"In the original papers presented here, accomplished format and genre experts explore the problems and challenges of cataloging nine kinds of 'special' materials: films and videos; computer software; Spanish-language works; comic books; children's literature; serials; fine arts; music; and government documents. The approach is that each case is variously critical, practical, and creative, covering - as appropriate - descriptive and subject cataloging as well as classification and including numerous illustrations together with references to useful literature and other aids"--