Cataloging Principles
- Correct children’s audience designations help:
- Patrons search for materials by age-range
- Assist with collection development
- Make the KPAC function
Audience Designations
- a — Pre-School (infant to 5 years)
- b — Primary (6-8 years)
- c — Pre-Adolescent (9-13 years)
- d — Adolescent (14-17 years)
- e — Adult
Help with audience decisions:
- a — picture books and board books (pictures alone tell the story, text read to child, appropriate for infant to 1st grade)
- b — beginning reader (text tell the story with the help of pictures, often divided into chapters, appropriate for 2nd to 4th grade)
- Examples: Henry and Mudge, Young Cam Jansen, Minnie and Moo, The Magic Tree House, Cam Jansen, and Freckle Juice.
- c — independent reader (mostly text with some pictures, divided into chapters, appropriate for 4th to 6th grade)
- examples: The Harry Potter series, The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket, and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis.
- d — young adult (the language and concepts are intended for middle or high school, appropriate for 7 to 12 grade)
- Is Your Idea a Picture Book, Chapter Book or Middle Grade Novel? by Hillary Homzie and Mira Reisberg: https://taralazar.com/2015/01/08/is-your-idea-a-picture-book-chapter-book-or-middle-grade-novel/
Directions:
- Bring up the record in Evergreen
- Click MARC Edit
- Click Enhanced MARC Editor
- Right click on Audn box and choose selection from menu that appears
- Click Save Changes
