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Unit 1 |
Sep 3 |
Introduction and Environments |
The various settings in which information is organized for posterity are examined in this unit. Is there a basic human need to organize?
What is the organization of information?
Libraries, archives, museums, digital libraries, your own workspace, and the Internet
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Unit 2 |
Sep 10 |
Retrieval Tools & Systems
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Tools that have been developed in various settings are described and examined, such as:
Catalogs, Indexes, Finding Aids, Bibliographies, Museum Registers and Databases, Bibliographic Utilities, OPACs, and Search Engines
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Unit 3 |
Sep 17 |
Metadata Basics |
The unit is an introduction to metadata concepts, various types of metadata, and tools to create, use and maintain metadata.
Descriptive metadata, Administrative metadata, Structural metadata, METS, Meta-metadata, and Preservation metadata
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Unit 4 |
Sep 24 |
Encoding Standards |
Ways in which surrogate records can be encoded for computer-readability are explored.
MARC, SGML, XML Schemas and DTDs, RDF, etc.
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Unit 5 |
Oct 1 |
Description |
The unit explores standards for creating metadata records that serve as short surrogates for information resources in retrieval systems.
FRBR, ISBD, AACR2, Dublin Core, RDA, DACS, etc.
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Unit 6 |
Oct 8 |
Access and Authority Control |
The unit describes the process of creating access points for names and titles of works that are represented in information resources; providing consistency in form of access points with references from alternate forms is also explored.
Choosing primary and secondary access points, Rules for name creation, Authority records, Authority control, Cross-references
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Unit 7 |
Oct 15 |
Aboutness and Subject Analysis
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The process of determining what subject(s) an information resource is about is examined.
Nature of Aboutness, Approaches to Aboutness, The work of Wilson, Langridge, Taylor, and Joudrey, Consistency
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Unit 8 |
Oct 22
Oct 29 |
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Controlled vocabularies are presented as the best means for providing verbal subject access to information resources.
Week 1: Controlled vocabulary theory, Thesaurus construction
Week 2: Applying controlled vocabularies, LCSH, Sears, and AAT
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Unit 9 |
Nov 5
Nov 12
Nov 19 |
Categorization, Classification, and Arrangement |
Symbolic representation of subject concepts and categorization of concepts are examined and presented as additional means for providing subject access to information resources.
Week 1: Categorization, Hierarchical Classification, Faceted Classification
Week 2: Dewey Decimal Classification
Week 3: Library of Congress Classification, Cuttering and Book Numbers
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Unit 10 |
Dec 3 |
History of Information Organization |
The progression of the development of the organization of information is traced, including the development of technological influences.
Projects on Information Organization during Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance and the French Revolution; Projects on Panizzi, Jewett, Cutter, Dewey, Otlet & La Fontaine, Ranganathan, etc.
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Dec 10 |
The Future - Final Projects |
Other Issues/Topics in Information Organization
The Future of Cataloging
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Updated June 16, 2008. |
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