Q&A

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?

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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?  

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size of your collection?

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

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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

 

kim Swisher - Hillside Christian Churc

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Categorizing Children's Books

Hi Everyone,

Requesting assistance on categorizing children's books.

The existing system is classified by C - Children; J - Juvenile; and Y - Youth.

1) What ages are included in each category?

2) Do you shelve the Youth in their own section, or with the

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Atriuum

I am the proud librarian of our wonderful library, the Lamppost, at Northeast Presbyterian Church in Columbia South Carolina, and have a question about Atriuum library software: would love to hear from anyone who uses that system and what they like a

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Dewey Classification book

What is the advantage to the classification book you are recommending?  Is it possible to see some examples of the book?

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Dewey

Where can I find an updated copy o Dewey?

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Subject Headings

Morning from Sunny South Africa

 

We are trying to organize books into a library. I looked at Dewey but most of the congregation would not understand this as the church has predominantly people over 60 who do not even own computers or use Internet. 

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Book Collection Data

What software do most of you use for book data collection?

 

I will be using a Mac but cross platform would be even better.

 

Thank you!!!

Kim Swisher

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Cataloging and classification hardcopy books for free!

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Church Directories and Church History

Do you shelve copies of your church directories and your church history? What about church photo albums?  If so, under what number, or how do catalog them? Do you shelve maybe as Church History or Reference? And if you do do one of these, do you allo

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Cataloging

What is a good way to catalog Video conference Materials.  The one I am working with is a set of 5 DVDs in a case.

 

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What is the best software for a small library?

Our church membership is approx. 300. Our media collection is approx. 8,000. Also, we use barcodes. Would anyone recommend a certain software program or should we continue using Concourse by Book Systems even though they have discontinued up dates? A

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I need to completely reorganize the way we shelve DVDs.

Most local libraries seem to put the first 3 letters of the title on the visible spine so they are shelved alphabetically by title.  I plan to do this, but also think that I need to establish broad categories and identify those on the spine label and

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Weeding and collection policy for 242 devotional literature question

Good morning everyone,

I'm attempting to weed our 242 section, primarily devotional books in the calendar format.  How does everyone handle this section?  With all the ones published each year, do you carry them in your library?  How do you weed?

Tha

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Resurrection or Christian Living?

I am trying to decide how to classify the following book:

Practising Resurrection: The Church Being Jesus Hands, Feet and Heart

by Chris Rogers ISBN 9781780781334  

OCLC shows that some libraries classify at 248.4 and others at 232.5. I am torn betwe

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