sac-class: initial course outline

[Lori Robare <lrobare@darkwing.uoregon.edu>]

Hi everyone -  here's what I've come up with to incorporate ideas about the 
LC classification course outline.  I don't consider it final by any means 
-- we may find that we want to rearrange some of the sections, or further 
develop some areas.  There are some questions noted in the outline, as 
you'll see.  But I want to get this out today so we can move forward.  We 
can continue discussion about this on the list and also in Chicago, but 
this should be sufficient to get us started.

I've incorporated some details (sub-topics) from an outline that Bruce 
developed for training his staff on the N schedule.  He has sent me an 
electronic version of his outline and I'll send that in a separate message.

I'd like to have a few people start drafting some content for specific 
sections before ALA.  I'll do one section.  If you're interested in working 
on something right away, please let me know what sections are of interest 
to you.   If you're unsure of how to begin at this point, it's fine to wait 
and not volunteer for any sections right now. The process should be clearer 
once we have some draft material to review and discuss.   I'll give some 
more details about how to proceed once I have a few volunteers.

Here's the outline, incorporating ideas that were shared.

1.  Introduction  (just a few slides)
	goals & overview of course

2.  Purpose of classification
	brief discussion of other classification schemes?

3.  History  and development of LC classification

4.  Outline of LC classification
	overview of notation (brief here, more detail later)
	general characteristics and common features of schedules
		divisions
		notes
		numbers in parens

5. Tools
	print schedules
	ClassWeb
	SCM: Classification, SCM: Shelflisting
	Weekly Lists
	CSB
	Chan's A guide to the Library of Congress Classification

6.  Notation
	call number = class number + item number
	brief overview of basic cuttering (?)
	additions to call numbers
	formatting of call numbers in MARC

7.  Principles of classification (F10)

8.  Basic cuttering

9.  Assigning numbers
	include here some discussion of local decisions, including alternative 
numbers?

10. Special cuttering
	corporate bodies
	conferences
	societies

11.  Tables

12.  Serials

13.  Overview of certain individual schedules?
	

-- Lori