Copy cataloguing

So I started the assignment on Copy cataloguing [1] off-task as usual.  I can even rationalize this starting point, as I choose something I was intimately familiar with,  also I can justify it by arguing that it’s my way of making new learning connect to my existing knowledge so I keep it longer, by adding to my schema (Piaget theories).  So I started by first looking for the book I published in my last career.  I liked most of the information but was disappointed that the subject topics chosen were not what I thought of as the best fit.  I wrote the book “Plant Indicator Guide for Northern BC: etc” [2] for use by field foresters and I think searching should include words they would use like “ecology, biogeoclimatic zone, site prescriptions” and not phytogeography which I had not heard of as a topic.  “Forest plants” works fine but it would be useful to also include “forest vegetation” since it’s an established industry word.  I realize I need to take this personal lens to my assignment.  If I am adding information to catalogue records for music resources, I should be asking my music teacher what terms she might use to locate the resource and so on for the different specialists and grade teachers in my school.  And when looking at aboriginal resources I realized I have to watch my cultural lens when adding resources.  (See also my LIBE465 Blog post Oct 19, 2012 about MARC records and cultural lens for book "Giving Thanks")

[1] Amicus Canadian National Catalogue.  Accessed Oct 19, 2012 at http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca/amicus-bin/self_register?l=0

[2]

Beaudry, L., R. Coupé, C. DeLong and J. Pojar. 1999. Plant indicator guide for Northern British Columbia: Boreal, Sub-boreal and Subalpine Biogeoclimatic Zones; SBS, BWBS, SBPS and Northern ESSF. B.C. Min. of Forests, Research Section, Victoria, B.C. Land Management Handbook #46. http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/docs/lmh/lmh46.htm