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Unit 7: Aboutness and Subject
Analysis
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Topic Areas: This unit examines the processes of determining
what subject(s) an information resource is
about. Includes nature of aboutness,
approaches to aboutness, Wilson,
Langridge.
Learning Objectives:
- Define aboutness and the basic principles underlying subject analysis.
- Recognize and apply various processes for determining subject content of resources.
- Extend the understanding of subject analysis to non-textual materials.
- Describe various approaches to subject analysis and their respective strengths, weaknesses, and possible application.
Guiding Questions:
- What is aboutness?
- What is the process for determining
subject content?
- How is subject content assigned to
non-textual materials?
- What approaches to subject analysis
have been offered?
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Required Readings
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Joudrey, The
Organization of Information,
Chapter 11 & Appendix E
Holley & Joudrey, "Aboutness & Conceptual Analysis: A Review"
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Recommended Readings
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Joudrey,
Introduction to Cataloging
& Classification, 11th ed,
Chapter 11
Langridge,
Subject Analysis: Principles and
Procedures
Wilson,
"Chapter V: Subject and the Sense of
Position" from Two Kinds of Power
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Course Outline |
- Unit 1:
Introduction to Information
Organization
- Unit 2:
Retrieval Tools and Systems
- Unit 3:
Encoding
- Unit 4:
Introduction to Metadata
- Unit 5:
Conceptual Models, Description, and Access
- Unit 6:
Authority Control
- Unit 7:
Aboutness & Subject Analysis
- Unit 8:
Vocabulary Control
- Unit 9:
Classification & Arrangement
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