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| Language: | en |
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1989
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED315094 |
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- Current Practices in Library Cataloging and Classification. Revised Edition. Mudd, Isabelle Assignments Cataloging Classification Course Descriptions Dewey Decimal Classification Distance Education Higher Education Learning Activities Library Education Study Guides Union Catalogs Workbooks Designed for use by students enrolled in the audioconference course, Introduction to Technical Services, this 2-part guide presents 10 course units on cataloging. The study guide provided in the first part presents the content of the lesson together with objectives and readings for each unit; the second part contains several assignments, or learning activities, for each topic. The units focus on: (1) the cataloging process, cataloging terminology, and the difference between descriptive and subject cataloging; (2) compiling the information for and typing a main entry catalog card; (3) applying descriptive cataloging rules to nonbook materials; (4) using the Alaska Library Network microfiche catalog to find cataloging information; (5) identifying the main entry and added entries of a work; (6) understanding the value of analytical entries for the small library and learning descriptive cataloging for computer software; (7) distinguishing between monographs and serial publications, differentiating between multipart and serial publications, using the open entry card format, and checking in periodicals; (8) determining the subject of an item, assigning a subject heading, and becoming familiar with the Library of Congress Subject Heading list, including use of subdivisions and experimenting with subject cross references; (9) assigning classification numbers to library materials using Dewey Decimal Classification; and (10) sorting catalog cards received with library materials and following basic rules for filing catalog cards in a library card catalog. (SD)