Course Calendar
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| Week No. | Date | Unit No. | Description | Assignment | Due Date | Time To Complete | % of Grade | Assignment Mode |
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| MODULE 1: Foundations of Information Organization | ||||||||
| 1 | Jan 22 |
1 |
Introduction to Information Organization in Different Environments Review the syllabus; Lecture; Sorting exercise |
May 07 Apr 30 Wednesdays at 11:59pm |
1 semester 1 semester 1 semester |
10% 05% 10% |
Individual | |
| 2 | Jan 29 |
1 |
Lecture and discussion |
Retrieval Tools | Feb 12 | 2 weeks | 10% | Pair |
| 3 | Feb 05 | 2 |
Lecture and discussion; Museum search demos |
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| 4 | Feb 12 | 3 |
Lecture and discussion; MARC exercise; Follow-up video lectures and XML exercise |
Encoding and Metadata | Feb 26 | 2 weeks | 10% | Pair |
| 5 | Feb 19 | 4 |
Lecture and discussion; Metadata exercise |
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| MODULE 2: Description of and Access to Information | ||||||||
| 6 | Feb 26 | 5 |
Conceptual Models and Principles Lecture and discussion; Follow-up video lecture |
Modeling, Description & Access, and Authorities | Apr 02 | 5 weeks | 25% | Group |
| 7 | Mar 05 | Spring Break |
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| 8 | Mar 12 | 5 |
Lecture and discussion; Take-home access points exercise |
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| 9 | Mar 19 | 5 |
Video lectures; Review lectures; DC Exercise; RDA description demo |
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| 10 | Mar 26 | 6 |
Lecture and discussion; Demo session; Review access points exercises; Group project time |
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| MODULE 3: Subject Access to Information | ||||||||
| 11 | Apr 02 | 7 |
Aboutness and Subject Analysis Lecture and discussion; Aboutness exercise |
Subject Access | Apr 23 | 3 weeks | 15% | Pair |
| 12 | Apr 09 | 8 |
Vocabulary Control: Introduction Lecture and discussion; Construction exercise |
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| 13 | Apr 16 | 8 |
Vocabulary Control: Standards, Issues, and Tools Video lectures; Change the Subject; Discussion; Demo session |
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| 14 | Apr 23 | 9 |
Classification & Arrangement: Introduction Lecture and discussion; Classification exercise |
Interpreting Metadata & Classification | May 07 | 2 weeks | 15% | Pair |
| 15 | Apr 30 | 9 |
Classification & Arrangement: Standards, Issues, and Tools Video lectures; DDC and LCC exercises |
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| 16 | May 07 |
No Class! |
Interpreting Metadata & Classification is due! | |||||