Organization of Knowledge I : LIS 655

Fall 2004

 

Kerri Scannell                                                                       

Lucille C. Little Fine Arts Library                                        

859-257-4630                                                                      

fax: 859-257-4662                                                               

scannel@uky.edu                                                                 

 

Office hours: 8:30am – 5:30pm (Generally)

Phone or email me to set up an appointment

Class time: 6:00pm-8:30pm Tuesdays

 

Course Description:

This course serves as an introduction to the theories and practices of bibliographic description and subject analysis. Covers the organization of both print and electronic information, including discussion and application of Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd edition revised 2002 (AACR2R), Dewey Decimal Classification System (DDC), Library of Congress Classification System (LCC), Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), and MAchine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) formats.  Prereq: LIS602.

 

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of the course, students will be familiar with or have a working knowledge of the following:

  1. Basic principles and theories of bibliographic control; to include bibliographic description, access points, authority control, classification, subject analysis, and metadata
  2. Types and functions of manual and online bibliographic records
  3. Practical application of standards and tools for bibliographic description, classification, subject analysis, and encoding using DDC, LCC, LCSH, and MARC formats to create original bibliographic records for a variety of materials.

 

Class Attendance:

Attendance at all classes is strongly recommended.  Cataloging and related activities do not take place in a vacuum; it is to your advantage and greater understanding to attend class and participate in discussions.  We learn from each other and I believe the class discussions to be one of the most valuable resources.

 

If you have to be absent, you are responsible for obtaining materials missed from fellow students.  Prior arrangement is recommended.  You are responsible for any missed class work, assignments, and information. 

 

Incompletes:

An incomplete grade due to illness or other emergencies may be arranged; please see me.

 

Required Texts:

Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules.  2nd ed., 2002 revision (Chicago: American Library Association, 2002)

 

Chan, Lois Mai.  Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction. 2nd ed.  (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994)

 

Grading:

Test I               Descriptive Cataloging (AACR2R, part 1)                         20%

Test II              Access Points, Authority Work (AACR2R part 2)             20%

Test III Subject Access, Classification, MARC tags                                 20%

Exercises       4 Graded Exercises                                                                         25%

Papers           8 one-page reaction papers                                                            15%

                                                                                                                        Total:   100%

 

A = 90-100                 B = 80-89                   C = 70-79                   Fail = 69 and below

 

Assignments:

Graded Exercises: You will be expected to complete four (4) graded exercises over the course of the semester.  These assignments will be on topics covered in class, will help prepare you for tests, and provide you with practical application of cataloging procedures.

 

Reaction Papers: You will be expected to write eight (8), one-page reaction papers over the course of the semester.  See the additional handout for readings, due dates, and expectations.

 

Tests: There will be three (3) tests in this class.  Each test will most likely include a take home portion as well as an in class portion.  You will be allowed to use the two texts as well as any of your own notes, etc. you wish to bring with you during any in class test.

 

Class Readings, etc.:  All reading assignments on the syllabus are to be read prior to the class for which they are listed.  It is impossible to have a productive discussion in class if you have not read the assigned reading.  In addition, any practice exercises handed out in class are also expected to be completed by the next class.

 

Additional/Background Readings:  These readings are not required reading but are highly recommended.  They may be referred to in class and will further emphasize and explain major class topics.  They are inserted into the syllabus where they have been deemed most appropriate or where they fit in best with other reading assignments.

 

AUTOCAT Listserv:  You are required to subscribe to the AUTOCAT listserv as part of this class.  This list will provide you with insight into how catalogers share information and interact on a daily basis.  See http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/autocat/ for information on subscribing.  Expect at least one essay question on a test about AUTOCAT.

Course Schedule, Readings, and Assignments:

 

Class 1: August 31

  1. Class discussion: Introduction to bibliographic control and development of standards; technical services operations; ISBD punctuation.

