Title
The school library media center in the digital age: Issues in the cataloging of electronic resources
Abstract
In May 1999 a survey was distributed to 214 school library media specialists to explore the ways in which school library media centers provide access to electronic resources such as educational software, interactive multimedia, and Internet resources. The survey also addressed the use of curriculum enhancements to the MARC format, including fields 856, 658, 526, and 521 in school library catalogs. Results show that while direct-access electronic resources are being fully integrated into collections and services in the library media center, Internet resources are not yet at that point and most library media center catalogs do not reflect the use of curriculum-enhanced MARC for electronic or other materials. The need to develop cooperative cataloging ventures to create curriculum linkages for electronic educational resources is identified. © 2000 by The Haworth Press, Inc.
Department(s)
MSU Libraries
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1300/J141v03n01_02
Keywords
Cataloging of computer files, Cataloging of Internet resources, Curriculum-enhanced MARC, Electronic educational resources, MARC Field 521, MARC Field 526, MARC Field 658, MARC Field 856, School libraries
Publication Date
12-1-2000
Recommended Citation
Letarte, Karen. "The school library media center in the digital age: Issues in the cataloging of electronic resources." Journal of internet cataloging 3, no. 1 (2000): 13-40.
Journal Title
Journal of Internet Cataloging
