Professional Reading Shelf
Electronic Records
Source: ICA
Just Released, Electronic Records: A Workbook for Archivists (ICA Study 16) now available!
“This eagerly awaited manual on records in electronic systems, including networked environments, is available free of charge for download from ICA’s Web site (Download Center).”
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Controlled Vocabularies
Source: NISO
Just Released, NISO Z39.19-200x Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of Monolingual Controlled Vocabularies
“The just-released revision of NISO’s classic Thesaurus Standard is an essential and useful reference for anyone engaged in building and maintenance taxonomies and thesauri. You are invited to preview the draft of Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of Monolingual Controlled Vocabularies NISO Z39.19-200x.”
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Classification
Source: NLM
NLM Classification 2005 Edition Now Available
“The NLM Classification, available online at http://wwwcf.nlm.nih.gov/class/, has a new look for 2005. The new design includes a customized banner for the NLM Classification and conforms more closely to the overall style of the National Library of Medicine site.
