on 21 MARC manuals and other reference works published by The Library of Congress and frequently accessed by technical services staff. It provides a list of descriptive and subject cataloging manuals, principles, and full-text access to many of the tools used in traditional library cataloging. These include: MARC 21 Bibliographic, MARC 21 for Authority Data, US MARC Format for Classification, MARC Holdings, MARC Code Lists, MARC Relators List, Archival Moving Image Materials - A Cataloging Manual, Cataloging Rules for the Description of Looseleaf Publications, Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books, 2nd edition, Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRI), LC Classification Outline, Subject Cataloging Manual (Classification), LC Cutters, Map Cataloging, NACO, CONSER Editing Guide, and more.
Rights:
Copyright: © The Library Corporation
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation and last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: All LIS Graduates

Type of Resource: Documentation
Author: National Library of Medicine (NLM), US
Title: NLM Policy on Subject Analysis and Classification
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/cataloging/subjclasspolicy.html
Subject: Subject classification
Keyword: NLM classification policy
Description: This document, which is extensively hyperlinked and filled with examples, outlines the philosophical basis of subject cataloging, the tools, and the policies that guide the use of the NLM tools for classification and subject headings for cataloging. There are three sections: Introduction, Assigning Subject Headings, and Assigning Classification. The Assigning Subject Headings covers Tools for Subject Analysis (primary tools such as the MeSH browser, secondary tools such as the Indexing Manual, and Other Resources such as Dorland's Medical Dictionary and the Library of Congress Classification Manual), General Policies (When to assign subject headings, Determination of primary/secondary terms, Order of Subject Headings), Assigning MeSH Terms and Assigning Other Subject Added Entries, and Special Situations in Subject Cataloging (Editions, Translations). The Assigning Classification section covers Basic Tools (NLM Classification and LC Classification), Basic Rules (When to add classification, Principles of classification, Structure of the classification number), General Procedures for assigning Classification Numbers (Using the Class Number index, Selecting a class number when the MeSH term is not in the Index, Using the MeSH tree structures, Using the LC schedule) and Special Rules (Bibliographies, Indexes and Abstracts and other forms of publication such as serials and electronic resources.).
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Copyright: Public domain
Access: Freely available
Date of creation: 2004-12-10
Date of last modification: 2004-12-15
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: Metadata Architects

Guide
Type of Resource: Guide
Author: OCLC
Title: Bibliographic Formats and Standards, 3rd edition
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/default.htm
Subject: Cataloging
Keyword: OCLC Cataloging
Description: "Bibliographic Formats and Standards is a guide to machine-readable cataloging records in WorldCat (the OCLC® Online Union Catalog). It provides tagging conventions, input standards and guidelines for entering information into WorldCat. Biblographic Formats and Standards assumes you are familiar with Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, second edition, 1998 Revision, and other standard cataloging reference material. Some sections also assume you have a general knowledge of data processing and databases." Also available in pdf format.
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Copyright: © 2004 OCLC Online Computer library Center
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation: Unknown
Date of last modification: 2003-11-00
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: Metadata Catalogers

Type of Resource: Guide
Author: Betty Furrie in conjunction with the Data Base Development Department of The Follett Software Company
Title: Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging
Location/Identifier: URL: http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/umb/
Subject: Machine-readable bibliographic data, MARC formats, Information retrieval--Standards
Keyword: Machine-Readable Cataloging , MARC
Description: A brief description and tutorial of The MARC formats, standards for the representation and communication of bibliographic and related information in machine-readable form.
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Copyright: ©2003 the Library of Congress
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation: Unknown
Date of last modification: 2003-06-12
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: All LIS Graduates

Type of Resource: Guide
Author: Canada Heritage Information Network (CHIN)
Title: Introduction to standards
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.chin.gc.ca/English/Standards/introduction.html
Subject: Museums
Keyword: Metadata standards; Interchange standards; Value standards; Cataloguing standards; Content standards
Description: This introduction to museum standards discusses the many types of standards used to manage museum collections ranging from techncial standards to general guidelines and best practices. Subsidiary pages link the reader to Museum Metadata, Vocabulary and Classification, Data Format, Data Interchange, Procedures, Research, Organization and Links.
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Copyright: © 2004 CHIN
Access: Freely available
Date of creation: 2002-04-27
Dat of last modification: 2004-08-20
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: Metadata Catalogers

Type of Resource: Guide
Author: NISO Framework Advisory Group
Title: A Framework of guidance for building good digital collections. 2nd edition.
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.niso.org/framework/Framework2.html
Subject: Museums;
Keyword: Metadata standards; Controlled vocabularies; Digital collections
Description: This Framework has two purposes. First, to provide an overview of some of the major components and activities involved in the creation of good digital collections. Second, to provide a framework for identifying, organizing, and applying existing knowledge and resources to support the development of sound local practices for creating and managing good digital collections. It is intended for two audiences: cultural heritage organizations planning projects to create digital collections, and funding organizations that want to encourage the development of good digital collections. This is also available as a pdf document for download. An earlier version of this document issued February 2004 is available at http://www.niso.org/framework/forumframework.html
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Copyright: © 2004 NISO
Access: Freely available
Date of creation: 2004-11-00
Dat of last modification: 2004-11-02
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: Metadata Catalogers; Metadata Architects

