I will provide you exercises, some on paper, some on an appropriate network system. Please type or otherwise print out your exercises, following the directions in the general handout on homework. We will correct the majority of the exercises in class. You will then submit the corrected papers. We follow this procedure because coaching you on the performance of the work is the best way to acquire practical skills.
Exercises are due at the end of the class period in which they are discussed.
I will ask you to memorize certain key definitions and the schema for a standard form of bibliographic description and will often ask you to discuss your work in class. Taylor, Arlene G. Wynar's Introduction to Cataloging and Classification , 9th ed. Other materials will be on reserve. A Sourcebook , the introductory material to Library of Congress Subject Headings, and the Dewey Decimal Classification, as well as parts of various manuals relating to subject heading lists, classification schedules and MARC formatting.