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Because it is difficult to print this properly, there is a PDF version on the Web as well. The one below will be the most accurate, as the other will not be updated.
I teach two sections of this course this semester. Section 05 meets from 9:30-12:30 in room L-305 (in the green tower part of the Library building) and Section 06 meets from 1-4 in room C-105 (that’s just before Java City if you are coming up the outside stairs from from Palace Road). You may come to either section at any time, and you do not need to tell me ahead of time. Barring me missing a class for illness (hasn’t happened yet), the two sections will always be in sync. Assignment dates are listed on the Assignments page.
Note: In 2010, Rosh Hoshana falls on September 8-10, Yom Kippur on September 17-18, and Sukkot runs from September 22-29. Ramadan runs through September 10, and Eid ul-Fitr is on September 10. Please be sure to have any planned work done before the holy days, make arrangements for someone to take notes in class, and do not let me schedule you for a presentation if you cannot attend.
September 3
- Topics: Welcome; Administrivia; Where we find ourselves now; Roles and goals of organization; Assignment 1 explained
- Texts: Taylor & Joudrey, Chap. 1, 3; Chan C&C, Chap. 1
- Also read: Hider & Harvey, Chap. 1
September 10
- Topics: Assignment 2 explained; Resource discovery systems and tools; Data models; The role of metadata; Metadata types; Introduction to descriptive metadata; Sources of cataloguing metadata: OCLC
- Texts: Taylor & Joudrey, Chap. 2, 4, 6; Chan C&C, Chap. 4; Taylor Intro, Chap. 1, 3; Liu, Chap. 1-2
- Also read:
- Tool: OCLC, Inc. Bibliographic formats and standards (2d ed.). Dublin, OH: OCLC. [Online]
September 17
- Topics: Discussion of Assignment 1; Metadata structures and content; Alphabet soup – SGML, XML, RDF; MODS, MARCXML, EAD, TEI, DC; Metadata formats and exchange
- Texts: Taylor & Joudrey, Chap. 5, 7; Chan C&C, Chap. 4; Liu, Chap. 3 OR Zeng & Qin, Chap. 1-2
- Tool: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. (2008-01-14). Dublin core metadata element set, version 1.1. Dublin, OH: DCMI. [Online]
September 24
- Topics: Discussion of Assignment 2; Models and content standards for library cataloguing; FRBR; AACR2/RDA; Other content standards; Assignment 3 explained
- Texts: Chan C&C, Chap. 2-3 OR Taylor Intro, Chap. 2, 4
- Tool: Anglo-American cataloguing rules. 2d ed., 2002 revision: 2004 pages. Chicago, IL: American Library Association. [Reserve, Z694.A5 2002; At least one copy is in the Cataloguing Lab; and the content is also available in Cataloger's Desktop, a Simmons e-resource]
October 1
- Topics: Access points; Authority control; Linked data; MARC coding
- Texts: Taylor & Joudrey, Chap. 8; Chan C&C, Chap. 5-6 OR Taylor Intro, Chap. 6-8
- Also read:
- Tool: OCLC, Inc. Bibliographic formats and standards (2d ed.). Dublin, OH: OCLC. [Online]
October 8
- Topics: Discussion of Assignment 3; Assignment 4 explained; Subject analysis; Aboutness; Alphabetical subject analysis; Library of Congress subject headings (intro)
- Texts: Taylor & Joudrey, Chap. 9; Chan C&C: Chap. 7-8 OR Taylor Intro, Chap. 9-11
- Tool: U.S. Library of Congress. (2009). Library of Congress subject headings. Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress. [In Cataloguing Lab; Also available as part of Classification Web, a Simmons e-resource]
October 15
- Topics: Library of Congress subject headings (cont’d); Sear’s; FAST [In Tech Lab: 11:30-12:30; 3-4]
- Texts: Taylor & Joudrey, Chap. 10, Appendix A; Chan C&C, Chap. 9-10 OR Taylor Intro, Chap. 12
October 22
- Topics: Post-coordinate indexing; ERIC & AAT; Folksonomy and tagging; Information retrieval
- Texts: Taylor Intro, Chap. 13
- Also read:
- Tool: J. Paul Getty Trust. (n.d.). Art & architecture thesaurus online. Los Angeles: The Getty. [Online]
- Tool: Education Resources Information Center. (n.d.) ERIC thesaurus. Washington, DC: ERIC. [Online]
October 29
- Discussion of Assignment 4; Assignment 5 explained; Introduction to classification; Faceted classification; Library of Congress classification (intro)
- Texts: Taylor & Joudrey, Chap. 11; Chan C&C: Chap. 12, 14 OR Taylor Intro, Chap. 14, 16, 17
- Tool: U.S. Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging Division. [Classes A-Z]. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co. [In Cataloguing Lab; also available as part of Classification Web, a Simmons e-resource]
November 5
- Topics: Library of Congress classification (cont’d) [In Tech Lab: 10:30-11:30; 2-3]; Dewey decimal classification (intro)
- Texts: Chan C&C: Chap. 13 OR Taylor Intro, Chap. 15, 17 [again]
- Tool: Dewey, M. (2003). Dewey decimal classification (22nd ed.). Dublin, OH: Forest Press. [In Cataloguing Lab; also available with account in OCLC Connexion]
November 12
- Topics: Dewey decimal classification (cont’d) [In Tech Lab: 11:30-12:30; 3-4]
November 19
- Topics: Other library classification schemes; Discussion of browsing in bookstores and libraries; Classification applications in networked resource discovery
- Texts: Chan C&C, Chap. 15 OR Taylor Intro, Chap. 18
December 3
- Topics: Discussion of Assignment 5; Sheep to shawl (from 3×5 cards to interoperable digital collections)
December 10
- Topics: Trends and issues; Wrap-up
- Reading:
