Well, this was fun, but I’m glad I don’t have to repeat it!!! Now that I feel pretty comfortable with ISBD and MARC, we have to add more elements. These last two sections were a little more difficult. DDC really frustrated me. I think I had expectations about Dewey which were not accurate. I expected the process to be much simpler. Meaning 500 would be broad, 550 a little more specific, and 555 more specific and so on. I had no idea about all of the adding. I we didn’t even get into some of the more difficult stuff! A friend of mine taking courses towards becoming an archivist, called me for help on an assignment. I had not even seen the stuff he was doing J
I am glad I know how to do this, though. Although I will not use it very often, it is good to know how create records accurately for when I need to create them. The lady I work with is complaining because the course she took in cataloging was not as detailed, and she feels cheated. She did not know how to do half of what we learned throughout this class. Her husband is the archivist student, and she really feels lost looking at his homework. You might get to see her in your class one day, she says she wants to take it.Kristy Boling
April 27th, 2011
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Your toe is dipped, but the waters of cataloging are much deeper (murky too). I was the map librarian at Syracuse University, Kristy. The full AACR has an entire section on maps. Area 3 is used for that kind of material.
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