Success!!!

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!!!