KEGIATAN KATALOGISASI DI PERPUSTAKAAN SMAN 12 BANDUNG

Abstract

The library is an institution that manages collections in the form of written works, printed works, and recorded works with a professional management system and aims to meet the needs of education, research, preservation, information, and recreation for users or users. One of the most important activities carried out by a library is the management of library materials. This library material management activity is one of the core activities of the library where the organization of library materials is a process of preparing library materials starting from the library materials entered until the library materials are ready to be used by the users systematically with the aim that the process of searching for information on library materials can be carried out more easily. This study aims to find out how the library of SMAN 12 Bandung manage their library materials. This study uses a descriptive qualitative research method where the authors make direct observations to the library of SMAN 12 Bandung to find out the conditions of their library materials processing. After making observations, the authors found that the management of library materials in the library of SMAN 12 Bandung is still not optimal due to several factors, such as not inputting bibliographic data into the online database. Even so, the library materials in the library of SMAN 12 Bandung have been arranged systematically on the bookshelf in accordance with the book classification number.