Basic Cataloging and Classification (Oct. 12 - Nov. 8, 2010)

Date, Location

Tue, 10/12/2010 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Online

Cost: $75 for those in the California library community and Infopeople Partners, $150 for all others.

To Register:

To view a complete description of "Basic Cataloging and Classification" and to register, go to http://infopeople.org/workshop/461

Event Website

Basic Cataloging and Classification

About the Event

This four-week online course will provide an overview of library cataloging and classification and prepare you to do copy cataloging. Through reading materials, short video presentations, an online forum, and individual exercises, you will gain knowledge of basic cataloging rules and tools, commonly used controlled vocabularies, the Dewey Decimal Classification system, and MARC21 format. Applying this knowledge, you will be able to decode MARC bibliographic records and perform basic copy cataloging. The course will briefly discuss some new developments in cataloging rules and practices. During the course, you will be doing assignments and taking quizzes. You will also participate in discussion forums and online meetings as part of the online learning process.

Presented by: Xiaoli Li

Having worked in both public and academic libraries, Xiaoli Li has a wide range of experience with cataloging. She is an active advocate for continuing education and a trainer for "Cataloging for the 21st Century," a Library of Congress initiative. She has made numerous presentations and authored several journal articles on serials control. She chaired OCLC Post Pinyin Conversion Cleanup Project and planed several major projects for the libraries where she has worked, including Yale University Libraries, University of Washington Libraries, and most currently UC Davis.