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110 Cataloging and Classification for Library Technicians
As cat aloging has evolved into a li brary tech nician’s area of re sponsi-
bility, ed ucation and training for that po sition has be come more exten-
sive. Knowl edge in technical ar eas and fa miliarity with copy cataloging
sources are es sen tial. If copy cat a log ing in for ma tion can not be lo cated,
the li brary tech nician may have to per form orig inal cat aloging. In that
case, it is necessary to ap ply the pro cedures in volved with de scriptive
cat a log ing, sub ject cat a log ing, and clas si fi ca tion, as dis cussed in Chap-
ters 4, 5, and 6. Sound judg ment must be ex ercised re garding what to
adopt with out change, what needs to be mod ified, and how the re cords
should be mod ified, com posed, or re corded.

REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. What is copy cataloging?
2. Should libraries perform copy cataloging whenever possible?
Why?
3. For libraries belonging to computer networks, how is copy
cataloging done?
4. For libraries using a manual card system, how is copy cataloging
done?
5. List five sources for copy cataloging.
6. Why do more and more libraries hire library technicians instead
of librarians as catalogers?