I am trying to put the books in the system that are not currently in the system (when we switched systems many books didn't transfer over). Currently our books on eating disorders were cataloged under 136, which is a number that is no longer used, bu
Read more…I have two sets of audio books of the Bible. One is a KJV and the other NIV. Each are more than 50 CD's. How would you package and catalog these?
I'm thinking separating them into 6 disks or so and cataloging them that way. My thinking is that if
Read more…I have 2 very willing and smart young people that I want to train to be shelvers. I'm looking for training materials on their level. There are some through The Library Store, but I'm not sure it's enough. Never really systematically done this.
Read more…We have several books written by Joyce Landorf Heatherly. Joyce Landorf is the author on some of the older books though her name is now Heatherly. Do I use Hea for all of her books or use the name on the book?
Read more…I've printed shelf lists before but have forgotten how to do it.
I'm trying to print
235 HAI
to
248.34 GIR
If you can help me with this, I'm sure I can do the rest of the library the same way.
We use the Concourse Program.
Thanks!
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I have recently accepted the librarian position in a small church library. I am in the process of getting the call numbers on the spines of the books. I am a retired teacher with no official library training. I have many questions and this site has a
Read more…Someone donated a sermon series (not from our church) that does not have an ISBN so I have not had any luck with World Cat. I looked up sermons and I found two possible ones 264 and 252. The title is Life Together by Jack Graham.
Read more…Although I have worked in libraries as a volunteer, my degree is actually in teaching so I still have a lot to learn about cataloging for the Parish Library. I use World Cat a lot to get call numbers but a lot of the times those are Library of Congre
Read more…Someone donated a copy of the book Heaven is for Real and as I was preparing to enter it into the system (using Dewey) and began searching for call numbers, other libraries have used 133.901. We're not using a lot of call numbers that long in our sma
Read more…How do you code in a pre-sequel to a series? Usually series is Dad01, Dad02, etc. Do you put Dad-pre or Dad0.5 or do you know a better way?
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Has anyone purchased a kit containing a thumb drive or flash drive. I have recently acquired one with a Bible study kit and was wondering how to process it? Anyone have any suggestions? How do I check it out to patrons?
Carol
Read more…Where would I purchase the latest copy of the 200 Religion Classification Guide?
Read more…What is the protocol for classifying a 4+ volume set of a Bible translation?
It's The Interlinear Bible by Jay P. Green in 4 volumes: 1 vol. of Greek, and 3 of Hebrew. Keep them together as a set or split them up? OCLC says 220.44 BIB (Int?) for
Read more…How does everyone classify works that are about Christian living for single persons?
Thanks so much.
Martha
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Hello everyone:I have a question about classifying fiction. I know the Classificaton System for Church Libraries and the Church Library Ministry Information Service say to use "F," not 813 and 823, like most school and public libraries.Does it really
Read more…I have a cd that was produce by our media department. It is on the history of our church. How do I classify that? I've tried using the classification manual, but I am more than a little bit lost.
Read more…Greetings.
I am interested in how others catalog children's books. We separate our books as follows...
P-Preschool
E-Elementary
S-Student
C-College
It seems to me that there is too much overlap between these categories. Our children's ministr
Read more…Wow, great news about the new Dewey church library classification manual! If we buy it as a pdf, can we print it out to use in our library on workdays, or may we only refer to it onscreen?
Thanks!
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