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LIBR 55A: Library Cataloging and Classification
Karen Saginor


Week One
 Quiz Zero: Must be turned in, but will NOT count towards your grade.
Lecture topics: Class logistics. Introduction to cataloging and classification. Original cataloging and copy cataloging. Descriptive cataloging and subject cataloging. Naming the parts of cataloging information. Main entry and added entries. Retrieving information from the online catalog.
Terminology:
  * AACR2      * LC
  * access point      * MARC
  * bibliographic record      * OCLC
  * classification      * original cataloging
  * copy cataloging      * record
  * descriptive cataloging      * statement of responsibility
     IFLA      * subject cataloging
  * ISBD      * subtitle
  * ISBN      * title proper
Exercise One: Naming the parts of a catalog record. Online searching review.
For a review of some of the topics covered in this lecture, read: Mortimer. Learn Descriptive Cataloging. Chapter 1: "The Catalog," and Chapter 2: "The Bibliographic Record." ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK
For next time read (REQUIRED): Understanding MARC Bibliographic ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK and available online.)
Recommended for next time: Online MARC 21 Tutorial (designed to reinforce Understanding MARC Bibliographic.)
Mortimer. Learn Descriptive Cataloging. Chapter 3: "ISBD," Chapter 4: "AACR2," and Chapter 5: "MARC." ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK
Week Two
Quiz : Second week no quiz.
Lecture topics: Catalog records. Main entry. Added entry. Subject Headings. MARC format. More details on catalog information retrieval. How to read MARC records. Fields and subfields.
Terminology:
  * added entry         invert
     ALA      * main entry
     blank      * subfield
  * delimiter      * subfield code
  * field      * tag
     fixed fields         variable length fields
  * indicators         
Exercise Two: Orientation to MARC records.
For next time read: (REQUIRED) Saginor, Karen. “Concise, (Over)simplified Descriptive Cataloging Guide for Most Books.” Included in class packet. ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK
Recommended for next time: Evans & Heft. Introduction to Technical Services, 6th ed.: Chapter 15: "Descriptive Cataloging for Books." ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK (Single chapter in folder AND book on reserve)
Mortimer. Learn Descriptive Cataloging. Chapter 6: "Areas of Description." ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK
Week Three
Quiz 1: Focus on naming the parts of a catalog record. Review Exercise One, study concepts and terminology from first two weeks of the semester.
Lecture topics: Rules of descriptive cataloging. Prescribed sources of information. Chief source of information. Transcribing information. Commonly used cataloging rules.
Terminology:
  * chief source of information         publication data
  * nonfiling characters      * recto
     prescribed sources of information      * transcribe
     proper adjective      * verso
     proper noun         
Exercise Three: MARC records and online searching. Using MARC records.
Review Reading (REQUIRED): Saginor, Karen. “Concise, (Over)simplified Descriptive Cataloging Guide for Most Books.” Included in class packet. ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK
Recommended Review: Evans & Heft. Introduction to Technical Services, 6th ed.: Chapter 15: "Descriptive Cataloging for Books." ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK (Single chapter in folder AND book on reserve)
Mortimer. Learn Descriptive Cataloging. Chapter 6: "Areas of Description." ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK
Week Four
Quiz 2: Focus on MARC format basics. Review Understanding MARC Bibliographic, MARC TERMINOLOGY, searching basics, lectures from first three weeks of the semester.
Lecture topics: Commonly uses rules of descriptive cataloging, continued. Publication dates.
Terminology:
  * CIP      * printing
  * copyright      * reprint
  * edition         republication
     imprint         
Exercise Four: Putting data into MARC records.
Review Reading (REQUIRED): Saginor, Karen. “Concise, (Over)simplified Descriptive Cataloging Guide for Most Books.” Included in class packet. ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK
Recommended Review: Evans & Heft. Introduction to Technical Services, 6th ed.: Chapter 15: "Descriptive Cataloging for Books." ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK (Single chapter in folder AND book on reserve)
Mortimer. Learn Descriptive Cataloging. Chapter 6: "Areas of Description." ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK
Week Five
Quiz 3: See MARC tag list. Focus on memorized MARC tags, catalog information retrieval. Review concepts and terminology, lectures from first four weeks of the semester.
Lecture topics: Commonly uses rules of descriptive cataloging, continued.
Terminology:
  * added entry (review)      * main entry (review)
  * authority work         workform
Exercise Five: More practice in putting descriptive cataloging information into MARC records.
For next time read: (REQUIRED) Gonzalez, Linda. "How Clean Is Your Catalog?" BCR Online Jun. 2003 19 Aug. 2003. 14 Sept. 2005 <http://www.bcr.org/publications/afl/2003/june/authority-control.html>.
