| Week No. |
Date |
Unit
No. |
Description |
Assignment |
Due
Date |
Time
To Complete |
%
of Grade |
Assignment
Mode |
| 1 |
Sep 05 |
1 |
Introduction to Information Organization
Review the syllabus and course expectations; Lecture |
Participation
Attendance
Discussion Board |
Dec 19
Dec 12
Weekly, Wednesday at 11:59pm |
1 semester
1 semester
1 semester |
10%
5%
10% |
Individual |
| 2 |
Sep 12 |
2 |
Information Environments and Retrieval Tools
Video lectures; Retrieval Tools demonstration session |
Retrieval Tools |
Sep 26 at 9am |
2 Weeks |
10% |
Pair |
| 3 |
Sep 19 |
3 |
Introduction to Metadata
Lecture; Exercise; Video lecture |
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| 4 |
Sep 26 |
4 |
Encoding
Lecture; Video lectures; Exercise |
Encoding |
Oct 10 at 9am |
2 weeks |
10% |
Pair |
| 5 |
Oct 03 |
5-a |
Description: General Description and Conceptual Models
Lecture |
|
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| 6 |
Oct 10 |
5-b |
Description: Specific Standards
Video lectures; Dublin Core exercises; RDA demonstration |
Modeling, Description, & Access |
Nov 07 at 9am |
4 weeks |
25% |
Group |
| 7 |
Oct 17 |
6 |
Access Points and Authority Control
Video lectures; Exercises |
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| 8 |
Oct 24 |
7 |
Aboutness and Subject Analysis
Lecture; Exercise |
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| 9 |
Oct 31 |
8-a |
Vocabulary Control: Controlled Vocabulary Theory
Lecture; Exercise |
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| 10 |
Nov 07 |
8-b |
Vocabulary Control: Specific Vocabularies
Lecture; ClassWeb demo |
Subject Access |
Nov 21 at 9am |
2 weeks |
15% |
Pair |
| 11 |
Nov 14 |
8-c |
Vocabulary Control
NO CLASS meeting - Film; Take-home LCSH exercise
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| 12 |
Nov 21 |
9-a |
Categorization, Classification & Arrangement: Introduction
Lecture; Classification exercise
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| 13 |
Nov 28 |
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NO CLASS - Thanksgiving Break !
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| 14 |
Dec 05 |
9-b |
Categorization, Classification & Arrangement: Dewey Decimal Classification
Video lectures; DDC exercises |
Interpreting Metadata & Classification |
Dec 19 |
2 weeks |
15% |
Pair |
| 15 |
Dec 12 |
9-c |
Categorization, Classification & Arrangement: Library of Congress Classification
Video lecture; LCC exercises |
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| 16 |
Dec 19 |
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No class. |
Final assignment is due! |
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Back to the Syllabus |
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