Cataloging for school librarians

Kelsey, Marie Ellen 1948- (author.).

Summary: Cataloging for School Librarians presents the theory and practice of cataloging and classification to students and practitioners needing a clear sequential process to help them overcome cataloging anxiety. With the instructions in this book, the new cataloger will become proficient at creating bibliographic records that meet current national standards and at making library materials accessible to students and faculty. It covers AACR2, RDA, FRBR, Sears, and the Dewey Decimal Classification and presents numerous examples of how to catalog books, nonprint, and electronic library materials using the MARC format.

Item details

ISBN: 9781442232457 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1442232455 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781442232464 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1442232463 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781442232471 (ebook)
Physical Description: print
xv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
Copyright: ©2014

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-290) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introducing the library catalog and access to resources -- Supporting resource discovery: RDA and FRBR -- Obtaining OPAC bibliographic records -- Understanding cataloging in publication (CIP) -- Creating access points -- Creating authorized forms of names -- Creating MARC 21 records -- Cataloging books -- Cataloging nonprint and electronic materials -- Cataloging books in series -- Using Sears list of subject headings -- Using Abridged Dewey decimal classification -- Building Dewey numbers in three major areas -- From resource discovery to information fluency -- Appendix A. Differences between AACR2 and RDA to aid quick recognition of an RDA record-- Appendix B. RDA sample records in MARC from OCLC.