Introduction to descriptive cataloging with the Official RDA Toolkit and the MARC 21 encoding standard. Course will cover selecting appropriate elements and application profiles, locating and interpreting guidance for applying Official RDA rules, and constructing original MARC bibliographic records for a variety of resource formats.

Students should have successfully taken LBSC671 and preferably have taken LBSC770 in order to take this course. Students who haven't taken LBSC770 should contact the instructor to determine fitness.