MARC Records

 

My attempt for Michael Fullan’s Stratosphere (2012)

010

020     978-0-13-248314-8

100     1#       $a        Fullan, Michael.

245     10       $a        Stratosphere

$b        Integrating Technology, Pedagogy, and Change Knowledge

$c        Michael Fullan

250     ##       $a        1^st ed.

260     ##       $a        Don Mills, ON

$b        Pearson Canada Inc.

$c        2012

300     ##       $a        100 p.:

$c        0.5 x 22.5 x 18.6 cm

520     ##       $a

650     #0       $a        Educational Change

700

 

Reflection

Before I began this exercise I knew that I had never catalogued a book before using any format. Despite learning so much on this course I feel I am out of my depth and the image of treading water to survive comes to mind. When I discovered in my school that other colleagues were not familiar with a MARC record I knew that I was alone with this assignment not to mention this course.

As I reflected on my personal library I was tempted to draw upon one of my oldest books from 1897 but realized that there may not be many fields I could fill in. So then I chose my most recent addition of Michael Fullan’s Stratosphere (2012).

It was a very long process as I navigated between three different MARC screens in my attempts to understand the tags and sub-fields. When I looked for the Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) on the book I could not find it. So out of frustration I decided to leave that and return to it later. I knew about ISBN numbers so it made sense for me to access my prior knowledge of books. I slowly made my way through 100 to 300 tags appreciating the complexities of  #, $, a,b,c, etc. I thought it was starting to make sense. I was making progress with new learning. I felt I could relate to the table layout with each sub-field on a new line but then I saw examples where they just ran on after each other with different use of punctuation. It was then that I felt too challenged and decided to stay with each sub-field on a different line.

Suddenly I hit 520 hard with an abrupt stop. I found some summaries that seemed too long and I was depressed. Eventually I decided to move on to 650 and I was not sure if I did it correctly. I decided that I should go to the Library of Congress to see their subject headings, and then I decided to look up the title- nothing. Why did I choose this book? So I tried the author- 55 entries but not this title- why oh why? I decided to go to UBC library and nothing there. Did Professor Cho really mean that this was not a fail/pass course? Or was he luring us into this maze of tags and sub fields?

I emailed Chris Ball at the library who explained that the last person who borrowed this book did not return it so he deleted it from the collection. Another dead end! He suggested I could borrow it from UVic. I explained that I wanted to see the MARC record for this assignment. He kindly emailed me the staff view from UVic. So now you can see the comparisons.

Without proper training I certainly can see how our school library has books entered in different ways into Alexandria. This has resulted in challenges for searching for resources. I feel I need a very long course just to enter MARC records. I can appreciate the benefits of clerks having technical training with opportunities to upgrade with new systems.

I have a deeper appreciation for cataloguers the world over and the work that they do.

 

Below is from the email that Chris Ball sent (apologies for the slight changes in format):

 

Here’s the staff view at U Vic if that helps:

 

 

Stratosphere : integrating technology, pedagogy, and change knowledge /

Bibliographic Record

 

00001084cam a2200253 a 4500

0012900869

00520140105163546.0

008120711s2012 oncac b 001 0 eng d

020__  |a 9780132483148 (pbk.)

020__  |a 0132483149 (pbk.)

035__  |a (OCoLC)798614776

040__  |a BTCTA  |b eng  |c BTCTA  |d CQF  |d YDXCP  |d AGLDB  |d OIP  |d BWX  |d WAU  |d GZQ

050_4  |a LC196  |b .F8495 2013

1001_  |a Fullan, Michael.

24510  |a Stratosphere :  |b integrating technology, pedagogy, and change knowledge /  |c Michael Fullan.

260__  |a Dons Mills, ON :  |b Pearson,  |c c2013.

300__  |a vii, 99 p. :  |b ill., port. ;  |c 23 cm.

504__  |a Includes bibliographical references and index.

5050_  |a Ch.1: The journey — Ch.2: Technology: Power and Peril — Ch.3: Pedagogy and change: essence as easy — Ch.4: Digital disappointments and dreams — Ch.5: Design principles and change knowledge — Ch.6: Making technology pay.

650_0  |a Critical pedagogy.

650_0  |a Educational change.

650_0  |a Computer-assisted instruction.

910__  |a FIN  |b NEW  |c 06 March 2013  |d mw

935__  |a (OCoLC)ocn798614776