The Library Assistant's ManualKoch, Theodore Wesley
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The Library Assistant's Manual
Koch, Theodore Wesley
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=Analyticals.=—In a small library it is most essential to show not
only what books the library has on a given subject, but also what
chapters or essays may be hidden in unsuspected volumes. Entries for
such parts of books are called analytical entries. The subject heading
is chosen in the same manner as for an entire work on the subject, the
author, title, date, call number and paging of the volume containing
the chapter being given below the subject heading. In similar manner
author and title analytical entries may be made for short stories which
appear in collections. Author analytical entries are frequently needed
for collections of essays, etc.
=Form of Card.=—The form of the card is of minor importance, provided
it is clear and gives all of the important information. It is well to
make prominent the author’s name by indention. The title must omit
nothing which will aid the reader in his choice of a book. The name or
number of edition and the name of the editor or translator should be
included. Names of illustrators may be omitted unless they are of
sufficient importance to require an added entry card. In a public
library added entries under the names of popular illustrators like C.
D. Gibson, Joseph Pennell or Walter Crane, will often prove helpful.
=Imprint and Collation.=—Fullness of imprint and collation varies in
different libraries. The cataloger should not count on the library
always remaining very small, but should include enough details of
imprint and collation to assure her that the cards will be useful when
the library has grown. The A. L. A. rules give detailed instruction
for imprint and collation, while any of the papers written on
cataloging for the small library will point out the possibilities of
simplification.
=Contents Notes.=—The contents of the book should be given whenever it
will add important items to the reader’s knowledge of the book.
Descriptive and critical notes will often tell a reader positively
whether or not he wishes the book, when the title alone could not do
this.
Subject headings for historical fiction—and also for poetry and
drama—will be found most helpful. Thus Winston Churchill’s “Crisis”
can well have an entry under U. S. History—Civil War—Fiction, and
Dumas’ The Whites and the Blues, an entry under Napoleon I—Fiction.
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