Documentalist Course
Gain expertise in essential cataloguing techniques through this Documentalist Course tailored for library professionals. Delve into MARC 21, Dewey, LCSH, digital metadata standards, and tools for user-centric discovery to produce reliable, searchable records across all media types. The programme equips you to maintain high-quality catalogues that boost accessibility and efficiency in libraries of any scale.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Documentalist Course provides hands-on skills to create and manage superior catalogues for both printed and digital library materials. You will master standards like RDA, MARC 21, Dewey Decimal, LCSH, Dublin Core, and BIBFRAME, while constructing full records for books, e-books, audiobooks, and local history collections. Enhance resource discovery, refine search functions, handle authority control, and develop straightforward policies to ensure your catalogue remains precise, uniform, and centred on user requirements.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Hands-on MARC 21 cataloguing to swiftly create precise bibliographic records.
- Expertise in LCSH and Dewey for accurate subject assignment and call number allocation.
- Proficiency in digital metadata for cataloguing e-books, audiobooks, and local archives.
- Optimisation for user discovery through effective facets, keywords, and interface designs.
- Quality assurance in catalogues via authority control, guidelines, and bulk modifications.
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