LIS 121 Cataloguing II

ND1 levelComputing & ICT12 topics

LIS 121 covers 12 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

History of cataloguing rules
AACR II
Application of AACR II
ISBD
Punctuation in cataloguing
Bibliographic tools in cataloguing
LC Subject Headings
Sears List of Subject Headings
CIP and ISBN
Cataloguing worksheets
Card and computerized catalogues
Procedures for cataloguing new titles

A sample from this course

One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

History of cataloguing rules

Cataloguing rules have evolved from the early 20th‑century Anglo‑American system to the modern MARC and RDA frameworks. Students must grasp the sequence of key developments, the motivations behind each change, and how the rules influence authority control and resource discovery.

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Every topic above, split into sessions and dated against your exam.
Practice questions per session, with answers that explain themselves.
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An AI tutor that answers questions using this course's own material.

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