Hi, Suzanne!
I used Koha as part of a session on serials cataloging to demonstrate how holdings records must be added to serials bib records to reflect the specific issues/volumes held. I didn't have the students add the records themselves-- I created the actual records, but I wanted them to see what the record structure was in an actual ILS rather than just viewing the OPAC display. The students who had never worked in a cataloging department were actually quite interested in seeing a real live ILS at work!
Best wishes,
Faye Leibowitz
General Languages Catalog Librarian
University Library System
University of Pittsburgh
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Subject: [eduCAT] Using Koha with Class to teach cataloging
Is or has anyone used Koha to teach cataloging? If so, would you mind sharing how you did it?
I finally got the company to respond. David Bavousett set up 5 "instances" and 5 "staff clients", complete with bibliographic records. That would be great for staff training, but I'm having trouble seeing how I would use this in a cataloging course. Obviously, I don't need or want bibliographic records. I want the students to create and add records, not search for them. I've asked for help and tried using the documentation, but can't find anything on using it in teaching.
I can see how students can add records to the databases, but what I can't figure out is how I would find the records they created to grade them. Even more importantly, with only 5 bibliographic databases, either the students will all be cataloging different items (which would make grading oh so much fun), or I'll have to divide them into 5 groups, with students in each group cataloging different items. That means I'd have between 1 and 6 different items per group. I'm assuming that the system won't allow duplicate records in a single database; if it did, it would be too much to expect students not to "just take a peek at how superstudent did it."
I'm probably missing something extemely elementary. Can anyone help?
Suzanne M. Stauffer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Science Louisiana State University
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Baton Rouge, LA 70803
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