4.1.2) Cutter

4) Les règles de catalogage

4.1) Les pionniers

4.1.2) Cutter

Charles Ammi Cutter, 1837-1903, bibliothécaire américain

a) Règles de catalogage

Rules for a printed dictionary catalogue. - Washington, 1876. - 89 p.

Et plusieurs éditions successives.

Online :

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AEY6826.0001.001

Dictionary catalogue = Catalogue dictionnaire = Kreuzkatalog: dans la même séquence A-Z, on trouve les auteurs et les matières.

Les objectifs d'un catalogue:

1. To enable a person to find a book of which either

a) the author is known

b) the title is known

c) the subject is known

2. To show what the library has

d) by a given author

e) on a given subject

f) in a given kind of literature

3) To assist in the choice of a book

g) as to its edition (bibliographically)

h) as to its character (literary or topical)

Extrait du catalogue de Cutter, Boston Athenaeum :

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AFA0685.0001.001;rgn=full%20text;view=toc;cc=moa

b) Classification

Expansive classification. - Boston, 1891-1904.- 2 pts

A la base de la classification de la Library of Congress

c) Cutter-number

Three-figure author table / Cutter-Sanborn. - Englewood, 1976. - 34 p.

Extraits: http://www.pierregavin.ch/documents-1/4-regles-catalogage/Cutter-Sanborn.PDF/view