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2. Library catalog - Wikipedia

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   The Card Catalog at the Library of Congress. A library catalog (or library catalogue in British English) is a register of all bibliographic items found in a library or group of libraries, such as a network of libraries at several locations. A catalog for a group of libraries is also called a union catalog.

3. Online public access catalog - Wikipedia

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   Online public access catalog. The online public access catalog (OPAC), now frequently synonymous with library catalog, is an online database of materials held by a library or group of libraries. Online catalogs have largely replaced the analog card catalogs previously used in libraries.

4. Cataloging (library science) - Wikipedia

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   t. e. In library and information science, cataloging (US) or cataloguing (UK) is the process of creating metadata representing information resources, such as books, sound recordings, moving images, etc. Cataloging provides information such as author's names, titles, and subject terms that describe resources, typically through the creation of ...

5. WorldCat - Wikipedia

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   The database includes other information sources in addition to member library collections. [6] OCLC makes WorldCat itself available free to libraries, but the catalog is the foundation for other subscription OCLC services (such as resource sharing and collection management). WorldCat is used by librarians for cataloging and research and by the ...

6. OCLC - Wikipedia

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   OCLC, Inc. OCLC, Inc., doing business as OCLC, [4] is an American nonprofit cooperative organization "that provides shared technology services, original research, and community programs for its membership and the library community at large". [2] It was founded in 1967 as the Ohio College Library Center, then became the Online Computer Library ...

7. MARC standards - Wikipedia

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   MARC standards. MARC (machine-readable cataloging) is a standard set of digital formats for the machine-readable description of items catalogued by libraries, such as books, DVDs, and digital resources. Computerized library catalogs and library management software need to structure their catalog records as per an industry-wide standard, which ...