Cataloging Essentials Bootcamp Series (All 4 Sessions - $100 discount)

Catalogers ‘speak’ 5 languages at once when describing works in their collections—the catalog code (currently RDA), MARC for encoding, ISBD punctuation (also for encoding), and one or more subject and classification schemes. This bootcamp offers those who would like a refresher, or have inherited cataloging responsibilities for their libraries, a framework for understanding these ‘languages’ so that they may approach this work with confidence. Learn the essential elements of bibliographic description, encoding, subject schema, and classification schema and how they interweave to create bibliographic records. This bootcamp is appropriate for users of any Innovative system.

Course Outline
-Session 1: Demystifying Bibliographic Description -- cataloging codes for bibliographic content creation, bibliographic record sources, structure, and construction

-Session 2: Demystifying Encoding & Bibliographic Modeling -- the alphabet soup of MARC, ISBD, FRBR, and, LRM, oh my! And how codes and models intersect.

-Session 3: Demystifying Subject Schema -- discussion of the purpose, history, and structure of subject schemes in bibliographic records

-Session 4: Demystifying Classification and Call Number Reporting -- discussion of the purpose, history, and structure of classification schemes in bibliographic records

Audience: This bootcamp is system-agnostic and appropriate for all interested in the principles and practice of cataloging.

Price: $1100. Group and Series Discounts available.

Presenter Details

Martha Rice Sanders is a Senior Consultant at Innovative specializing in training and consulting services on metadata, authority control, and electronic resource management, both within and beyond the ILS. Martha joined Innovative in 2016 after working in academic libraries and library consortia for over 3 decades. She has presented at conferences on authority work and electronic resource management. Currently, she currently serves as the chair of the ALCTS/LITA Authority Control Interest Group and as the Sky River representative to the PCC Policy Committee..