I was at Sheffield in 99-00 and there was no formal cat & class at all. 
There were a couple of optional one-hour lunchtime sessions (poorly 
attended) to look at UKMARC and AACR2 but I already knew more than that 
from my graduate trainee year so it was no use really.

Celine

On 2014-11-25 15:53, Kate Beeby wrote:
> Hi Helen,
> 
> Just to say yes- UCL still do Cat and Class as a mandatory module,
> then Cat and Class 2 as a further option. I study there part-time, and
> these modules were one of the main reasons why I chose UCL for my MA.
> 
> I catalogue regularly at work, but still in AACR2, so the Cat and
> Class module at UCL has been great in developing my knowledge of RDA.
> 
> Kate
> 
> FROM: CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] ON BEHALF OF
> Doyle, Helen
> SENT: 25 November 2014 15:16
> TO: [log in to unmask]
> SUBJECT: Re: [CIG-E-FORUM] Formal cataloguing training
> 
> Hi Esther,
> 
> At UCL there was (and I’m pretty sure still is) a mandatory
> cataloguing module and then an optional module. I took both because I
> was hooked straight away! But my graduate traineeship didn’t let me
> do any cataloguing – they felt I needed to have done my MA and been
> properly ‘trained’ before being let loose on it.
> 
> I think there could be real mileage in some kind of distance-learning
> course offering just a cataloguing module – maybe the admin of
> signing people up to it and delivering the content would be too much,
> but it would add to courses which don’t offer cataloguing and serve
> as a refresher for the rest of us.
> 
> It does strike me that a lot of librarianship is really a
> well-informed, carefully thought-out judgement call, but with
> cataloguing there are actual rules/ standards/theory etc that you need
> to learn before applying your professional judgement.
> 
> Helen.
> 
> FROM: CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] ON BEHALF OF
> Esther Arens
> SENT: 25 November 2014 14:27
> TO: [log in to unmask]
> SUBJECT: [CIG-E-FORUM] Formal cataloguing training
> 
> As I've mentioned before I've entered the profession from left field
> i.e. still don't hold a qualification. I was therefore rather
> surprised when I first heard that cat & class aren't compulsory in
> every library course... admittedly I'm still utterly clueless about
> the variety of formal professional training anyway. So, just out of my
> own interest: How many of you who did go to library school took a
> cataloguing module? Mandatory or not? Did you like it straight away?
> Or ended up in a cataloguing job crabwise?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Esther
> 
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