10.3b+Practice+Descriptive+Cat.


 * PRACTICE -- DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGING (UPDATED 24 SEPTEMBER) **



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.

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 * Each of the following books has been completely digitized. Scroll through the books, just as you would flip through the book if you had the hard copy. Look for all of the information that you can find to add to the MARC record.
 * Besides your own cataloging, by all means **look for any source you can find that may have already cataloged the material. I absolutely believe that COPY CATALOGING is a school librarian’s best friend.**
 * Beware of copying information from another library that is information that is from a different edition than the book I have assigned. I will deduct points from your assignment if you include information that is from a DIFFERENT EDITION than the one I have given you to catalog. If you are using a copy cataloging source, it is your responsibility to match up the information in the record you are perusing to the item I am asking you to catalog.

ASSIGNMENT Now that you have either explored BestMARC or MARC Magician, you will practice using this software as well as practice descriptive cataloging. All practice sessions and graded assignments will be done in MARC formatting.


 * On pp. 32 and 33, do Exercises 3A, 3B, 3C, and 3D -- second level of cataloging


 * The Roly-Poly Pudding by Beatrix Potter [|http://books.google.com/books?id=3w8VAAAAMAAJ&dq=beatrix potter&pg=PP1 - v=onepage&q=beatrix potter&f=false]
 * // The Complete Opera Book The Complete Opera Book // by Gustav Kobbe and Katharine Wright []
 * // The Adventures of Ulysses // by Charles Lamb []

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


 * ADDITIONAL FIELDS FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT: 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.) **
 * ** 020 $a International Standard Book Number (ISBN) **
 * ** 100 $d Author dates (find the dates wherever your can. Authority files are the best place to start.) **
 * ** 250 $a Edition statement **
 * ** 504 $a Note - Bibliography or indexing **
 * ** 700 $a Added Entry - Personal Name **
 * ** 700 $d Added Entry - Personal Name Dates (find the dates wherever your can. Authority files are the best place to start.) **

In summary, you will be responsible for any information that would fall into these fields: **020 $a** ISBN number **100 $a** Main person responsible for the item **100 $d** Main person responsible for the item dates **245 $a** Title **245 $b** Remainder of title **245 $c** Statement of responsibility **250 $a** Edition statement **260 $a** Publisher place **260 $b** Publisher name **260 $c** Date of distribution **300 $a** Number of pages, extent of the item **300 $b** Illustrations, maps, portraits **300 $c** Dimensions **504 $a** Bibliography statement **700 $a** Added entry: personal name **700 $b** Added entry: personal name dates


 * 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.

If you are unsure how to download records from BestMARC, here is a brief screencast to show you how.

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You do NOT have to use MARCle or MarcEdit. I only point you to them in case you would like to see what your assignment would look like after being uploaded to an online catalog. I use MARCle to upload your MARC records assignments in order to grade them.

If you have a Macintosh, you can see what your MARC records look like by importing them into MARCle. You don't need to do this because you already see your MARC record as you create it. This is what I will use to grade your projects. Get MARCle here @http://sourceforge.net/projects/marcle/ Another software to view your MARC records is MarcEdit. The advantage of this software is that it comes in both Windows and Macintosh flavors. You have to download this software and it is more complex than MARCle but it will do more things. Get MarcEdit here http://marcedit.reeset.net/downloads