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LIBRARY CATALOGUING
:
Library Cataloguing
BY
J. HENRY QUINN
Librarian, Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea; Library
Association Examiner in Cataloguing and
Lecturer in Librarianship, London
; ^, 't^oMoii),
LONDON
TRUSLOVE & HANSON, LTD.
1913.
.•noon :
i*;StE:iP'i^ei|ii
riii. CONTENTS
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
Pseudonyms. Married Women.
Pseadooymsp. Real Names— The Better-known Name
Methods of Marking Pseudonyms — Writers who use
Two Names — Phras<' Pseudonyms— Specific Entry
Repetition n;i<;ber- I'i^ of Capitals tor Emphasis
Women's Names (.'banned by Marriage Anonymous —
Books— The l)isco\cr>- of Authors of Anonymous
Itooks— " By the Author of "— Names consisting
of Initials only 161
CHAPTKR XIII.
The Bible and other Sacred Books.
Newspapers, &c.
"Anonyma" continued— The Bible and other Sacred
Books —Commentaries and Ccmcordances News-—
papers and Periodicals — Directories and Annuals . 185
CHAPTER XIV.
Miscellaneous.
Title-Entries— Classics —
Specific Subject —
Concentra-
tion of Subject— Definite Headings —
Popular Terms
— Historical Fiction— Novels in Series Sequels —
—
Fiction Known bv Special Titles Books with Changed
— — —
Titles Annotatfoos Form Entries Summary Hints 199
CHAPTER XV.
The Printing of Catalogues.
The Preparation of " Copy "-Markings for Type— Styles
—
of Printing In Various Catalogues Table of Types-
— —
Tenders for Printing Model Specification Reading —
and Correction of Proofs ^Type " Kept Standing " . 317
Library Cataloguing.
CHAPTER I.
Introductory.
The di£Bculties of Cataloguing a Library. The qualities
desirable in a Cataloguer. The necessity for Systematic
Cataloguing.
WE now proceed
for whom
to consider the needs of those
our catalogues are prepared.
It may be presumed that most of those who
use this book are engaged in municipal or similar
libraries, where the requirements of the many must
be taken into account rather than the special needs
of the few. For those who have yet to acquire
experience it is as well to state that in cataloguing,
as in most other departments of library work, a
definite decision as to the form and methods to
be adopted must be made at the outset, as it is
impossible to start upon one form and then change
to another without confusion or the sacrifice of
work already done. Then, again, readers as a rule
are extremely conservative, and not only dislike
a change but are quick to resent it even when the
advantages are sufficiently obvious to warrant it.
Librarians and their assistants, too, get accustomed
to a particular method, and after several years of
working find it difficult to make a change to another
without it affecting their work, often unconsciously.
The spread of education and reading nowadays
would lead us to suppose that most people possess
20 LFBRARY CATALOGUING
a sufi^ent amount of general knowledge to enable
them to make an intelligent use of a catalogue,
provided it is compiled upon well-de&ned and
logical principles. Should the compiler happen to
have all the accomplishments named in Chapter I.,
and yield to the temptation to air them by the
production of a highly scientific catalogue, he will
find that his labours are unappreciated, and that he
roust adapt his work to the needs of the average
" man in the street." Mr. H. B. Wheatley says as
to this " that some persons seem to think that
everything is to be brought down to the compre-
hension of the fool but if by doing this we make
;
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IN PORTUGAL
BY AUBREY F. G. BELL
RomoHU.
(O 10 go to Portugal, land heaven-blest)
88 LIBR.\RY CATALOGUING
Allibove, S. a. Critical dictionarj' of Eng-Iish
and British and American authors
literature
with supplement of J. F. Kirk. 1885-91.
Smith, B. E. (Ed.) The Century cyclopedia of
names. 1894.
Al'ce, Claude (Ed.) Nouveau Laroussc illustr^;
avec supplement.
Biographic universelie.ancienne et modeme. iS 1
1
-aS.
Nouvcllc biog^raphie g6aira\c 1852-66.
Altgemeine deut&chc Biographie. 1875- 1908.
Appleton's Cyclopa-dia of American biography.
1888-89.
1. —Author's surname.
2. —The author's forenames.
3. —The of the book.
title
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9. —^The date of publication,
la —TTie collation the number of volumes
(or if
Cutter's Rules
I, Author. 3, Title. 3, Edition. 4, Place of
publication. 5, Publisher's name. 6, Date.
