Democratizing Education at the Schomburg

SUMMARY

This article documents the development of the catalog at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (NYPL), from its early heginnings up through digital access as is now evident in its Internet presentation, The Digital Schomburg. The role of this unique library as educator and producer is discussed, as well as the cataloging decisions and processes required in mounting The Digital Schomburg. Links to a number of Digital Schomburg resources are provided.

Key Words:

• Cataloging history
• digital libraries
• Internet cataloging
• Dublin Core
• Schomburg Center