Week 10: Cataloguing of Non-Book Materials

Some of the example of the non book materials are like:

a.        Sound recordings

b.       Video recordings

c.        Cartographic materials

The general information the contain in non –book materials are:

a.        Title and statement of responsibility:

·                     Transcribe only statements of responsibility that relate to the intellectual content of the work

b.       Publication information:

·                     Date of publication:

c.        Physical description:

·                     Extent of item

·                     Give the playing time of the recording as stated:

·                     Dimensions:

d.       Notes

·                     Nature of performance

·                     Source of title proper

·                     Edition and history

·                     Publishers’ numbers

·                     Contents

·                     Summary

The example of term of non-book materials

VHS tapes           videocassette

DVCam tapes     videocassette

DVDs     videodisc

Laser discs           videodisc

VCDs     videodisc

floppy disk          computer disk

CD-ROM              computer optical disc

DVD-ROM           computer optical disc

CD(music or spoken)      sound disc

cassette tapes sound cassette

Reference :

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/catmet/procedures/books/bks-w-nonbk.html

http://www.neoslibraries.ca/document/Tech/CatNon-Book.pdf