Contents: 1. The theory of cataloguing. 2. Machine language and cataloguing. 3. Machine-readable cataloguing (MARC) programme. 4. Machine translation. 5. International cataloguing and international standard bibliographic description.

"This volume deals with the cataloguing the books, journals and library materials and lays specific emphasis on the skills to be acquired by the trainee librarian in the art of preparing catalogues of books etc. These are methods of assisting the readers, researchers and the educational planners for making use of the material available in the library.

"The book contains latest definitions of various processes of cataloguing and its allied matters." (jacket)

[M.K. Khan's books include Library Science Education in India and The Principles and Practice of Library Science.] 

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