Cataloging provides consistent and reliable access to library collections. It identifies resources and allows searching by author, title, and subject through descriptive records. International standards like AACR2 and MARC ensure cataloging records can be shared and exchanged between libraries. Consistency in cataloging is important so patrons reliably find all relevant materials.

1. Cataloging Basics

2. Outline
 Basic fields and indicators.
 The importance of cataloging (and consistency).
 Questions and demonstrations.

3. AACR2 & MARC
 International standards that allow record sharing
and exchange
 AACR2: Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Description = record content
 MARC: MAchine Readable Cataloging
Machine-readable coding = markup on
information for computer manipulation

4. AACR2: Description and
Access
 Description identifies the resource.
(Levels of description)
 Access (via main and added entries) allows
searching based on the bibliographic description.

5. Descriptive Fields in a MARC Record
040 EQF ǂc EQF ǂd VPI
020 9251056358
020 9789251056356
043 a-vt---
090 SH1 ǂb .F2 no.369/2
100 1 Arthur, J. R. ǂq (James Richard), ǂd 1948-
245 10 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of Viet Nam / ǂc J.
Richard Arthur and Bui Quang Te.
260 Rome : ǂb Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations, ǂc 2006.
300 v, 133 p. : ǂb map ; ǂc 30 cm.
490 1 FAO fisheries technical paper, ǂx 0429-9345 ; ǂv 369/2
504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 Fishes ǂx Parasites ǂz Vietnam ǂv Indexes.
700 1 Te, Bui Quang.
710 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
830 0 FAO fisheries technical paper ; ǂv no. 369/2.

6. Standard number & terms of
availability
020 ISBN: Internat'l Standard Book No.
020 0893011169 ǂz 0893011168
020 9780893011161
022 ISSN: Internat'l Standard Serial No.
022 0070-740X

7. 245 Title and statement of
responsibility area
245 XX Title ǂh [GMD] : ǂb other title
information / ǂc statement of
responsibility.
245 10 Angelica : ǂb a novel / ǂc Arthur
Phillips.
245 10 Kiri sings Kern ǂh [sound recording].
245 02 A general equilibrium model.

8. 250 Edition area
250 edition statement.
250 1st ed.
250 Rev. ed.

9. 260 Publication, distribution, etc.
area
260 Place of publication : ǂb Publisher,
ǂc date.
260 Pasadena, Calif. : ǂb Salem Press,
ǂc c2006.
260 Toronto : ǂb McClelland and Stewart
: ǂb World Crafts Council, ǂc 2004-

10. 300 Physical description area
300 extent : ǂb other physical details ; ǂc
dimensions + ǂe (accompanying
material)
300 3 v. : ǂb ill., map ; ǂc 28 cm.
300 331 p. ; ǂc 25 cm.
300 1 CD-ROM ; ǂc 4 ¾ in. + ǂe 1 book (x,
82 p. ; 30 cm.)

11. 4XX Series area
4XX XX Series title ; ǂv numbering
440 _0 Magill’s choice
440 _0 Environment science research ; ǂv
v. 6
490 1_ Annual publication ; ǂv 5th
830 _0 Annual publication (Kern County
Historical Society) ; ǂv 5th.

12. 5XX Notes area
5XX XX Note.
500 Cover title.
546 English and Spanish on facing pages.
500 Accompanied by ―Decade of North
American geology‖ (iv, 28 p. ; 28 cm.).

13. 5XX Notes area
504 Includes bibliographical
references (p. 210-217) and
index.
505 0_ v. 1. Amino acids – v. 2. Amines –
v. 3. Other organic ligands.
520 An illustrated collection of nursery
rhymes set to music.

14. Access Points in a MARC Record
040 EQF ǂc EQF ǂd VPI
020 9251056358
020 9789251056356
043 a-vt---
090 SH1 ǂb .F2 no.369/2
100 1 Arthur, J. R. ǂq (James Richard), ǂd 1948-
245 10 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of Viet Nam / ǂc J.
Richard Arthur and Bui Quang Te.
260 Rome : ǂb Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations, ǂc 2006.
300 v, 133 p. : ǂb map ; ǂc 30 cm.
490 1 FAO fisheries technical paper, ǂx 0429-9345 ; ǂv 369/2
504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 Fishes ǂx Parasites ǂz Vietnam ǂv Indexes.
700 1 Te, Bui Quang.
710 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations.
830 0 FAO fisheries technical paper ; ǂv no. 369/2.

15. 1XX Main Entry
100 1_ Reed, John Calvin, ǂd 1930-
110 1_ Idaho. ǂb Dept. of Fish and Game.
110 2_ Museum of American Folk Art.
111 2_ ASCE Conference on Civil
Engineering Education ǂd (1979 : ǂc
University of Wisconsin—Madison)

16. 7XX Added Entry
700 1_ Reed, John Calvin, ǂd 1930-
710 1_ Idaho. ǂb Dept. of Fish and Game.
710 2_ Museum of American Folk Art.
711 2_ ASCE Conference on Civil
Engineering Education ǂd (1979 : ǂc
University of Wisconsin—Madison)

17. Coded fields
 Not covered by AACR2
 Part of MARC coding
 Useful for data retrieval in your online catalog
 Data used to generate icons in displays

18. Coded Fields in a MARC Record
Rec stat c Entered 20050527 Replaced 20070304
Type a ELvl I Srce d Audn Ctrl Lang eng
BLvl m Form Conf 0 Biog MRec Ctry it
Cont b GPub i LitF 0 Indx 1
Desc a Ills b Fest 0 DtSt s Dates 2006 ,
040 EQF ǂc EQF ǂd VPI
020 9251056358
020 9789251056356
043 a-vt---
090 SH1 ǂb .F2 no.369/2
100 1 Arthur, J. R. ǂq (James Richard), ǂd 1948-
245 10 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of Viet
Nam / ǂc J. Richard Arthur and Bui Quang Te.
260 Rome : ǂb Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations, ǂc 2006.

19. Best Resource Ever
 http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/default.shtm
 Also:
 Handout
 Template in SirsiDynix

20. The Importance of Cataloging
 The importance of cataloging is simply to provide
coherent, reliable search experiences for users.
By enabling a person to find a book, showing
what the library has in its collection, and assisting
in the evaluation and selection of materials,
cataloging is a significant method and tool in
improving accessibility of information to users and
making patrons’ experiences with information
seeking more user-friendly.

21. The Importance of Consistency
 If a librarian makes a mistake in any part of their
job, it ultimately affects the user in locating and
retrieving desired information.
 For example: a person might be writing a paper on
a topic and need three or four sources. Some
libraries might only have three or four books on that
subject. If we can't assure that the catalog returns
consistent and full results, we deprive patrons of the
information they're looking for.
 Each Library should act with the realization that
what it does to records in the shared database
can greatly affect the practices, procedures and
workflow of other Libraries in the consortium.

22. Questions
and
Demonstration
s