Cataloguing and classifying board and tabletop games

摘要

In many institutions, board and tabletop games are a growing part of a library’s collection. They come in a widevariety of forms and are collected for historical, pedagogical or recreational value. This article will demonstratehow cataloguers and metadata staff can include these games in their library’s catalogue, by creating machinereadable cataloguing (MARC) records using particular fields and terminologies.