7, Number of volumes or number of pages, illus-
trations, etc. 8, Size. 9, Notes of contents.
LIBRARY CATALOGUING 43
Portugal :
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Bell, A. F. G. In P. 1912
Watson, G. Sunshine, etc. in P. 1904
This style was adopted in quite good catalogues,
and there is no particular loss of information
through it, though the gain of space hardly com-
pensates for the want of clearness, to say nothing
of the somewhat bald appearance of the entries.
In all the subject-entries above it will be
observed that the author's surname leads, the reason
for this being that it serves to guide to the name
under which the main-entry is to be found. The
books are also arranged in alphabetical order by
these surnames under the subject-heading.
If the catalogue we are compiling is not dic-
tionary but classified in its arrangement, then, as
marked accordingly
914.69
Bell, Aubrey F. G. In Portugal. London and
New York, John L,a.ne,igi2. pp. viii., 227. 8°
46 LIBRARY CATALOGUING
This entry can be curtailed if considered desir-
able, as shown above for the dictionary catalogue.
As some persons may not have used the Dewey
Classification, it may be explained that these
numerical symbols signify
900 History (the General Class).
910 Geography and Travels.
914 Europe.
914.6 Spain (the Iberian Peninsula).
914.69 Portugal.
Brief entries are needed for the author and subject-
index or indexes, which appear at either the end
or beginning of the catalogue when printed, thus
Bell, A. F. C. lo Poriugal. 914.69
Portugal |TraT«U). 914.69
LIBRARY CATALOGUING 47
Italy.
Villari, L. Here and there in Italy. 1893
Villari, L. town and country.
Italian life in
1902
Both entries will be marked 914.5 for the classi-
fied catalogue (History — Geography and Travels
Europe — Italy), and the index entries will be
Villari, Linda. Here and there in Italy. 914.5
Villari, Luigi. Italian life. 914.5
Italy (Travel). 914.5
CHAPTER V
Joint-Authors.
Joial-Author*. CoUadoaa. Synonymout Subjeot-Headingi,
Partidpuit* in Correcpoadenee. Referenoei. Mao
aod Wife a* Joinl-Anlbon.
WHEN entry
a book
is
is written by two authors, the
given under the first-named on the
title-page. The following is an illustration of the
method of treatment in such a case, and in order
to make the matter clear, the title-page is set out
in full as before. The whole title is printed in
capital letters, and has no other punctuation than
that shown.
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES
OF ECONOMICS
TOGETHER WITH A SHORT SKETCH
OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
»r
RICHARD T. ELY, Ph.D., LL.D.
noruMM or rourtctL rcoMovr thi univiisitv
or wiscoKim
AMD
GEORGE RAY WICKER, Ph.D.
4SSIIT1KT PlOrXUOI Or E<X>I10UICS in 04tTHOUTH COLLIGt
NEW YORK
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON MA.CMILLAN i. CO., LTD.
:
1910
AU. UCMTI t<SEtVCD
LIBRARY CATALOGUING 49
concerned is
62 LIBRARY CATALOGUING
and in the Subject Index would be further con-
densed. The shortest form allowable in the cata-
logue of a popular library, without abbreviating
the words, is
EcoDomlcs
Ely, R. T., &c. Elementary principles of
economics. 1910
LIBRARY CATALOGUING 53
1883
66 LIBRARY CATALOGUING
WoRKHAN, Fanny B. and Wm. H. In the ice
world of Himilaya: antong the peaks and
passes of Ladakh, Nubra, Suni, and Baltis-
tan. 1900. pp. xvi., 204, maps, illus.
— Through town and jungle : 14,000 miles awheel
among the temples and people of the Indian
Plain. 1904- PP- ^c^^i^M 3^> map, illus.
Himalayas, The :
India :
Labour:
Women's work.
Cadbury, E., &c. Women's work and wages.
1906
We have the choice of another heading, viz.,
"Women"; and as there will certainly be other
books in a reasonably sized library upon the
labour and wages aspects of the question, it would
be a waste of space to give double entries (under
both headings), therefore we proceed to put the
matter right by a reference—
Women :
Birmingham :
Church of En^and :
with a reference
Bradley, A. C. {£d.) See English Association.
LIBRARY CATALOGUING 78
Place-Names :
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are
New Atlantis. Bacon, Lord. (Morley. Ideal
commonwealths.) n.d.
