- Docente: Lucia Sardo
- Credits: 6
- SSD: M-STO/08
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Library and Archive Science (cod. 9077)
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from Mar 19, 2024 to May 03, 2024
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will know the theroretical principles of descriptive and sematic cataloguing, and is able to use and apply Italian cataloguing rules, the main standards of bibliographic description and the structure of the main subject indexing and classification systems.
Course contents
Definition and brief history of cataloguing and catalogs. Cataloguing principles and conceptual models. Bibliographic description: ISBD standard. REICAT analysis; brief introduction to RDA. Subject indexing: Nuovo Soggettario. Classification: the Decimal Dewey Classification.
Readings/Bibliography
Chapters 10-12 of Biblioteche e biblioteconomia. Principi e questioni, a cura di Giovanni Solimine e Paul Gabriele Weston. Roma: Carocci, 2015
Carlo Bianchini, Teoria e tecniche della catalogazione e delle classificazioni. Milano: Editrice bibliografica, 2018
Mauro Guerrini, Lucia Sardo, IFLA library reference model. Un modello concettuale per le biblioteche del XXI secolo. Milano: Editrice bibliografica, 2018
Non-attendees will add to the above bibliography:
Lucia Sardo, La catalogazione. Storia, tendenze, problemi aperti. Milano: Editrice bibliografica, 2017
All student who are affected by learning disability (DSA) and in need of special strategies to compensate it, are kindly requested to contact Prof. xxxx (qui aggiungere il proprio nome), in order to be referred to the colleagues in charge and get proper advice and instructions.
Teaching methods
Lectures with explanatory power points and cataloguing exercises. The cataloguing standards and rules discussed in the lectures will be made available on Virtuale, and in-depth and summary materials on the topics covered in the lecture will be provided on Virtuale too.
Assessment methods
Oral exam, beginning with a subject choosen by the student.
It will be evaluated very positive the student's ability to demonstrate the acquired knowledge in a personal and critical way, using an appropriate language.
The final assessment will be based on the following indications:
- insufficient: lack of basic knowledge and inability to produce a correct interpretation of texts and/or problems
- sufficient: possession of basic knowledge; interpretation mostly correct, but conducted with imprecision and little autonomy
- good: possession of intermediate level knowledge; interpretation fully correct, but not always precise and autonomous
- excellent: possession of knowledge at a high level; interpretation of problems not only correct but conducted with autonomy and precision. Excellent oral expression skills
Teaching tools
Illustrative and in-depth Power Point presentations.
The materials used during the lectures and further study materials will be available on Virtuale
Office hours
See the website of Lucia Sardo
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.