Week 12: Cataloging Part Two

I had a really hard time connecting with Catalog It! So much information to process! My big takeaway is first, gratitude that Follett's Destiny does the cataloging for me. However, I do appreciate having the opportunity to go behind the scenes and understand how cataloging works. I found myself thinking about the ways I search for books in my catalog, or the way I've been helping my students, and have realized that by tweaking the subject information I'm in search of I can get to the source I'm looking for faster.

While my library does have some periodicals, they never hold up long enough for them to be properly cataloged. I've tried using magazine covers, but found them to be cumbersome and kids weren't drawn to borrowing them. However, if I move to a middle school or high school one day, it was interesting to understand how to catalog periodicals.

Looking ahead to the future, I was excited to be introduced to BIBFRAME. Granted, it will probably be a long time coming before I have the opportunity to use it, but I appreciated getting a brief understanding of how it works and how it can better serve patrons and librarians. I am interested in hearing how BIBFRAME will impact school library cataloging systems in the years to come.