Toward a code of ethics for cataloging

Technical Services Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-26

  Bair, Sheila ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Authority control; Cataloging; Code of ethics; Copy cataloging; Ethics; Librarianship; Professional; Subject analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCESS; AUTHORITY CONTROLS; CATALOGING; CODE OF ETHICS; COPY-CATALOGING; ETHICS; LIBRARIANSHIP; PROFESSIONAL; SUBJECT ANALYSIS;

ACCESS CONTROL;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 33747401664     PISSN: 07317131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J124v23n01_02     Document Type: Article

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