Greenblatt, Elen. "Authority Control: A Basic Glossary of Terms, Compiled from Various Sources." 15 Dec. 1995. 21 Jun. 2004 <http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/ac/def.html>.
Recommended for next time: Mortimer. Learn Descriptive Cataloging. Chapter 10: "Access Points," and Chapter 12: "Headings for Persons."
Week Six
Quiz 4: Focus on basic descriptive cataloging rules. Review concepts and lectures from first five weeks of semester.
Lecture topics: Authority work and access points. Why do authority work? Using authority records. Cross-references.
Terminology:
  * authorized heading      * pseudonym
  * authority record         romanize
  * authority work         see also from reference
  * blind reference      * see also reference
  * cross-reference         see from reference
  * established form of name      * see reference
     fullest form of name      * transliterate
  * predominate name         
Exercise Six: Creating cross-references using existing authority records. Creating an authority card and cross-references.
Review Reading (REQUIRED): Gonzalez, Linda. "How Clean Is Your Catalog?" BCR Online Jun. 2003 19 Aug. 2003. 14 Sept. 2005 <http://www.bcr.org/publications/afl/2003/june/authority-control.html>.
Greenblatt, Elen. "Authority Control: A Basic Glossary of Terms, Compiled from Various Sources." 15 Dec. 1995. 21 Jun. 2004 <http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/ac/def.html>.
Recommended Review: Mortimer. Learn Descriptive Cataloging. Chapter 10: "Access Points," and Chapter 12: "Headings for Persons."
Week Seven
Quiz 5: Focus on putting data into MARC records. Review Exercises Four and Five, and chapter 15 from Introduction to Technical Services, 6th ed.
Lecture topics: Authority work and access points. Form of headings. Choosing main and added entries.
Terminology:
  * authority control      * serial
  * authority file         series decision file
  * authority record (review)      * series title
  * authority work (review)         subordinate body
  * LCRI      * uniform title
  * parallel title      * variant title
Exercise Seven: Choosing entries and form of name. Use the SFPL online catalog to do authority work.
For next time read (REQUIRED): "Introduction." Library of Congress Subject Headings 25th ed. 2002. IN FOLDER ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK and IN RED BOOKS NEXT TO WEST REFERENCE DESK
Recommended for next time: Evans & Heft. Introduction to Technical Services, 6th ed.: Chapter 19: "Subject Cataloging - Selection of Subject Headings." ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK
Ganendran, Jacki. Learn Library of Congress Subject Access: Chapters 1 - 5. ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK
Week Eight
Quiz 6: Focus on creating cross-references using existing authority records. Review Exercise Six. Review terminology from first seven weeks of the semester.
Lecture topics: Subject headings. LCSH as an authority file. Validating headings using LCSH, pattern headings, free-floating subdivisions.
Terminology:
     boldface      * pattern heading
     dash      * scope note
  * free-floating subdivisions      * subdivision
     hyphen         valid
  * LCSH         
Original cataloging project: When I return the Midterm exam, I will give you the information you will need to do your original cataloging project. You should start working on this project. It is due one week before the Thanksgiving Holiday. Start by doing the descriptive cataloging and the required authority work for your project. Put your cataloging data into MARC format.
Exercise Eight: Validating subject headings with Library of Congress Subject Headings list.
Review Reading (REQUIRED): "Introduction." Library of Congress Subject Headings 25th ed. 2002. IN FOLDER ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK and IN RED BOOKS NEXT TO WEST REFERENCE DESK
Recommended Review: Evans & Heft. Introduction to Technical Services, 6th ed.: Chapter 19: "Subject Cataloging - Selection of Subject Headings." ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK
Ganendran, Jacki. Learn Library of Congress Subject Access: Chapters 1 - 5. ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK
Week Nine
Midterm exam: Review lectures, reading, concepts and terminology from the beginning of the semester through Week Seven. Review Quizzes One through Five. Review Exercises One through Five.
Lecture topics: Subject headings. MARC format for subject headings. Creating cross-references from LCSH. Other subject heading systems.
Terminology:
  * MeSH      * Sears
     NLM         
Original cataloging project: When I return the Midterm exam, I will give you the information you will need to do your original cataloging project. It is due one week before the Thanksgiving Holiday.
Exercise Nine: Sears subject headings. Using LCSH to create 650 and 651 fields. Using LCSH to create cross-references for subject headings.
For next time read (REQUIRED): Mortimer, Mary. Learn Dewey Decimal Classification: Chapters 1. ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK (Single chpater in folder AND book on reserve)
Recommended for next time: Evans & Heft. Introduction to Technical Services, 6th ed.: Chapter 20: "Subject Cataloging - Classification." ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK
Dittman, Helena, and Jane Hardy. Learn Library of Congress Classification: Chapters 1 - 3. ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK
Week Ten
Quiz 7: Focus on validating subject headings with Library of Congress Subject Headings list. Review Exercise Eight. Also review terminology from first nine weeks of semester.
