Cataloguing: A Guide to Library Practices PDF

RECAP…… Library catalogues Definition and characteristics Functions of library catalogues Different types of library catalogues:  card catalogue;  book catalogue;  microform catalogue; and  OPAC Comprise descriptive records/catalogue records (bibliographic recor...

RECAP…… Library catalogues Definition and characteristics Functions of library catalogues Different types of library catalogues:  card catalogue;  book catalogue;  microform catalogue; and  OPAC Comprise descriptive records/catalogue records (bibliographic records) of all materials in the collection bibliographic records with bibliographic entries: - Names of authors of the document - Title of the document - Subjects covered - Call number - Place and date of publication of the document - Number of pages - Illustrations if the document has any - Edition - ISBN (International Standard Book Number)  519.2 DEV Devore, Jay L. Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences / Jay L. Devore. – 7th ed. – London : Brooks Cole, 2008. xvi, 720 p. : col. ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. PROBABILITIES 2. MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS ISBN: 049538223X 3 CATALOGUING  Cataloguing This is a process of making a bibliographic record (catalogue record) of an item for ease of identification and/or retrieval. For location, identification, retrieval and access.  the process of recording detailed information (bibliographic details) about individual information items Involves the description of information resource or item (e.g. books, maps etc.) o its physical and content  Name of author Title of document Subjects covered by the doc Call number Place and date of publication Number of pages of doc Illustration if doc has Edition Notes ISBN  Principles of cataloguing  The rules guide the creator of the bibliographic record (cataloguer) what type of information to include in a particular bibliographic record.  Rules for constructing catalogue records o employing the appropriate rules for describing a material (physical and content) for ease of identification of the material (e.g. author, title, edition if any, place of publication, Publisher, year of publication, pagination, illustrative matter etc.)  Ensuring that the bibliographic records that will be included in the catalogue facilitates the identification of materials in a particular collection. The library catalogue created should enable the user to determine whether the collection of the library contains a certain item; or works by a particular author; or works in a particular subject. 8 RDA – Resource Description and Access AACR2 - Anglo American Cataloguing rules, Second Edition  Name of author Title of document Subjects covered by the doc Call number Place and date of publication Number of pages of doc Illustration if doc has Edition Notes ISBN  519.2 DEV Devore, Jay L. Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences / Jay L. Devore. – 7th ed. – London : Brooks Cole, 2008. xvi, 720 p. : col. ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. PROBABILITIES 2. MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS ISBN: 049538223X 13 Examples of cataloguing at UNESWA Library….  519.2 DEV Devore, Jay L. Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences / Jay L. Devore. – 7th ed. – London : Brooks Cole, 2008. xvi, 720 p. : col. ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. PROBABILITIES 2. MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS ISBN: 049538223X 15  Card catalogue Publisher Year of Publication Call number Authors’ name including DOB. Title Physical Description automated cataloguing at UNESWA OPAC Online Public Access catalogue (OPAC) Challenges of cataloguing Difficult to keep pace with technology and new types of resources (e.g. eBooks) Cataloging rules which were initially designed for print now have to cater for non-print resources. Automated cataloguing systems are costly CATALOGUING: PRACTICALS Basic cataloguing rules -for books  519.2 DEV Devore, Jay L. Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences / Jay L. Devore. – 7th ed. – London : Brooks Cole, 2008. xvi, 720 p. : col. ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. PROBABILITIES 2. MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS ISBN: 049538223X 25  Name of author Title of document Subjects covered by the doc Call number Place and date of publication Number of pages of doc Illustration if doc has Edition Notes Source of information Information source (book) being describes oTittle page oVerso of the title page Title page: the page after the cover page  VERSO OF THE TITLE PAGE -The back of the title page -More bibliographic details of the information entity e.g. edition, more publication information, series information etc. 33 34 35  Title of document  Transcribe title that prominently appears in source of info  exactly as to wording and spelling as it appears in source of info  Statement of responsibility (Name of author)  Precede statement of responsibility with a diagonal slash [/]  Transcribe exactly as it appears in the source Edition Precede this area with full stop, space, dash, space [. - ] Transcribe exactly as found in the item o in its shortest or abbreviated form e.g. 2 ed. / 3 ed. / 4 ed./ 5 ed. / nd rd th th 6 ed. th Place of publication Precede this area with full stop, space, dash, space [. - ] If two or more places are listed in which publisher has offices, give the first named place Name of publisher Precede this area by a colon [:] Give name of publisher following place to which it relates to If item has two or more publishers, describe it in terms of the first names place Date of publication  Precede this area by a comma [,] Give date as found in the item  Physical description  Precede this area with full stop, space, dash, space [. - ] OR start a new paragraph  Number of pages of doc Give the last numbered page  Illustration if doc has  Precede by a colon [:]  Give ill for illustrated text  Dimensions of the item  Give the height of the info item in centimeters cm.  To the next whole centimeter  Precede with a semi-colon [;] e.g. 21 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. 21 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.  519.2 DEV Devore, Jay L. Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences / Jay L. Devore. – 7th ed. – London : Brooks Cole, 2008. xvi, 720 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. PROBABILITIES 2. MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS ISBN: 049538223X 53  Notes  Precede this area with full stop, space, dash, space [. - ] OR start a new paragraph  Contains useful descriptive information that cannot be fitted in the other areas e.g. Includes bibliographical references and index  Subjects covered by the doc  Call number  ISBN (International Standard Book Number)  Name of author Title of document Subjects covered by the doc Call number Place and date of publication Number of pages of doc Illustration if doc has Edition Notes  519.2 DEV Devore, Jay L. Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences / Jay L. Devore. – 7th ed. – London : Brooks Cole, 2008. xvi, 720 p. : ill. – (Advances in Engineering; no. 81) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. PROBABILITIES 2. MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS ISBN: 049538223X 56 CATALOGUING: EXERCISES  910 HUR Hurry, Lynn Geography teaching in Southern Africa: an introduction guide / Lynn Hurry. – 1st ed. – Pretoria : Via Afrika, 1991. 182 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. GEOGRAPHY ISBN: 0799411892 60  420 RUS Russell, Karen English for all 7: Learner’s Book / Karen Russell. – Manzini : Macmillan, 1999 188 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. 1. ENGLISH ISBN: 0797808841 63 Other information: Classification number: 207 Subject : Religion – Education Last page number: 69 Several diagrams illustrates the text and it is the height is 24.2 cm.  207 REL Religious education : Grade 4 : Learner’s book / Writers : Steven Dlamini, Njabulo Dlamini, Gcebile Mavimbela, Clement Mavuso.- Manzini : Macmillan, 2017 69 p. : ill. ; 25 cm RELIGION – EDUCATION ISBN: 9781852221942