UCLA General Catalog 1971-72 - Registrar - UCLA

374 / LIBRARY SERVICES
210. Descriptive and Bibliographical Cataloging.
Bibliography and cataloging . Development of
Anglo -American cataloging rules and international
developments . Analysis of cataloging purposes, problems
and principles . Evaluation of governing rules.
Problems and potentialities of automation.
211. Subject Cataloging and Comparative
Classification.
Bibliographic and subject control of collections.
paratus and reviewing media . Trends in scholarly
and popular writing.
229A. Afro-American Bibliography.
Prerequisite : consent of the instructor . Resources
for the study of Afro-American history , culture and
literature . Problems of identification , description,
subject analysis . Bibliographical and reference apparatus.
230. Publishing and the Book Trade.
Subject headings and classification systems. Alphabetical
and classed subject catalogs and indexes.
Subject heading lists, thesauri, etc. D .C., U.D.C.,
Cutter, L.C., Bliss, Colon, and other classification
systems. Automation of subject control.
213. Seminar on Indexing.
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. Development
of basic concepts as reflected in the history of
scholarship. Current problems in the transition from
individual to large-scale indexing projects. Contribution
made by automation . Future of mechanized in-
Publishing and book trade history , ancient to
modern times , with particular reference to book
collecting and libraries . Changing aspects of book
production and distribution , emphasizing modem
methods . Retail book trade , new and antiquarian;
book auctions.
240. Information Systems Analysis and Design.
(Formerly numbered 243 .) Theories and principles
of special systems development , including determination
of requirements, technical design and
evaluation, and internal organization.
dexing . Trend toward international standardization.
Acceleration systems in indexing.
214. Seminar on Abstracting and Abstracting
Services.
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. Historical
background and current situation, particularly in science
and technology . Possibilities and present limitations
of automation . Role in coordination of information
services . Problems of standardization to achieve
international coordination . Influence of changing
needs.
241. Management Information Systems.
Survey of information systems for the management
of large scale projects and organizations, icluding
systems for progress reporting , file control, and
documentation.
242. Information Retrieval Systems.
Survey of principal specialized vocabularies,
methods of file organization , and search strategies in
the control of publications in mechanized form.
243. Data Base Systems.
215. Seminar on Cataloging and Classification. Survey of methods for developing , implementing
and operating mechanized data base systems such as
History of cataloging and classification and special socioeconomic data banks and technical data banks.
problems in cataloging and classification.
249. Seminar in Information Science.
221. Bibliography of Science , Engineering and
(Formerly numbered 293.) Specialized studies is
Technology.
problem areas of information science: vocabulary
(Formerly numbered 217.) Scientific and technical development , representation coding, file organiza-
literature, with emphasis on special types of pubtion and indexing , classification systems, searching
lications, research material , reference and biblio- procedures , measurement of relevancy , data reducgraphical
aids to the physical sciences . Importance, tion and presentation , and communication. May be
purpose and nature of technical literature searches. repeated once for credit.
Flow of information among scientists.
251. Reading and Reading Interests.
M. Bibliography of the Medical and Life
Sciences.
(Formerly numbered 218.) Literature of the
medical and We sciences : reference and bibliographical
works; periodicals , serials and the abstracts
and induces to them ; notable books in the
history of the biomedical sciences; patterns of publication
; applications of technological developments
in the control of the biomedical literature.
(Formerly numbered 215.) Interests of the ccasmon
reader, excluding children , with special refer.
ence to types of library patrons. Fiction and subject
categories , popular and standard: philosophy , rA&
social sciences, art, music, literature, history,
science. Influence of paperbacks, best sellers and
current interest books on reading habits.
253. Special Studies In Children 's Literature.
(Formerly numbered 209.) Special studies in
223. Literature of the Social Sciences.
(Formerly numbered 219.) Seminar on the literature
of the social sciences , including a review of the
classics in the various fields, monumental source
collections , periodicals , bibliographies , catalogs, indexes,
abstracts, eta Trends in scholarly and popular
writing . Interdisciplinary nature of the literature.
224. Literature of the Humanities and Fine Arts.
children 's books and reading interests. Historical
backgrounds and development of: types of childrens
literature, folklore and oral tradition, levels of interest,
criticism and evaluation, illustration , bibliography.
M. Historical Bibliography.
(Formerly numbered 211.) Early records and the
manuscript period ; history of the printed book and
of periodical publications and pers, includlair
(Formerly numbered 220.) Seminar on the literature
of the humanities and fine arts, including a review
of the classics in the various fields, comparisons
of editions , periodicals , bibliographical ap-
materials and methods &W notion. Pua
history of scholarship , the book trade, and book
collecting in ancient , medieval and modern West re
civilization.