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This comprehensive guide explains the fundamentals of cataloging so you can get items on the library shelves quickly and efficiently. This invaluable cataloging resource gives pre-service and practicing school library media specialists the tools they need to be intelligent consumers of commercial cataloging and competent organizers of new materials in their collections. The second edition contains expanded information on Library of Congress Subject Headings and electronic cataloging and cataloging systems, as well as Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) and Machine Readable Cataloging (MARC). This book is used by practitioners and college professors across the country because of its spot-on, easy-to-follow overview of cataloging for school libraries. Its focus on the school library collection is exactly what is needed by the school library media specialist.

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The Kaplan-Riedling book is used by practitioners and college professors across the country because of its spot-on, easy to follow overview of cataloging for school libraries. Its focus is on the school library collection and is exactly what is needed by the school library media specialist. It is current and relevant and fills a universal need.

<p> Four years after the first edition of Catalog It! A Guide to Cataloging School Library MaterialS , the second edition finds authors Allison Kaplan and Ann Riedling bringing their information up-to-date. This time out they include expanded information on Library of Congress Subject Headings, electronic cataloging and cataloging systems, MARC, and Dewey Decimal Classification. The authors share helpful tips for school library media students and practitioners, as well as support staff and volunteers. - <p>American Libraries

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Allison G. Kaplan is faculty associate at University of Wisconsin, School of Library and Information Studies, Madison, WI. Ann Marlow Riedling is professor and department chair of Library Science at Spalding University, Louisville, KY.

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