Category Archives: cataloging

A Day In The Life: Library School Student

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Kiyomi

8:15 AM  Log-on to computer.  Check Twitter feed for any relevant library news or job postings, read those. 8:32 AM  Move on the school E-mail, decide RSS feeds can wait till later.  Most of my e-mail was ACRL: Residency Interest … Continue reading →

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5 Days of Library Land: Day Four, You Want Me To Catalog What?

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Kiyomi

One thing that there wasn’t much time devoted to in my basic cataloging course was Foreign Language material cataloging.  I took 4 years of German in high school, and a semester of German 3 in college, I’ve dealt with a … Continue reading →

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5 Days in Library Land: Day Two, What is this RDA thing?

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Kiyomi

RDA (Resource Description and Access) is a new set of cataloging rules, created to replace AACR2, that are due to come out mid-2010.  Pricing and access methods are to be announced at ALA MidWinter in January. For an overview check … Continue reading →

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