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  LIB 831, Classification and Cataloging
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Semester: Spring 2010
Course Subject: LIB
Course #: 831
Course Section: 
Course Title: Classification and Cataloging
Course Section Information: 
Credit Hours: 3
Special Section 
Registration Requirements: 
Course Begins: Jan 11, 2010
Course Ends: May 04, 2010
Instructor: Dr. Dorothy N. Bowen
Instructor's Email: dorothy.bowen@eku.edu
Web Course Features (Students will be required to use):
 Email Discussion Boards Online Chat/Virtual Classroom
 Online Tests PowerPoint Files Other
 Required Online Chat;
Times, Dates and frequency of Online Chat Sessions:
First chat will be at 5 pm on Monday, January 11, 2010. We will chat most Mondays thereafter. Please check chat times of other classes you are taking to avoid conflicts as chat attendance is required.
 Printed Textbooks:
1. Dewey, Melvil. (2004). Abridged Dewey decimal classification and relative index. 14th ed. Dublin, OH: OCLC Online Computer Library Center. (or newest edition)
2. Kaplan, Allison G., & Riedling, Ann Marlow. (2006). Catalog it!: A guide to cataloging school library materials. (2d ed). Worthington, OH: Linworth.
3. Miller, Joseph, Goodsell, Joan, eds. (2007). Sears list of subject headings. 19th ed. New York: H. W. Wilson. (or newest edition)
4.Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-readable cataloging. (available online)
Please note that only "Catalog it!" is available from the EKU bookstore. The other two texts should be purchased from the publisher or other online bookstore. I recommend that you order early for it sometimes takes several weeks to receive these texts.
 Required Software:
See "Web Course Requirements" above.
Instructor's Web Page
(with syllabus and detailed course information):
 http://people.eku.edu/bowend