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Suddenly find yourself cataloging in a library? Or supervising? Or in library school and feeling lost? These Ten Tips will set you on the right path by giving you some tips and getting you in the right mindset.
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Top 10 Things You Need to Know About Cataloging
©2012 biblioease.com 2013 biblioease.comCataloging & Classification for the Rest of Us
Adjunct Cataloging Instructor/Lyrasis
Ten Things About Cataloging
Ten Things About Cataloging
1. You already know about cataloging.
Can you find a book in the catalog?Subject, keyword, main, and added entries
Can you find a book on the shelves?Classification, Description
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2. The goal is to make it easier for the user.
Ranganathan’s 5 Laws of Library Science (updated by Melissa Powell)
1. Information is for use.2. Every patron his information.3. Every information its user.4. Save the time of the patron.5. The library is a growing organism.
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3. Cataloging is not the MARC record.
Ten Things About Cataloging
3. Cataloging is not the MARC record.
Ten Things About Cataloging
3. Cataloging is not the MARC record.
It is the process of gathering the information to PUT in whatever bibliographic framework you use.
Describing the item and determining all of the different ways people will LOOK for the item.
IT IS . . .
YOU ARE. . .
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4. It’s only as complicated as you make it.
Ten Things About Cataloging
4. It’s only as complicated as you make it.
Minimum bibliographic standards
ISBN/ISSNMain Entry (Author/creator of work)TitleEditionPublisher and datePhysical descriptionSubject/Genre heading
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4. It’s only as complicated as you make it.
Only You Can Prevent GIGO*
*Garbage In, Garbage Out
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5. It does have to be consistent
• Enable sharing of records (cooperative cataloging)
• Ensure consistency and predictability• Provide a foundation for local practice decisions
Ten Things About Cataloging
5. It does have to be consistent
Ten Things About Cataloging
5. It does have to be consistent
Ten Things About Cataloging
5. It does have to be consistent
Ten Things About Cataloging
6. It’s like being an orienteering guide
Describing the item/information in detail so the user knows where to find it and when they do that they have found exactly what they are looking for.
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7.Location Location Location
Classification is where you decide how your patrons will find it and will vary from library to library.
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8. Others have already done it for you!
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9. You don’t always have to catalog.
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10. ASK!
Mentors
Forums/Listservs (ILS)
Similar libraries
ARSL Listserv
Trainers
Colleagues
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10. ASK!
There are people dying to help you!
Ten Things About Cataloging
10. ASK!
But make sure they understand YOUR library and will give you what YOU need.
Cataloging is Even More ImportantMore accessibility means the need for clearer
descriptions that work across multiple mediums.
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Everyone is working with creating metadata these days.
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Ten Things About Cataloging
Ten Things About Cataloging
What is RDA and what does it mean for me?
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 8:30 am.
©2012 biblioease.com 2013 biblioease.comCataloging & Classification for the Rest of Us
Adjunct Cataloging Instructor/Lyrasis
