As a service to the U.S. and international library communities, CDS offers versions of selected Library of Congress publications for free. You may download directly from the CDS website. The complete set of Cataloging Service Bulletin issues, dating back to 1978, are available, as well as all updates to seven of the most important cataloging and MARC documentation publications.
- Cataloging Service Bulletin
- CONSER Cataloging Manual Updates
- CONSER Editing Guide Updates
- Descriptive Cataloging Manual Updates
- Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books) Updates
- Library of Congress Rule Interpretations Updates
- MARC 21 Format Updates
- Subject Headings Manual Updates
More Resources
- ALA-LC Romanization Tables
- Archival Moving Image Materials: A Cataloging Manual
- Cataloger's Desktop
- Geographic Cutter Numbers Tables G1548 - G9804
- Graphic Materials: Rules for Describing Original Items and Historical Collections
- LC Classification - Additions and Changes
- LC Classification Outline
- LC Subject Headings Weekly Lists
- MARC 21 Concise Formats
- MARC 21 Format for Authority Data
- MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data
- MARC 21 Format for Classification Data
- MARC 21 Format for Community Information
- MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data
- MARC 21 Format: Proposed Changes
- MARC 21 Specifications for Record Structure, Character Sets, and Exchange Media
- MARC Code List for Countries
- MARC Code List for Geographic Areas
- MARC Code List for Languages
- MARC Code List for Organizations
- MARC Code List for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions
- Moving Image Materials: Genre Terms
- SACO Participants' Manual
- Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
- Understanding MARC Authority Records
- Understanding MARC Bibliographic
- What is FRBR? A Conceptual Model for the Bibliographic Universe
