INFO 5210 - Resource Description and Access I

3 hours

Descriptive and subject cataloging to represent multiple forms of information resources in bibliographic databases. Cataloging models, standards and codes (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records, Resource Description and Access, Anglo-American Cataloging Rules 2, Machine Readable Cataloging); creation and application of name and subject access points using authority records (Functional Requirements for Authority Data, Library of Congress and OCLC authority databases); principles of subject analysis and representation, subject heading construction, and subject classification (Library of Congress subject headings, Library of Congress Classification System); use and maintenance of online bibliographic utilities and cataloging tools and resources.

Prerequisite(s): INFO 5200 or consent of department.