Developing Content Collections: The Library Catalog as an Early Literacy Guide

Autor/in	Meyer, Jeffrey
Titel	Developing Content Collections: The Library Catalog as an Early Literacy Guide
Quelle	In: Computers in Libraries, 29 (2009) 4, S.19-22 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1041-7915
Schlagwörter	Elementary Education; Public Libraries; Online Catalogs; Emergent Literacy; Library Services; Online Systems; Library Automation; Library Development; Library Networks; Information Management; Online Searching; Library Materials; Cataloging; Indexing; Iowa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elementarunterricht; Public library; Stadtbücherei; Öffentliche Bibliothek; Online catalog; Online catalogue; Online catalogues; Online-Katalog; Frühleseunterricht; Bibliotheksarbeit; Online; Bibliotheksplanung; Procurement of information; Informationsbeschaffung; Online-Recherche; Cataloguing; Katalogisierung; Indexierung; Sacherschließung
Abstract	It seems, at times, that a frantic race persists to ensure that a child, in the crucial learning stages of early elementary education, acquires the appropriate reading level before he or she "gets behind." Though there are obvious issues with branding a book "Grade Level One" or "Reading Level 2.2," it is nevertheless helpful for a library to provide parents, teachers, and children with a generalized reading-level scheme, so as to aid in the literacy of young children; in fact, it would be strange to walk into a library that did not differentiate between picture ("easy") books, juvenile books, and adult books. In this article, the author describes how the Slater Public Library in Iowa has attempted to create a more searchable online catalog, utilizing machine-readable cataloging (MARC) subject fields, to assist patrons in finding accessible materials for early elementary children. (Contains 3 figures and 6 resources.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10