Using the Quality Matters Rubric to Improve Online Cataloging Courses

Quality Matters is a program that certifies online and hybrid courses. For a course to earn Quality Matters certification, it must meet eight standards of online course design and pass a rigorous peer-review process. In fall 2008, this author’s online Cataloging and Classification course went through the Quality Matters peerreview process and was awarded Quality Matters certification. It is the only cataloging course in the nation to earn this certification. The author’s Quality Matters peer-review process is discussed as is the potential of the Quality Matters rubric to improve online cataloging courses.