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Library Terminology

IFLA and Mailing Lists
Free access to electronic mailing lists covering internation Library related news and information.
LISnews.com
A collaborative blog by Librarians, focusing on Library and Information Science news
OCLC: Online Computer Library Center
News, blogs, products and services from the world's largest cooperative library service
Innovation Study - the GLAM sector
Challenges and Opportunities for Australia’s Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums - report

Internet Archive
A digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form (website)
LOCKSS: Lots of copies keep stuff safe
Shows libraries how to create low cost, persistent digital caches of http-delivered content

AACR: Anglo-American Cataloguing rules
Covers how to describe and provide access points for library materials

Cataloguer's Reference Shelf
Includes Marc data formats, code lists and cataloging manuals for serials, looseleaf publications, graphic materials, television and film, maps, rare books and more
Dewey Decimal Classification
News and information about DDC
Library of Congress Authorities
Free access to Library of Congress authority headings for subject, name, title etc
Marc Standards
Marc Standards are used to standardise bibliographic
and related information for communication and distribution in machine-readable form
RDA Toolkit -resource description and access
RDA is the new standard for resource description and access. Designed to replace AACR2, it is scheduled to come into operation in 2013.
Guide to Dewey - simply explanation

Australian Copyright Council
Information sheets and FAQ on copyright issues
Copyright Agency Limited
CAL administers the copying of print material by educational institutions, government agencies, and other organisations.
Includes information sheets, newsletters & reports about copyright