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Metadata Update #8 - The Cataloguing Calculator

I've promised to share information about commonly used cataloguing tools.  This is the first of several posts that I am going to make on this topic.  The post includes a series of brief exercises to help you explore the different functions and information that can be accessed through the calculator.  This link is for the cataloguing calculator.   It is found in the Cataloguer’s Desktop but it is also freely available on the web from any internet connection. It’s a tool that I used in my cataloguing class and it might be useful to have for those times when you want to quickly cook up a Cutter Number or country code and you don’t want to pull out your cheat sheets: http://calculate.alptown.com/ Here’s a few things that you can do to get orientated to using the calculator: 1.        Suppose you want to cook up a Cutter Number.   Click the LC Cutter search option then start typing the last name, title, etc (except location)you are Cuttering for and notice the amazing Cutt