The Information Studies Programme is offering Resource Description and Discovery in T3 (Course runs 8 November 2021 - 18 February 2022.) this year. It is a 12 week online course. Topics include (but may be revised as we move closer to T3): The following topics would form the modules that will be delivered in the course: 1. Introduction and foundation of resource description and discovery 2. Descriptive cataloguing principles and application 3. Resource Description and Access (RDA): New standard for descriptive cataloguing 4. Underlying conceptual models of RDA: Functional Requirement for Bibliographic Record (FRBR) (2 modules) 5. Subject access: Sear’s List of Subject Headings (SLSH) Library of Congress Subject Heading List (LCSH), Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), Library of Congress Classification and Ngā Ūpoko Tukutuku / Māori Subject Headings (3 modules) 6. Cataloguing and Classifying special format resources: musical, cartographic, serial, and streamed resources 7. Digital formats for cataloguing and classification: MARC, DC, OPACs and WebPACs 8. BIBFRAME, RDF and the future of MARC 9. Linked data impact on resource description and discovery The course can be taken as a standalone course for a Certificate of Profiencyhttps://www.wgtn.ac.nz/study/programmes-courses/short-courses/individual-cou.... You can apply to enrolhttps://schoolofinformationmanagement.createsend1.com/t/d-l-qutxly-l-j/ and find out more about the Information Studies programme options https://schoolofinformationmanagement.createsend1.com/t/d-l-qutxly-l-t/ on our website. Our programme administrator Chris Kingmailto:chris.king@vuw.ac.nz can assist you with the enrolment process. More details about the programme are available in the Information Studies Prospectushttps://schoolofinformationmanagement.createsend1.com/t/d-l-qutxly-l-i/. Please feel free to contact memailto:jennifer.campbell-meier@vuw.ac.nz or our programme administrator Chris King, if you have any further questions about the programme or enrolling in a CoP. Ngā mihi, Jennifer Jennifer Campbell-Meier Information Studies Programme Director Te Kura Tiaki, Whakawhiti Kōrero—School of Information Management Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington P O Box 600, Wellington NEW ZEALAND +64 (04) 463 5349 | RH 416 jennifer.campbell-meier@vuw.ac.nzmailto:jennifer.campbell-meier@vuw.ac.nz