Course overview
The aim of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of modern cataloguing and classification practices, focusing on the organization and description of diverse resources using international standards to facilitate effective information discovery. Theories, principles, and practices of bibliographic encoding, subject analysis, classification, and cataloguing in both traditional and digital environments, through the application of international standards such as RDA, DDC and LCSH with a focus on their adaptability to diverse environments and communities.
Course learning outcomes
- Apply advanced cataloguing principles to create and manage descriptions of diverse information resources, encompassing both finite and evolving digital collections.
- Construct and encode both original and copy cataloguing records, utilising classification systems such as DDC, Library of Congress Subject Headings, and other authorities, with an emphasis on inclusive and equitable subject analysis.
- Construct and encode bibliographic description techniques in accordance with current international standards (RDA, MARC, ISBD), emphasizing diverse formats.
- Critically analyze and effectively utilize online bibliographic utilities, exploring innovative protocols of cataloguing in shared and networked environments.
- Assess and optimize cataloguing workflow design and management within libraries, archives, or information centers, incorporating principles of digital transformation and user-centered design.
- Investigate and integrate advanced concepts in subject analysis, controlled vocabularies, ontologies, and taxonomies, focusing on their application in diverse information environments and their role in enhancing information retrieval.
- Construct, create, and encode metadata, ensuring compliance with international standards and adapting to evolving digital content landscapes.