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Main Author: Meyer, Jeffrey
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ835994
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contents Developing Content Collections: The Library Catalog as an Early Literacy Guide Meyer, Jeffrey Elementary Education Public Libraries Online Catalogs Emergent Literacy Library Services Online Systems Library Automation Library Development Library Networks Information Management Online Searching Library Materials Cataloging Indexing It seems, at times, that a frantic race persists to ensure that a child, in the crucial learning stages of early elementary education, acquires the appropriate reading level before he or she "gets behind." Though there are obvious issues with branding a book "Grade Level One" or "Reading Level 2.2," it is nevertheless helpful for a library to provide parents, teachers, and children with a generalized reading-level scheme, so as to aid in the literacy of young children; in fact, it would be strange to walk into a library that did not differentiate between picture ("easy") books, juvenile books, and adult books. In this article, the author describes how the Slater Public Library in Iowa has attempted to create a more searchable online catalog, utilizing machine-readable cataloging (MARC) subject fields, to assist patrons in finding accessible materials for early elementary children. (Contains 3 figures and 6 resources.)
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spellingShingle Developing Content Collections: The Library Catalog as an Early Literacy Guide
Meyer, Jeffrey
Elementary Education
Public Libraries
Online Catalogs
Emergent Literacy
Library Services
Online Systems
Library Automation
Library Development
Library Networks
Information Management
Online Searching
Library Materials
Cataloging
Indexing
Developing Content Collections: The Library Catalog as an Early Literacy Guide Meyer, Jeffrey Elementary Education Public Libraries Online Catalogs Emergent Literacy Library Services Online Systems Library Automation Library Development Library Networks Information Management Online Searching Library Materials Cataloging Indexing It seems, at times, that a frantic race persists to ensure that a child, in the crucial learning stages of early elementary education, acquires the appropriate reading level before he or she "gets behind." Though there are obvious issues with branding a book "Grade Level One" or "Reading Level 2.2," it is nevertheless helpful for a library to provide parents, teachers, and children with a generalized reading-level scheme, so as to aid in the literacy of young children; in fact, it would be strange to walk into a library that did not differentiate between picture ("easy") books, juvenile books, and adult books. In this article, the author describes how the Slater Public Library in Iowa has attempted to create a more searchable online catalog, utilizing machine-readable cataloging (MARC) subject fields, to assist patrons in finding accessible materials for early elementary children. (Contains 3 figures and 6 resources.)
title Developing Content Collections: The Library Catalog as an Early Literacy Guide
topic Elementary Education
Public Libraries
Online Catalogs
Emergent Literacy
Library Services
Online Systems
Library Automation
Library Development
Library Networks
Information Management
Online Searching
Library Materials
Cataloging
Indexing
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ835994