78 LIBRARY CATALOG UING
City of the Sun, The. Campanella, T. (Morley.
Ideal commonwealths.) n.d.
Mundus alter et idem. Hall, J. (Morley. Ideal
commonwealths.) n.d.
Rome :
History.
Pelham, H. F. Essays. 191 1 937
For the classified catalogue the booknot placed is
CHAPTER VII.
LIBRARY CATALOGUING 81
by H. B. W'imbush. 1904
Channel Islands, The :
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" Transl." is a perfectly clear abbreviation for
either translated or translator— the shorter form,
" tr." , may mean anything, and is to be avoided.
86 LIBRARY CATALOGUING
character. If the suggestion is adopted, it must be
carried out uniformly through all entries.
Ornament
S^uy, E. Lcs flours ct lours applications
dccorativcs. 1903
Decoration. Ornament.
.SVr
Dcsig^n, Ornamental. Sec Ornament.
Flowers in ornament. See Ornament.
House Decoration:
Remon, G. Soixante planches de peintre
decorative, n.d.
:
LIBRARY CATALOGUING 87
Ornament
Lehner, J., &c. Neue Dekorations-Maler-
eien im modern en Stil. [1904]
No further references are needed beyond those
already given to the first of these three books.
It would be literally correct but none the less
pedantic to convert the " &c." of the above entry
to " U.S.W." (und so weiter), as
90 LIBRARY CATALOGUING
and these we proceed to condense and adapt after
this manner :
—
Wallace, W. \'incent. Mnritana opera : ; words
by Edward Fitzball ed. by Myles B.
; Foster.
{Royal ed.) pp. ii. 284. n.d.,
LIBRARY CATALOGUING 91
Music.
Pianof. solos.
Menynski, M. Esquisses russes pour piano,
pp. 48. 4° n.d.
96 LIBRARY CATALOGUING
already stated, societies or other bodies in their
corporate capacity are regarded as the authors of
their memoirs, transactions, proceedings, journals,
etc, and entry is made under their names accord-
ingly. The question arises, under what part of the
name ? and it may be laid down in general terms
that if a society be national or general in its scope
and character, and its headquarters are in London,
then the first word of the oflicial name of the society,
other than an article, is the correct entry-word.
The following are illustrative examples of this: —
Royal Society of London. Cataiof^ue of scientific
papers, 1800-1900. Subject-index, v. 3,
Physics, pt. I. Camb., 1913
Society of Antiquaries of London. Archaeologia
or, miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity.
V. I-S9, with indexes. 4° 1770-1905
Chemical Society. .Xbstract of papers. 17 v.
1896-1913
Linnean Society. Proceedings, 1838-55. 2 v.
»849-SS
British Association for the Advancement of
Science. Reports. 20 v. 1891-1910
Institution of Civil Engineers. Minutes of pro-
ceedings. V. 56-142. 1879-1900
On the other hand, if the society be national
for Scotland, Wales, or Ireland, or provincial,
colonial, or foreign, the entry-word depends upon
the nature of the society. The publications of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh, for instance, might
"
be better placed under " Edinburgh, Royal Society
than imder " Scotland Royal Society of Edin-
burgh," notwithstanding that it is a national and
not a local body. Against this, the publications of
LIBRARY CATALOGUING 97
Lancaster :
19" 370-6
Commissioner of P(^ice of the Metropolis. Re-
port, 1911. 1912 3Sa.a
While these official titles of the respective depart-
ments are the correct form of entry, there is no
particular objection to reversing the titles, when
they admit of it, thus bringing them under the name
of the public service concerned, as
Trade, Board of, Labour Department.
Kducation, Board of.
Education Conference, Imperial.
Police, Commissioner of, of the Metropolis.
Virginia. West :
Education
Board of Education. Reports, &c. See
Board of Education.
London County Council. Education reports.
See London County Council.
United States. Board of Education. Pub-
lications. See United States.
Forestry
Wilmot, Sir S. E. Forest life, &c., in India,
igio
"
The title " The Iron Cardinal " must be so given, and
not as " The iron cardinal," although it may be a
fanciful title made use of by this author alone.
Scotland :
Story of a play.
Story of Aline.
Story of an African farm.
Story of Leah.
Story of the Gadsbys.
CHAPTER X.
