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• Week 1: i- Meaning and definition of catalogue.
• Week 1: ii- Functions of Library catalogue: importance and advantages.
• Week 2: i- Qualities of a good catalogue.
• Week 2: ii- Qualities of a good cataloguer.
• Week 3: i- Important Terms used in cataloguing: Heading, Call no, Accession number, Authority file, Authority control, Bibliographic control etc
• Week 3: ii- Title page, Verso page, Preface, Introduction, Author, Co-author, Surname, Editor, Compiler, Translator, Publisher, illustrator, Edition, Corporate body, Subject heading etc.
• Week 4: i- History of cataloguing.
• Week 4: ii-Development of cataloguing codes: a brief history.
• Week 5: i- Reading the information resource technically to collect bibliographic detail for cataloguing.
• Week 5: ii- Reading the information resource technically to determine its subject for cataloguing.
• Week 6: i- Physical forms of catalogue (outer forms): book form, sheaf form, card form, computer off line, online, CD Rom. form, Micro-form, OPAC.
• Week 6: ii- Merits and de-merits of each physical form of catalogue.
• Week 7: i- Kinds (Inner forms)of Catalogue.
• Week 7: ii- Role of union catalogue and shelf list catalogue. RDA: An introduction and purpose.
• Week 8: i- AACR 2: An Introduction
• Week 8: ii- Revision and presentations
• Week 9: MID-TERM EXAM.
• Week 10: i- Areas of catalogue.
• Week 10: ii- Heading, call no, accession no, tracing, main entry catalogue, added entry catalogue, reference entry catalogue, punctuations used in catalogue.
• Week 11: i- Title [GMD] and statement of responsibility area, edition area, SMD Specific Material Detail area, (Imprint) Publication distribution area.
• Week 11: ii- Physical description area, (Series area), Note area, ISBN and terms of availability area, Tracing.
• Week 12: i- Concept of Subject Heading in cataloguing: its purpose and importance
• Week 12: ii- Introduction to SLSH (Sears List of Subject Headings): principles and use.
• Week 13: i- Introduction to none book material.
• Week 13: ii- Cataloguing of none book material.
• Week 14: i- Introduction to OCLC (Online Computer Library Center)
• Week 14: ii- WorldCat: Its purpose, use and importance in libraries.
• Week 15: i- RDA: An introduction and purpose.
• Week 15: ii- Important differences between RDA and AACR 2
• Week 16: i- Concept of data, information, field, record, file, database, data, metadata, Computer format of metadata. Introduction to MARC and Dublin Core metadata standards.
• Week 16: ii- Different tags used in MARC, Their purpose and functions in cataloguing.
• Week 17: i- IFLA (International Federation of Library Association, ISBD (International Standards for Bibliographic Description), FRBR (Functional Requirement for Bibliographic Record), FRAR
• Week 17: ii- Revision and presentations
• Week 18: FINAL TERM EXAM.