Documentalist Course
This course equips participants with essential cataloguing skills using standards like RDA, MARC 21, Dewey, LCSH, Dublin Core, and BIBFRAME to create accurate records for various media, enhancing discovery and maintaining catalogue integrity.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Documentalist Course teaches practical skills for designing and maintaining high-quality catalogues for print and digital collections. You will learn RDA, MARC 21, Dewey, LCSH, Dublin Core, and BIBFRAME while creating complete records for books, e-books, audiobooks, and local history items. It helps improve discovery, optimise search, manage authority control, and develop clear policies to keep your catalogue accurate, consistent, and user-focused.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Practical MARC 21 cataloguing: build clear, consistent bibliographic records quickly.
- LCSH and Dewey skills: assign precise subjects and call numbers confidently.
- Digital metadata expertise: describe e-books, audiobooks, and local history items.
- User-focused discovery: optimise facets, keywords, and displays for better search.
- Catalogue quality control: apply authority control, style guides, and batch edits.
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