Make a Quick Decision in (Almost) All Cases: Our Perennial Crisis in Cataloging

Authors

Mary K. Bolin, University of Nebraska--LincolnFollow

ORCID IDs

Mary Bolin

Date of this Version

12-22-1991

Comments

Published in Journal of Academic Librarianship 16:6 (1991), pp. 357-361. Copyright 1991 Journal of Academic Librarianship. Used by permission.

Abstract

Growing backlogs and the increasing complexity of cataloging rules have led to activity on the national level to simplify and streamline cataloging. The solution to the perennial crisis in cataloging, however, begins with the attitudes of the individual cataloger. This article discusses those attitudes and proposes solutions for the individual.