LIS 416: Descriptive Cataloging

Unit 4: Authority Work and Access Points

Contact Information

Instructor: Daniel N. Joudrey
E-mail: joudrey@simmons.edu
Office: P-205B
Phone: (617) 521-2863
Objectives

Students will be able to:

  • Understand the basics of authority work
  • Understand the process of establishing an authorized name
  • Understand the need for and place of works and expressions data in bibliographic descriptions
  • Apply the basic rule for establishing authority data and access points for works, expressions, persons, families, and corporate bodies
  • Understand what is an access point
  • Choose appropriate access points for resources
  • Understand the variety of bibliographic relationships among entities
  • Represent various relationships in bibliographic data

Required Readings

Week 10: 4.A Access Points and Relationships

ICC11, Chapter 8

RDA, Chapters 18-32 (and corresponding LC-PCC PSs)

Week 11: 4.B Authority Work and MARC Lab session

ICC11, Chapter 10

Skim ICC11, Chapter 21 (822-839)

Week 12: 4.C Identifying Persons and Corporate Bodies

ICC11, Chapter 7 (331-417)

RDA, Chapters 8-11 (and corresponding LC-PCC PSs)

Week 13: Thanksgiving

Week 14: 4.D Identifying Works and Expressions

ICC11, Chapters 6

RDA, Chapters 5-7 (and corresponding LC-PCC PSs)

Week 15: What the Future holds (Presentations)

Other Readings That Might Be of Interest

 

Taylor and Joudrey, The Organization of Information, chapter 8

LC, MARC Authorities format

Review relationship sections in FRBR and FRAD

Activities

To do:

  • Read the ICC11 chapters and RDA instructions before the corresponding class
  • Work with the online class materials before the corresponding class
  • Be prepared for class discussion and exercises
  • Work on exercises as assigned in class
  • Have your final project ready for the last day of class
  • Complete your final exam on the last day of class
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