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LS 210 - Cataloguing and Classification


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1. Library Catalogues
1. Purposes, features, function and physical form
2. Internal forms – classified and dictionary
2. Standard Tools and Aids
3. Development of Cataloguing Codes
4. Study of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2nd ed., 2005 Rev.
(a) Principles of descriptive cataloguing
- monographs, serials non-book media and electronic resources
(b) Choice and Form of access points
(c) Cataloguing on Computers - MARC format
5. Subject Work
(a) Analysis
(b) Classification theory
- general concepts
- enumerative schemes, faceted schemes
- Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme
- Library of Congress Classification Scheme
6. Indexing Theories and Systems
Subject indexing
1. Vocabulary control
Subject heading lists
(a) Sears
(b) Library of Congress
2. Automatic indexing
7. Authority Control
8. Catalogue Construction
1. Classified and Dictionary Forms
2. Maintenance: filing and arrangement of catalogue entries
9. Metadata
- Dublin Core
- Cooperative Online Resource Catalog (CORC) project
10. Catalogue Support Systems and Services
11. Catalogue Use and User Education

 

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