[LIBRARY SKILLS]

Online public access catalog is an

online database of materials held by a library or a group of libraries.

Users search a library catalog principally to locate books and other materials available at a library.

OPAC SYSTEM

Users can choose author, title,

keyword , it does not need to be sorted systematically.

Physical storage space is considerably reduced.

Updates are significantly more efficient.

BENEFITS OF OPAC

A library classification is a

system of documents, library materials or any information according to their subject and allocating a call number to that information source.

LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION

Enumerative: subject headings are listed

according to alphabetical order, with numbers assigned to each heading alphabetically.

Faceted: subjects are divided into mutually exclusive orthogonal facets.

Hierarchical: subjects are divided according to its hierarchy, from most general to most specific

There are four major classification systems:

• Dewey Decimal

• Library of Congress

• Colon Classification

• Superintendent of Documents

Call number is a combination of

characters assigned to a library book to indicate its place on a shelf.

• Library of Congress Call Numbers

• SuDocs Call Numbers

• Dewey Call Number

CALL NUMBER

LIBRARY CIRCULATION

• The activities around the lending of library books and other material to users of a lending library.

BORROWING AND RETURNING BOOKS

1. Register2. Select the book that you want to borrow3. Present the book to the Librarian

The Librarian will take your library card and register the book name and number;

Enter the borrowing and returning date Sign on both card and take the book

STEPS OF BORROWING BOOKS

Librarian will sign you off on your card

Register that you have returned the book

State the date

If you fail to return the book on the stipulated date, you may be fined

STEPS OF RETURNING BOOKS

The process of listing something for inclusion

in a catalog. Types of catalog

• Descriptive cataloging

• Subject cataloging

CATALOGING

LIBRARY CATALOG

• OBJECTIVE

1. To enable a person to find a book 2. To show what the library has

SORTING OF CATALOG

• The grammatical sort order

• The mechanical sort order

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