Resource Description and Access I | Continuing Education

Course description

Develop understanding of library cataloguing using the RDA cataloguing rules for creating descriptive catalogue records, through use of the RDA online Toolkit. Learn to use MARC coding and ISBD punctuation for cataloguing bibliographic records in an automated environment. Recognize the changes in MARC coding resulting from RDA cataloguing rule.

Course details

Hours: 42

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: LIBR1000

Corequisites: None

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Fall 2023 registration opens July 24, 2023. Winter 2024 registration opens November 27, 2023.

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