LIS 415: Information Organization
Course Calendar

An invitation to subscribe to the course calendar will be sent to your Simmons email in the first week of class. This will add the units and the assignment distribution/due dates to your Google calendar.

Week No. Date Unit
No.
Description Assignment Due
Date
Time
To Complete
%
of Grade
Assignment
Mode
1

Sep 04

1-a

Introduction to Information Organization

Review the syllabus; Lecture; Sorting exercise

Participation

Attendance

Discussion Board

Dec 11

Dec 11

Weekly at 11:59pm (Wednesday)

1 semester

1 semester

1 semester

10%

5%

10%

Individual
2

Sep 11

1-b

Information Environments

Lecture and discussion

         
3 Sep 18 2

Retrieval Tools and Systems

Lectue and discussion; Museum search demos  

Retrieval Tools Oct 02 2 Weeks 10% Pair
4 Sep 25 3

Encoding

Lecture and discussion; MARC exercise; Follow-up video lectures and XML exercise

         
5 Oct 02 4

Introduction to Metadata

Lecture and discussion; Metadata exercise

Encoding and Metadata Oct 16 2 weeks 10% Pair
Oct 09 5-a

Description: Conceptual Models and Principles

Lecture and discussion; Follow-up video lecture

         
7 Oct 16 5-b

Description: Description and Access

Lecture and discussion; Take-home access points exercise

Modeling, Description & Access, and Authorities Nov 13 4 weeks 25% Group
8 Oct 23 5-c

Description: Standards, Issues, and Tools

Video lectures; Review lectures; DC Exercise; RDA description demo

 
9 Oct 30 6

Authority Control

Lecture and discussion; Demo session; Review access points exercises; Group project time

         
10 Nov 06 7

Aboutness and Subject Analysis

Lecture and discussion; Aboutness exercise

         
11 Nov 13 8-a

Vocabulary Control: Introduction

Video lectures - No class meeting.

ALA Core Conference.

Subject Access Dec 04 3 weeks 15% Pair
12 Nov 20 8-b

Vocabulary Control: Standards, Issues, and Tools

Video lectures; Change the Subject; Discussion; Demo session

 
13 Nov 27  

Thanksgiving - No class!

         
14 Dec 04 9-a

Categorization, Classification & Arrangement: Introduction

Lecture and discussion; Classification exercise

Interpreting Metadata & Classification Dec 18 2 weeks 15% Pair
15 Dec 11 9-b

Categorization, Classification & Arrangement: Standards, Issues, and Tools

Video lectures; DDC and LCC exercises

         
16

Dec 18

 

No Class!

  Interpreting Metadata & Classification is due!
 

 

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