Kaplan-Riedling Text Assignment

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Kaplan-Riedling Text Assignment
Value: 10 points (total)
Mode: Individual with peer review

Kaplan, A., & Riedling, A. (2006). Catalog it! A guide to cataloging school library materials (2nd ed.). Worthington, OH: Linworth. ISBN 1-58683-197-6.

Purpose
The science of Information Organization involves a great deal of highly specific knowledge and skills. For the SLMS, frankly, much of this content ranks at lower levels of Bloom's Taxonomy, although a significant amount qualifies as application. In this class, it is not possible to evaluate each student's application of cataloging skills in the field - although you will likely apply some of these concepts in the larger course projects.

The purpose of this assignment is to hold all of us accountable for the information in the Kaplan-Riedling Text (2006). Consider this as one independent-study component of this partially online class. All of the material should be valuable for your work in the future, and this course may be your only opportunity to study it carefully. I have made every effort to eliminate redundancy and excessively low-level work from this assignment, and I am open to suggestions and negotiations for making this assignment more relevant.

Task

Work independently on this assignment, except for the peer-review portions.
Read through the Kaplan-Riedling text, from start to finish.
As you go, work through the exercises listed below (almost all of them).
Do only as much of each exercise as you need to "get the idea." Check your answers in the back of the book. This step is to build your understanding - I do not need to see the results.
For each bulleted exercise group, write a new exercise item in similar format, and also write the answer.
Obtain a peer review from another class member on each item. Edit as suggested (one round). In other words, have a classmate check your item, validate your answer, and "sign" the review. Make any edits that are needed. You are not required to repeat the editing cycle, but your submitted items should be accurate.
Submit your final items, along with the name of your reviewer, in the appropriate Dropbox.
Obviously, you will be asked to provide reviews in exchange for other classmates. Your stamp of approval should carry your full integrity. Document the items you review, and submit a report of each set of reviews you do via WebCT email (see format below).
I plan to set up a WebCT Discussion Board called "Kaplan-Riedling" for your questions that arise as a part of these exercises. Feel free to provide answers to your peers.

Exercise Groupings
Each Chapter has its own Dropbox.

Chapter 4 Exercises (4 total items = 2 points)

Personal name headings: 4.1-4.4, p.59
Topical headings: 4.5-4.8, p.62
Geographic headings: 4.9-4.12, p.63
Corporate name headings: 4.13-4.15, p.65

Chapter 5 Exercises (3 items = 1.5 points)

First Summary Tables: 5.1-5.3, p.88
Numbers into MARC format: 5.4-5.6, p.88
Create full numbers: 5.7-5.9, p.88

Chapter 6 Exercises (9 items = 4.5 points)

041 Tag (Language): 6.1-6.3, p.101
245 Tag: 6.4-6.7, p.110
246 Tag: 6.8-6.11, p.113
100 and 700 Tag: 6.12-6.14, p.118
Skip 110 and 710 Practice (6.15-6.18)
Area 1 Summary: 6.19-6.21, p.122
260 Tag: 6.22-6.24, p.130
300 Tag: 6.25-6.27, p.136
440 Tag: 6.28-6.30, p.139
5XX Tags: 6.31-6.36, p.150

Format
Components:

[]Chapter 4 Exercises (item, answer, reviewer "signature")(see form below)
[]Chapter 5 Exercises (item, answer, reviewer "signature")
[]Chapter 6 Exercises (item, answer, reviewer "signature")
[]Your contribution to peer reviewing, tracked through emails in WebCT (to me, copied to your reviewee; see form below)

Each chapter set goes in a separate dropbox. Name your files according to my Webct filenaming conventions, in this pattern:

susieq-kr4.doc

(Where "susieq" = your first name and last initial; "kr" stands for Kaplan & Riedling, and the number stands for the chapter. Named this way, every file will be unique and easily identified even if mixed together on my hard drive.)

Form for Items
Exercise Number Range:
Item:
Answer:
This item reviewed by: (together with reviewer's email in WebCT, this comprises your reviewer's "signature")

Form for Reviewer's Email
To: MAF, in WebCT email
Subject: KR: Student's name, Exercise number range (example: KR: Susie Q.: 4.1-4.4)
In the Message body, write:
Person reviewed:
Exercise(s) reviewed:
Feedback provided: (copy/paste your feedback here.)
(It's fine to submit small or large batches of several reviews in individual emails; adjust header accordingly.)

Rubrics
Chapter 4: 2 points

Each item is worth .5. Full credit awarded for complete and accurate items.

Chapter 5: 1.5 points

Each item is worth .5. Full credit awarded for complete and accurate items.

Chapter 6: 4.5 points

Each item is worth .5. Full credit awarded for complete and accurate items.

Reviewing: 2 points

Ample evidence provided that you did your fair share of reviewing. Evidence is provided through reviewee's report, and your own Reviewer's Emails. I will not be looking for 1-to-1 correspondence (1 review per item), but instead a preponderance of contributions.

Created by M.Fitzgerald 5-15-08
Expires 12-31-08.

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