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 Th / Fri |
Unit No. |
Description | Assignment | Due Date | Time to Complete | % of Grade |
Assignment Mode |
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| MODULE 1: Foundations of Information Organization | ||||||||
| 1 | Sep 03 / Sep 04 |
1 |
Introduction to Information Organization in Different Environments Review the syllabus; Lecture; Sorting exercise |
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Dec 10 / Dec 11
Dec 10 / Dec 11
Dec 17 / Dec 18 |
1 semester
1 semester
1 semester |
10%
05%
10% |
Individual |
| 2 | Sep 10 / Sep 11 | 1 |
Lecture and discussion |
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| 3 | Sep 17 / Sep 18 | 2 |
Lecture and discussion; Museum search demos |
Retrieval Tools | Oct 01 / Oct 02 | 2 weeks | 10% | Pair |
| 4 | Sep 24 / Sep 25 |
3 |
Lecture and discussion; MARC exercise; Follow-up video lectures and XML exercise |
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| 5 | Oct 01 / Oct 02 |
4 |
Lecture and discussion; Metadata exercise |
Encoding and Metadata | Oct 15 / Oct 16 | 2 weeks | 10% | Pair |
| MODULE 2: Description of and Access to Information | ||||||||
| 6 | Oct 08 / Oct 09 | 5 |
Conceptual Models and Principles Lecture and discussion; Follow-up video lecture |
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| 7 | Oct 15 / Oct 16 | 5 |
Lecture and discussion |
Modeling, Description & Access, and Authorities | Nov 12 / Nov 13 | 4 weeks | 25% | Group |
| 8 | Oct 22 / Oct 23 | 5 |
Lecture and discussion; Demo session; Access points and authorities exercises |
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| 9 | Oct 29 / Oct 30 | 5 |
Standards for Descripton, Access, and Authority Control Video lectures; Review lectures; DC Exercise; RDA description demo |
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| MODULE 3: Subject Access to Information | ||||||||
| 10 | Nov 05 / Nov 06 | 6 |
Aboutness and Subject Analysis Lecture and discussion; Aboutness exercise |
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| 11 | Nov 12 / Nov 13 | 7 |
Vocabulary Control: Introduction Lecture and discussion; Construction exercise |
Subject Access | Dec 03 / Dec 04 | 3 weeks | 15% | Pair |
| 12 | Nov 19 / Nov 20 | 7 |
Vocabulary Control: Standards, Issues, and Tools: Video lectures; Discussion; Short lecture |
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Nov 25– Nov 27 |
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| 13 | Dec 03 / Dec 04 | 8 |
Classification & Arrangement: Introduction Lecture and discussion; Classification exercise |
Interpreting Metadata & Classification | Dec 17 / Dec 18 | 2 weeks | 15% | Pair |
| 14 | Dec 10 / Dec 11 | 8 |
Classification & Arrangement: Standards, Issues, and Tools Video lectures; DDC and LCC exercises |
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| 15 | Dec 17 / Dec 18 |
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