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Collection Organization and Metadata (LIBT 2200)
Total Credits:
3
Lecture Credits:
3
Description:
This course introduces cataloging and metadata practice in libraries or information agencies. You will apply descriptive cataloging and metadata standards to create original, and edit existing, bibliographic records in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC.) You will be introduced to Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress classification schemes. You will use the Library of Congress Subject Headings and other controlled vocabularies for subject analysis of resources. You will be introduced to professional and ethical standards for cataloging, emphasizing user access to information.
Topical Outline:
1. Critical cataloging and ethical metadata practice in libraries or information agencies.
2. Introduction to descriptive cataloging and encoding.
3. Introduction to subject analysis, classification and related rules.
4. Use of descriptive cataloging, encoding, subject analysis and classification tools and rules.
5. Application of descriptive cataloging, encoding, subject analysis and classification standards to various media types.
6. Current issues and challenges in cataloging, encoding, subject analysis and classification.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Critically examine structural bias, prejudice, and linguistic erasure in traditional cataloging and metadata practice.
2. Demonstrate ethical and appropriate use of cataloging and metadata standards and tools.
3. Evaluate and modify existing cataloging records to meet or exceed current cataloging and metadata standards.
4. Apply cataloging and metadata standards to a variety of media.
5. Create a final project that demonstrates an understanding of a cataloging function, process or theoretical underpinning.
6. Discuss issues and challenges in cataloging, encoding, subject analysis and classification as it applies to library and information service settings.