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As earlier mentioned, for each medium (book or non - book) catalogued in the school library media centre, there should be at least three entries (Elaturoti et al. 1990). These are.

(a) Main entry (card) otherwise known as the author entry (card).

The entry can be done under a personal name or corporate body.

fig. 1a: Sole Authorship

Personal names could be sole or joint authorship. It is sole when and if the book is written by only one person. In a situation where a book is written by more than one person, we then talk of joint authorship. In a situation whereby an institution /corporate body is recognized as the author of the book then it is to be so acknowledged and used by the catalogue. Thus institution names like International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) Federal Ministry of Education (FME), First Bank of Nigeria (FBN), etc could rightly occupy the position of the main entry in cataloguing. (See Fig. 3)

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(b) The Title Entry Card:

This card carries the title of the medium as the heading with which a library user can locate the material. You have been severally informed that the essential of cataloguing is to ease the problem of the library media centre users. You will then understand the reason why the title entry card is provided. A library user who only knows the title of the work he/she is looking for can easily be assisted in a library that keeps titles entry cards. (See Fig. 4)

(c) The Subject entry Card:

Catalogue card that is prepared for the subject entry carries the subject of the medium as the heading. (See Fig. 4)

Cataloguing of Non – Book Medium

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The approach to the cataloguing of non – book is different from that of the books. The major reason for the difference is that the bibliographic information in both resources differs. It is to be noted that more frequent entries of non – book media are made under title because according to Elaturoti et al (2009) authorship of non – book media cannot be easily established. Now, carefully go over the sample catalogue cards for each medium in the subsequent figures provided.

(a) Disk:

The information needed to catalogue the disc include; the composer or author or the artist (if known), title, medium, place and date of production, producer, duration in a minute, recording mode i.e. whether stereo or momo (fig.4

Fig. 4. Sample of catalogue card of Disc.

Source: Elaturoti, D.F et al (2009)

Approach to Organizing learning Resources in school library Media Centre, fig. 30 pg. 35.

(ii) Tape (cassette)

The cataloguing of audio tape (cassette) would require bibliographic information like; The title, producer, place and year of production number of tapes, duration in minutes (if available) and the recording mode (See fig.5).

Fig. 5. A sample of card catalogue of tape (Cassette). Source Elaturoti, D.F et al (1999) Approach to organizing Leaving Resources in school library Media Centre, fig. 31 pg. 36.

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(iii) Kit:

This is typical of a multimedia instructional package in which a combination of instructional media is pulled together to aid better understanding of the topic concept being presented to the learners. A kit for instance may contain such items as: book, slide, tape, pictures and filmstrip. For proper cataloguing of a kit, the bibliographic information required includes, the author, title, producer, place of publication, year of production, the number and the type of media in the kit. (see fig. 6.)

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(iv) Map:

According to Elaturoti, Fagbeja kolade, Oniyide, Olaojo and Aramide (2009) the bibliographic information required in cataloguing maps are title, producer, place of production, year of production, number of the sheet the map has, coloured or black and white, size and the scale used (see fig. 7.)

Fig.7: Sample of Catalogue card of a map.

Source: Elaturoti et al (2009) Approach to Organizing Learning Resources in School library media Centre and other Libraries. Pg. 46.

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(v) Video Records:

Video records have become important modes of instructional delivery. Different topics in almost all the subjects in the school curriculum are now available for effective teaching and learning.

It is to be noted that to catalogue videotapes, compact disks (CD) or Visual Compact Disk (VCD) the required information include:

title, number or portion of tape, duration, colour, size, playback speed and recording mode. See a sample of catalogue entry of the

video recording (f

Fig.8.

(vi) Compact Disk (CD):

This is a medium through which information is packaged usually in audio form using a compact disk.

Fig. 9.

(vii) Visual Compact Disk (VCD):

This is a medium that allows for the packaging of information in a compact Disk that allows the presentation of pictures as well as sound. A sample of the VCD catalogue card is as shown in

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(viii) Slide:

Prior to the introduction of multimedia technology that allows for projection of information on the screen for classroom / workshop purposes, through the use of computer and multi–media projector, slides were produced using 35mm photographic camera which had to be framed using hard paper or cardboard.

Where such device still exits, this bibliographic information should be noted and recorded: author, title, place of production, date, number of slides, coloured or black and white, size of a mount in centimetres and caption (see fig. 11)

Fig. 11

Source: Elaturoti, D.P et al (2009) Approach to Organizing Leaving Resources in school library media centre and other Libraries. Pg. 39.

(ix) Realia :

There are real objects, Phenomenon or situations. They are regarded as the most effective resources to affect learning. In order to catalogue this form of resources, such details such as type, number of pieces, the source if known (see fig. 12) should be indicated.

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