Blog for February:
A friend of mine told me that “her brain does not work like that” when it comes to cataloging. I can understand completely now. After practicing and re-practicing, I obviously just don’t get parts of it. I think a big part of my problem is because the homework assignment was marked “ungraded” I did not put enough effort into it. I have learned several things though, I think.
· Movies do not have ISBN nor any other important number that needs to be included on block records.
· If the information isn’t there, it is okay to leave something blank.
· When the information is to be preceded by punctuation, put it at the beginning of that area of the worksheet.
· Microsoft Word can be an evil enemy when you are doing AACR worksheets: Auto correct is not your friend!
· The Devil is in the details!!!
I like the example KEB supplied that used the layers effect. When I began to think of my records that way, I think I understood it better. (We’ll see how I do on my graded homework.) Examples work better for me. I dug very deeply into AACR and looked closely at my corrected papers as examples.
The results are in!!! (Drumroll…..) 49 out of 50! I feel so much better. Now, on to MARC!!! MARC is simply putting all this very organized information into a form that the computer can read. The system again uses a language all its own with tags, $’s, and subfields, to name only a few. Tags go first, indicators are next and can be blanks, the $ or delimiter is next, and subfields come within the area…I think I can do this!!!
