Why Teach Cataloguing and Classification?

Enemies of cataloging today include ill-informed administrators, information scientists in library schools, and those who think that alternatives to vocabulary control and bibliographic architecture–such as Google–are better and cheaper than cataloging. Bibliographic control and cataloging should be at the heart of library education. An ideal library school is described. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH.