Dominican University
Graduate School of Library and Information Science


Last updated January 15, 2008

LIS 730.01                                                                                                      John Shuler
Cataloging and Classification                                                                  Spring 2008

John Shuler
GSLIS Adjunct Faculty Member
E-Mail: jshuler@dom.edu


The syllabus is subject to modification.
This syllabus is to be used for reference purposes only; consult your instructor for any changes or updates!  

 

Catalog Description

Purpose

Objectives

Textbooks

Internet Resources

Student Outputs and Expectations
 


 


Catalog Description
 

Study of cataloging and classification systems with the primary emphasis on practical applications of standardized tools such as AACR; MARC 21 ( Machine Readable Cataloging formats, Dewey Decimal Classification and subject headings. The focus will be on their practical applications by examining different bibliographic problems found in various types of information resources. The discussion of practical applications will relate to current developments and changes in the field of technical services. Prerequisites: 701 and 703.
 


Purpose

The purpose of this course is to provide the student with specific practices in the routines and procedures of descriptive cataloging and of subject analysis, including both subject headings and classification. These specific decisions will be grounded on reasoned practical considerations, based on some solid discussion and writing on at least some of the basic principles and issues connected with those practices. The primary emphasis will be AACR2R and DDC systems for all types of materials.

Class Blackboard is at: http://Blackboard.dom.edu/    

LIS 730 is listed in the Blackboard course catalog under the discipline of Graduate School of Library and Information Science, so all of you can properly enroll in the Blackboard version of the course.

Below is the link for the student documentation, including a viewlet for students on how to establish an account and enroll:

http://domin.dom.edu/documents/blackboardstu.htm


Objectives

1. To be able to identify and apply essential cataloging tools.

The primary emphasis will be the application of the second edition, 2002 Revision of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2R) plus updates including the 2005 and other Amendments, and LC Rule Interpretations (LCRI) in specific cases and to be able to know the basic differences between AACR traditions and other cataloging rules.

2. To understand the basic principles of cataloging and to identify the deficiencies (if any) in the rules in order to anticipate certain changes in cataloging rules.

3. To be able to discuss and apply Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) bibliographic formats to specific cases, along with other related MARC formats such as MARC Authorities format.

4. To be able to identify and apply the tools involved in subject analysis and to understand the basic principles of subject analysis as demonstrated by representative classification systems including subject headings. The primary emphasis will be the 22nd edition of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC 22) and the latest available editions of Sears and LCSH.

5. To identify general patterns and problems in the organization of materials and information, including non-book materials.

6. To determine what significant developments in related fields (OCLC, MARC, alternative metadata schemas, FRBR, international standardization efforts, RLIN, PCC, BIBCO, CONSER, SACO, NACO, Z39.50, OPACs, union catalogs, Internet, information technologies, economic pressure, etc.) have or will have impact on local cataloging and classification, the future catalog and the role of catalogers in particular.
 


Textbooks:  Additional readings as assigned for different class/Blackboard discussions. 

(e.g., Prospectus of RDA at <http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/rdaprospectus.html>)

Each student should have constant access to the following all bolded titles:

1. Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules. 2nd ed., 2002 Revision. Chicago: ALA, 2002. Plus 2005 and other updates.
Also, in the Cataloger's Desktop [Online] Available at: http://desktop.loc.gov

1 (a).  Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRI). (loose-leaf) Washington, DC: LC, Cataloging Distribution Service. Base text plus updates. [Online as .PDF] Available at: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/currlcri.pdf
Also available through Cataloger's Desktop. [Online] Available at: http://desktop.loc.gov.

2. Bibliographic Formats and Standards. Dublin: OCLC, c2002. Plus updates. [Online, last updated December 2006] Available at: http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/about/

MARC21 Concise Format for Bibliographic Data. (loose-leaf) Washington, DC: LC, Cataloging Distribution Service, c2005. – Consult the handout booklet.  [Online] Available at: http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdhome.html

MARC21 Concise Format for Authority Data. – Consult the handout booklet.  [Online, 2005 Concise edition] Available at: http://www.loc.gov/marc/authority/ecadhome.html

3.  Cataloging Concepts: Descriptive Cataloging: Trainee's Manual. Washington, DC: LC, Cataloging Distribution Service, 2002. 

