As the semester comes to a close, I am starting to look back over the semester. Chuck and I have covered a lot of information – copy cataloging, original cataloging, authority records, authorized access points, how to deal with foreign language items, dissertations, online resources, and much more. We have also gone over readings and… Read more »

In other words – why is music cataloging important? Why do people specialize in music librarianship at all? I was talking to one of the librarians in public services the other day about being a music librarian. She told me that the music library here circulates more items than any of the branch libraries at… Read more »

Over the semester, I’ve used a lot of digital and physical resources, like the Manual of Foreign Languages or the M schedule of Library of Congress call number classification (both in digital and book formats). I’ve read through sections of the RDA Toolkit, explored Cataloger’s Desktop, become familiar with the Music Cataloging at Yale, as… Read more »