Jessica! I can understand your frustration, but remember: it's WorldCat and not AmerCat!
"WorldCat is a union catalog that itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories which participate in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) global cooperative. It is built and maintained collectively by the participating libraries." - Wikipedia And frustration can go both ways: imagine you are a German librarian, looking for the record for an Iranian film, and the only record you can find is for one in....English! Ich wunsche Ihnen ein glückliches neues Jahr! Cheers! Anthony ******************************* Anthony E. Anderson Assistant Director, Doheny Memorial Library University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182 (213) 740-1190 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> "Wind, regen, zon, of kou, Albert Cuyp ik hou van jou." ******************************** From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 9:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] Is there a listserv or good online forum where video catalogers congregate? Titles are even worse. Nothing more fun than trying to find a film Worldcat lists with a German title for an Iranian film or in Cyrillic. On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Chris Lewis <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I'm forever frustrated by the varying use of subject headings employed in cataloging videos especially for foreign language films and hope to turn our catalogers on to to some expert opinions. -- Chris Lewis American University Library 202.885.3257<tel:202.885.3257> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
