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  Final Thoughts about Catalog It! by Allison G. Kaplan Overall this text was very dense.  Per Professor Fecteau's advice, I read the book over the two weeks and walked away from it numerous times.  This allowed me to process what I just read as well as go into my own MARC records to view real-life examples.  If I didn't have this option the examples given in the book are very well organized and easy to reference.  I found myself going back and forth between pages to reference these images often as I read and processed information. While I don't foresee myself creating a record from scratch anytime soon I do believe that this text will be helpful if I need to edit my own records so as to keep my library OPAC organized. I learned a ton from this book.  Kaplan has organized it for easy reference and I'm sure it will be a fantastic resource for me as a librarian.  I am currently trying to figure out how to catalog non-text items (think audiobooks, compute...

 So many acronyms and phrases to learn! RDA - Resource Description and Access MARC - MAchine Readable Cataloging ALA - American Library Association AACR - Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2, AACR2-e, AACR2Rr?) ISBD - International Standard Bibliographic Description UWSSLEC - University of Wisconsin System School Library Education Consortium IFLA - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. FRAD - Functional Requirements for Authority Data FRBR - Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records WEMI - Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item These 10 acronyms are just in the first 7 pages of the book.  While learning about the history of cataloging was interesting it was also difficult to follow because of all of these acronyms.  Luckily moving forward in the chapters only the most important ones are used. MARC Records Purpose, Layout, and Terms I found the organization of the MARC record to be fascinating.  I have seen them before but learn...

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