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IRLS515-001 Organization of Information

Wed, 06/04/2008 - 18:06 — lhussey
COURSE NAME, NUMBER AND PREREQUISITES: 

[Prerequisite: IRLS 504 or consent of the instructor.]

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION: 

Introduction to the theory and practices that are used in the organization of information. Overview of national and international standards and practices for access to information in collections.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: 
  • Understand the new and existing challenges involved in the organization of information
  • Describe the main theories in information organization and define a number of approaches that have been used to organize information in different settings and for different purposes.
  • Articulate the similarities and differences between the concepts of categorization, classification, and subject analysis and their application in thesaurus, ontologies, authority control, subject headings, and library classification schemes.
  • Demonstrate basic skills in subject analysis and controlled vocabularies
  • Demonstrate basic skills and knowledge of at least two metadata standards
REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS: 

Taylor, Arlene, The Organization of Information, 2nd edition. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, c2004. ISBN 978-1563089696

Other course readings as assigned

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: 

Students are expected to complete all the reading assignments.

Students are expected to participate in weekly discussion on D2L.

Students are expected to complete three assignments:

  1. Encoding Standards
  2. Metadata Schemas
  3. Metadata Crosswalk

Students will be required to complete a final exam which will cover the entire course. The final will be administered on D2L.

 

COURSE, SCHOOL, AND UNIVERSITY POLICIES: 

Academic Code of Integrity

Students are expected to abide by The University of Arizona Code of Academic Integrity. 'The guiding principle of academic integrity is that a student's submitted work must be the student's own.' If you have any questions regarding what is acceptable practice under this Code, please ask an Instructor.

Accommodating Disabilities

The University has a Disability Resource Center. If you anticipate the need for reasonable accommodations to meet the requirements of this course, you must register with the Disability Resource Center and request that the DRC send me, the Instructor, official notification of your accommodation needs as soon as possible. Please plan to meet with me by appointment or during office hours to discuss accommodations and how my course requirements and activities may impact your ability to fully participate.

Assignment Policies

  • How to submit your assignments: All assignments need to be submitted via DL2.
  • Writing style: All assignments are expected to be at a graduate level. Students may use the style and citation guide of their choice (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.). The only requirement is that students are consistent throughout their work.
  • Late Policy: All assignments are due by 11:59pm (Arizona time) of the due date. Any late assignments will be automatically marked down 10%.

Incompletes

The current Catalog reads

The grade of I may be awarded only at the end of a term, when all but a minor portion of the course work has been satisfactorily completed. The grade of I is not to be awarded in place of a failing grade or when the student is expected to repeat the course; in such a case, a grade other than I must be assigned. Students should make arrangements with the instructor to receive an incomplete grade before the end of the term ...
If the incomplete is not removed by the instructor within one year the I grade will revert to a failing grade.
GRADING: 
Grade Breakdown
  1. Assignments 60% (20% each)
  2. Final Exam 25%
  3. Participation 15%

Grading Scale

  • A = 90 - 100
  • B = 80 - 89
  • C = 70 - 79
  • D = 60 - 69
  • F = 0 - 59
INSTRUCTOR NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESSES: 

Lisa Hussey
Director of Library Services
2149 West Dunlap Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85021
(520) 370-1793
lhussey@email.arizona.edu

IRLS515-002 – Organization of Information

Mon, 05/19/2008 - 13:48 — mhelm
COURSE NAME, NUMBER AND PREREQUISITES: 
[Prerequisite: IRLS 504 or consent of the instructor.]
COURSE DESCRIPTION: 

Preliminary and final course syllabi will be posted to D2L. The preliminary syllabus will be posted on May 19, 2008 and the final syllabus will be posted by June 9, 2008.

 

Please note that this is a web-based Distance-learning course

 

Official Course Description Introduction to the theories and practices that are used in the organization of information. Overview of national and international standards and practices for access to information in collections.

Specific Course Description This course will cover the history, theories and practices in the organization of recorded information, primarily in traditional libraries and the emerging digital environment. This is an introductory course that will focus on the standards and tools used in the library science field, although we will also look at emerging standards and tools in the achieves and museum fields. We will be using the D2L (Desire to Learn) learning support system. All course related materials will be found there. Log on D2L at http://d2l.arizona.edu using your UA username and password. The website also contains D2L tutorials that you may consult to familiarize yourself with the software. Further D2L help can be found at d2l@email.arizona.edu or (520) 626-6804.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: 

Goal and Objectives

The main goal of this course is to become familiar with the concepts and practices of bibliographic and non-bibliographic information organization. By the end of the course, students will be able to:

  • Understand the existing and new challenges involved in the organization of information
  • Describe the main theories in information organization and define a number of approaches that have been used to organize information in different settings and for different purposes
  • Articulate the similarities and differences between the concepts of categorization, classification, and subject analysis and their application in thesaurus, ontologies, authority control, subject headings, and library classification schemes
  • Demonstrate basic skills in subject analysis and controlled vocabularies
  • Demonstrate basic skills and knowledge of at least two metadata standards
REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS: 

1. Taylor, Arlene. The Organization of Information, 2nd ed., Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, c2004. ISBN:1-56308-969-6 (pbk.) 

2. Other course readings as assigned. Each week additional readings (maximum two) will be assigned to supplement readings from Taylor. These readings will either be posted as PDFs via D2L or accessible from web or the UA’s Main Library. The final exam will cover all materials that are assigned.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: 

Students are required to complete all the assigned readings. Students are required to participate in weekly discussions on D2L. A discussion question will be posted each week. To receive the full participation score, students need not only be on time in the D2L discussions, but also provide insightful and constructive comments. The instructor will monitor and contribute to the discussions as it will be the common forum for participation.

 

Students are required to complete three assignments:

1. Metadata Schemas and Encoding Standards

2. Metadata Crosswalk

3. Categorization and Classification

Students are required to complete one final exam, which will cover the reading materials assigned in the class. The final will be administered via D2L and due on the date and time indicated in D2L.

COURSE, SCHOOL, AND UNIVERSITY POLICIES: 

Academic Code of Integrity

Students are expected to abide by The University of Arizona Code of Academic Integrity. 'The guiding principle of academic integrity is that a student's submitted work must be the student's own.' If you have any questions regarding what is acceptable practice under this Code, please ask an Instructor.

Accommodating Disabilities

The University has a Disability Resource Center. If you anticipate the need for reasonable accommodations to meet the requirements of this course, you must register with the Disability Resource Center and request that the DRC send me, the Instructor, official notification of your accommodation needs as soon as possible. Please plan to meet with me by appointment or during office hours to discuss accommodations and how my course requirements and activities may impact your ability to fully participate.

Assignment Policies

Assigned readings must be done prior to or during the week assigned. All work must be turned in on the dates due by the time indicated in D2L for the assignment. Late work without prior notice and approval from the instructor will receive 5% deduction for each late day. Assignments late for 5 days will not be marked unless the instructor grants an extension. All work must be turned in using D2L. Do not submit your work outside of D2L.

Use only D2L email to correspond to the instructor at mhelm@d2l.arizona.edu

INCOMPLETES

The current Catalog reads

The grade of I may be awarded only at the end of a term, when all but a minor portion of the course work has been satisfactorily completed. The grade of I is not to be awarded in place of a failing grade or when the student is expected to repeat the course; in such a case, a grade other than I must be assigned. Students should make arrangements with the instructor to receive an incomplete grade before the end of the term ...

If the incomplete is not removed by the instructor within one year the I grade will revert to a failing grade.
GRADING: 

Grade Breakdown

1. Assignments (60%); Each 20%

2. Final Exam (25%)

3. Participation (15%)

 

Assignment of Course Grades

A = 90+ (Superior work)

B = 80-89 (Very good)

C = 70-79 (Satisfactory)

D = 60-69 (Below satisfactory)

E = 0-60 (Failed to meet requirements)

INSTRUCTOR NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESSES: 
Marly Helm, Assistant Librarian/Cataloger

Contact:

Email: mhelm@d2l.arizona.edu

Arizona State Museum Library

1013 E. University Blvd

Tucson, AZ 85721-0026

Office: (520) 621-4695

Instructor Hrs: By appointment

IRLS515

Wed, 05/07/2008 - 20:52 — hongcui
COURSE NAME, NUMBER AND PREREQUISITES: 

IRLS 515 Organization of Information

[Prerequisite: IRLS 504 or consent of the instructor.]

COURSE DESCRIPTION: 

Official Course Description

Introduction to the theories and practices used in the organization of information. Overview of national and international standards and practices for access to information in collections.

Specific Course Description

We will study the history, theories, and practices in the organization of recorded information, print and digital. An introductory course, IRLS 515 will survey the information and knowledge organization techniques that exist or are emerging, such as controlled vocabularies and the Semantic Web. We will focus on standards and tools that are used in large text-based information environments. We will approach these fascinating topics through intellectual discussions and hands-on exercises. We will be using the D2L (Desire to Learn) learning support system. All course related materials can be found there. Log on D2L at http://d2l.arizona.edu using your UA username and password. That website also contains d2l tutorials you may consult. Further D2L help can be found at D2L@email.arizona.edu or (520) 626-6804.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: 

The main goal of the course is to help students become familiar with the concepts and practices of bibliographic and non-bibliographic information organization and to nurture students’ interests in exploring this field further after completing the course. By the end of the course, the student will be able to:

· Understand the existing and new challenges involved in organization of information.

