Cataloging for non-Catalogers

Wherever you work in the library, knowledge of some basic cataloging will enhance and improve your skills in library work. This will serve as a brief introduction to cataloging for non-catalogers and will help you to understand cataloging's purpose, its goals, and some of its terminology, especially the changes you may have been seeing with the implementation of RDA recently. Join catalogers Christopher Hill, McKenna Leckrone and Jessica C. Williams for an hour of focus on the catalog and bibliographic records. MARC may seem intimidating, but there are rules and guidelines that help catalogers create bibliographic records that make it possible for you and patrons to find the exact material you are looking for.

As a result of this program, attendees will learn:

• The catalog from both staff and user view
• Bibliographic records
• The ins and outs of MARC
• Authority records

Who will benefit from this program:

• All staff that interacts with Patrons
• All Circulation Staff Members
• Technical Services staff not directly cataloging

This project is made possible by grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan.