LIS 419 - Outline - Spring 2008

Note: This course was taught as a blended course. Weeks in which there were class meetings are designated as [f2f]. The actual meeting days are in italics. Weeks in which there were voice-over PowerPoint lectures instead of face-to-face meetings are designated as [oll], which stands for "online lecture". Some weeks had neither online lectures nor face-to-face meetings, but there was plenty to do.

1 - January 29 to February 4

[oll] Introduction; Model; Types and components of subject analysis systems, languages, and environments; Project possibilities; Finding subject analysis tools.

Readings: Foskett, Chaps. 1-2; Hodge; Lancaster, Chap. 1

2 - February 5 to 11

[f2f] Evaluation of subject analysis systems: internal and external performance criteria; Standards; Application area: subject gateways

Readings: Lancaster, Chaps. 5, 6, 9, 10; Schwartz, Chap. 1-2; Chu Chap. 11

3 - February 12 to 18

Individual meetings on projects (can be scheduled anyime after I approve the topic).

4 - February 19 to February 25

[oll] The index record; The intellectual process of subject analysis; Concept analysis; Characteristics of a thesaurus; Using a thesaurus; Derivative indexing

Readings: Anderson et al., Pt. 1; Foskett, Chap. 3; Lancaster, Chap. 2-3; Schwartz, Chap. 4

5 - February 26 to March 3

[f2f] Creation and construction of subject analysis tools

Readings: Aitchison, Gilchrist & Bawden [scan]; Chu, Chap. 4; Foskett, Chap. 5; Lancaster, Chap. 16; Lancaster (Vocabulary) [scan]; Roe

6 - March 4 to 17 [Spring break is in here]

[oll] Packaging, maintenance, and application of subject analysis tools

Individual appointments to discuss projects

7 - March 18 to 24 [**interim report due March 25]

[f2f] Postcoordinate systems; Application area: structured and unstructured online environments

Readings: Lancaster, Chap. 14; Foskett, Chap. 24, 25; Chu, Chap. 5-6

8 - March 25 to 31

[oll] Precoordinate systems; Application area: guided navigation and taxonomy

Readings: Lancaster, Chap. 4; Foskett, Chaps. 7-9; Schwartz, Chap. 3

9 - April 1 to 7

[f2f] Single-item indexing; Abstracting

Readings: Booth [scan]; Lancaster, Chap. 7-8

10 - April 8 to 14

[oll] Associative retrieval; Machine-assisted indexing

Readings: Anderson et al., Pt. 2; Chu, Chap. 7; Hlava; Lancaster, Chap. 13-15; Van Rijsbergen [ scan]

11 - April 15 to 21

[f2f] Subject analysis and the nontextual (images, sounds)

Readings: Baca; Rafferty & Hidderly [scan]

12 - April 22 to April 28

[f2f] Subject analysis and digital libraries; Subject analysis and new frontiers (visualization, etc.)

Readings: Lancaster, Chap. 17

13 - April 29 to May 5

Individual appointments to discuss projects

14 - May 6

[f2f] Project presentations

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