GLMS 611: Cataloging-in-Publication Assignment Sheet

Name Christine Kafkalas Lopez

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The space below provides the field information for a MARC record. Fill in the fields using the Cataloging-in-Publication page for a book of your
choosing. Add an 856 link that would be appropriate for a user of this book. When completed with your record, provide screenshots of the title
page and verso, then answer the brief reflection questions.

Helpful resources for this assignment include:

 MARC Standards from the Library of Congress website https://www.loc.gov/marc/
 The scanned Chapters 2 and 3 of Beginning Cataloging in the Module 2 Folder
o Page 24 of the textbook has an example of a filled in field and page 25 describes the language used to write a MARC record.

020 $9781984830258
082 $a [Fic]
$2 dc23
100 $a Yee, Lisa.
$e author.
245 $a Maizy Chen’s Last Chance
250 $a First Edition.
264 $a New York :
$b Random House Children’s Books,
$c [2022]
300 $a 276 pages ;
$c 22cm.
336 $a text
$2 rdacontent
337 $a unmediated
$2 rdamedia
338 $a volume
$2 rdacarrier
500 $a Includes epilogue.
500 $a Includes author’s notes.
500 $a Includes recipe
500 $a Includes resources.
520 $a “Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance,
Minnesota; as her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family’s history and herself.” Provided by
publisher.
586 $a Newberry Honor Award Winner
$b National Book Award Finalist
$c Asian/Pacific American Award for Youth Literature
$d Newberry Honor Award Winner
650 $a Grandparents
$v Fiction
650 $a Restaurants
$v Fiction
650 $a Chinese Americans
$v Fiction
650 $a Immigrants
$v Fiction
650 $a Racism
$v Fiction
650 $a Genealogy
$v Fiction
700 $a Yee, Lisa,
 $e author.
856 $a Electronic Access
$b eBook
$u https://soraapp.com/library/nycschools/search/query-maizy%20chen's%20last%20chance/titles/310229/6363045

Title Page (example)

Verso (example)
On this page, copy and paste in screenshots of the title page and verso you used to complete your MARC record.
 GLMS 611: Cataloging-in-Publication Reflection Questions

Describe your experience creating a MARC record. What proved to be challenging?

Creating a MARC record was an interesting, yet frustrating experience. It did make me appreciate the work that cataloguers do daily and the
intricacies of how the automation systems work with the MARC records that catalogers produce. What I found challenging was the many rules
for each line of code on the MARC record. Some systems used different symbols at the beginning of each line ($, _, etc.) and fields had different
letters or numbers to denote different information. When I first started looking at the articles on MARC records and cataloging for this week’s
module, I initially thought that it would be just an activity where you located information and plugged it into certain fields. I quickly realized that
there was so much more involved in cataloging and decisions are made by catalogers regularly. It definitely was an activity where we had to
learn to be comfortable with being uncomfortable. It must take catalogers years for all the fields and nuances to become second nature for
them so it makes sense that we would struggle with this activity. There were many places where I’d second guess what I was placing on certain
lines or if I was coding them correctly. What I did find helpful was looking at an actual MARC record for one of the books in my library and using
that as a reference point when trying to create a MARC record for a different text. Referencing an actual MARC record along with using the
resources from this week made the activity a lot more manageable.

Consider the use of subject headings in MARC records. What is the role of subject headings, and how can they be used to facilitate access to
library materials?

To choose the subjects under which a book or item will be classified, librarians use lists of standard subject headings such as the Library of
Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), the Sears List of Subject Headings (Sears), or other lists of standard subject headings. It is important that they
use an authorized list in order to maintain consistency and make sure that all items that are part of a specific subject are located under the same
heading within the catalog. Doing this also eliminates the possibility that books about a particular subject be cataloged under different headings.
For example, if a book is about cars, it might be listed under CARS, but it could also be listed under AUTOMOBILES. Having an approved heading
helps eliminate this problem and allows the patron the ability to locate all the books on a particular subject in one location within the catalog.
The patron does not have to think of every synonym for a particular subject they are searching for in order to receive all books on the subject of
cars.

What further learning will you seek out when it comes to cataloging? What sources of support are readily available to you (either in your region,
or through professional organizations/personal networks)?
As Maria stated in her video for this assignment, I think it’s important that we review MARC records and eliminate any headings that might be
harmful in nature. I would like to learn more about editing MARC records for this reason. I would also like to learn how to edit or modify the
records so that I can change some of the locations of the books in my library. Perhaps adding subsections to the records would even be more
beneficial than editing the entire document. To do this, I might reach out to Follett and see if they have any workshops on MARC records
specifically. They often host workshops for school librarians and while I have been attending many of their beginner and intermediate
workshops, perhaps the more advanced workshops would cover MARC record editing. Additionally, they host monthly Destiny Manager
workshops where they take suggestions for future PD opportunities from attendants. I could also suggest that PD opportunity within that forum.