[aisle] cataloging confusion

Wed Feb 24 09:05:12 CST 2021

I do the same thing when I’m unsure as to where to put a book.  I take a look how it has been cataloged in other libraries.   I can remember my cataloging instructor tell the class that cataloging is as much as an art form as it is a science.

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I admit I sometimes look up what the public libraries did when I am on the fence, because then I can see several records at a time - sometimes they are just as conflicted, but sometimes it helps clarify things for me.

On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 7:58 AM Katherine Contreras via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:aisle at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
Eighty-Dollar Champion threw me off too!  Titlewave lists it as historical fiction, but everything about the book screams nonfiction.  I looked at the cataloging of some public libraries and came up with a possible call number in my narrative nonfiction: NN 798.25 Letts.  I've emailed the publisher to see if they can clarify and will keep you posted if I get an answer.  For now, it sits on a cart waiting for a home on the shelves.

Mrs. Katie Contreras
School Librarian
Emerson Middle School
Park Ridge-Niles SD 64

On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 3:10 PM Mrs. Hamernick via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:aisle at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
Hi all,
I have come across two new books today that I am cataloging.  Both are coming up as nonfiction in Titlewave and the OCLC.  BUT on the verso page it states that "This book is a work of fiction" or the subject headings are all fiction.

What do you do in that situation?

The titles are Out of Hiding, by Ruth Gruener
The Eighty-Dollar Champion (adapted for young readers)

Thanks for any professional advice on this matter.

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