 

Class 2: September 7

  1. Read prior to class: Chan chapters 1-3; AACR2r General Introduction, Part I Introduction, Chapter 1
  2. Examine prior to class: AACR2r chapter 2
  3. Class discussion: ISBD punctuation; bibliographic description
  4. Additional/Background Reading:

 

Reaction Paper one DUE by Friday September 10 (for instructions on emailing and specific readings see “Reaction Papers” handout)

 

Class 3: September 14

  1. Read prior to class: AACR2r chapter 2
  2. Class discussion: bibliographic description
  3. Additional/Background Reading:

 

Reaction Paper two DUE by Friday September 17

 

Class 4: September 21

  1. Examine prior to class: AACR2r chapters 6-10
  2. Class discussion: more bibliographic description
  3. Additional/Background Reading:

·         Davis, Harry O. and James S. Chervinko.  “Map Cataloging and Classification: the Basic Who, What, and Where.”  Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 27 no. 1/2 (1999): 9-37.

·         Simpkins, Terry.  “Cataloging Popular Music Recordings.”  Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 31 no. 2 (2001): 1-35.

  1. Due: Graded Exercise I

 

Reaction Paper three DUE by Friday September 24

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class 5: September 28

  1. Test I in class
  2. Read prior to class: Chan chapter 4; AACR2r Part II Introduction (20.1-20.4),  chapter 21 (ONLY rules 21.0-21.30M)
  3. Class discussion: Access Points
  4. Additional/Background Reading:

·        Taylor Wynar’s Introduction to Cataloging and Classification, 9th ed. chapter 6

 

Class 6: October 5

  1. Read prior to class: Chan, chapter 5 (sections on form of headings, personal names, corporate names), chapter 6; AACR2r chapters 22 and 24.
  2. Class discussion: Authority work (personal names and corporate bodies)
  3. Additional/Background Reading:

·        Taylor Wynar’s Introduction to Cataloging and Classification, 9th ed. chapter 7

 

Class 7: October 12

  1. Read prior to class: AACR2r chapter 26
  2. Class discussion: Authority work (corporate bodies, references)
  3. Additional/Background Reading:

·        Taylor Wynar’s Introduction to Cataloging and Classification, 9th ed. chapter 18

  1. Due: Graded Exercise II

 

Reaction Paper four DUE by Friday October 15

 

Class 8: October 19

  1. Read prior to class: Chan, chapter 5 (section on geographic names and uniform titles); AACR2r chapter 23 and 25 (through rule 25.12)
  2. Class discussion: Authority work (geographic names, uniform titles)
  3. Additional/Background Reading:

·        “Authority Control” by Kerrie Talmacs.  In Technical Services Today and Tomorrow (1998)

 

Class 9: October 26

  1. Test II in class
  2. Read prior to class: Chan chapter 15; “Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging” (parts I-VI): http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/umb/ 
  3. Class discussion: MARC tagging
  4. Additional/Background Reading:

·        Taylor Wynar’s Introduction to Cataloging and Classification, 9th ed. chapter 3

·        Article: “MARC Goes Global—and Lite” by Jackie Radebaugh (American Libraries, February 2003: 43-44)

 

Reaction Paper five DUE by Friday October 29

 

November 2: No Class—Presidential Election Day

 

Reaction Paper six DUE by Friday November 5

 

Class 10: November 9

  1. Read prior to class: Caplan, Priscila.  “Principles and Practice.”  Part I in Metadata Fundamentals for all Librarians.  Chicago: American Library Association, 2003.
  2. Class discussion: MARC Tagging; Metadata schemes
  3. Additional/Background reading:

·        “The Online Catalogue in Academic Libraries” by William Gray Potter.  In Technical Services Today and Tomorrow (1998)

·        “Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging” (parts VII-end): http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/marc/umb/

 

Class 11: November 16

  1. Read prior to class: Chan chapter 7
  2. Class discussion: Metadata (crosswalks, relationships with MARC, etc.); Subject Access (LCSH)
  3. Additional/Background Reading:

·        Taylor Wynar’s Introduction to Cataloging and Classification, 9th ed. chapters 8 & 15

·        Chan, Lois Mai.  “Introduction.”  Chap. 1 in Library of Congress Subject Headings: Principles and Application.  Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1995.

