Discusses the need for school librarians to be familiar with basic cataloging rules and describes basic provisions of the Anglo American Cataloging Rules (AACR) and its revisions in AACR2R. Explains terminology, including MARC records and IBBD (International Standard Bibliographic Description), and lists helpful Web sites for MARC records and…

The procedures and problems of restoring and moving a high school library after it was hit by Hurricane Agnes. (LS)

The Kansas Association of School Librarians has gathered together in this booklet practical information which is both an outgrowth of Margaret Oliver's creative imagination and a tribute to her. There are short descriptions, many illustrated, of useful library gadgets, administrative procedures, processing and maintenance ideas, and equipment--all…

This code of rules is an abbreviated and amended version of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules. It provides the essentials required for author and title entries, and for descriptive cataloging, in a simplified format suitable for school libraries. The rules are illustrated by sample catalog cards. (SL)

An on-line cataloging pilot project for two elementary schools is discussed. (Author)

Project Library Exemplary Elementary Demonstration of Springfield (Oregon) (LEEDS) demonstrated the feasability of an automated library system. There are now plans to develop a statewide network. (JS)

Written specifically for school libraries, the principles given can be applied to any library system which houses books and other media together and has a single, unified list of holdings. Following some general rules for descriptive cataloging, the cataloging principles are given for such non-book materials as: (1) filmstrips, (2) slides, (3)…

The tenth abridged edition (1971) of the Dewey Decimal Classification represents, in addition to the updating of the system, many structural improvements which render the system a more workable one, especially for children's room and school library collections. (2 references) (Author)

This article is mainly devoted to a description of the Boston Theological Institute, the youngest of the theological clusters, dating from 1967-68. (NH)

Basic procedures for setting up a new school library or for maintaining an established one are described to help economize the librarian's efforts and assist in establishing effective organization. Use of this guide to streamline library routine will give librarians more time to assist school personnel and to develop a better total library…

This paper reports a study which compares several methods of materials processing, including different methods of utilizing OCLC, in order to present findings on the feasibility, praticality, and cost benefit value of such services. (Author)

In devising a satisfactory solution to the problem of organizing and cataloging nonbook materials, the Laboratory School< Library kept two goals in mind: (1) to keep the call numbers and catalog card-forms as simply as possible, and (2) to keep the number of catalog cards to a minimum. A full description of the original plan was published in…

The Wisconsin Association of School Librarians has produced a manual for standardized processing of all nonprint media, based on two principles: (1) the media should be centralized, organized, and administered for maximum access; and (2) content is more important than form. Definitions, cataloging, processing, housing, circulation, and care are…