Basic
Cataloguing & Indexing
Programme
Features
An introductory
course on how to make records for all kinds of information-bearing
materials for inclusion in catalogues and databases.
- Introduction
- order
from chaos - the purpose and principles and practice
of cataloguing and indexing
- The starting
point
- the
collection - what is in and what is out
- the
material - from books to Internet pages
- The cataloguing
and indexing process
- the
description
- access
by title, creator, series...
- access
by subject
- The products
- the
catalogue
- the
collection, organised
- the
authority control files
- Automation
aspects
- the
computerised catalogue
- user
interfaces (OPACs)
- Practical
exercises
- making
simple records
- representing
subjects
- building
the computerised catalogue
- locating
records in online OPACs
Why you should
attend:
This course
is aimed at people who need to organise a collection of
information but who have little or no knowledge or experience
of how to do it. The collection may include books, periodicals,
photographs, videos, computer discs, Internet page references
and other material. The course will show beginners how
to create and maintain control over this material so that
required items and information can be retrieved. The emphasis
is on practical cataloguing and participants are invited
to bring typical material from their collections to form
a group of items that can be considered in the practical
sessions. The final section of the course considers how
computers can assist in cataloguing and indexing, with
practical demonstrations. However, no prior computer experience
is needed for this.
On completing
this course, you will be able to:
- identify
the features of effective catalogues and indexes
- make simple
catalogue records for different kinds of office and
library materials
- identify
suitable access points for catalogue records
- construct
a simple authority file
- identify
different systems for the representation of subjects
- imput and
retrieve from a computerised catalogue
- organise
a collection in a useful way for information retrieval
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Companion Courses:
Cataloguing Practice
Classification Practice
