| CODE | LIA5032 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Cataloguing Standards, Authority Files and Classification | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Library 福利在线免费 and Archive Sciences | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This unit covers the theoretical basis of cataloguing highlighting the main standards and how authority files feature in such a process. It also gives hands-on training to students in classification. Contrary to purely theoretical units, this unit is based on the application of librarianship systems in real life scenarios and students will be exposed to real life library settings and involved in applying cataloguing standards and practices. Study-unit Aims: The main objectives of this study unit are the following: - allow students to familiarise themselves with the main cataloguing standards; - highlight the importance of authority records and provide students with the skills necessary to create such records; - introduce students to the main library classification systems and their structures. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Demonstrate the importance of cataloguing and the application of the right standards; - Explain the philosophy and use of authority control; - Compare and explain the structure of library classification systems and schemas; - Outline the main deciding factors in decision making when selecting and adapting a classification or cataloguing system in a library environment. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Carry out standard cataloguing processes; - Use and create authority records; - Link authority records to parallel finding aids systems; - Restructure legacy finding aids in order to enhance with the right standards; - Use library managements systems to catalogue, maintain authority files and assign notation using a library classification. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Broughton, V. (2015). Essential classification (2nd ed.). Facet. - Lazarinis, Fotis. (2014). Cataloguing and Classification. Oxford: Elsevier Science & Technology. - Welsh, A., & Batley, S. (2012). Practical cataloguing : AACR, RDA and MARC21. Facet. - Wolverton, Robert E. (2015). Authority Control From a Distance: Developing and Implementing Online Forms to Create New Authority Records. Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 27(4), 279-283. Supplementary Texts: - Maxwell, R. (2014). Maxwell's handbook for RDA : Explaining and illustrating RDA : Resource description and access using MARC 21 (UK ed.). Facet. - Oliver, C., & American Library Association. (2010). Introducing RDA : A guide to the basics. Facet. - Burger, R. (1985). Authority work : The creation, use, maintenance, and evaluation of authority records and files. Libraries Unlimited. - Hajra, Arben, Radevski, Vladimir, & Tochtermann, Klaus. (2015). Author Profile Enrichment for Cross-Linking Digital Libraries. In Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 124-136). Cham: Springer International Publishing. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Practical | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Robert Mizzi |
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