Assignment Schedule
| Date Received | Date Due | Assignment | % of grade | Time to complete |
| Jan. 28 | Feb. 11 | Book/Articles Review | 5% | 2 weeks |
| Feb. 11 | Feb. 25 | Bibliographic Descriptions | 15% | 2 weeks |
| Feb. 11 | Apr. 29 & May 6 | Presentation: Non-book Formats | 20% | 11/12 weeks |
| Feb. 25 | Mar. 4 | Descriptions in MARC | 10% | 1 week |
| Mar. 4 | Mar. 18 | Choice of Access Points |
10% | 2 weeks |
| Apr. 1 | Apr. 15 | Authority Files and Names | 15% | 2 weeks |
| Apr. 15 | Apr. 29 | Putting it Together: Description, Access, and Authority Records | 15% | 2 weeks |
| Participation and Attendance | 10% |
There is a online calendar view at MyCalendars.net
Course Calendar
Module 1: Description
Jan. 28 — Introduction to course; Introduction to cataloging; History of descriptive cataloging codes
Feb. 4 — ICP; FRBR; FRAD; ISBD
Feb. 11 — AACR2: General Description and Monographs
Feb. 18 — General Description and Monographs exercises
Module 2: MARC Format
Feb. 25 — MARC Format and exercises
Module 3: Choice of Access Points
Mar. 4 — Main Entry and Added Entries
Mar. 11 — Spring Break
Mar. 18 — Related works and Bibliographic relationships
Module 4: Authority Control and Access Point Creation
Mar. 25 — Authority control; Syndetic structures; Authority work
Apr. 1 — Form of personal names headings
Apr. 8 — Geographic and Corporate names
Apr. 15 — Uniform titles and Series
Module 5: The Future
Apr. 22 —
RDA; The future of cataloging
Module 6: Non-book Formats
Apr. 29 — Presentations: Cartographic materials; Microforms & manuscripts; Continuing resources; and Electronic resources and digital objects.
May 6 — Presentations: Graphic materials & images; realia & cultural objects; sound recordings & printed music; and motion pictures & video.