Cataloguing
Practice
Programme
Features
A practical
course, for people with cataloguing experience, on using
AACR2 (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2nd ed.) and the
MARC (MAchine Readable Catalogue) Manual.
- Introduction
- the
essential principles and purposes of cataloguing
- The tools
available
- AACR2
- MARC
(UKMARC, USMARC, MARC21)
- authority
files
- The tools
in use, 1
- AACR2
descriptions
- AACR2
access points
- The manual
product
- The tools
in use, 2
- The automated
product
- OPACs
as the output user interface
- adding
further data to increase user access through the
OPAC
- Practical
exercises including
- making
simple and complex records for different types of
material
- building
an authority file
- developing
Local Practice Notes
- accessing
and using records in online OPACs via the Internet
Why you should
attend:
If you have
experience of cataloguing or database compilation but
need guidance or practice using AACR2 and MARC (including
MARC21), or want to refresh knowledge gained some time
ago, this course will give you the skills needed, including
some practice in using online public access catalogues
(OPACs) and thinking about their design criteria. Participants
are invited to bring typical material from their collections
to form a group of items that can be considered in the
practical sessions. This course is not aimed at complete
beginners; they would benefit by taking Aslib's companion
course "Basic Cataloguing
and Indexing" prior to this course.
On completing
this course, you will be able to:
- make catalogue
records for a wide variety of different information
forms encountered in your workplace, at an appropriate
level for your users
- provide
suitable access points for these records
- add further
access possibilities for an automated catalogue
- develop
Local Practice Notes appropriate to your collection
and users
- build an
authority file
- organise
your collection appropriately for users' needs
- make appropriate
recommendations on choice of OPAC software
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Companion Courses:
Constructing a Thesaurus
Classification Practice
