Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
Required skills
communication and teamwork skills to liaise with colleagues
literacy skills to:
interpret cataloguing standards
construct cataloguing entries
numeracy skills to work with numerical features of cataloguing systems
problem-solving skills to review and respond to database maintenance issues
self-management skills to:
prioritise work tasks and meet deadlines
follow workplace procedures
technology skills to use current industry cataloguing systems.
Required knowledge
cataloguing standards and systems used in Australian libraries endorsed by the Australian Committee on Cataloguing (ACOC)
commonly used automated cataloguing systems and shared cataloguing networks
frequently occurring cataloguing problems
principles of bibliographic description and access
ways of preparing original and copy cataloguing records
procedures for maintaining cataloguing records
copyright, moral rights and intellectual property issues and legislation that impact on cataloguing.
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
National and international standards may include: | Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR) Intentional Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) Libraries Australia Cataloguing Standards (LACS) Library of Congress Authorities (LCA) Machine Readable Cataloguing (MARC) coding formats Resource Description and Access (RDA) Schools Cataloguing Information Service (SCIS) standard classification schemes, such as: Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) standard subject heading systems, such as Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). |
Cataloguing relates to: | copy cataloguing creating original catalogue records descriptive cataloguing, including assigning access points downloading and editing suitable bibliographic records to local system established procedures manipulating metadata to create records. |
Formats may include: | assistive technology devices audiovisual items, such as: CDs DVDs books computer files and software daisy digital formats e-books e-journals or datasets games journals kits maps material in English material in languages other than English microfilm and microfiche multimedia items music online print or electronic toys Universal Machine Readable Cataloguing (UNIMARC) unpublished materials. |
Access points may include: | added entries authors headings for corporate bodies illustrators keywords metadata related headings relevant subject headings tags titles, series titles or variant titles. |
Item of records and statement of holdingsmay include: | call numbers disposal of records information regarding access conditions, such as: not for loan prefixes to indicate shelved in specific collections, such as: REF (reference) DVD housed off-site, such as: archives storage restrictions, such as: age donor conditions duration of loan period embargoes location details. |
Catalogue maintenance may include: | checking for duplicate bibliographic records correcting holdings information deleting or merging duplicate bibliographic records recataloguing items relocating items updating files. |
Systems and standards may include: | AACR DDC LCA LCSH local protocols MARC metadata schemas RDA SCIS subject headings. |
Informing cataloguing decisions may relate to: | calculating size of collection or number of items catalogued over time checking previously assigned call numbers or subject headings identifying gaps in the collection identifying missing or lost items stocktaking procedures. |
Relevant personnel may be: | cataloguing colleagues in other libraries, such as: central cataloguing units national and state libraries donors members of cataloguing e-lists more experienced staff supervisors system providers with responsibility for shared cataloguing networks. |
New authority records may relate to: | advising SCIS, Libraries Australia or central cataloguing unit of need for new authority files new headings to be included in local procedures or system documentation reporting and recording details for new name headings. |
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist