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lattelibrarian's review against another edition
5.0
When my cataloging professor recommended this, I immediately asked our library to buy it--after all, we had an LCC homework assignment due soon! This book was so incredibly valuable. From outlining the differences and necessities of so many subject headings, and the reasoning for their breakdown, and how ClassWeb functions, and how to input this catalog in MARC formatting, there was just so much that I didn't even realized needed reinforcing. She even includes cutters and what years to include when you have a few dates listed for a text!
Not only that, but this book was so readable. Everything is broken into nice chunks of text, and Snow includes various photographs of websites, examples, and hypothetical books to catalog. It was all so helpful and necessary for such a confusing system, and she did a great job of making it much more understandable and palatable. I definitely recommend this if you're thinking about being a cataloger, or if you're interested in learning more about the behind-the-scenes work of librarianship!
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Not only that, but this book was so readable. Everything is broken into nice chunks of text, and Snow includes various photographs of websites, examples, and hypothetical books to catalog. It was all so helpful and necessary for such a confusing system, and she did a great job of making it much more understandable and palatable. I definitely recommend this if you're thinking about being a cataloger, or if you're interested in learning more about the behind-the-scenes work of librarianship!
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timbooksin's review against another edition
5.0
This book is concise and outcome-focused. For an entry-level cataloging student, this is the perfect introduction to LCC. The practice problems with rich, explanatory answer keys help readers apply classification rules and raise further lines of inquiry. I recommend this book highly for anyone interested in LCC and I insist all Dominican University MLIS candidates read this book at least once.
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