1912 92.V«
The Erst and fourth of these books come together
under the same heading
Henry FV., 0/ France:
I{;iirH,H. M. The Huguenots and Henry of
Navarre. 2 v. 1886 ... ... 2724
Capefigue, J. H. Gabricllc d'Estr^-cs ct la
or more comprehensively
Germany.
For the lives of monarchs and the histories of
their reigns see their names as William II.
Marie-Antoinette, Queen:
Vounghusband, Lady. Marie-Antoinette
her early youth. 191
Monasticism :
HISTORIiE NOVELLiE
LIBRI TRES.
Edited from Manuscripts
By
WILLIAM STUBBS, D.D.
Bishop of Chester, and Honorary Student of Christ Church,
Oxford.
VOL. L
LONDON
Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office,
By Eyre and Spottiswoode,
Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.
1887
art, but only upon a phase of it, yet those who want
to study Italian art in all its aspects must have
their attention directed to it. Accordingly we
either need an entry, as
Italy
Art.
Crawford, Earl of. The evolution of Italian
sculpture, igog 784
162 LIBRARY CATALOGUING
or the more economical reference ;
—
Italy:
Art.
See also Sculpture.
Art:
See also Architecture. Painting. Sculpture.
For the art of particular countries see
their names as Greece, Italy, Japan.
Balfour and
' Sir Morley
'
of certain French
'
chosen reads
Mongols, The
Muhammed Haidar. Tarikh-i-Rashidi : his-
tory of the Moghuls. 1895 ... 950
Asia, Central :
See also Mongols.
Elias, N. (Ed.) See Muhammed Haidar.
India
Social life.
Yussuf-AIi, A. Life and labour of the people of
India. 1907 ... ... 9i5-4
Japan :
Taoism
L^o Tsze. The Light of China : the Tao Teh
King. 1903 299.5
China
Religions.
See also Taoism.
THE to
do not end when the,
cataloguer's troubles
him, vexatious styles of names referred
to in the previous pages are settled. He has to
decide for himself the somewhat dif&cult question
of entry under pseudonyms or real names when
known, or under married or maiden names when
both have been used by women authors.
These classes come into the same division as
changed names, though the standard codes of rules
make different recommendations, some to enter by
the real name, others by the pseudonym, but most
are in favour of the latter.
1900 968
:
Monasticism
Hannay, J. O. The spirit, &c, of Christian
monasticism. 1903 271
1900 968
Spiritualism :
Dangers, The, of spiritualism, by a Member
of the Society for Psychical Research.
1901 133-9
and is the sole entry for this book.
Attention may here be directed to two points
arising in connection with some of the above entries.
It will be noticed that in the Hannay entry a
" repetition dash " (— ) has been given in lieu of
170 LIBRARY CATALOGUING
the name for the second entry, as it would be for
all subsequent entries under the same name To
make use of this dash for any other purpose is
dangerous, and should be avoided. The old-
fashioned custom of using it to save repeating words
in the title-entries, led to the well-known catalogue
jokes: —
Mill on Liberty.
the Floss.
I..ead, kindly Light.
— Silver and.
Co-operation :
Socialism :
Trades Unions :
Webb, S., &c. History of trade unionism.
1894 331-88
Labour :
India." 1903
when the first entry that under " Makers " can be
dispensed with. The subject-entry is
Greece, Ancient
Philosophy and Religion.
G., E.E. The makers of Hellas. 1903 180
under " On," and certainly none under " Banks " or
" Seine," as the title is a fanciful one, which is hardly
likely to be remembered in any connection apart
from its author and subject If a contrary view
were taken, the most that could be given would be
this entry:
Seine, On the banks of the. Falls, A. M. 1900
LIBRARY CATALOGUING 18S
History.
Falls, A. M. On the banks of the Seine,
igoo 944
In contradistinction the second book is most likely
to be remembered by its title as
CHAPTER XIII.
Bible. The:
Commentaries.
Driver, S. R. &c. (Eds.) International critical
commentary. 24 v. 1909-13 ... 220.7
Genesis, by John Skinner ; Exodui, by
A. R. S. Kennedy (following on through the
rest of the books in the Bible order).
Bible, The:
Commentaries.
See also Old Testament New Testament ;
Old Testament :
New Testament :
Paul, St. :
Shelley, Percy B. :
CHAPTER XIV.
Miscellaneous.
