Week 27 at The Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum

Last Saturday I gave a presentation/training session to the volunteers about how to catalog a book. For the training session I put together a detailed workflow. I was surprised by the amount of time it takes to successfully construct a receptive workflow. The features of a successful workflow are; being detailed , use arrows and circles to emphasize the important areas of the screen and make the steps bold.

The second part of the training session was focused on pulling Library of Congress Subject Headings. Every item that is cataloged must have at least one subject to facilitate in the retrieval of information through a search. The item I used as an example to pull subject for was a Kwanzaa Kufi Bear. Kufi bears are teddy bears that adorn a Kufi Hat and often have Kente Cloth clothing and/or accessories. MCLM has two Kufi Bears in their collection,one that is identical to the one in the picture above and another that is Kwanzaa themed.