  1. Due: Graded Exercise III

 

Reaction Paper seven DUE by Friday November 19

 

Class 12: November 23

  1. Read prior to class: Chan chapter 8; LCSH “Introduction” (v. 1, pp. vii-xvii)
  2. Class discussion: Subject Access; Classification (LCC)
  3. Additional/Background Reading;

·        Taylor Wynar’s Introduction to Cataloging and Classification, 9th ed. chapter 9

·        “Subject Cataloguing and Classification” by Lois Mai Chan and Theodora Hodges; revised by Giles Martin.  In Technical Services Today and Tomorrow (1998)

 

Class 13: November 30

  1. Read prior to class: Chan chapters 11 & 13
  2. Class discussion: Classification (LCC and Dewey)
  3. Additional/Background Reading:

·        Taylor Wynar’s Introduction to Cataloging and Classification, 9th ed. chapters 10-11

·        Chan, Lois Mai.  “Introduction.”  Chap. 1 in A Guide to the Library of Congress Classification.  Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1999.

 

Reaction Paper eight DUE by Friday December 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class 14: December 7

  1. Read prior to class: Chan chapter 12
  2. Class discussion: Classification (Dewey)
  3. Additional/Background Reading:

·        Chan, Lois Mai.  “Synthesis of Class Numbers or Practical Number Building.”  Chap. 7 in Dewey Decimal Classification: a Practical Guide.  Albany, NY: Forest Press, 1996.

  1. Due: Graded Exercise IV

 

Class 15: December 14

  1. Test III in class

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

On reserve at Young Library: ask at circulation desk, two hour check-out.

Caplan, Priscilla.  Metadata Fundamentals for all Librarians. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003.  Z666.5.C37 2003

 

Carter, Ruth C., editor.  Managing cataloging and the organization of information: philosophies, practices, and challenges at the onset of the 21st century.  Binghamton, NY: Haworth Information Press, c2000.  Z693.M32 2000

 

Carter, Ruth C. and Carolynne Myall, editors.  Portraits in cataloging and classification: theorists, educators, and practitioners of the late twentieth century.  New York: Haworth Press, c1998.  Z693.A2 P67 1998

 

Chan, Lois Mai.  A guide to the Library of Congress Classification.  Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1999.  Z696.U4 C47 1999

 

Chan, Lois Mai, et al.  Dewey Decimal Classification: a practical guide.  Albany, N.Y.: Forest Press, 1996.  Z696.D7 C48 1996

 

Chan, Lois Mai.  Library of Congress subject headings: principles and application.  Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1995.  Z695.Z8 L5226 1995

 

Dewey, Melvil.  Abridged Dewey decimal classification and relative index.  Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2004.  Z696.D54 2004

 

Gorman, Michael and associates.  Technical services today and tomorrow.  Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1998.  Z688.5.T43 1998

·        Also available through Net-library.  Do a title search in InfoKat.  Can check-out the online version for 4 hours.

 

Taylor, Arlene G.  Wynar’s introduction to cataloging and classification.  9th ed.  Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 2000.  Z693.W94 2000

 

Yee, Martha M. and Sara Shatford Layne.  Improving online public access catalogs.  Chicago: American Library Association, 1998.  Z699.35.C39 Y44 1998

 

Tools

Bibliographic Formats and Standards.  3rd ed., (Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online Computer Center, Inc., 2002)

            http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/about/index.shtm

 

Cataloging ServiceBulletin, no. 1-  .  (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1978-   )

            Quarterly

 

Cutter, C.A.  C.A. Cutter’s Three-Figure AuthorTable.  Swanson-Swift revision.  (Chicopee, Mass.: Hr.R. Huntting Co., 1969)

 

Dewey, Melvil.  Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index, edited by Joan S. Mitchell, et al.  21st ed. (Albany, N.Y.: Forest Press, 1996)  4 vols.

 

Free-Floating Subdivisions: An Alphabetical Index.  14th ed. (Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 2002)

 

Library of Congress Classification.  (Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress)

 

Library of Congress Period Subdivisions under Names of Places.  5th ed.  (Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1994)

 

Library of Congress Rule Interpretations.  (Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress)

 

Library of Congress Subject Headings.  25th ed. (Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 2002)

 

Subject Cataloging Manual: Classification.  1st ed. (Prepared by the Office for Subject Cataloging Policy, Library of Congress.  Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1992)

 

Subject Cataloging Manual: Shelflisting.  2nd ed.  (Prepared by the Cataloging and Support Office, Library of Congress.  Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1995)

 

Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings.  5th ed.  (Prepared by the Cataloging and Support Office, Library of Congress.  Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1996)  4 vols.

