Syllabus: BLISc II Semester

 

Paper B-109: LIBRARY CATALOGUING (Theory)

UNIT – I: Fundamental Concepts and Historical Developments
Library Catalogue: Definition, Objectives, Purposes and Functions
History and Development of Library Catalogue Codes
Physical Forms of Catalogues
Types of Catalogues

UNIT – II: Types of Catalogue Entries
Kinds of Entries
Data Elements in Different Types of Entries
Filing of Entries in Classified and Alphabetical Catalogues

UNIT – III: Choice and Rendering of Headings
Personal Authors: Western and Indic Names
Corporate Authors
Pseudonymous, Anonymous Works and Uniform Titles
Non-Print Resources

UNIT – IV: Subject Cataloguing
Subject Cataloguing: Concept, Purpose and Problems
Chain Indexing
Subject Headings Lists : LCSH, SLSH

UNIT –V: Trends in Library Cataloguing
Centralized and Cooperative Cataloguing
Bibliographic Standards: ISBD, MARC, CCF, etc.
ISBN and ISSN

Recommended Books
1. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, et al. Anglo-American cataloguing rules. Rev. Ed. 1998. Library Association, London.
2. BOWMAN (J H). Essential cataloguing. 2003. Facet Publishing, London.
3. HUNTER (E J) and BAKEWELL (KG B). Advanced cataloguing. 1989. Clive Bingley, London.
4. KUMAR (G) and KUMAR (K). Theory of cataloguing. Rev. Ed.5. 1993. South Asia Books, New Delhi.
5. MILLER (J), Ed. Sears list of subject headings. Ed. 15.1994.Wilson, New York.
6. RANGANATHAN (S R). Classified catalogue code with additional rules for
dictionary catalogue code. Ed. 5 (with amendments). 1989. Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore.
7. READ (J). Cataloguing without tears: managing knowledge in the information society. 2003. Chandos Publishing, Oxford.
8. TAYLOR (A G) and MILLER (David P). Wynar's introduction to cataloguing and classification. Ed.10. 2006. Libraries Unlimited, London.