Cataloging Nonprint & Electronic Sources Spring 2025

Introduction

  • Cataloging Nonprint and Electronic Materials

  • Course Code: SLIB 630

  • Main Text: Organization of Information by Carl Harvey

  • ISBN: 978-0-0000-0630-0 (hardcover)

  • Focus: Handbooks and manuals on cataloging and school libraries

Common Items in School Library Collections

  • Items include:

    • DVDs

    • Streaming Video

    • Audio CD

    • Audiobook on CD

    • Playaway

    • Music on CD

    • Downloadable audiobooks

    • 3D & 2D Objects/Materials (Realia)

Cataloging Fields: Key Examples

  • 300 & 344 Fields:

    • 300 - Physical description

      • a: Number of pages or type of item

      • b: Other physical details (illustrations, maps, etc.)

      • c: Height (cm or inches)

      • e: Accompanying materials

    • 344 - Sound characteristics

      • a: Type of recording (analog or digital)

      • 2: Source of term (rdatr)

      • g: Configuration of playback channels (mono, stereo, etc.)

      • h: Special playback characteristics (Dolby, etc.)

Example Cataloging Entries

DVD: The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy

  • 245 - Title from title screen / subtitle / statement of responsibility

  • 300 - 1 videodisc (115 min.), sound, color, 4 ¾ in., guide (5 pages)

  • 490 - Series name

  • 336, 337, 338 - Use cheat sheet

Audio CD and Book: Duck for President

  • 100 - Author main entry

  • 245 - Title / statement from CD

  • 300 - 1 CD (11 min.): digital, 4 ¾ in., + 1 book (unpaged, illustrations, 26 cm)

  • 336, 337, 338 - Repeated fields or subfields

Picture Storybook and CD: Puff, the Magic Dragon

  • 100 - Author

  • 300 - 1 volume (unpaged, color illustrations, 28 x 30 cm) + 1 CD (4 ¾ in.)

  • 336, 337, 338 - Repeated fields or subfields

Audiobooks on CD: Alchemy and Meggy Swann

  • 100 - Author of the book

  • 300 - 4 audio discs (4 hr., 23 min.), CD audio, digital, 4 ¾ in.

  • Use Sears for subject headings (650 vs 651) and genre (655)

Playaway: The Lost Hero

  • 300 - 1 Playaway (16.5 hours), digital HD audio, 3 ⅜ in. x 2 ⅛ in.

  • References to 500, 520, 521 fields

Children’s Music on CD: Dancing Feet

  • 100 - Singer / author of songs

  • 245 - Title / statement from disc surface

  • 300 - 1 audio disc (36 min.), digital, 4 ¾ in.

  • Subject heading - Genre (655)

Downloadable Audiobook: Splat the Cat Sings Flat

  • 020 - ISBN (Overdrive e-audible)

  • 300 - 1 online resource (1 sound file, 7 min.)

  • Link to resource (856)

Downloadable E-Book: Looking for Alaska

  • 020 - ISBN (electronic)

  • 300 - 1 online resource (221 pages)

  • Link to resource (856)

Cataloging 3D & 2D Objects/Materials (Realia)

  • 020 - ISBN (if applicable)

  • 245 - Title/Subtitle/statement of responsibility

  • 300 - Physical description & size

  • 500 - General notes

Reference

  • Based on Chapter 7, Cataloging nonprint and electronic materials, from Kelsey, M. and Spisak, J. (2023). Cataloging for school librarians (3rd ed.). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.