MLC Cataloging Certification Program

MLC Cataloging Certification Program

The MLC Cataloging Certification Program provides you with an opportunity to improve your knowledge and skills, to learn new technologies, and to demonstrate your overall competence in the library field. Under this Certification Program, you can work toward earning Certificates of Library Staff Development in Basic Cataloging and Advanced Cataloging. Each Certificate you achieve will demonstrate that you have attended MLC workshops to expand your current skill set and to develop a comprehensive knowledge of the subject. The MLC Certificates of Library Staff Development are important credentials to assist you in promotions or job changes in the library field. Enhance your resume today with an MLC Certificate of Library Staff Development!

MLC Library Staff Development Certificates

The following is a list of MLC Certificates and requirements for each. Only workshops taken after January 1, 2001, will qualify.

To apply, please print out the application form and mail or fax your completed form to Heather Thomas. Please contact Heather if you have questions about completing the form or about eligibility for certification.

Basic Cataloging Certificate
Requirements: MARC: An Introduction, and four other MLC workshops or special programs from the Cataloging category (see list below). Workshops or special programs must be taken within a three-year period.

Advanced Cataloging Certificate
Requirements: Basic Cataloging Certificate, plus four additional MLC workshops or special programs (for a total of nine workshops or special programs) from the Cataloging category. The four additional workshops or special programs must be taken within a three-year period.

Cataloging Workshop List
The following workshops are counted toward the Cataloging Certificates. In addition, some MLC special programs will be designated as eligible for the Cataloging Certificates.

• Assigning Library of Congress Call Numbers
• Assigning Library of Congress Subject Headings
• Authority Control Workshop
• Cataloger's Desktop
• Cataloging Archives and Manuscripts
• Cataloging Electronic Resources (CD-ROMs and other Computer Files)
• Cataloging Cultural Objects
• Cataloging Interactive Multimedia
• Cataloging Internet Resources
• Cataloging Maps
• Cataloging Rare Books
• Cataloging Three Dimensional Artifacts and Realia
• Cataloging Videos, DVDs, and Sound Recordings
• CONTENTdm
• Descriptive Cataloging: Monographs
• Dewey Decimal Classification
• KF Classification
• MARC: An Introduction
• MeLCat Cataloging Workshop
• Metadata Workshop
• OCLC Authorities
• OCLC CatME for Windows
• OCLC Connexion Browser Basics
• OCLC Connexion Client
• OCLC Copy Cataloging
• OCLC Local Holdings Maintenance (formerly OCLC Union Listing)
• OCLC Searching Worldcat
• OCLC Union Listing
• OCLC WebDewey: An Introduction
• SCCTP Advanced Serials Cataloging (a 2 day workshop)
• SCCTP Basic Serials Cataloging (a 2 day workshop)
• SCCTP Electronic Serials Cataloging
• SCCTP Integrating Resources Cataloging
• SCCTP Serials Holdings Workshop
• XML: An Introduction