School of Information Management & Systems. Spring 2001.

290-4 Classification and Bibliographical Representation. Michael Buckland.

Schedule See also Intended Plan.
Be prepared to discuss readings in class on the days indicated.

May 7: Handout: Syntax in Retrieval.
May 7: Taylor: Glossary, pp 489-510.
May 7: Other verbal access. Taylor: Chaps 16 & 17.
Apr 30: Visit cataloging department: 251 Moffitt.
Optional: Apr 25: Guest: Avi Rappoport, Searchtools.com: Categories and searching in websites.
Apr 23: Handout: Bibliographic Style.
Apr 23: Handout: A Library's Internal Data.
Apr 23: Handout: Verbal Access.
Apr 23: See LC MARC Authority Control website and Introduction.
Apr 23: Authority control. Taylor: Chap 18.
Apr 23: Administrative issues. Taylor: Chaps 19 & 20.
Apr 16: Testdrive otlet.sims.berkeley.edu/mevm.html
Apr 16: Inspect "Introduction" in vol 1 of LCSH.
Apr 16: LCSH. Taylor: Chap 15.
Apr 9: Verbal access; Filing. Taylor: Chap 14; Appendix.
Apr 2: Taylor, chap 12: Call numbers; Chap 13. Other classifications.
Mar 26: Spring Break. No class.
Mar 19: Examine DDC & Manual, esp chap 13 (in Computer Lab).
Mar 19: Taylor: Chap 10: Dewey Decimal Classification.
Mar 12: Recommended: LCC online at http://lccweb.net/
Mar 12: Library of Congress Classification. Taylor: Chap 11.
Mar 5: Subject Access; Classification. Taylor: Chaps 8 & 9.
Mar 2: Friday. Optional. 9-noon: Guest in 285: Michael Gorman.
Feb 26: Headings: Names and Titles. Taylor: Chap 7.
Feb 19: University holiday. No class.
Feb 12: Analyticals; Access points. Taylor: Chaps 5 & 6.
Feb 5: Areas with description. Taylor: Rest of chap 4.
Feb 5: Look at the Library of Congress MARC Standards site and Tutorial.
Jan 29: Description: General rules. Taylor 4: pp 51-88.
Jan 29: Handout: MARC Remarks.
Jan 29: Encoding; MARC. Read Taylor 3.
Jan 29: Cataloging rules. Taylor 1 & 2.
Jan 22: Introduction. This course. Catalogs, Cataloging.