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latter, they can be placed in plastic covers or a light frame for use. Be cause of the convenience in storing, some librarians like to divide sizes at 12 inches. A 12-inch picture will fit into a regular letter-size file. Eighteen inches is a good stopping point for the larger sizes (which we call folio). Anything over this is an “ elephant folio.” The latter two carry the size symbol “ f” or “ e” above the call num ber. The pictures from the large pic ture rolls will take the “ e.” It is better to file by size for the sake of economy. It is our firm conviction that for pictures we do not need a complicated clasification system. We do need a section for Biblical pictures, and this ought to allow for arrangement in Biblical order. All other items can be arranged in alphabetical order. If a picture cannot be pinpointed in the Biblical text, it should go to the alpha betical category. By putting the Bibli cal materials in B47 (the Cutter num ber for Bible) we can have a strictly alphabetical arrangement in one sec tion, and we can set any cross refer ences in the card file that will facili tate f i n d i n g t he m o r e indefinite materials. It will be necessary to create some headings to fit one’s use and interest. The activity-type of materials offer one problem along this line. CHRIST A N D C H I L D R E N , C H I L D R E N PRAYING, etc. are examples. What we actually have here is a sort of title entry which is in reality the subject. This brings us most quickly to what we want In the case of famous paintings by well-known artists additional cards can be put in, if it is felt that they are needed. For the functional collection in religious education the direct subject approach is usually all that is needed. A simple example would be: Pic Elijah (Picture) E14 A folio picture will have a number like this:
Eunice Keen published in 1955 a Manual for Use in the Cataloging and Classification of Audio-Visual Mater ials for a High School Library (Lake land, Fla.). She covered most of the better known ma t e r i a l s u s e d i n schools. In some places she used the Dewey Decimal sytems of classifica tion, but some materials were not classified. The Library of Congress has issued two manuals. The first of these covers phonorecords, a term used for phono graph discs and cylinders, tapes, piano rolls, and wire recordings. The coordinating element here is sound. The second covers motion pictures and filmstrips. Slight adaptation makes this latter usable for slides as well. These are all visual. We have the combinations, of course, with sound and sight, which further complicates cataloging. The Joint Committee on Music Cataloging of the Music Library Asso ciation and the American Library Association, Division of Cataloging and Classification, put out in 1958 a Code for Cataloging Music and Phono- records. Because musical scores and musical phonorecords involve similar problems, this manual is very useful for both phases of music cataloging. The Church Library Service of the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Ten nessee, is preparing a manual for the cataloging of audio-visual materials. Miss Adeline DeWitt of their staff circulated a tentative Guide for Pro cessing, Cataloging, and Circulating Audio-Visual Materials. This included 36 pages of mimeographed material, and it promises to be a valuable aid when revised and published, which will probably be later this year. 1 Flat Pictures Since flat teaching pictures are used so widely, and because they present a rather simple cataloging problem, we take them up first. Pictures will either be mounted or filed in folders. If the
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The last number is the Cutter number for the subject (the Two-figure Author Table may be obtained from the H. R. Huntting Co., 29 Worthington St., Springfield 3, Mass.). We have one further problem in connection with materials in the Gos pels. Here it is better to use the numbering system of a standard har mony of the Gospels. Because of its greater number of divisions we use at Biola that of Fahling (which has just recently been reprinted,). A typical entry looks like this: Pic Bible. N.T. Gospels 28 (Picture) B47 John’s testimony to the 40:28 Jerusalem delegation. The number 40:28 represents the ser ial number of Matthew in the Biblical section, being the 40th book, and the 28th chapter, where this incident oc curs. It will be noticed that what is actually cataloged here is the location and the event, rather than any indi vidual picture. A ll subsequent pic tures can be added to this number without any further cataloging being necessary. Where individual verses are involved, they can be added, as in: Pic Bible. O.T. Exodus 17:1-7 (Picture) B47 Moses strikes the rock. 2:17 1-7 In areas where there are a number of similar entries, one cannot rely upon the call number alone to guarantee the order, but will have to go to the alphabetical arrangement of the sub ject. Examples follow: Pic Children obeying (Picture) C43 Pic Children praying (Picture) C43 In future months, we will consider other important phases of cataloging the audio visual materials. Perhaps you have some question you would like to ask. We will be happy to consider it in a future issue.
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