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Cataloging Board Games

Since September, I have been immersed in the world of games and learning.  I co-wrote a successful grant application to create a library-based Center for Games and Learning. The project is being  funded through a Sparks Ignition! Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. One of our first challenges has been to decide how to catalog the games.  I located this presentation on SlideShare.  We have decided to catalog the games as Three Dimensional Objects (Artifact) and use the following MARC fields: MARC 245  Title Statement MARC 260  Publication, Distribution, Etc. MARC 300  Physical Description MARC 500  General Note MARC 508  Creation/Production Credits MARC 520  Summary, Etc. MARC 521  Target Audience MARC 650  Topical Term MARC 655  Index Term—Genre/Form There are many other fields that we could use, but we decided to keep it as simple as possible.  We decided not to interfile the games and instead, create…