Sunday, 23 October 2011

Subject Classification

1.
                                                                                                 553.28
                                                                                                  DYK
 Van Dyke, Kate
          Asas Petroleum / Kate Van Dyke  - Skudai ;
          Penerbit UTM, c2000

          vii - 358 p. , 27 cm

          Includes index, reference
          ISBN - 983-52-0193-5

          1. Petroleum     2. Petroleum - Geology     3. Petroleum Industry
          I. Isham Ismail     II. Title



2.                                                                                         629.8
                                                                                             HAS

Haslina Abdul Rahim
          Pengenalan Sistem Kejuruteraan Kawalan / Haslina Abdul Rahim
         -Skudai : Penerbit UTM, 2004

          x - 124 p. , 25 cm

          Include biblio, index
          ISBN 983-52-0349-0
         
          1. Automatic Control     2. System Engineering
          I. Ruzaini Hj Abd Rahim     II. Title



3.                                                                                                   620.11
                                                                                                         JAS
Jasmi Hashim
          Pemprosesan Bahan / Jasmi Hashim - Skudai : Penerbit UTM, 2003

          xvii - 200 p. , 26 cm

          Includes index, illustration
          ISBN 983-52-0306-7

          1. Materials    2. Manufacturing Process
           I. Title
          

Subject Cataloging

What is subject cataloging?
a form or portion of the library cataloging process that not only describes a title but classifies it and assigns subject headings

Why subject cataloging?
  • to provide access by subject to all relevant materials
  • bring together all references to material through all suitable of subject organisation

Vocabulary Control

UF - Use For
SA - See Also
BT - Broader Term
NT - Narrow Term

Example - First Level of Cataloging


1.  Dyke, Kate Van
          Asas Petroleum / Kate Van Dyke : terjemahan Isham Ismail - Skudai ;
          Penerbit UTM, c2000

          vii - 358 p. , 27 cm

          Includes index, reference
          ISBN - 983-52-0193-5

          1. Petroleum     2. Petroleum - Geology     3. Petroleum Industry

(added entry)

2.  Haslina Abdul Rahim
          Pengenalan Sistem Kejuruteraan Kawalan / Haslina Abdul Rahim
         -Skudai : Penerbit UTM, 2004

          x - 124 p. , 25 cm

          Include biblio, index
          ISBN 983-52-0349-0
         
          1. Automatic Control     2. System Engineering
          ( co-writer)

3. Jasmi Hashim
          Pemprosesan Bahan / Jasmi Hashim - Skudai : Penerbit UTM, 2003

          xvii - 200 p. , 26 cm

          Includes index, illustration
          ISBN 983-52-0306-7

          1. Materials    2. Manufacturing Process

(added entry)
          

Saturday, 22 October 2011

Main Entry

Brief description of Main Entry;

  • The main entry of a book designates the person or body chiefly responsible for the intellectual or artistic content of the work. 
  • If more than one person or body is involved, the first named is assigned the main entry, and the additional names are given as added entries.
  • Additional names (both personal and corporate) will be given as added entries.
  • If no clear-cut author is determined, then the work is catalogued with a title main entry, and all authors are given as added entries.


Examples;

1. Rock, Peter A.
          Termodinamik Kimia / Peter A. Rock : penterjemah Halimatun Hamdan ; Zaiton
          Abdul Majid - Skudai : Penerbit UTM , c2000

          xii, 587 p. : ill. : 24 cm

          includes index
          ISBN 983-52-130-7

(added entry)


2. Paizah Haji Ismail
          Undang-undang Jenayah Islam / Paizah Haji Ismail - Petaling Jaya :
          Dewan Pustaka Islam, 1991

          274 p. : 21 cm

          includes biblio
          ISBN - 983-66-0028-0

(added entry)


3. Yeoh, Seng Lee
          Kurikulum Bersepadu Sekolah Menengah Sains Tingkatan 4 /
          Yeoh seng Lee - Kuala Lumpur : Mahawaras c1999

          236 p. : 25cm        

          includes index, glossary
          ISBN -983-9029-00-2

(added entry)



Exercise on Descriptive Cataloging

The following week, I had went to PSZ to find some books to apply the cataloging 2nd level of description.
Here are some of them..


Geometric Puzzle Design/ Stewart Coffin
2nd edition - Wellesley Massachusetts 2007;
AK Peters, Ltd, Copyright 2007, 2007 - vi, 204 p.:
-biblio, index, puzzle ; 22 cm
-978-1-56881-312-7


Database management/ Dr . P. Sellapan
First edition - Batu Caves Selangor :
Venton Publishing, 2006 – page xii, 356 p. :
-appendix, Index, table, diagram, charts,
model ; 24 cm -983-3526-07-1















The Data Asset: How Smart Companies Govern
their Data for Business Succes/ Tony Fisher
First Edition - Hoboken, New Jersey :
Wiley and Sons Inc. , 2009 - vi, 220 p. :
-Wiley & SAS Business Series :
-Index, Glossary, Graphics, Charts ; 23 cm
-987-0-470-46226-3


 











Cliff Notes Parents Crash Course: Elementary
School Maths/ David Alan Herzog
First edition - Hoboken : Wiley Publishing Inc. ,
2005 - xi, 252 p. :
-appendix, numbers, formulas, graphics,
illustrations, table ; 24 cm
-0-7645-9836-8














Teaching Mathematics to Children with Special
Needs/ Carol A. Thornton … (et. al)
First edition – Illinois : Addison Wesley
Publishing Company Inc, 1983 - 554 p. :
Graphics, table, illustration, picture,
numbers,formulas, index : 25 cm
0-201-07728-0














Kejuruteraan Perisian/ Paruvachi A.
Venkatachalam; Umi Kalthum Ngah
First edition - Petaling Jaya : Prentice Hall,2000
-reference, numbers, formulas, diagram,
graphics, table and charts - 208 p. ; 22 cm
-983-9236-65-2

Descriptive Cataloging: 2nd level

By the third week we had been introduced to descriptive cataloging. These are some of example of description using this method;


Spatial Statistic: For Geographic Information Science / Taher Buyong
First Edition 2006 - Skudai : Penerbit UTM, 2006 - viii, 273 p. :
-illustration, map, graphs, table, formulas, appendix ; 25 cm
-983-52-0393-8


Kimia Organik: Kumpulan Berfungsi / Kumpulan Berfungsi / Hasnah Mohd Sirat (et. al) -
Edisi pertama 2000 - Skudai : Penerbit UTM, 2000 - xv, 356 p. :
-illustration, chemical formulas, biblio, index : 24 cm
-983-52-0201-X

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Second Session with ERMS

As a summary, this week we learn about;
  • Introduction to cataloguing : concept and process 
  • Introduction to AACR 
  • Procedure and process of cataloguing 
  • Policy for materials and information cataloguing. 
  • Materials and information forms and format – printed, unprinted, map, manuscript, music, micro 
  • Individual name entry , (status, additional names etc) corporate bodies, uniform title, reference, etc 

First Week of ERMS

For the first week , we had a briefing by En Razak on the course outline of this course. Basically this course provides exposure and experience to students on application of Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) coding system and Anglo American Cataloging Rules 2 (AACR2), Other topics discussed are on development of database system, application of coding and rules in the management of educational information and resources.

In this week, we had given introduction to the concept and system of classification. It consists of;
  •  Material and information classification 
  •  Philosophy and concept of classification 
  •  Major classification systems 
  •  Use of notation on classified materials