· Define a number of approaches that have been used to organize information in different settings and for different purposes.

· Compare and contrast the range of information organization approaches.

· Describe the main theories of information organization in library settings.

· Demonstrate basic skills in controlled vocabulary creation.

· Demonstrate basic knowledge of at least two metadata standards.

· Demonstrate basic skills in database construction.

· Articulate the similarities and differences between foundational concepts such as a thesaurus, ontology, authority file, subject heading list, and library classification scheme

REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS: 

 

· Taylor, Arlene. 2004. The Organization of Information. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited. [We will use this text only in the first half of the term. This text provides a comprehensive coverage on more traditional IO approaches, even though some content in the text is out of date. A few chapters from this text are available at our course site.]

· Other course readings are online. Students will be able to access them without charge. [We will use these readings mostly in the second half of the term. Readings marked as “for interested readers” are not required.]

· It is absolutely necessary for students to complete all required readings and note their questions before coming to the class.

 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: 

Students will complete five assignments. Assignments to be completed by 2-3 students as a group are marked with a (G). Assignments 3-5 build on assignment 2, so in some sense assignment 2 is especially important. Students are encouraged to be creative in assignment 2, but be sure to check with instructor to avoid regrets.

1. Encoding Standards

2. Metadata Schema and Revision

3. Controlled Vocabulary

4. Database Theory and Construction

5. (G) Metadata Crosswalk

COURSE, SCHOOL, AND UNIVERSITY POLICIES: 

Academic Code of Integrity

Students are expected to abide by The University of Arizona Code of Academic Integrity. 'The guiding principle of academic integrity is that a student's submitted work must be the student's own.' If you have any questions regarding what is acceptable practice under this Code, please ask an Instructor.

Accommodating Disabilities

The University has a Disability Resource Center. If you anticipate the need for reasonable accommodations to meet the requirements of this course, you must register with the Disability Resource Center and request that the DRC send me, the Instructor, official notification of your accommodation needs as soon as possible. Please plan to meet with me by appointment or during office hours to discuss accommodations and how my course requirements and activities may impact your ability to fully participate.

Assignment Policies

Assignment Policies

· All work must be turned in on the dates due by midnight (12:00pm) Arizona time. Late work without prior notice to and approval from the Instructor will receive 5% deduction for each late day. For example, if your work is marked at 80% but you hand it in 1 min after the midnight, your mark for that assignment will be 80%*0.95=76%. Assignments late for 5 days will not be marked unless an extension is granted by the Instructor.

· In case of D2L malfunctions, email your assignment to hong1.cui@gmail.com (so your assignment will not be marked as late) and then resubmit your assignment to D2L dropbox (or “late” dropbox). Only assignments in D2L dropbox will be graded. Email submissions only establish a timestamp on an assignment.

· Be sure to check your submissions are successful. “I am not sure what had happened, but I honestly thought I had submitted my assignment on time” is not an acceptable excuse for waiving the late penalties.

· HTML format must be used for all written assignments turned in for grading. Assignments in any other format are discarded without grading. Feel free to use any editor to produce the HTML documents.

· Missing one assignment will result in a C, so please DO stick to these guidelines. You’ve been warned.

· An assignment is due on the same date the next assignment is assigned. See the schedule for the starting dates.

· All work may be checked by Turnitin.com or other tools made available to the Instructor.

Incompletes

The current Catalog reads

The grade of I may be awarded only at the end of a term, when all but a minor portion of the course work has been satisfactorily completed. The grade of I is not to be awarded in place of a failing grade or when the student is expected to repeat the course; in such a case, a grade other than I must be assigned. Students should make arrangements with the instructor to receive an incomplete grade before the end of the term ...

If the incomplete is not removed by the instructor within one year the I grade will revert to a failing grade.
GRADING: 
Course grades will be assigned as follows:
A=90+ (Superior Work)
B=80-89 (Very Good)
C=70-79 (Marginally Satisfactory)
F=0-69 (Failed to meet requirements)
INSTRUCTOR NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESSES: 

Dr. Hong Cui

hongcui@email.arizona.edu

IRLS515-791 Organization of Information

Thu, 01/17/2008 - 15:27 — ckmalone
COURSE NAME, NUMBER AND PREREQUISITES: 

Organization of Information

IRLS515

This is a core course for the SIRLS Masters degree. There are no course prerequisites.

Cheryl Malone

COURSE DESCRIPTION: 

Official Course Description

Introduction to the theories and practices used in the organization of information. Overview
of national and international standards and practices for access to information
in collections.

