Library of Congress and The Follett Software Company, 1998. Regular attendance is a pre-requisite for class participation and involvement. Participation in class discussions and activities is essential to successful learning and should reflect the students reading, analysis, and experience in relation to the topic. Students are responsible for their attendance in accordance with the policies of the University of South Florida. LIS 6735 covers all aspects of technical services, including acquisitions, cataloging, serials, and circulation systems, as they relate to school media centers and to small public libraries and information centers.
Automation is emphasized in the course.
To gain an understanding of how automation is affecting all aspects of technical services in small libraries. To gain an understanding of library acquisitions including bibliographic verification, the ordering and receiving process, and the accounting and bookkeeping procedures. To acquire an understanding of the online catalog and its functions. To understand the rules of bibliographic description as applied to books and non-book formats, using the Concise AACR2. 5. To gain a working knowledge of subject cataloging, including Sears Subject Headings and the Dewey Decimal Classification.