DOCUMENT RESUME ED 044 152 LI 002 209 AUTHOR Leonard, Lawrence E. TITLE Cooperative and Centralized Cataloging and Processing: A Bibliography, 1850-1967. INSTITUTION Illinois Univ., Urbana. Graduate School of Library Science. PUB DATE Jul 68 NOTE 92p.; Occasional Paper 93 EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF-$0.50 HC-$4.70 DESCRIPTORS Bibliographies, *Cataloging, *Library Acquisition, *Library Cooperation, *Library Technical Processes ABSTRACT Nine hundred and fifty-four references to articles on cooperative and ceatralized acquisitions, cataloging and processing, covering the period from 1850 to 1968, are included in this bibliography. Subject elements of the bibliography by the approximate date of appearance are:(1) Cooperative cataloging--1850-;(2) Centralized cataloging (Library of Congress card service--1900-, other centralized cataloging - - 1928 -); (3) Centralized purchasing--1919-; (4) Centralized processing--1948-; and (5) Cataloging-in-source--1958-1965. References to articles on "universal catalogs," "book catalogs," and "cooperative acquisitions programs" are not included here. An alphabetical author index is provided. (NH) slr 5- 4/7 University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science OCCASIONAL PAPPI U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.EDUCATION a WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THEPERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT. POINTSOF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DONOT NECES- SARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE0 P EDU- CATIONPOSITIONOR POLICY. COOPERATIVE AND CENTRALIZED CATALOGING AND PROCESSING:A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1850-1967 by °LAWRENCEE. LEONARD 0'2 cat c(). 4H N Number 93 July 1968 Price:$1.00 CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION 1 BIBLIOGRAPHY 3 AUTHOR INDEX 78 VITA 89 COOPERATIVE AND CENTRALIZED CATALOGING AND PROCESSING: A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1850-1967* INTRODUCTION "At the present time, if a specially valuable book is published it finds its way to at least a thousand different libraries, in all of which it must be catalogued.One of the highest salaried officers of each of these thousand libraries must take this book and examine it for the scores of points that only a cataloguer can appreciate the necessity of looking up. Then the title must be copied and revised. Perhaps a half day is spent in preparing a satisfactory note to append for the benefit of the readers, etc., etc.And all this work is repeated to a certain extent in each of the thousand libraries!Can librarians complain if practical busi- ness men call this sheer extravagance?"1So wrote Melvil Dewey in an 1877 article on cooperative cataloging. His words have since been repeated many times in many different ways, though the broad aims which he con- stantly supported have only recently been (or are still being) accomplished. Cooperative and centralized cataloging of library materials are obvi- ously not recent concepts. In 1850 Charles Coffin Jewett proposed that the Smithsonian Institution begin accumulating sterotype blocks of its cataloging and that of other contributing libraries to be used in com- piling printed catalogs of different libraries, joint catalogs of two or more libraries, and possibly a union catalog of all libraries in the country.2 No action was taken by the Smithsonian, but Jewett's proposal influ- enced the thinking of Dewey and his contemporaries and, through their urging, led to the American Library Association title slip service and then to the card catalog service begun by the Library of Congress in 1901. There are many articles in the late 1800's and well into the mid- 1900's discussing cooperative and centralized cataloging.With exception of a few isolated examples, however, in the 1920's and 1930's reference to processing centers is rare until the mid-1940's.A few centers came * This bibliography was compiled as one task in Phase I of the Colorado Academic Libraries Book Processing Center feasibility study, supported by National Science Foundation Grant GN-588. I would like to thank Mrs. LaVica Andre for typing and proof-reading the manuscript copy; Richard M. Dougherty (University of Colorado), Peter Hiatt (Indiana University), and Harold Olsen (National Science Foundation) for their interest in and support of the bibliography; and my wife, Carolyn, for all of her assistance in compiling it. 2 into existence in the 1940's, the number grew in the 1950's and there has been a proliferation of centers in the 1960's. One single factor often cited as the contributing force in establishment of centers in the 1950's and 1960's is the Library Services Act of 1956 and the subsequent Library Services and Construction Act of 1963.This legislation has pro- vided one thing without which programs can not