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School of Library and Information Science
21:122 Organization of Information Resources I
Summer 2003
Gregory Cotton, instructor

Tentative Course Schedule

UNIT IA--Description

Date

Topic

Preparation

Lab Period

We—6/09

Introduction to catalogs; Description: Overview

Wynar, chapters 1 & 2

1

Th—6/10

Description: Overview & AACR2

Wynar, chapter 4

2

Fr—6/11

Description:  AACR2

Wynar, chapter 4

3

We—6/16

Description: Nonprint materials; Graded Exercise #4 due

Wynar, chapter 4

5

Th—6/17

MARC formats; OCLC

Wynar, chapters 3 & 19

6 & 7

 

UNIT IB--Access

Date

Topic

Preparation

Lab Period

We—6/09

Introduction to catalogs; Description: Overview

Wynar, chapters 1 & 2

1

Th—6/10

Description: Overview & AACR2

Wynar, chapter 4

2

Fr—6/11

Description:  AACR2

Wynar, chapter 4

3

We—6/16

Description: Nonprint materials; Graded Exercise #4 due

Wynar, chapter 4

5

Th—6/17

MARC formats; OCLC

Wynar, chapters 3 & 19

6 & 7

 

UNIT II--Verbal Subject Analysis

Date

Topic

Preparation

Lab Period

Fr—6/25, part 2

Subject access; Controlled vocabularies

Sears, pp. xv-lii; Wynar, chapters 8 & 14

12

We—6/30

Sears

Wynar, chapter 16

13 & 14

Th—7/1

Sears; LCSH introduction

Wynar, chapters 15 & 16

15

Fr—7/2

LCSH

Wynar, chapter 15

16 & 17

We—7/7

Sears/LCSH reprise; other vocabularies

Wynar, chapters 15, 16 & 17

Review

Th—7/9, part 1

Unit II exam; Graded Exercise #18 due

 

 

 

UNIT III

Date

Topic

Preparation

Lab Period

Th—7/9, part 2

Classification principles; Dewey: Introduction, history, classes, schedules, and tables

Wynar, chapter 9

19, 20, 21

Fr—7/10

Dewey: History, geography, language & literature

Wynar, chapter 10

22, 23, 24, & 25

We—7/14

NO CLASS—COTTON OUT OF TOWN

 

 

Th—7/15

NO CLASS—COTTON OUT OF TOWN

 

 

Fr—7/16

NO CLASS—COTTON OUT OF TOWN

 

 

We—7/21

Dewey review

 

26

Th—7/22

Cutter numbers

Wynar, chapter 12

27

Fr—7/23

LCC: Introduction & structure

Wynar, chapter 11

29

We—7/29

LCC: Z and H schedules; Graded Exercise #28 due

Wynar, chapter 11

30

Th—7/30

LCC: P schedule

 

31

Fr—7/31

Unit III Exam

 

 


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