Descriptive Cataloguing

Descriptive Cataloguing

Study Cycle: 1

Lectures: 30

Seminars: 15

Tutorials: 30

ECTS credit: 8

Lecturer(s): asist. Kuhar Maja, doc. dr. Petek Marija, prof. dr. Šauperl Alenka

• Cataloguing of library materials:
o Cataloguing rules, local and foreign
o Descriptive cataloguing of all types of library materials
o Headings
• Library Catalogue
o Development: past, present, future
o Types of records
o COMARC, UNIMARC
o Catalogue maintenance
• Authority control
o Authority records
o Authority files
• Catalogue users
o Problems of users in searching catalogues
o Providing help for users searching catalogue
• Cataloguer as catalogue user
o Consistency of cataloguer's decisions
o Cataloguing tools