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Reviews the basics of cataloging for beginners, discussing cataloging-in-publication, descriptive cataloging, access points, subject headings, classification, computer coding, and copy cataloging, and including examples and exercises.

"In 1934, a Belgian entrepreneur named Paul Otlet sketched out plans for a worldwide network of computers--or "electric telescopes," as he called them--that would allow people anywhere in the world to search and browse through millions of books, newspapers, photographs, films and sound recordings, all linked together in what he termed a r?seau mondial: a "worldwide web." Today, Otlet and his visionary proto-Internet have been all but forgotten, thanks to a series of historical misfortunes--not least of which involved the Nazis marching into Brussels and destroying most of his life's work. In the years since Otlet's death, however, the world has witnessed the emergence of a global network that has proved him right about the possibilities--and the perils--of networked information"--Provided by publisher.

Introduces the concepts and practices of cataloging and classification, covering cataloging in context, development of cataloging codes, electronic formatting, description and access, subject analysis, authority control, and administrative issues.

Sherlock leads the Sharp Wits to the library where they learn about the Dewey decimal system and how library books are classified. They uncover how nonfiction books are divided into ten main sections with an individual call number and are organized by subject. The Sharp Wits also learn how fiction books are located in a separate area of the library.