Course Title: APPLIED CATALOGING

Course Code: LIS 62O9 (Regular)

Instructor: Qurat-ul-Ain            Credit Hours: 03

1. Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules and MARC, ALA filing rules, cataloguing of books and non-book Materials, metadata standards, copy cataloguing and cataloguing of oriental materials.
2. The focus in this subject has been kept on the practical application of cataloguing rules for the compilation of bibliographical information in the library that includes all core areas of catalogue as mentioned below. 

OBJECTIVES

1. To give understanding to students about what is applied cataloguing and core areas of the catalogue.
2. To enable students to record bibliographic information in Library catalogue
3. To make literacy students about technological formats of catalogue
4. To give essential skills to students for the selection of suitable access point in catalogue

   Week	Topics and Readings
   1	Definition of Catalog, Cataloging Process and Glossary of library terms used in applied cataloging
   2	AACR
   3	Elements of Cataloging and Descriptive Cataloging
   4	AACR2 Areas of Catalog
   5	General Rules for Title statement and Statement of Responsibility Area and Edition Area
   6	General Rules for Publication Area, Physical Description Area and a special area for Serials and Maps, Note Area and Standard Number Area
   7	General Rules for Headings, Uniform Title and References
   8	Rules for Preparation of main entry and added entry
   9	Mid Term Exam
   10	Non-Book Materials
   11	Cartographic materials and rules for making catalog
   12	Audiovisual Materials and Rules for making Catalog
   13	Cataloging in Computer, Open Source library software
   14	LlMS and KOHA
   15	AACR Practical Cataloging
   16	AACR Practical Cataloging

   Research Projects: 

   Students will be assigned topics in the class from the contents and will present their topics before the class.

   Evaluation/ Assessment criteria:

   Sessional:  20 Marks

   Class Attendance: 5 Marks

   Presentation/Assignment: 5 Marks

   Class Participation/ Discussions:  2 Marks

   Quizzes: 8 Marks

   Mid Term: 30 Marks

   Final exam: 50 Marks

   Class Timings:

   Regular class:

   Monday: 08:00 to 09:30 am

   Thursday: 09:30 to 11:00 pm

   Norms / RULES AND REGULATIONS

   80% class attendance is necessary to enter in exams.

   Students are highly encouraged to participate in class discussions, but, whenever practicing it, they would have to raise their hands and talk at their turn.

   Students have the right to contact the teacher for any assistance in their studies either through email or personal meetings during prescribed consulting office hours.

   Students are not allowed to use cell phones in class.