Lesson 9: Copy Cataloguing

Yet more article links are broken!

When I read articles such as McCroskey's I shudder at the thought of really knowing this stuff thoroughly. I find the level of detail overwhelming, and sometimes think  "wow their brains are full of miniscule details!" The article really showed me that I trust my cataloguing has been done correctly, and even with that said... I hope it has been done correctly, as I find many errors from the past that have not been fixed. The more I know about Dewey, MARC, and now CIP, the more errors I am able to find.

Just as the lesson states: "the primary reason for a sound knowledge of cataloguing standards is that you are able to recognize the difference between a good catalogue record and an inadequate or inaccurate one" which I have found to be TRUE!! Maybe ignorance is bliss!

Activity:
                          AMICUS No. 16132169
                                   Monograph

       NLC COPIES: Preserv - off site - PS8576 U575 A84 1997 fol. Juv - NO
                    ILL
                   Juv - PS8576 U575 A84 1997 fol. - Copy 2

          NAME(S):*Munsch, Robert N., 1945-
                   Martchenko, Michael
         TITLE(S): Alligator baby / Robert Munsch ; illustrated by Michael
                    Martchenko
        PUBLISHER: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Scholastic Canada, 1997.
      DESCRIPTION: [32] p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

            NOTES: For children.
          NUMBERS: Canadiana:  97930413X   
                   ISBN:  0590123874 : $5.99
   CLASSIFICATION: LC Class no.:  PS8576*
                   LC Call no.:  PS8576 U575 A84 1997a
                   Dewey:  jC813/.54 21

Vancouver Island Regional Library

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035:	<> <> <> $a pr00146976
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100:	<> <> <> 1 $a Munsch, Robert N., $d 1945-
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260:	<> <> <> $a Richmond Hill, ON : $b Scholastic Canada, $c c1997.
300:	<> <> <> $a 29 p. : $b col. ill. ; $c 26 cm.
449:	<> <> <> 00 $a Recent 3 Children's Picture Books November
520:	<> <> <> $a A little girl takes matters into her own hands after her brother is accidentally born in a zoo and her parents repeatedly bring home the wrong baby.
521:	<> <> <> $a Under 8 years
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700:	<> <> <> 1 $a Martchenko, Michael.
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The first thing I noticed about the CIP record for Alligator Baby is that it has been given a dewey number. How strange. I also noticed how much more detailed the VIRL record is in comparison. It must help the librarians to know the extra copies available, otherwise I doubt they would put all those lines in there. A possible addition to the record would be "humour".




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McCroskey, Marilyn and Michelle R. Turvey. "Frequently Asked Questions on CIP." Knowledge Quest, March 2004, p. 39. retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?hid=108&sid=c38ecdac-8892-47b9-a169-58ec78319034%40sessionmgr110&vid=9