Title-Entries. Classics. Specific Subject. Coucentrfljiqii of
Subject. Definite Headings. Popular Terms, ^Isfqriias}
Fiction. Novels in Series. Sequels. Fiction 'K^oi^ji hy,'
Special Titles. Books with Changed Titles. Anaota'^
tions. Form Entries. Summary Hints.
"
fact often leads to hotch-potch " like the following
Dutch at Home. By Esquiros
— Dialogues. By Harlen
— Dictionary
— Figure Painters. By Gower
'
— Guiaria. By Palgrave
— Painters. By Stanley
— Pictures. By Sala
— Republic Address on.: By
Harrison
Rise of the. By Motley
— School of Painting. By Havard...
"
artist
LIBRARY CATALOGUING 201
Hamilton, Alexander :
Atherton, G. F. The Conqueror.
Fiction, incorporating Hamilton's life.
of Machecoul
— I. Marguerite de Valois ...
— 2. Chicot the jester
— 3. Forty-five guardsmen ...
Bible
— English. The Second Folio, Bishops'
Version. 707 leaves. f° London, Rkhard
Jugge. 1572
—
Note. The Book of Psalms is printed in
parellel columns of black letter and Roman
type, the black letter from the Great Bible,
and the Roman, a new version.
The Holy B. ; conteyning the Old Tes-
•tament and the New. f° London,
Robert Barker, 161
—
Note. This is the and Issue of the ist ed. of
the Authorised Version of King James'
Bible, and is commonly called the Great
She Bible from Ruth iii. 15.
this: —
For C.VPITALS underline three times in black ink.
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—
Time. From the first receipt of copy, the work to
be proceeded with at a rate of not loss than two
sheets of sixteen pages each per week until com-
pleted [or in default thereof the printer to pay a
sum of two pounds per week as damages.]
Non. — A penalty cUuse U optional much depeodi;
Proofs. —
Two copies of proof in galley and two
copies of a revise in page to be furnished for
reading and correction. The Librarian to have
the right to demand a revise in galley and such
revises in page as be shall deem necessary. No
sheet to be sent to press until ordered by the
endorsement of the Librarian thereon.
Additions and corrections. —
The Librarian to have
the right to insert additional matter in galley but
not in page except as an author's correction. No
extra charge to be allowed for author's corrections
unless pointed out and priced at the time they are
made.
LIBRARY CATALOGUING 231
—
Covers. Three thousand covers to be printed upon
coloured paper of an approved tint, not less than
34lbs. to the ream (royal). The front of this
cover to be printed with the title of the catalogue.
—
Note. If the catalogue is not to be bound in boards,
but is to have paper covers only, the weight of the paper
should be at least 7olbs.
Binding. —
^The whole edition is to be bound in good
strawboards of suitable thickness, with cloth strip
backs, and strongly sewn with thread, the covers
being pasted on the front and back and the whole
cut flush. Fourteen days will be allowed for
binding after the last sheet has been returned for
the press.
Delivery. —
^The catalogues when completed are to
be securely tied up in brown paper parcels of fifty
each and delivered to the Librarian at the Public
Library,
Contract. —
The Committee may require the firm
whose tender is accepted to enter into a contract
with the Borough Council to carry out the work
in accordance with this specification and its con>
ditions,and to give an undertaking that the rate
of wages paid and hours of labour observed are
those that are generally accepted as fair by the
printing trades.
JOHN SMITH,
Librarian.
Public Library,
The Broadway,
Biblioville,
APPENDIX Ax.
Specimen Page showing Marked ProoC
^
CtJn Lombard street. BagehotJtV. 1893
Loipbock. With the Dutch in
...
the East. \
C 401
I
4>37
# Hyd*ark,Cudgate-HiH.-&u.
Social, &t. lift.
'
J 1875
LIBRARY CATALOGUING 287
APPENDIX A 2.
Explanations of Markings used in
Proof Correcting.
=y Alignment to be straightened.
"yC. Change capital to lower case (i.e. small letter).
^ Space to be inserted.
C Substitute a bracket.
APPENDIX A3.
Specimen Page Corrected.
APPENDIX B.
LIST OF ABBREiVIATIONS.
The following are some of the words most
frequently used in connection with books and in cata-
loguing, with suitable abbreviations. All abbrevia-
tions must be used guardedly and with discretion, so
that they cannot be confused with other words, and
are self-explanatory with the context. For a full list
'
see a useful book, Author and Printer, " by F.
'
Pieliminaiy
—
APPENDIX C.
INDEX.