Cataloging for School Librarians

This easy-to-use text teaches school librarians how to catalog materials using RDA. By following the instructions in this book, the new cataloger will become proficient at creating bibliographic records that meet current national standards and make library materials accessible to students and faculty.
Cataloging for School Librarians, Third Edition presents the theory and practice of cataloging and classification to students and practitioners needing a clear sequential process to help them overcome cataloging anxiety. By following the instructions in this book, the new cataloger will become proficient at creating bibliographic records that meet current national standards and make library materials accessible to students and faculty.

This new edition fully integrates RDA. FRBR, Sears, and the Dewey Decimal Classification are covered. It presents numerous examples of how to catalog books, non-print and electronic library materials, and 3D objects using the MARC format.

Appendices include MARC Record examples across formats, “cheat sheets,” and a compilation of a “one-stop shop” list of commonly used website resources mentioned throughout the book. A glossary and an index are also included.

Marie Kelsey, Ph.D., professor emerita, College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota, recently completed a forty-year career in librarianship, twenty-seven of which were devoted to cataloging and technical services in academic libraries. She is also a licensed K-12 librarian and retired director of the Educational Media and Technology program at St. Scholastica.

Dr. Kelsey earned her master’s degree in English at Bemidji State University and her master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Library Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She has authored several articles on cataloging and other aspects of school librarianship. In 2006, her book Ulysses S. Grant, A Bibliography (Praeger, 2005) was named one of the five best bibliographies of the year in history by the Reference & User Services Association (ALA) History Section’s Bibliography and Indexes Committee.

Jen Spisak, Ph.D., assistant professor, Longwood University, has spent over two decades in the field of education with experience as a teacher, school librarian, and assistant professor. She has previously been honored as her school’s Teacher of the Year and as the Virginia Association of School Librarians School Librarian of the Year. She currently teaches cataloging to school librarianship students.

Dr. Spisak earned her master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction and her endorsement in Library Media and her Ph.D. in Educational Research and Evaluation from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is the author of Multimedia Learning Stations: Facilitating Instruction, Strengthening the Research Process, Building Collaborative Partnerships as well asa number of articles in the field of school librarianship.