Wk.+7+Practice+Descriptive+Cat.


 * PRACTICE -- DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGING - UPDATED AND CHANGED (9/22) **



This is the first instance where you will be reading the chapter and doing the exercises. We will build on the exercises later in the course. Our first step is to get you comfortable with the terminology and environment of cataloging is this is all new to you.

As you know, this chapter is an introduction to //Anglo American Cataloging Rules//, 2nd edition. This assignment is to practice what we talked about last week.

Because your library will have MARC records that have been created using AACR2, we will spend this class highlighting the fundamentals of what your collection is at this point. RDA is still a future concept for school libraries.

For this week you are going to do the exercises at the end of chapter 3 in order to become more familiar with the information that goes into the MARC field.

On page 112 of your text you saw the most common MARC tags used by small and school libraries. For more information about these or any other tags you run across, I recommend going to Follett’s Tag of the Month Web site []. Click on the “Tag of the Month Bibliographic Archives” to find the discussion of the tags. This is an exemplary discussion about the fields and subfields – all you would want to ever know. This is particularly helpful if you don't know how to formulate the information in the field. It will show oyu the correct formatting.

ASSIGNMENT Now that you have either explored BestMARC or MARC Magician, you will practice using this software as well as practice descriptive cataloging.
 * On pp. 32 and 33, do Exercises 3A, 3B, 3C, and 3D -- only instead of doing the first and second level cataloging you will catalog these items using these fields that you have already practiced with:

AUTHOR/PERSONAL NAME ENTRY TITLE STATEMENT PUBLICATION INFORMATION PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
 * 100 $a Author
 * 245 $a Title
 * 245 $b Remainder of the title
 * 245 $c Statement of Responsibility
 * 260 $a Location of publisher
 * 260 $b Name of publisher
 * 260 $c Date of publication
 * 300 $a pages
 * 300 $b other physical details
 * 300 $c dimensions


 * In addition to the fields above that you have already worked with, you will add the fields below to your records if the information is present (not all books will need all of these fields -- if the information isn't there just leave the field blank.) **
 * ** 100 $d Author dates (find the dates wherever your can. Authority files are the best place to start.) **
 * ** 020 $a International Standard Book Number (ISBN) **
 * ** 250 $a Edition statement **
 * ** 504 $a Note - Bibliography or indexing **


 * Double-check your work by going to any of the copy cataloging sites and see if you can find the record for the four books you practiced on. What questions do you have?
 * Post any questions you have about your exercise.
 * There is nothing to turn in this week for a grade.