Cataloguing principles and practices

My aim is to design a course that covers all of the basic concepts and procedures of cataloguing for staff new to our cataloguing department. Linking their training to our organisational practices.

Outcomes

• identification of the tools we use for cataloguing
• understanding the goals of the cataloguing record
• understanding of the basic principles of descriptive cataloguing, MARC format and subject analysis

Topics covered

• purpose and functions of the catalogue record (cataloguing policy)
• basics of bibliographic description using AACR2
• construction of Library of Congress Subject Headings
• introduction to the MARC format (via Library of congress)
• purpose and function of authority control in an online catalogue
• bibliographic utilities and other sources of catalogue records
• workflow in the cataloguing department

Tools

• online tutorials
• tools found in Learning 2.0
• exercises
• demonstrations