Course Calendar
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MODULE 1: Foundations of Information Organization | ||||||||
| 1 | May 12 |
1 |
Introduction to Information Organization in Different Environments Review the syllabus; Lecture; Sorting exercise |
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Aug 11
Aug 11
Mondays at 11:59pm until Aug 17 |
1 semester
1 semester
1 semester |
10%
05%
10% |
Individual |
| 2 | May 19 |
1 |
Lecture and discussion |
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| 3 | May 26 | 2 |
Lecture and discussion; Museum search demos |
Retrieval Tools | June 09 | 2 weeks | 10% | Pair |
| 4 | June 02 | 3 |
Lecture and discussion; MARC exercise; Follow-up video lectures and XML exercise |
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| 5 | June 09 |
4 |
Lecture and discussion; Metadata exercise |
Encoding and Metadata | June 23 | 2 weeks | 10% | Pair |
| MODULE 2: Description of and Access to Information | ||||||||
| 6 | June 16 | 5 |
Conceptual Models and Principles Lecture and discussion; Follow-up video lecture |
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| 7 | June 23 |
5 |
Lecture and discussion; Take-home access points exercise |
Modeling, Description & Access, and Authorities | July 21 | 4 weeks | 25% | Group |
| 8 | June 30 | 5 |
Video lectures; Review lectures; DC Exercise; RDA description demo |
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| 9 | July 07 | 6 |
Lecture and discussion; Demo session; Review access points exercises; Group project time |
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| MODULE 3: Subject Access to Information | ||||||||
| 10 | July 14 | 7 |
Aboutness and Subject Analysis Lecture and discussion; Aboutness exercise |
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| 11 | July 21 | 8 |
Vocabulary Control: Introduction Lecture and discussion; Construction exercise |
Subject Access | Aug 04 | 2 weeks | 15% | Pair |
| 12 | July 28 | 8 |
Vocabulary Control: Standards, Issues, and Tools: Video lectures; Discussion; Short lecture |
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| 13 | Aug 04 | 9 |
Classification & Arrangement: Introduction Lecture and discussion; Classification exercise |
Interpreting Metadata & Classification | Aug 18 | 2 weeks | 15% | Pair |
| 14 | Aug 11 | 9 |
Classification & Arrangement: Standards, Issues, and Tools Video lectures; DDC and LCC exercises |
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| 15 | Aug 18 |
No Class! |
Interpreting Metadata & Classification is due! | |||||