NEFLIN Workshops

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NEFLIN is hosting the following cataloging workshops in Orange Park, just outside of Jacksonville. These workshops are offered FREE for ALL.

MARC 21 in Your Library

What is MARC and how does it work with cataloging to function effectively in your catalog Have you ever wondered:

  • Why a book can be found by its author and yet cannot be found by its title
  • Why only six books in Spanish appear to be in your database, when you know you have sixty
  • Why the video version of Hamlet cannot be found without wading through all the book versions of Hamlet in your collection

You too can solve these fascinating types of riddles if you know just a bit about some of those confusing codes in a MARC record. Come and join your fellow beginners to learn how to read a MARC record, and how to tell if some of the most important elements of the record are present and correct.

Topics covered:

  • Library patrons, bibliographic information and the library catalog
  • The rules for bibliographic information and the standards for MARC
  • MARC 21 records: what are they, why do we need them and how do we get them
  • MARC 21 and the computerized catalogs of today
  • MARC 21 terminology
  • MARC 21–who needs to know what
  • MARC 21 codes you should know
  • Indexed fields
  • Display fields
  • Coded fields
  • Number fields
  • Sample records to practice reading MARC21 Bibliographic records

For a non-cataloger who is adventurous enough to attend this workshop, you will leave with a better understanding of how cataloging rules and MARC records work together to allow patrons to find the materials that we collect in our libraries. For a beginning cataloger, this workshop is just the first step in your long journey to excellence in cataloging. For an experienced cataloger, this workshop may reinforce your understanding of why correct MARC coding is important. If you intend to come to Book Blitz I, you should come to this workshop first.

Trainer: Kathy Nystrom, The MARC of Quality
Date:  Monday, August 3
Time: 9:00 am  4:00 pm
Location: NEFLIN Headquarters, 2233 Park Avenue, Suite 402, Orange Park, Florida 32073
Cost: FREE for ALL

For full description and registration information for MARC 21 in Your Library see:
http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx5S,M3,f485e636-4a57-4eed-8d5c-52764cd21d7c

Just for Copy Cats

What is copy cataloging This workshop provides an introduction to finding cataloging records that you can copy, explaining some of the more obvious challenges and some neglected database issues, with a brief look at essential editing. Although not a substitute for the 4 day Book Blitz , this workshop will get you started in the basic principles of copy cataloging.

  • How to read a MARC Record for searching, matching and editing
  • Search terms and their sources
  • Matching books and records
  • Special matching problems – Dates
  • Special matching problems – CIP
  • How to recognize what is wrong with a record, so that you can either fix it or report it to someone who can.

These include

  • wrong indicators (especially filing and tracing indicators), badly coded 008 (Fixed field), missing subject headings,
  • duplicate match keys, and unverified headings.

Attendees should bring a printout of a MARC record from their local automated system.

Recommended prerequisite: MARC 21 in your Library

Trainer: Kathy Nystrom, The MARC of Quality
Date: Monday – Tuesday, August 24-25
Time: 9:00 am  4:00 pm
Location: NEFLIN Headquarters, 2233 Park Avenue, Suite 402, Orange Park, Florida 32073
Cost: FREE for ALL