[Baynet] Infopeople's online course "Cataloging for Non-Catalogers"

Tue Sep 30 16:24:34 PDT 2008

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this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or
route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks!

Title:  Cataloging for Non-Catalogers: MARC21 for the Rest of Us  (online
learning course)

Dates:  November 4, 2008 – December 15, 2008

This class will take a Thanksgiving break from November 26 to November 28,
2008. During that three-day period students are free to work on the class
but the Instructor will not be available. 

To register for this workshop:  Use the online registration form at

http://infopeople.org/workshop/403

Fee: $75 for those in the California library community and $150 for those
out-of-state.

·         Does your library catalog look like a foreign language or some
sort of secret code? 

·         Do you purposefully 'turn off' the MARC display on your library
computers but secretly wonder if you are missing some valuable information? 

·         Do you pile up materials waiting to be cataloged in the hope that
they will catalog themselves? 

If you answered yes to these questions, then this course is for you. No
previous cataloging education is required; in fact it's better to start with
none! This class is also useful if you took cataloging years ago and need a
refresher! 

Workshop Description: This six-week online learning course will provide an
introduction to the methodology and practice of MARC 21 cataloging in the
computer age. OCLC cataloging rules and practices will not be covered, as
many of these differ from MARC 21 protocols. You will develop a better
understanding of why non-catalogers should know MARC and cataloging and how
this can help them in their tasks. You will learn about problems and areas
to double check when copy cataloging, and you will feel more empowered and
comfortable with the inner workings and information contained in the
computerized library catalog. 

Through individual and group exercises you will learn about each section of
a catalog record and how it is created. You will complete a variety of fun
exercises and problems to solve. The instructor will provide templates,
cheat sheets for each section, and a webliography, as well as practical,
useful tips that can be applied immediately. 

During the course, you will be doing exercises, working puzzles, and taking
quizzes. There will be a comprehensive quiz in Week 6 for additional review
and practice. You will also participate in online discussion forums as part
of the online learning process. 

Preliminary Course Outline: Using your web browser and your Internet
connection, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and
complete the following learning modules: 

*	Module One: Introduction to Cataloging 

*	Cataloging defined 
*	Why understand cataloging if it's not in your job description? 
*	General cataloging methods and terminology 

*	Module Two: Cataloging in the Computer Age 

*	Transfer from a card catalog to computer MARC records 
*	Components of a MARC record 
*	Common fixed and variable tags 

*	Module Three: MARC Formats 

*	8 MARC formats 
*	MARC tags for each format 

*	Module Four: Copy Cataloging 

*	Copy cataloging defined 
*	How to recognize problems when copy cataloging a MARC record 
*	Copy cataloging resources 

*	Module Five: Original Cataloging 

*	Original cataloging defined 
*	Resources for original cataloging 
*	Cataloging for the automation system 

*	Module Six: Library of Congress Subjects 

*	Library of Congress Subject headings and the SLAM method of
determining them 
*	Main headings and types of subheadings 
*	Library of Congress conventions 
*	Review of major course topics 

Instructor:  Susan Sutch.  Susan has been teaching MARC cataloging since
1993 and has conducted hundreds of sessions on MARC cataloging in different
venues including public libraries, school libraries, law, college, special
libraries. Susan has helped organizations catalog everything from exercise
equipment to rare manuscripts and has taught many previous online and
on-ground Infopeople workshops. 

Online Learning Details: 
This six-week course will be taught online using the web. When you register,
you will receive a registration confirmation that will include the URL to
get to the course, as well as a username and password. 

Every student proceeds through the online learning modules at his or her own
pace. Students should expect to commit to spending a minimum of 2 to 2½
hours per week on this course in order to be successful. You can work on
each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night. However, you
will be expected to log in to the course each week to do that week's
assignment. We ask that you log in sometime during the first week of the
course to begin the course work. 

Your instructor will be available for limited consultation support for two
weeks after the official end date of a course, and the course material will
stay up for an additional two weeks after that, to give those who have
fallen behind time to work independently on the course. However, you will be
expected to accomplish the majority of the course in synchronization with
your peers during the first six weeks. 

Who Should Take This Course: Anyone from the library community with an
interest in the mystery and wonder of the library catalog. 

Prerequisites:
This course is taught over the web. You must: 

*	Have an Internet connection. 
*	Be able to save Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files to your
computer and print them out. (For .doc files, a free Word Viewer is
available at  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en.
Search for "Word Viewer."  For .pdf files, a free Adobe Acrobat Reader is
available at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html). 
*	Be comfortable navigating on the web and navigating back and forward
on a website that uses frames. 
*	To be most successful in this course you should be willing to share
information with your colleagues and be willing to spend time reading and
participating in the weekly discussion boards. 
*	It would be convenient, though not required, to have the following
materials for Week 6: 

*	LCSH Free Floating Subdivisions - or - 
*	Classification Web - or - 
*	Cataloger's Desktop 

System Requirements: The online learning product that Infopeople uses is
called Angel. The following are minimum system requirements for using Angel.
You will need access to a computer that has at least these specifications to
participate in an online course: 

*	Windows: 

*	Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Vista 
*	Internet Explorer 7.0 and above, Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and above 
*	Phishing Filter disabled (IE 7) 

*	Macintosh: 

*	OS X and above (OS 9 will NOT work with our online learning product)

*	Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and above, Safari 2.0 and above 

*	General 

*	High speed Internet connection (dial up not recommended) 
*	Java enabled 
*	Pop-up blockers disabled 

If you are not comfortable with any of the above, please consider taking
this course with a colleague who does meet these requirements.

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To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information
about Infopeople Training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops
page at http://infopeople.org/workshop

If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please
contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at
<mailto:assist at infopeople.org> assist at infopeople.org or by phone at
650-578-9685.

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