Customer Reviews

Standard Cataloging for School and Public Libraries, 4th Edition

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This is the worst text I have ever read. There's a distinct difference between being difficult to read and understand and being completely uncomprehensible. This book is the latter.

The authors assume that before reading this book the reader has vast knowledge of the subject matter. It is completely inadequate for the beginning cataloger. Even the examples confuse rather than enlighten. The background information and the basic explanations are missing.

I bought this book solely because it was a required text for a introduction to cataloging class. I find it hard to believe that the professor read this book before requiring students purchase it. I would recommend that in the future students band together as a class and demand the professor choose another book.

I would have liked to rate this book as a minus zero.

I have rated the Standard Cataloging textbook with 2 stars. The information was not "user-friendly" for someone that has never cataloged before. I needed to read the text twice to fully understand what the author meant. The examples were very hard to follow. Each example gave the contents of the examples with bullets, however, for someone that does not know what a CIP data is or looks like, it is difficult to determine which line consists of the CIP data (for example). It would be helpful to have corresponding numbers to match the example given. Then, the information written in the text would make more sense.

This textbook in my opinion deserves only one star. It was difficult to read and understand. I had to read other books to get an understanding of simple concepts presented in the textbook. My understanding of cataloging was not helped at all by reading this textbook.

This textbook in my opinion deserves two stars. It was very complex to read and comprehend. The textbook was not understandable. I had to use online resources to understand easy concepts stated in the text. I would not recommend this text to any future media specialist. The author(s) should re-write the whole book and explain cataloging in simple terms.

The most incomprehensible textbook I've ever had the misfortune to run across.

This is a good basic introduction to cataloging for anyone, not just school and public librarians.

So incredibly boring. I guess if cataloging is your kink, it *might* be entertaining. Maybe? Probably not.