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Candidates evaluate and select print, non-print, and digital resources using professional selection tools and evaluation criteria to develop and manage a quality collection designed to meet the diverse curricular, personal, and professional needs of students, teachers, and administrators. Candidates organize school library collections according to current library cataloging and classification principles and standards.
SLM 502 MARC Records (PPT) During the Organization and Access course I had the opportunity to work with the library filing system MARC, and created my own MARC records for reading selections from my current school’s collection. Using the MARC recording system allowed me to learn how to catalog and classify various types of books from my library’s collection. I created a Power Point Presentation for this assignment to present my records and the justifications for the Dewey classifications I used for each book. Cataloging these selections and learning how and where to classify them is another key component to being an effective librarian. I have to have the knowledge and experience to know where to shelve the books in my collection. This requires knowing the best place to catalog these selections so that they are easy for my students and teachers to find. In order to create the MARC records for each of the ten selections, including books, DVDs, and reference books, I used a combination of the selections’ notes and summaries with the help of World Cat and the Library of Congress’ listings as well. Creating the MARC records was a tedious task that took a lot of time and effort to create; I am so very appreciative that most schools use Titlewave or Follett to catalog and classify their collections. There may be instances where I’ll need to adjust where some selections are in the library, but at least I won’t have to catalog ten thousands plus books. If I had to revise this assignment or have the chance to do this again, I would have liked to include more records for non-print selections because these required more attention. For the non-print items I had to read more about the selection and rely more on the Library of Congress listings in order to create the record. Examining each of the titles and seeing where they were classified also intrigued me, and then knowing that if I needed to I could adjust their placement in my own library. Using the MARC filing system allowed me to review and know where specific selections should be housed in my collection, which in turn will help me align this AASL standard. |