Unlocking the Mysteries of Cataloging

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Unlocking the Mysteries of Cataloging A Workbook of Examples

Elizabeth Haynes, Joanna F. Fountain

ISBN: 1-59158-008-0

ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-008-9

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268 pages

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Publication: 3/30/2005

List Price: $38.00 (UK Sterling Price: £26.95)

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Media Type: Paperback

Trim Size: 8 1/2 x 11

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This book of cataloging examples is best suited for, and was intended as a supplement for, a textbook in a cataloging course. Examples are an invaluable source for teaching library science students how to catalog different sources. The cataloging course I took in graduate school had a similar workbook of examples gathered from the professor's everyday work in a large public library. This book would have saved my professor several hours of compiling, reviewing, and copying that information for class each semester.
—Reference & User Services Quarterly Winter 2005

Description: Supplementing existing textbooks with exercises that allow practice in description, classification, subject analysis, and MARC 21, this workbook pinpoints problem areas that arise in the cataloging of a wide variety of materials in public, school, special, and academic library settings. Real title pages and other necessary materials are used throughout. AACR2 rule numbers are included, as well as questions for consideration. MARC records are provided for some 50 of 150 exercises. The book companion Web site (http://www.lu.com/workbook) has a section for students and a password protected section for instructors who adopt the book for courses. The instructor's Web site includes MARC records for all exercises. This book will appeal to cataloging students as necessary practice for sharpening their skills, as well as to beginning catalogers in the large library environment. It will be a valuable addition as individual study material and for in-house training of catalogers.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Michael Gorman
Introduction
Objectives of Cataloging
Keys You Need to Get Started: Resources
About MARC
All-Format Workform
Exercises 1-150
Appendix A: Selected Genre Terms
Appendix B: Selected MARC Records for Exercises
Index to Titles
Index to Titles by Exercise Number
Index to Titles by Format
Index to Rules by Title
Index to Rules by Number

About the Author: Elizabeth Haynes is Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg.

Joanna F. Fountain is Assistant Professor, Sam Houston State University, Department of Library Science, and an independent cataloging consultant.

PDF Catalogs:
LU Academic Library Spring 2008.pdf	LU Public Library Spring 2008.pdf
LU Textbook Catalog Fall 2007.pdf


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