3.  Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid.  Organizing Audiovisual and Electronic Resources for Access. 2nd ed. Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2006.

5.  Haynes, Elizabeth (Dorothy Elizabeth) and Joanna F. Fountain.  Unlocking the mysteries of cataloging :  a workbook of examples.  Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2005.

6.  Maxwell, Robert L. Maxwell's Handbook for AACR2: Explaining and Illustrating the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Through the 2003 Update. Chicago: ALA, 2004. 

7.  Intner, Sheila S., Susan S. Lazinger, and Jean Weihs.  Metadata and its impact on libraries.  Westport, Conn. :  Libraries Unlimited, 2006.   

8.  Svenonius, Elaine.  The Intellectual Foundation of Information Organization.   Cambridge, Mass.:  MIT Press, 2000. 

9.  Maxwell, Robert. Maxwell's Guide to Authority Work.  Chicago: ALA, 2002.

10.  Saye, Jerry.  Manheimer's Cataloging and Classification.  4th ed., rev. and expanded by Jerry Saye.  New York:  Marcel Dekker, c2000.   

11.  Scott, Mona L.  Dewey Decimal Classification 22nd Edition : A Study Manual and Number Building Guide.   Westport, Conn. :  Libraries Unlimited, 2005.  

12.  Olson, Hope A.  Subject Analysis in Online Catalogs.  Englewood, Colo.:  Libraries Unlimited, 2001.  

13.  Olson, Nancy B.  Cataloging of Audiovisual Materials and Other Special Materials:  A Manual Based on AACR2.  4th ed.  Edited by Sheila S. Intner and Edward Swanson.  DeKalb, Ill.:  Minnesota Scholarly Press, 1998.  

14. Caplan, Priscilla.  Metadata Fundamentals for All Librarians.  Chicago: ALA, 2003.

15. Taylor, Arlene G.  The Organization of Information.  2nd ed.  Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2004.

16. Intner, Sheila S. and Jean Weihs.  Standard Cataloging for School and Public Libraries.  3rd ed.  Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 2001.

17. Taylor, Arlene G.  Introduction to Cataloging and Classification.  10th ed.  Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2006.

18. Rowley, Jennifer E. and John Farrow.  Organizing Knowledge: An Introduction to Managing Access to Information.  3rd ed.  Aldershot, England; Brookfield, Vermont: Ashgate, c2000.

19. Lubetzky, Seymour.  Writings on the Classical Art of Cataloging.  Edited by Elaine Svenonius and Dorothy McGarry.  Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 2001.

20.  Frost, Carolyn.  Media Access and Organization: A Cataloging and Reference Sources Guide for Nonbook Materials. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1989.

21. Olson, N.B. ed.  Cataloging Internet Resources: A Manual and Practical Guide. Dublin: OCLC, 1997. 2nd ed. [Online]. Available at: http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/worldcat/cataloging/internetguide/

22. Gildea, Matthew E.  MARC Content Designation:  Trainee's Manual.  Washington, DC:  Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 1998.

23. Campbell, Cameron J.  Basic Serials Cataloging Workshop:  Trainee's Manual. Washington, DC:  Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 1999.

24. Fecko, May Beth.  Cataloging Nonbook Resources: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1994.

25. Foskett, A.C.  The Subject Approach to Information. 5th ed.  London: Library Association Publishing, c1996.

26.  Ferguson, Bobby. Blitz Cataloging Workbook: Subject Analysis. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1998.

27. Subject analysis tools (DDC22 and Sears List of Subject Headings/ LCSH) will be used throughout the semester.  Both print version and electronic version of DDC22 will be used for the course.
 


