Understanding LC Classification: A Preview of an ALCTS/PCC Workshop

ALCTS Annual Conference Program in New Orleans

Sunday, June 25, 2006
1:30 - 3:30 pm

Track
Collection Management & Technical Services, Cataloging & Metadata

Description

A two-day workshop on Library of Congress Classification is being developed by a joint task force of ALCTS and the Program for Cooperative Cataloging. This program is a preview of one session, Notation and Cuttering. Attendees will learn about the elements that make up a call number and how they are determined. The session includes practice in assigning Cutter numbers and in spotting errors in call numbers, plus an opportunity to give feedback to the developers.

Speakers

• Lori Robare, Assistant Head, Metadata and Digital Library Services, University of Oregon
• Caroline Miller, Head, Monographic Cataloging and Authority/Database Maintenance Sections, UCLA Library Cataloging & Metadata Center
• Bruce Trumble, Principal Cataloger, Harvard University

Sponsored by
ALCTS-CCS