Library of Congress Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate

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library directorate organizational unit

The Library of Congress Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate is the division of the Library of Congress responsible for acquiring materials and creating the cataloging and bibliographic records that support access to the library’s collections.

Aliases (1)

Library of Congress Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access units ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	library directorate → organizational unit →
activity	legal deposit processing for certain materials → quality control of cataloging records → selection and acquisition of materials → training in cataloging standards → vendor relations for acquisitions →
collaboratesWith	international cataloging partners → national libraries → other Library of Congress service units → research libraries →
country	United States →
employs	catalogers → librarians → metadata specialists →
goal	ensure comprehensive bibliographic control → provide timely cataloging for users → support access to Library of Congress collections →
hasParentOrganization	Library Services (Library of Congress) →
location	Washington, D.C. →
partOf	Library of Congress →
produces	bibliographic data shared with external libraries → catalog records for the Library of Congress Online Catalog →
responsibleFor	acquisitions of library materials → authority control activities → bibliographic access to collections → cataloging of materials → classification of library materials → cooperative cataloging programs → creation of bibliographic records → description of library collections → implementation of cataloging standards → metadata creation for library resources → name authority records → policy development for cataloging and metadata → subject analysis of resources → subject authority records →
scope	U.S. imprints → audio-visual materials → digital materials → electronic resources → foreign-language materials → print materials →
usesStandard	BIBFRAME → Library of Congress Classification → Library of Congress Subject Headings → MARC 21 → Resource Description and Access →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Library of Congress catalogers →	employedInDepartment
Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division ("Library of Congress Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access units") →	parentOrganization