Well, today I was given the opportunity to catalog my very first books! All of my studying and knowledge of Sears Headings were put to the test as I needed to consult this reference work to catalog the two specific titles purchased for the library. One of the teachers brought two resources for the professional collection to the library and wanted them cataloged and added to the collection. I was excited to watch Summer officially catalog these two books, but instead she asked me if I wanted to handle it. Of course! Summer's assistant, Jeannie, helped me through the process, and I was more than grateful for her help. We logged onto Destiny and entered these two titles "on the fly." I had heard Summer and Jeannie use that expression before, but now I was actually seeing it first hand. We entered both titles into the catalog, but neither of the titles produced any results. So, we entered each title separately, filling in the title, author, ISBN, type of material, price, and call number. Neither of the books had a specific call number, so it was necessary to consult Sears. I checked under the appropriate heading (Reading) and found the two sub-headings that most closely matched the materials- Word Skills and Reading Comprehension. In this case, the call number would be 372.4. Summer does not use the decimal places, so the official call number for both books was 372. Once the titles were entered into Destiny, we went back and searched them to make sure everything was saved correctly. My two very first catalog entries were a success! Today was definitely a valuable experience for me.
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