Many Thanks to all who responded for so many great suggestions and useful resources
for cataloging. Some of you have expressed interest in the results so here's the
hit.....
response1;
OhioLink has good records and they can be downloaded. It is one of the sites I
suggest to my students
You might want to pick up a use copy of either
Fritz, D. & Fritz, R. (2002) Marc 21 for Everyone: A Practical Guide. Chicago:
American Library Association ISBN: 083890842X
or
CATALOG IT! A Guide to Cataloging
School Library Materials, Second Edition
Allison G. Kaplan and Ann Marlow Riedling
response 2;
I currently use the Fritz book in my cataloging class but have used the other one
also.
Certainly you will want to purchase as much as you can shelf ready.
good luck
Student Achievement IS the Bottom Line
Barbara Fiehn, Ed.D.
Educational Technology, Research and Assessment (ETRA)
Library Information Specialist Certification and Endorsement
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, Illinois 60115-2854
815-753-8339 Voice
815 753-9388 fax
http://www.cedu.niu.edu/~fiehn/homepage.html
response 3;
Here are some:
http://www.nassauboces.org/nsls/greatsites/FreeMARC.htm
The one we use (which is not on here) is www.bccls.org Since I am writing to you
from home, I don't have the instruction sheet we follow on how to download them-
but if you want when I go back in 3 weeks, I can send it to you!
Good luck!
Emily :)
Emily Smith, Librarian
JH West Elementary, NY
ESmith@plainedgeschools.org
response 4;
I'm a firm believer in not re-inventing the wheel, so I recommend investing in a
software tool that helps you copy catalogue. I personally use Surpass
Copycat(www.surpasssoftware.com), but I'm sure there are others out there! If
you're not familiar with the idea of copy cataloguing, the idea is basically to
'grab' someone else's catalogue record for an item instead of doing the whole thing
yourself. Since MARC is pretty standard anymore, you can find great records this
way in half (usually even less!) the time you'd have to spend hand cataloguing an
item. Occasionally you'll still have to hand catalogue, but not nearly as often.
I also love SUNLINK (www.ucf.sunlink.edu) and WorldCat
Liza
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is
the greatest accomplishment.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
response 5;
Hi Christine,
I am just starting my first year in a high school LMC
this year, but the previous LMS had resources that
allowed her to hardly ever have to do original
cataloging. She subscribes to OCLC CatExpress and
says she is able to get almost 100% of her AV records
that don't come cataloged from there. It comes to
about a dollar a record (with a cooperative purchasing
discount from a state association). She gets 200
records and shares it with the middle school in the
district. For our size, this is more than enough and
a huge time saver for the money.
Since I haven't used it, I can't speak to its
usefulness, but it's just an idea!
Cassie Tadisch
Library Media Specialist
Whitefish Bay High School
1200 E. Fairmount Ave.
Whitefish Bay, WI 53217
response 6;
If you have Follett purchase Alliance Plus, Library of Congress, get the
record from your public library through their online catalog print it
and type it in.
Mari Rice
Media Specialist
Reeths Puffer Middle School
(231) 744-4721 ext 4114
response 7;
Book Systems offers a program EZ Cat which I use. You are able to
search lots of other libraries records then export and download (I use
Follett) You can access Book Systems online. They are in Huntsville,
Alabama. Really friendly folks. They would talk to you about the
program if you called.
Debbie
response 8;
Hi, Christine.
There are a number of things you can do.
You can subscribe to a service which provides catalog records such as Alliance Plus
from Follett Software <
http://www.fsc.follett.com/products/circat/allianceplusonline/>, get records using
WorldCat <http://worldcat.org> or your local public or university library, and
learn to do cataloging for those item you can't find records for such as online
resources.
I have a list a cataloging resources on my web page at
<http://rhsweb.org/library/cataloging_aids.htm>. Take a look and don't be afraid to
just get started with some simple cataloging. Remember that even records which you
get with books and other materials should be edited and modified to meet your
library's needs and expectations.
Good luck and have fun!
Tom Kaun
response 9;
Christine
Congrats on new position.
When ordering from major school vendors (Follett, Baker & Taylor, Mackin
and Permabound) order books completely processed with marc records.
Any other items set up an account with Marcive. They are designed
specifically for cataloging needs, and are inexpensive....Consider your
time (and salary) vrs contracting out to them. I have used them many
times over. You can see what wonderful things they do by visiting
http://www.marcive.com/
Best of luck to you.
Dixie Andersen
Navarro Academy
San Antonio ISD
San Antonio TX
original question;
Hi All,
I've been a public children's librarian for 2 1/2 years and have just accepted an
offer in a school district as a SLMS covering 3 elementary libraries and one
kindergarten center- a huge task I know! Acquisitions for these four collections
will be one of my primary responsiblilites. I have experience with acquisitions but
have not done any cataloging aside from back in LIS school since my public library
has a full time person who does all of the processing. Does anyone have advice on
cataloging print and AV items that do not already come cataloged? print resources,
internet resources? any advice will be helpful. thank you!
Christine Johanson, SLMS
Mahopac Central School district NY
cjnaughti@optonline.net
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