Lecture topics: Classification and call numbers. Using LCC and the LC cutter chart. Questions about the original cataloging projects.
Terminology:
  * book number      * cutter number
  * call number      * LCC
  * class number      
Original cataloging project: Start working on your original cataloging project using the book information that I have given to you. Start by doing the descriptive cataloging and the required authority work. Put your cataloging data into MARC format. Projects due Week Fourteen.
Exercise Ten: Assigning call numbers using the Library of Congress Classification schedules and cutter chart.
Review Reading (REQUIRED): Mortimer, Mary. Learn Dewey Decimal Classification: Chapters 1. ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK (Single chpater in folder AND book on reserve)
Recommended Review: Evans & Heft. Introduction to Technical Services, 6th ed.: Chapter 20: "Subject Cataloging - Classification." ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK
Dittman, Helena, and Jane Hardy. Learn Library of Congress Classification: Chapters 1 - 3. ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK
Week Eleven
Quiz 8: Focus on creating 6XX fields with validated subject headings and using LCSH to create cross-references for subject headings. Memorize the four types of subdivisions. Review Exercises Eight and Nine, LCSH Introduction, and terminology from first ten weeks of the semester.
Lecture topics: Classification and call numbers. Dewey Decimal classification. Cutter-Sanborn tables.
Terminology:
  * DDC 22         workmark
     segmented DDC number         
Original cataloging project: Work on your original cataloging project using the book information that I have given to you. Assign subject headings for your project. Ask questions about your project. Projects due Week Fourteen.
Exercise Eleven: Comparison of Dewey and LCC. Looking for mistakes in Dewey call numbers.
Review Reading (REQUIRED): Mortimer, Mary. Learn Dewey Decimal Classification: Chapters 1. ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK (Single chpater in folder AND book on reserve)
Recommended Review: Evans & Heft. Introduction to Technical Services, 6th ed.: Chapter 20: "Subject Cataloging - Classification." ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK
Dittman, Helena, and Jane Hardy. Learn Library of Congress Classification: Chapters 1 - 3. ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK
Week Twelve
Quiz 9: Focus on assigning call numbers using the Library of Congress Classification schedules and cutter chart. Review Exercise Ten. Review terminology from first eleven weeks of the semester.
Lecture topics: Classification and call numbers. Shelflisting. Questions about the original cataloging projects.
Terminology:
  * book number (review)      * cutter number (review)
  * call number (review)      * item barcode number
  * class number         volume number
  * copy number      * shelflist (noun and verb)
Original cataloging project: Assign Library of Congress Call numbers for your project. Ask questions about your project. Projects due Week Fourteen.
No more exercises.
Week Thirteen
Quiz 10: Focus on Dewey call numbers. Review Exercise Eleven. Review terminology from first twelve weeks of the semester.
Lecture topics: Project questions. Other topics to be announced.
Terminology:
              
              
For next time read: Mortimer. Learn Descriptive Cataloging. Chapter 8: "Description of Serials."
Recommended for next time: Mortimer. Learn Descriptive Cataloging. Chapter 15: "Series."
No more quizzes.
Weeks Fourteen – Sixteen
Original cataloging project due at start of class, Week Fourteen.
No more quizzes. Lecture topics: Serials cataloging. Between monographs and serials: multi-volume works, series. Other topics TBA (to be announced)
Terminology:
     analytics      * monograph
     annual         multi-volume monograph
     continuation      * periodical
     continued by      * serial
     continues      * series
  * latest entry cataloging      * successive entry cataloging
No class in week Fifteen (Thanksgiving)
Review Reading (REQUIRED): Mortimer. Learn Descriptive Cataloging. Chapter 8: "Description of Serials."
Recommended Review: Mortimer. Learn Descriptive Cataloging. Chapter 15: "Series."
Final exam will be given at regular class meeting in Week Seventeen.
Review for the Final Exam: Material covered on all the quizzes. All terminology. Material covered on the midterm. Notes you took on the lectures. Material covered by all the exercises. Understanding MARC Bibliographic and all other assigned readings.
Weeks Seventeen – Eighteen
Final exam during regular class period, Week Seventeen.
Final Exam: Material covered on all the quizzes. All terminology. Material covered on the midterm. Notes you took on the lectures. Material covered by all the exercises. Understanding MARC Bibliographic and all other assigned readings.
Week Eighteen
Review of Final exam. Other topics to be announced.


LIBR 55A: Library Cataloging and Classification



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