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To add to the comments from Kraig: we have received catalog cards with label
sets from Marcive for years. They will automatically save your records to a
MARC record for use in future computerized projects. You may also send in
your own cataloging to them for card & label production. We used to produce
very nice catalog cards & lists with sortware from Follett ("Quickcard")
which has been updated since to a version which produces MARC records & can
be imported to other computerized projects. Definitely record ISBN & LC
numbers on your shelf list cards as this will prove very useful & time
saving for any future computerized retrospecitve conversion projects. (We
just had our catalog computerized as well as blended with an area online
union catalog, via "Autographics". ) Best of luck. Sincerely,
Rebecca D. Steel, Librarian
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
314 S. Park Street
Kalamazoo, MI 49007-5102
(616) 349-7775x3160
Fax: 349-9313
email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.kiarts.org
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From: Kraig Binkowski <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, June 07, 1999 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: Catalog card software
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Hi Myrna,
Good for you for volunteering to catalogue the museum's book collection.
Though 500 titles is a lot of work for one person on a volunteer basis - it
really isn't a huge amount of cataloging. There are inexpensive services
that can provide you with catalogue cards (Marcive for instance). Of
course these services may not be able to provide cards for ALL of your
collection - they work on a strickly copy cataloguing level. The benefit
is that these services can also provide you with MARC records for the
future when you have an online catalogue.
If you simply must produce the cards by hand, ISBN and LCCN should be fine
to identify a title when you are ready to convert to MARC. There are
inexpensive software packages that facilitate catalogue card production -
however it has been so long since I have had to use them, I no longer have
their names. Perhaps another librarian can suggest software.
Again, good for you, and good luck!
Kraig A. Binkowski
Librarian
The Detroit Institute of Arts
5200 Woodward, Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 833-7926 [log in to unmask]
At 10:08 AM 6/4/99 EDT, you wrote:
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>Hi there!
>My name is Myrna Schneiderman and I am a volunteer at Chesterwood Estate
and
>Museum in Stockbridge Ma. As a retired librarian I have volunteered to
>catalog Chesterwood's professional library. Our library contains about 500
>items and does not circulate materials. The archivist and I have devised
an
>idiosyncratic system with some tailored subject headings. We thought that
LC
>subject headings are unnecessary for our needs. We will have a main entry,
>title and subject cards. On the cards we will provide the usual info
>including ISBN and LCCN ( in the event that someday the catalog will be
>automated. However, since I was a high school librarian I thought that
>perhaps I could get some info from the technical and/or cataloging
>departments from the art librarians. Any suggestions re: info to include on
>the cards to facilitate automation in the future?
>
>Our biggest problem is money. Is there someone out there that has catalog
>card
>producing software that they are able to share? Perhaps someone could
suggest
>an inexpensive program. We are using dinosaur equipment (PC 386 enhanced
>with Windows 3.1). The computer in the archives does not have Internet
>access.
>
>Would appreciate any information you can give.
>
>Thanks
>Myrna
>
>
Kraig A. Binkowski
Technical Services Librarian
The Detroit Institute of Arts
5200 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48202
313. 833.7926 [log in to unmask]