 

USMARC Format for Authority Data Including Guidelines for Content Designation.  (Prepared by Network Development and MARC Standards Office.  Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1987)

 

USMARC Format for Bibliographic Data Including Guidelines for Content Designation.  (Prepared by Network Development and MARC Standards Office.  Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1988)

 

Supplemental Background Reading and Resources

AUTOCAT Listserv: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/autocat/

 

“Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records: Final Report,” IFLANET, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (rev. April 2000) http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/frbr/frbr1.htm

 

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) http://www.ifla.org

 

“ISBD(G): General International standard Bibliographic Description http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/pubs/isbdg.htm

 

Library of Congress web site http://lcweb.loc.gov

 

____.  MARC homepage http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc

 

“The MARC 21 Formats: Background and Principles,” MARC, et al. (Rev. 1996) http://www.loc.gov/marc/96principl.html

 

OCLC Website http://www.oclc.org

Reaction Papers

 

Reaction papers are intended to be your reaction to the content of the article, chapter, or other material that you have read.  They are not intended to be a review of the article or the author’s writing style, etc.  They are intended as a means for stretching your thinking on a subject that you may or may not know anything about.  You do not have to be an expert in a subject matter to have a reaction to it.  Your opinions are very welcome in a reaction or response to what you have read.

 

Use this reaction paper to think about something in a new way, to learn further information on a subject being discussed in class, and to visit the theoretical or scholarly side of the practical cataloging skills we are building in class.  Some articles are more historical than others, what is your reaction to how things happened in the past, how events have influenced practices today, etc.

 

Requirements:

 

Accessing Full-text articles through UK Libraries web pages:

Many of the journal articles below may be accessed online through the UK Libraries web pages.  If you are accessing the web page from off-campus, be sure you have set up your computer for off-campus access (http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/proxyhelp.html). 

 

There are two easy ways to get to journal articles:

  1. From the UK Libraries main web page (http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/) click on the icon labeled “Journals, online full-text database.”  On the next screen type the name of the journal in the first search box.  Click on the appropriate link to access all available articles under that journal title.
  2. From the UK Libraries main web page, click on the drop down menu labeled “Quick Links to Selected Databases.”  Choose “All Available Electronic Resources.”  On the next page, click on the letter “L” then scroll down to find the link to: Library Literature & Information Science Full-Text (H.W. Wilson).  This link will bring you to a search page.  I recommend searching by author’s last name as Author, Personal and some key words from the title as Title and limit the year to the year the article was published.

Many of the articles in the reaction paper lists will be available through one or both of the above means.  Several are not online and will have to be found in the traditional way.  Any chapters from books are on reserve at Young Library (see the class syllabus.)

 

 

Reaction Paper I: Cataloging education, history, etc.

React to one of the following articles.  Due Friday September 10

 

Gorman, Michael.  “Why Teach Cataloguing and Classification?”  Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 34, no. 1/2 (2002): 1-13.

 

Hoerman, Heidi Lee.  “Why Does Everybody Hate Cataloging?”  Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 34, no. 1/2 (2002): 29-39.

 

Holley, Robert P.  “Cataloging: An exciting Subject for Exciting Times.”  Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 34, no. 1/2 (2002): 43-57.

 

Smiraglia, Richard.  “The Progress of Theory in Knowledge Organization.”  Library Trends 50, no.3 (Winter 2002): 330-349.

 

 

Reaction Paper II: Description, ISBD

Due Friday September 17

Henderson, Kathryn Luther.  “’Treated with a Degree of Uniformity and Common Sense’: Descriptive Cataloging in the United States 1876-1975.”  Library Trends 25 (July 1976): 227-271.

 

Manning, Ralph W.  “The Anglo-American Cataloging Rules and their Future.”  Library Resources & Technical Services 44, no. 3 (2000): 129-34.

 

Milcetich, M.  “The History and Impact of ISBD.”  Library Resources & Technical Services 26 (April/June 1982):177-182.

