Descriptive and Subject Cataloguing. A Workbook

135 Pages·2006·0.755 MB·English

by  Jaya Raju and Reggie Raju (Auth.)

Descriptive and Subject
Cataloguing
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Descriptive and
Subject Cataloguing
A workbook
J R
AYA AJU
AND
R R
EGGIE AJU
CP
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Contents
About the authors
Jaya Raju is currently an Associate Professor in the
Department of Library and Information Studies at the Durban
Institute of Technology, South Africa. She holds a PhD in
Information Studies from the University of Natal (now
University of KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa. She has worked
in the academic library context for ten years and has been
teaching library and information studies (LIS) for the past
eleven years. She carries out research supervision at the
Durban Institute of Technology (a university of technology)
and at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Her area of research
interest is LIS education and training with particular reference
to the synergies in LIS offerings between different types of
higher education institutions and the implications of this
for the information services work environment. She currently
holds a research grant from the National Research Foundation
in South Africa which allows her to explore this area in the
international arena. She has published numerous journal
articles in the area of ILS education and training in peer-
reviewed national and international journals. Jaya Raju is
currently serving on the Editorial Advisory Board of the
South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science
and on the CEPD (Standing Committee for Continuing
Education and Professional Development) of the Library
and Information Association of South Africa.
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The author may be contacted as follows:
Jaya Raju
Associate Professor
Department of Library and Information Studies
Durban Institute of Technology
E-mail: [email protected]
Reggie Raju is the Head of the Law Library at the University
of KwaZulu-Natal Libraries, Durban, South Africa. He has
worked in the academic library sector for the past twenty
years. He has recently been awarded a PhD in Information
Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
The study examined the feasibility of unionizing the LIS
sector in South Africa with a view to making more effective
use of the country’s progressive labour dispensation to the
benefit of the profession as a whole. His focus of research
is staff training and development and he has published in
peer-reviewed journals in this area. He is currently leading
a research project investigating future directions for the
professional association (Library and Information Association
of South Africa) in terms of its relevance in an environment
that openly supports trade unions.
The author may be contacted as follows:
Reggie Raju
Head of G.M.J. Sweeney Law Library
University of KwaZulu-Natal
E-mail: [email protected]
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Introduction
General background
The principal author’s experience of more than ten years of
education and training in the library and information science
(LIS) discipline has revealed the absence of a practical
workbook in descriptive and subject cataloguing for classroom
instructional as well as self-study purposes. Limited classroom
time available to the educator as well as the lack of readily
available practical examples in an appropriate format for
purposes of demonstrating the basic principles of these aspects
of information organization has made teaching in this practical
area cumbersome.
Purpose
As a result of the ‘problem’ outlined above, the authors
came up with the idea of preparing a practical workbook in
descriptive and subject cataloguing to provide:
(cid:1) LIS educators with a practical teaching resource in
descriptive cataloguing, bibliographic classification and
assigning of subject headings; and
(cid:1) LIS students with a learning resource which may be
used as a self-study tool to reinforce these information
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organization skills for which there is only limited
classroom time available.
Intended audience
This workbook will be useful to:
(cid:1) educators teaching descriptive and subject cataloguing
in first-level library and/or information science
programmes such as a Bachelor of Information/Library
Science, National Diploma in Library and Information
Studies, Postgraduate Diploma in Information Science,
Masters in Information Science (US), etc.; and
(cid:1) students studying the practical aspects of descriptive
and subject cataloguing in such first-level LIS programmes.
The level within these programmes at which this workbook
would be useful will depend on whether the qualification is
offered at the undergraduate level or at the postgraduate
level. In undergraduate programmes (usually three/four years)
descriptive and subject cataloguing are generally taught at
the first- and/or second-year level. In postgraduate first-
level LIS programmes (e.g. Postgraduate Diploma in
Information Science or Masters in Information Science),
this is usually taught in the first year if the programme runs
for two years.
Design of the workbook
Theoretical principles
As descriptive and subject cataloguing are important aspects
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of information organization, Chapter 2 presents an overview
of basic theoretical principles of information organization
to locate the teaching and learning of descriptive and subject
cataloguing in its relevant context. It also explains terms
and concepts relevant to the workbook.
Layout and presentation of examples
In view of the purpose of the workbook, Chapter 3 presents
practical examples for descriptive and subject cataloguing
which may be used by educators and worked through by
learners to reinforce the theoretical concepts of and practical
application in descriptive cataloguing, bibliographic
classification and assigning of subject headings. For every
practical example provided (title page, verso information
(or other relevant sources in the case of non-print items)
and other relevant information), descriptive cataloguing,
bibliographic classification and assigning of subject headings
need to be done. That is, a complete bibliographic record of
an item is to be created for inclusion in some form of database
(e.g. a manual card catalogue or a computerized catalogue)
for purposes of information retrieval. While the examples
are provided in Chapter 3, suggested solutions are offered
in Chapter 4. This layout is intended to encourage students
to attempt the examples on their own and then to ‘mark’
these against the suggested answers. The suggested answers
are by no means the only solutions. There might be other
options which students are encouraged to explore and discuss
with their educators.
In most places real-world examples have been used to
provide realistic opportunities for cataloguing, classification
and assigning of subject headings. However, in some places
bibliographic and other details have been adjusted to create
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variety in learning experiences in descriptive and subject
cataloguing. While the workbook aims to cover the practical
application of descriptive cataloguing, bibliographic
classification and assigning of subject headings, it is not
practically possible to cover all instances and situations.
The intention, rather, is to reinforce principles in the use
and application of standardized tools in these aspects of
information organization. Skills developed in the use and
application of such tools should be transferable to the use
of newer editions (including electronic versions) of these
tools as well as to the use of other such information
organization tools available in general and in specialized
LIS environments. In the preparation of the suggested
solutions the following tools have been used:
(cid:1) Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2), 2nd
edition, 1998 revision (for descriptive cataloguing);
(cid:1) Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), 21st edition (for
bibliographic classification); and
(cid:1) Sears List of Subject Headings (Sears), 17th edition (for
assigning of subject headings).
At the time of preparing the workbook these were the latest
editions of these tools available to the authors.
The authors decided not to cite rules from AACR2 when
providing suggested solutions in descriptive cataloguing to
avoid making the workbook cumbersome to work with.
The tools used in the workbook are universally available
for verification purposes as well as for consultation during
discussions of other possible options as solutions to the
examples provided.
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