Seymour Lubetzky was a prominent 20th century cataloguing theorist, teacher, and librarian. He received degrees from UCLA and UC Berkeley and worked at the Sequoia National Park Library, UCLA, and the Library of Congress over his long career. Lubetzky published several influential works on cataloging rules and principles and played a major role in developing international cataloging standards and the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules. He made lasting contributions to the field of cataloguing over nearly sixty years of work.

1. Seymour Lubetzky
1898 - 2003
Cataloguing Theorist, Teacher, Prominent
Librarian

2. Education and Career
Highlights
 Education
 BA from UCLA
 MA UC Berkeley
 General Secondary Teachers Credential
 Certificate of Librarianship
 Career
 Sequoia National Park Library, accessions
assistant (1936-1942)
 UCLA, cataloguer; reviser; chief classifier (1936-
1942)
 Library of Congress, Chief, Catalogue
Maintenance Division (1943-1960)
 UCLA Graduate School of Education and
Information Studies, Professor (1960-1967)

3. Major Contributions
 Publications
 Cataloging Rules and Principles (1953)
 Code of Cataloging Rules, an unfinished draft
(1960)
 Principles of Cataloging (1969)
 Major Influence in
 The development of the “Paris Principles”
 The Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR
and AACR2)

4. Conclusion
 Lubetzky was an unrivaled cataloguing theorist
in the 20th century
 A remarkable individual who was fluent in 6
languages
 Lived to the age of 104 and contributed to the
field of modern cataloguing for close to sixty
years.