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Doing an inventory in Concourse

It’s been a long time since our last inventory at my church library. It was done before I became the librarian. Can anyone walk me through the basics? We are automated (with barcodes) with Concourse and EZCat for cataloging and circulation, not Atriu

Started by Laura Reed in Church Library Administration and Classification and Cataloging

5 Replies · Reply by Laura Reed Jun 25

Secular books?

Hello!

I am wondering if anyone has chosen to include any secular books in their libraries, and if so, what is the procedure that you followed?

Our pastor has highly recommended a secular book, written by a non-christian author. He believes the cont

Started by Amber W. in Classification and Cataloging

16 Replies · Reply by Debbie Watson on Monday

Connecting Church Mission to Cataloging Categories on Shelving Signs

We have another first! Our non-fiction shelf signage now has our church mission statement key words (Love, Grow, Serve, Go) connected to our Dewey categlories. A win-win for sure with our pastor and church staff. We use Dewey so the signs contain our

Started by Morlee Maynard in Classification and Cataloging

4 Replies · Reply by Laura Reed Jun 8

Cataloging Books

I would like to know if anyone has a instruction manual for their libraries on how to catalog the books etc. and how to know which category to put the books into.

Thanks!

Carmy Heerboth

Started by Morlee Maynard in Classification and Cataloging

2 Replies · Reply by Barbara Rodgers Feb 17

Looking up a Dewey Decimal number by book title

Hello all,

I used to be able to look up a dewey decimal number for my non fiction books by going to an oclc webpage but it has been discontinued as of Jan 1 of this year. I moved to NM and am now the church librarian at my new church and don't know w

Started by Melanie McKenzie in Classification and Cataloging

7 Replies · Reply by Melanie McKenzie Feb 21

Small Displays Away from the Library

Babs Harris and her team are working on a small display in the adult area of their building. Question: When you have display locations away from the library that are not considered satellite location, how do you identify the locations of the items in

Started by Morlee Maynard in Classification and Cataloging

3 Replies · Reply by Johanne Bryant Sep 18, 2024

Concourse inventory

Our library team has been conducting inventory of our library. None of us are very familiar with Concourse and the last time inventory was done was before Covid. We have completed the nonfiction, fiction, and DVD items but still have the children's i

Started by Dacia Quate in Church Library Administration and Classification and Cataloging

11 Replies · Reply by Barbara Rodgers Aug 26, 2024

Atrium Card Image Question

I have recently noticed the card image of an item no longer includes the copyright date. Is this a new "update" feature of Atrium or have I inadvertently eliminated it somehow? Any observations?

Started by Shirley Elder in Classification and Cataloging

4 Replies · Reply by Shirley Elder Apr 24, 2024

Shelving Books in a Series for Children

How are books such as the I Can Read Series : Daniel and the Lion's Den , Jesus is Born , Faith Gets Us Through catalogued for shelving. It seems to me that being placed together would be easier for children to find. I've been out of this a while so

Started by Morlee Maynard in Classification and Cataloging

6 Replies · Reply by Dee Privette Feb 26, 2024

Cataloging Multiple Pieces

Roxy Klassen asks the following question:

How do you catalog items that have multiple pieces? We have a good number of Small Group Study Materials. Most have a Teacher/Leader Guide; a DVD; and one or more student book/workbooks. We don't mind if the

Started by Morlee Maynard in Classification and Cataloging

5 Replies · Reply by Joan Hite Jan 16, 2024

Radical Cataloging

I am trying a new idea of mine-- to catalog Biblical fiction with the book of the Bible it fictionalizes. I clearly label the fiction with a sticker that says "Biblically Based Fiction" covered with an orange label cover. I know nothing is new unde

Started by Carol Kerr Buckles in Classification and Cataloging

2 Replies · Reply by Barbara Rodgers Dec 4, 2023

Children's Books Organization

Any ideas on how to organize children's books (age 0-2nd grade)? By suthor, title, age,etc.

Barbara Brown

Started by Morlee Maynard in Classification and Cataloging

7 Replies · Reply by Susan M. Albon May 1, 2023

TinyCat questions

Pam Guin Asks:

If someone is using TinyCat/Library Thing for their very small library I would love to find out how they like it and some instructions on how some of it works. I found YouTube videos but they are a few years old.

2 Replies:

Jean Lefer

Started by Morlee Maynard in Classification and Cataloging

10 Replies · Reply by Colleen Nieman Feb 23, 2023

MARC Records for books with 979 ISBNs

Southcrest asks the following question:

Is anyone else having trouble locating MARC records for books with ISBNs that begin with the newly utilized 979 prefix?

Started by Morlee Maynard in Classification and Cataloging

1 Reply · Reply by Paul T. Jackson Jan 2, 2023

Organization for nonfiction?

Renea Skaggs posted this topic for us to discuss:

Do any other libraries have their nonfiction books organized under topics instead of the Dewey Decimal system. If so, what are your topics and how do you label the spine of the book?

Started by Morlee Maynard in Classification and Cataloging

5 Replies · Reply by Jenni Harvey Oct 25, 2022

size of your collection?

I wish those that responded with links to catalog would include size of libary collection

Started by jackie saturley in Church Library Administration, Promotion, and Classification and Cataloging

1 Reply · Reply by Morlee Maynard Apr 4, 2022

Guideposts

We are struggling with how to shelve our books published by Guidepost. They do not have an ISBN or Dewey system number. Does anyone have suggestions on how they categorize them on the shelf? Thank you in advance

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Classification and Cataloging (99)

Doing an inventory in Concourse

Secular books?

Connecting Church Mission to Cataloging Categories on Shelving Signs

Cataloging Books

Looking up a Dewey Decimal number by book title

Small Displays Away from the Library

Concourse inventory

Atrium Card Image Question

Shelving Books in a Series for Children

Cataloging Multiple Pieces

Radical Cataloging

Children's Books Organization

TinyCat questions

MARC Records for books with 979 ISBNs

Organization for nonfiction?

size of your collection?

Guideposts

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