Utilize a broad range of approaches, systems, and technologies to manage and deliver information.

  • DACS Records
    • Five records using DACS; the first two are for fictional collections and give collection description only (DACS 2-8); the remaining three are based on the online archives of Wells Fargo, the Shubert Organization, and the Rothschild Family, and include both descriptive and authority records.
  • DACS and MARC21
    • The DACS record for the first fictional collection from above as MARC21 record.
  • DACS and EAD
    • The DACS records for the latter three archives mentioned above, rendered as EAD records.
  • ArchivesSpace Records
    • A copy of ArchivesSpace records created for three of the above collections mentioned.
  • Using AACR2, MARC21, and DublinCore
    • An exercise using the above cataloging rules for two books, two music albums, and two movies.
  • Dewey Decimal and LOC classification
    • Parts I and II require the correct DDC number for assigned topics and media of varying degrees of specificity, requiring the identification of classes, divisions, and sections. Parts III and IV are of the same nature, but identifying the LOC call numbers.
  • Subject Analysis
    • Part I identifies the correct LOC subject headings for two books, two music albums, and two movies. Part II does that same, except for assigned works and topics.

This goal corresponds to the following ALA Core Competencies:

2A. Concepts and issues related to the lifecycle of recorded knowledge and information, from creation through various stages of use to disposition.

2B. Concepts, issues, and methods related to the acquisition and disposition of resources, including evaluation, selection, purchasing, processing, storing, and deselection.

2C. Concepts, issues, and methods related to the management of various collections.

2D. Concepts, issues, and methods related to the maintenance of collections, including preservation and conservation.

3A. The principles involved in the organization and representation of recorded knowledge and information.

3B. The developmental, descriptive, and evaluative skills needed to organize recorded knowledge and information resources.

3C. The systems of cataloging, metadata, indexing, and classification standards and methods used to organize recorded knowledge and information.