be carried out - namely, money. Since the passage of the Library Services Act, processing centers have literally sprung up and are successfully operating across the United States. Processing centers serve public and school libraries almost without exception. Several centers process materials for academic libraries (primarily junior colleges), but to date there appear to be no centers which were established to serve exclusively the processing needs of aca- demic libraries. As evidenced by the length of this bibliography, many articles have appeared regarding cooperative and centralized acquisitions, cataloging and processing.Treatment of the subjects has produced a broad range of arti- cles, including those on advantages and disadvantages of cooperative and centralized cataloging, discussions on cataloging theory, accounts of "how we do it in our library, or processing center," guidelines for central- ized processing, and cooperative/centralized cataloging at the local, regional, national, and international level. Through the years there has been an interchange in existing terms and development of new terms to de- scribe changing concept., thus throwing confusion into the game, unless the reader happens to knew the terminology rules for the particular period in question. The words 'cooperative" and "centralized" have been unintentionally interchanged to such an extent that it is often difficult to tell from a title, and sometimes from the article itself, which of the two the author had in mind.With such a Patrick Fitzmorris -- Morris Fitzpatrick syndrome, it is difficult to tell whether one should write about cooperative pro- cessing centers, centralized processing cooperatives, or processing center cooperatives. All three terms would probably receive the stamp of ac- ceptable jargon. Library Literature demonstrates well the evolution of technical services terminology from 1921 to its present state. Prior to 1942, cata- loging, cooperative, and order work-cooperation were the main indexing terms to the subject in question.Technical processes was added in 1943, and order work-cooperative changed to acquisitions, cooperative in 1949. Technical processes became technical services in 1958, and cataloging- in-source roject appeared. The word centralized was joined with cata- loging in 1 and with technical services in 1958. Unfortunately for the profession cataloginfizin-source project disappeared in 1966. A summary of the stages of development reflected in these terms is shown in the following table. 3 TABLE 1 Subject Elements of Bibliography by Approximate Date of Appearance Cooperative Cataloging 1850- Centralized Cataloging Library of Congress card service 1900 - Other centralized cataloging 1928 - Centralized Purchasing 1919 - Centralized Processing 1948- Cataloging-in- Source 1958-1965 In compiling this bibliography, the following sou;ces were examined: Torstein Jahr's BiblioraCooarattaloin'; Cannons' Bibli- ography of Library Economy-+; Library Literature; Library Science Abstracts; Mary Hanley's Centralized ProcessingRecent Trends and Current Status5; and references cited in the articles included in this bibliography. References to articles on universal catalogs, book catalogs, and co- operative acquisitions programs (e.g. Farmington Plan, Public Law 48o, etc.) have not been included in this bibliography. REFERENCES 1. Dewey, Melvil. "Co-operative Cataloging," Library Journal, 1:170, Jan. 1877, 2. Jewett, Charles C. "A Plan for Stereotyping Catalogues by Separate Titles; and for Forming a General Stereotyped Catalogue of Public Libraries in the United States." In Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 1$50. Washington, D. C., S. F. Baird, 1851, Vol.. 4, pp. 165-176-.. 3. Jahr, Torstein, and Strohm, Adam Julius. Bibliography of Cooperative Cataloguing and the Printing of Catalogue Cards (1850 - 1902). Appendix VI to Report of the Librarian of Congress, 1902, pp. 109-224. 4. Cannons, H.G.T. Bibliography of Library Economy; a Classified Index to the Professional Periodical Literature in the English Language. 787;-1920.Chicago, ALA, 1927. 5. Hanley, Mary. Centralized Processing, Recent Trends and Current Status; A Review and Synthesis of the Literature (University of Illinois Gradu- ate School of Library Science Occasional Papers, No. 71). Urbana, University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science, 1964. 4 BIBLIOGRAPHY 1850 1. Dilke, Charles Wentworth.Report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the constitution and govern- ment of the British museum; with minutes of evidence. London, 1850.Athenaeum, 1850, pp. 499-502. 1851 2. Jewett, Charles Coffin. General catalogue . Smithsonian Institution.Board of Regents.Annual repert, vol. 5. United States 32d Congress, special session, 1851. Senate miscellaneous document no. 1, pp. 32-41. 3. Jewett, Charles C. A plan for stereotyping