 

Taniguchi, Shoichi.  “Design of cataloging rules using conceptual modeling of cataloging process.”  Journal of the American Society for Information Science and technology 55, no. 6 (2004): 498-512. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reaction Paper III: Technical Services Operations

Due Friday September 24

 

Ahronheim, Judith and Lynn Marko.  “Exploding out of the MARC Box: Building New Roles for Cataloging Departments.”  Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 30, no. 2/3 (2000): 217-225. Also in Managing Cataloging and the Organization of Information: Philosophies, Practices and Challenges at the Onset of the 21st Century.  New York, Haworth Press, 2000.

 

McCain, Cheryl and Jay Shorten.  “Cataloging Efficiency and Effectiveness.”  Library Resources & Technical Services 46, no.1 (January 2002): 23-31.

 

Ramsey, Karen M.  “B.D. (Before Digital)—A.D. (After Digital): rethinking space in a mid-sized academic library.”  Technical Services Quarterly 19, no. 4 (2002): 31-38.

 

Williams, Priscilla R., et al.  “Relocation or dislocation: optimizing change in technical services.”  Technical Services Quarterly 20, no. 1 (2002): 13-27.

 

 

Reaction Paper IV: Authority Control

Due Friday October 15

 

Ayers, F.H.  “Authority Control Simply Does Not Work.”  Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 32, no. 2 (2001): 49-59.

 

Jackson, Richard V.  “Authority Control is Alive and … Well?”  Oregon Library Association Quarterly 9, no. 1 (Spr. 2003): 9-12.

 

Jeng, Ling Hwey.  “What Authority?  Why Control?”  Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 34 no. 4 (2002): 91-97.

 

Zhang, Sha Li.  “Planning an Authority Control Project at a Medium-sized University Library.”  College & Research Libraries 62, no. 5 (Sept. 2001): 395-405.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reaction Paper V: MARC Format and Online Public Access Catalogs

Due Friday October 29

 

Spicher, Karen M. “The Development of the MARC Format.”  Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 21 no. 3/4 (1996): 75-90.

 

Yee, Martha M. and Sara Shatford Layne.  “Objectives, Interfaces, and Building Blocks.” Part I in Improving Online Public Access Catalogs.  Chicago: American Library Association, 1998.

Young, Terrence E. Jr.  “The weakest link: library catalogs.”  Book Report 20 no. 4 (Jan./Feb. 2002): 6-14.

 

 

Reaction Paper VI: Metadata

Due Friday November 5

 

Fiander, David.  “Applying XML to the bibliographic Description.”  Cataloging and Classification Quarterly 33, no. 2 (2001): 17-28.

 

Johnson, Bruce Chr.  “XML and MARC: Which is ‘Right’?”  Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 32 no. 1 (2001): 81-90.

 

Vellucci, Sherry.  “Metadata and Authority Control.”  Library Resources & Technical Services 44, no. 1 (2000): 33-43.

 

 

Reaction Paper VII: Subject Access

Due Friday November 19

 

Banks, Julie.  “Does the number of subject headings on a bibliographic record affect circulation Intensity?”  Technical Services Quarterly 21, no. 3 (2004): 17-24.

 

Brubaker, Jana.  “Ambiguous authorship and uncertain authenticity: a cataloger’s dilemma.”  Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 34, no. 4 2002: 19-30.

 

Drabenstott, Karen M..  “End-user understanding of subject headings in library catalogs.”  Library Resources & Technical Services 43, no. 3 (July 1999): 140-160.

 

Poll, Juliet.  “A question of perspective: assigning LCSH to Classical Literature and ancient history.”  Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 33, no. 1 (2001):51-61.

 

 

 

 

 

Reaction Paper VIII: Classification

Due Friday December 3

 

Chan, Lois Mai.  “Classification, present and future.”  Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 21, no. 2 (1995): 5-17.

 

New, Gregory R.  “Custer and the Modernization of Dewey.”  Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 25, no. 2/3 (1998): 133-149.  Also in Portraits in cataloging and classification: theorists, educators, and practitioners of the late twentieth century.  New York: Haworth Press, 1998.

 

Kuhn, Tamara J..  “Classifying newspapers using Dewey Decimal Classification.”  Library Resources & Technical Services 43, no. 2 (1999): 106-113.

 

Olson, Hope A.  “Sameness and difference: a cultural foundation of classification.”  Library Resources & Technical Services 45, no. 3 (2001): 115-122.