Examines the practical implementation of CORC, a pioneering collaborative cataloging system for electronic resources, offering theoretical and practical approaches to address cataloging challenges in the Internet environment and help define the future of librarianship and information access.

CORC: New Tools and Possibilities for Cooperative Electronic Resource Description examines the nuts-and-bolts practical matters of making this cataloging system work in the Internet environment, where information objects are electronic, transient, and numerous. This fascinating volume on the pioneering collaborative computer system offers a blend of theoretical and practical approaches to broad-based and specialized cataloging problems. The authors represent the perspectives not only of CORC founders, researchers, developers, and observers, but also of library practitioners and managers who are applying CORC to their daily operations. This valuable book will also help to define the future of librarianship and information access.