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List of some papers published by Rahmatollah Fattahi

1. Anglo-American Cataloging Rules in the Online Environment: a Literature Review.

By Rahmatollah Fattahi

Source: Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 1995, vol. 20, number 2: 25-50.
ABSTRACT. As a standard set of rules, AACR2 has received much attention in the literature of descriptive cataloging.
Despite this extensive literature, an important aspect of the code-- its relevance to the online environment-- has not received much attention, particularly in terms of empirical research. There is, however, a general criticism that AACR2, being based on manual systems, does not correspond effectively to the online environment. While advent of online catalogues has changed both the internal structure and the external appearance of library catalogues, a majority of writers consider that radical changes in the code are impossible and undesirable in the near future, owing to various factors, such as the incompatibilities of the MARC format to radical change, and the large size of existing catalogues created according to the current rules.

2. A comparison between the online catalog and the card catalog: some considerations for redesigning
bibliographic standards
Author(s): Rahmatollah Fattahi
Journal: OCLC Systems & Services
Year: 1995 Volume: 11 Number: 3 Page: 28 -- p38
Publisher: Emerald
Abstract: Online catalogs and card catalogs can be compared from different perspectives and according to
different criteria. An appropriate approach in this regard is to compare the two types of catalog according
to the processes in which bibliographic records are created (the input stage), manipulated (the storage
stage) and retrieved (the output stage). Studies the concepts underlying the input-storage/output of
bibliographic records and reveals major differences between online catalogs and card catalogs. These
differences are multiplied and widened when moving from input stage to output stage to such an extent
that online catalogs can be considered as a significant departure from manual catalogs. The redesign for
use in the online environment of bibliographical standards (cataloging codes, MARC formats and ISBDs)
which are based on the concept of the card catalog should be based on the conceptual as well as the
practical differences between the online catalog and the card catalog.
Keywords:Bibliographies; Cataloguing; Online Retrieval; Records Management; Standards

3. Library cataloguing and abstracting and indexing services: reconciliation of principles in the online
environment?
Author(s): Rahmat Fattahi
Journal: Library Review
Year: 1998 Volume: 47 Number: 4 Page: 211 -- p216
DOI: 10.1108/00242539810212803
Publisher: Emerald
Abstract: With the ever-increasing developments in information technology and networks, end users of the
online environment now have integrated access to a variety of bibliographic databases, mainly library
catalogues and A&I services, from a single terminal. While such a facility influences users' expectations and
preferences in the searching, retrieval and presentation of bibliographic information, it raises an important
question as to whether different bibliographic practices can use a similar or compatible set of principles for
creating bibliographic records and files. This paper is an attempt to identify areas of possible reconciliation
and also address some of the implications of such an issue.
Keywords:Bibliographies; Cataloguing; Computer Networks; Indexes; On-Line Retrieval
Article Type:Theoretical with Application in Practice
Content Indicators:Research Implications-*; Practice Implications-**; Originality-*; Readability-***

4. A uniform approach to the indexing of cataloguing data in online library systems
Author(s): Rahmatollah Fattahi
Journal: Library Review
Year: 1997 Volume: 46 Number: 5 Page: 339 -- p343
DOI: 10.1108/00242539710178470
Publisher: Emerald
Abstract: Posits that in library cataloguing and for optimal functionality of bibiliographic records, the
indexing of fields and subfields should follow a uniform approach. This would maintain effectiveness in
searching, retrieval and display of bibliographic information both within systems and between systems.
However, a review of different postings to the AUTOCAT and USMARC discussion lists indicates that the
indexing and tagging of cataloguing data do not, at present, follow a consistent approach in online library
systems. If the rationale of cataloguing principles is to bring uniformity in bibliographic description and
effectiveness in access, they should also address the question of uniform approaches to the indexing of
cataloguing data. In this context and in terms of the identification and handling of data elements,
cataloguing standards (codes, MARC formats and the Z39.50 standard) should be brought closer, in that
they should provide guidelines for the designation of data elements for machine-readable records.
Keywords:Cataloguing; Indexes; Libraries; Online Retrieval
Article Type:Theoretical with Application in Practice

5. How doctoral studies can influence academic careers and LIS practice
Dr Rahmatollah Fattahi
Abstract: Among the most important requirements which make a PhD program different from other degrees
are that it is to be a 'contribution to knowledge' and that the student is 'to be able to do research
independently'. In general, a PhD is different from a Masters degree in that it develops one's ability to think
more philosophically and thus more abstractly about issues in the field. The degree is expected to influence,
not only one's academic career, but also practice in the field. The degree, in fact, develops the ways in which
one thinks and practices...