Internet Resources:

1. Library of Congress Cataloging Directorate WWW Home Page - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/catdir.html

    "Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium:
          Confronting Challenges for Networked Resources and the Web," (2000) sponsored by
          the Library of Congress Cataloging Directorate -- to be held Nov. 15-17, 2000
          http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/

2. Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) - http://www.loc.gov/marc

    MARC Activities - http://listserv.loc.gov/cgi-bin/wa?A0=marc&D=0&F=&H=0&O=T&S=&T=0 

3. OCLC - http://www.oclc.org/
    The Web resource containing a tutorial for using OCLC Connexion, including editing: 
        http://www.oclc.org/support/training/connexion/browser/tutorial/

    DDC - http://www.oclc.org/dewey/
    Bibliographic Formats and Standards - http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/about/
    Authority Record Format - http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/worldcat/authorities/userguide/
    CONNEXION Home Page - http://www.oclc.org/connexion/
    Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Home Page - http://dublincore.org/
    Dublin Core Metadata Element Set - http://dublincore.org/documents/1999/07/02/dces/

    Bits and Pieces, Electronic Support News for OCLC Users -  http://www.oclc.org/news/products/bitsandpieces.htm


    Internet Cataloging Project (INTERCAT project) - http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/archive/intercat.htm,
        INTERCAT listserv archive, Guidelines for the use of field 856, the OCLC MARC code lists, Technical Bulletins.

4.  RLIN - http://www.rlg.org/ (Free LIS access: http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=19521) 
    RLIN searching of databases through Eureka - http://eureka.rlg.org (formerly, http://www.rlg.org/rlinsea.html)
    Setting up for Record Supply: The RLIN MARC Record - http://www.rlg.org/rlinmarc.html
    RLIN MARC21 equivalents - http://www.rlg.org/rlusmarc.html
    RLIN Authorities Field Guide - http://www.rlg.org/rlinautf.html (Please note that RLIN is moving into a new environment.)

    Aliprand, Joan M. (June 2004) The Use of UNICODE in MARC 21 Records:
        http://www.rlg.org/en/pdfs/AJLpresentation04June.pdf

    The RLIN Supplement to UFBD (http://www.rlg.org/rlinsupp.html); the Archival Control segment fields
    (http://www.rlg.org/rlinarc.html); RLIN Information Center (RIC) Home page (http://www.rlg.org/ric/ric.html)

5. Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) -
    http://www.ala.org/ala/alctscontent/catalogingsection/catcommittees/catalogingdescri/catalogingdescription.htm

The agenda for the CC:DA meetings at the ALA Mid-Winter 2007 in Seattle is available at:
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/tas/jca/ccda/agen0701.html

Joint Steering Committee (JSC) --  http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/index.html

JSC's Current Revision Activities -- http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/rda.html

International Conference on the Principles and Future Development of AACR, October 23-25, 1997,
Toronto, Canada - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/docs.html#outcomes (Scroll down the page to find information concerning this conference and follow-up activities on the items identified by attendees)

IFLA Study Group on the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR): Final Report -  http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/frbr/frbr.htm

The analytical schema prepared by Mr. Delsey for Part One of AACR for review and comment (1998):
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/docs.html#logical

The Logical Structure of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules - Part II (1999) is now available -  http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/docs.html#logical

Please examine the following documents: 

Chapter 3 <http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/docs/5rda-part1-ch3.pdf>

Part A <http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/docs/5rda-parta-ch6&7.pdf>

 

ALCTS Newsletter Online -- http://www.ala.org/ala/alcts/alctspubs/alctsnewsletter/vol16no5/ANO1605.htm

6. Oberlin LCRI Cumulated (Prototype edition) - http://www.oberlin.edu/library/lcri/Prototype.HTML

7. TPOT - the Technical Processing Online Tools page of the Univ. of California at San Diego - http://tpot.ucsd.edu/

8. "TOP 200 TECHNICAL SERVICES BENEFITS OF HOME PAGE DEVELOPMENT" - Started in 1995 and maintained till 1999, by Barbara Stewart. 
 - Presently coordinated by April J. Bohannan at: http://tpot.ucsd.edu/TSU/

9. Identify and share your favorite blogs on the course Blackboard.

 

Student Outputs and Expectations: (Distributed in class.)