Instructor: J. Hurt
Office: G509
Telephone: 392-0705, ext. 258

Purpose of the Course

This course is designed to acquaint students with concepts and procedures involved in the organization of a multi-media collection. Emphasis will be placed on an examination of the most effective ways in which a collection may be cataloged and classified, based upon ease of use, organizational viability and universality of application. The course is intended to meet state certificate requirements.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of EME 6335, students will be able to:
1) Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts involved in cataloging and classifying a multi-media collection.
2) Demonstrate an understanding of the organizational distinctions between print and nonprint materials.
3) Demonstrate an understanding of the sequence involved in cataloging and classifying a multi-media collection.
4) Correctly assign main entry designations to material.
5) Correctly assign added entry designations to material.
6) Demonstrate an understanding of the correct form of entries.
7) Correctly compose a complete catalog entry for material, including the bibliographic information, the collation and the tracings.
8) Correctly classify material based upon the Dewey Decimal Classification System.
9) Demonstrate an understanding the similarities and differences between the Dewey and the Library of Congress Classification systems.
10) Correctly assign subject entry designations to material.
11) Correctly assign author number to material.
12) Demonstrate an understanding of cataloging routine.



Course Syllabus

INTRODUCTION - course requirements, definitions, general information.
CONCEPT OF ORGANIZATION - the cataloging process, bibliographic control, importance of organization to inventory, types of catalogs, AACR II.
ESTABLISHING ENTRIES - types of entries, importance of each type, main entry, author added entries, title added entries, uniform title, analytical entries, name-title entries.
FORM OF ENTRY - establishing correct form of entry, using dates with entries, using "see" and "see also" references.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGING - "technically reading" material, developing bibliographic information, developing physical descriptions of material, developing notes, developing tracings.
CLASSIFICATION - why materials are classified, how materials are classified, comparisons of classification systems, subject classification systems, the Dewey Decimal Classification System, using the relative index, using the classification schedule, using the add-on tables.
AUTHOR NUMBER - importance of author designations, types of designations used, use of the Cutter-Sanborn 3 figure table.
SUBJECT ENTRY- importance of subject entry, means of establishing entry, types of subject entry guides, use of Sears List of Subject Headings.
CATALOGING ROUTINE - review of technical processing procedure, identification of cataloging routine, rules for filing.

Course Requirements

Students will be required to complete the following:

1. Worksheets providing application of concepts and rules concerning the various cataloging and classification procedures.
   
2. A laboratory work session resulting in the technical processing of a least one print and one non-print title.
   
3. A mid-term examination
   
4. A final examination
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Bibliography

Anglo-American Cataloging Rules , 2nd ed. Chicago: American Library
Association, 1978.

Cutter-Sanborn Three-Figure Author Table , Swanson-Swift Revision.
Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1976.

Dewey, Melvil. Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index , 12th ed. Albany, NY: Forrest Press, 1988.

Chan, Lois Mai. Cataloging and Classification , 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.

Miller, Rosalind. Commonsense Cataloging , 4th ed. New York: Wilson, 1989.

Sears List of Subject Headings , 13th ed. New York: Wilson, 1986.