Tutorial
Type of Resource: Tutorial
Author: OCLC
Title: OCLC Connexion Training
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.oclc.org/support/training/connexion/
Subject: Cataloging
Keyword: OCLC Cataloging
Description: "Connexion provides one-stop access to integrated cataloging tools and to WorldCat, the world's largest online union catalog and bibliographic database." Connexion browser tutorials and Connextion client tutorials are available here. They show how to use Connexion to create and edit bibliographic and authority records.
Rights:
Copyright: © 2004 OCLC Online Computer library Center
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation and last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: Metadata Catalogers

Type of Resource: Tutorial
Author: RLG
Title: RLIN21 Client Tutorial
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.rlg.org/en/pdfs/r21_clientutorial.pdf
Subject: Cataloging
Keyword: Union Catalog
Description: The tutorial shows how to search and catalog for RLIN/RLG Union Catalog.
Rights:
Copyright: © 2004 RLG, freely available
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation and last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: application/pdf
Educational Level: Metadata Catalogers

Type of Resource: Tutorial
Author: Ann Branton and Aiping Chen-Gaffey
Title: MARC21 Tutorial
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Etechserv/pdc/marc21_tutorial_ie/
Subject: Descriptive cataloging, Subject cataloging
Keyword: MARC Bibliographic, encoding,
Description: This tutorial is a first step toward training library personnel in the particulars of MARC tags, indicators, fields, and subfields, and why each part is significant in the creation of the bibliographic record.
The MARC 21 training tutorial provides a means to study and practice bibliographic standards in descriptive and subject cataloging for machine-readable formats incorporating MARC 21 coding. It is meant to be used in conjunction with Understanding MARC Bibliographic, http://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/. There is a glossary.
Rights:
Copyright: © 2004 Ann Branton and Aiping Chen-Gaffey
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation and last modification: 2004-00-00
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: All LIS Graduates

Type of Resource: Tutorial
Author: Tim Craven
Title: Thesaurus Construction
Location/Identifier: URL: http://instruct.uwo.ca/gplis/677/thesaur/main00.htm
Subject: Thesauri (Controlled vocabularies)
Keyword: Thesaurus Construction, information retrieval thesaurus, Semantic relations
Description: The pupose of this module is to teach the basics of constructing an information retrieval thesaurus. There is a glossary. Sections include: What is a Thesaurus?; Collecting Terms; Modifying and Inventing Terms; Preferred and Non-Preferred Terms; Semantic Relations; BT, NT, and RT References; Scope Notes; Thesaurus Displays.
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Copyright: © 1997 The University of Western Ontario
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation: Unknown
Date of last modification: 2002-02-19
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: All LIS Graduates

Type of Resource: Tutorial
Author: Dennis O'Neil.
Title: Classification of living things
Location/Identifier: URL: http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/default.htm
Subject: Outlines, Classification Keyword: Syllabus, Larry N. Osborne
Description: An Introduction to the Principles of Taxonomy with a Focus on Human Classification Categories, and it provides an excellent introduction to Linnaean classification & taxonomy.
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Copyright: © 1998-2004 Dennis O'Neil.
Access: Freely available; Terms and Conditions of Use available at http://anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/terms_and_conditions.htm
Date of creation: N/A Unknown
Date of last modification: 2004-08-01
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: All LIS Graduates

Type of Resource: Tutorial
Author: Kathleen Wells and Nashaat Sayed
Title: Authority Tutorial
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.lib.usm.edu/~techserv/pdc/auth_tutorial/index.htm
Subject: Authority files (Information retrieval)
Keyword: MARC authority format, Authority terms, Authority records
Description: This tutorial is a first step toward training library personnel in the particulars of MARC authority tags, indicators, fields, and subfields, why each part is significant in the creation of the authority record, and the interaction of authority and bibliographic records. The MARC Authority training tutorial provides a means to study and practice the creation of authority records incorporating MARC coding. It is meant to be used in conjunction with Understanding MARC Bibliographic, http://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/ and the MARC21 Tutorial, http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Etechserv/pdc/marc21_tutorial_ie/.  There is a glossary.
Rights:
Copyright: © 2004 Kathleen Wells and Nashaat Sayed
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation and last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: All LIS Graduates

Type of Resource: Tutorial
Author: Lycos, Inc.
Title: WebMonkey : The Developer's Resource
Location/Identifier: URL: http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/
Subject: Educational Web sites
Keyword: Web authoring; Javascript;
Description: The WebMonkey tutorials are helpful when learning about how to do something for the web, such as html authoring, where HTML Basics, Tables, Frames, Browsers, Tools, Stylesheets, DHTML, and XML are covered. There is a How-To section and a Quick Reference section. Besides authoring, design, multimedia, there are tutorials about how to create web-accessible databases, and HTML Cheatsheets, a Javascript library, and a UNIX Guide among other things. The site has advertising.
Rights:
Copyright: © 2004, Lycos, Inc
Access: Freely available
Date of creation and last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: All LIS Graduates; Metadata Catalogers; Metadata Architects

Type of Resource: Tutorial
Author: Michael Lerner Productions
Title: Learn the Net
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.learnthenet.com/english/
Subject: Internet in education
Keyword: Animated internet, Glossary of internet terms, Index of internet articles
Description: Learn the Net focuses on delivering high quality educational products and services in print, CD-ROM and to the desktop, via the Internet and intranets. It includes resources about internet, how-to web questions, and an interactive material searching the web.
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Copyright: © 1996-2004 Michael Lerner Productions
Access: Freely available
Date of creation and last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: All LIS Graduates; Metadata Catalogers; Metadata Architects

Created by Anita Coleman