Specific Course Description

We will study the history, theories, and practices in the organization of recorded information, print and digital. An introductory course, IRLS 515 will survey the information and knowledge organization techniques that exist or are emerging, such as controlled vocabularies and the Semantic Web. We will focus on standards and tools that are used in large text-based information environments. We will approach these fascinating topics
through readings, lectures, discussions and hands-on exercises. We will be using the
D2L (Desire to Learn) learning support system. All course related materials can
be found there. 
COURSE OBJECTIVES: 

The main goal of the course is to help students
become familiar with the concepts and practices of bibliographic and
non-bibliographic information organization and to nurture students’ interests
in exploring this field further. By the end of the course, the student will be
able to:

  • Understand the existing and new challenges involved in organization of information.
  • Define a number of approaches that have been used to organize information in different settings and for different purposes.
  • Compare and contrast the range of information organization approaches.
  • Describe the main theories of information organization in library settings.
  • Demonstrate basic skills in controlled vocabulary creation.
  • Demonstrate basic knowledge of at least two metadata standards.
  • Demonstrate basic skills in database construction.
  • Articulate the similarities and differences between foundational concepts such as a thesaurus, ontology, authority file, subject heading list, and library classification scheme
REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS: 
  • Taylor, Arlene. 2004. The Organization of Information. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
  • Other required course readings will be online.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: 

Students will complete five assignments valued at 15 points each. Assignments to be completed by a pair of students are marked with
a (P).

  1. Encoding Standards
  2. Metadata Schema
  3. Controlled Vocabulary
  4. Database
  5. (P) Metadata Crosswalk

Students will also complete exercises worth a total of 15 points.

Participation is worth 10 points.

COURSE, SCHOOL, AND UNIVERSITY POLICIES: 

Academic Code of Integrity

Students are expected to abide by The University of Arizona Code of Academic Integrity. 'The guiding principle of academic integrity is that a student's submitted work must be the student's own.' If you have any questions regarding what is acceptable practice under this Code, please ask an Instructor.

Accommodating Disabilities

The University has a Disability Resource Center. If you anticipate the need for reasonable accommodations to meet the requirements of this course, you must register with the Disability Resource Center and request that the DRC send me, the Instructor, official notification of your accommodation needs as soon as possible. Please plan to meet with me by appointment or during office hours to discuss accommodations and how my course requirements and activities may impact your ability to fully participate.

Assignment Policies

Students are expected to log in to the course a few times a week and keep up with the readings and discussion.

All assignments and exercises must be turned in using the D2L DropBox link. Please DO NOT submit your work outside D2L to avoid losing your assignments. Assignments and exercises will not be accepted after the deadlines given in the assignment descriptions, except in documented emergencies.


HTML format must be used for all written assignments and exercises.

Incompletes

The instructor does not grant incompletes except in documented emergencies.

The current Catalog reads

The grade of I may be awarded only at the end of a term, when all but a minor portion of the course work has been satisfactorily completed. The grade of I is not to be awarded in place of a failing grade or when the student is expected to repeat the course; in such a case, a grade other than I must be assigned. Students should make arrangements with the instructor to receive an incomplete grade before the end of the term ...

If the incomplete is not removed by the instructor within one year the I grade will revert to a failing grade.
GRADING: 

The instructor uses a points system. Students begin the course with 100 points.

Course grades will be assigned as follows:
A=90+ (Superior Work)
B=80-89 (Very Good)
C=70-79 (Marginally Satisfactory)
F=0-69 (Failed to meet requirements)

INSTRUCTOR NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESSES: 

Cheryl Knott Malone

ckmalone at d2l.arizona.edu

Office hours: 2-3 p.m. Wednesdays and by phone and email

 

IRLS515-001 Organization of Information

Mon, 11/05/2007 - 15:45 — hongcui
COURSE NAME, NUMBER AND PREREQUISITES: 

Organization of Information

IRLS515

Instructor: Hong Cui

This is a core course for the SIRLS Masters degree. There are no course prerequisites. This syllabus is under revision and will not become official until the start of the term.

 

Hong Cui

COURSE DESCRIPTION: 

Official Course Description

Introduction
to the theories and practices used in the organization of information. Overview
of national and international standards and practices for access to information
in collections.

Specific Course Description

We will study the history, theories, and practices in the
organization of recorded information, print and digital. An introductory
course, IRLS 515 will survey the information and knowledge organization
techniques that exist or are emerging, such as controlled vocabularies and the
Semantic Web. We will focus on standards and tools that are used in large
text-based information environments. We will approach these fascinating topics
through intellectual discussions and hands-on exercises. We will be using the
D2L (Desire to Learn) learning support system. All course related materials can
be found there. Log on D2L at http://d2l.arizona.edu
using your UA username and password. A tutorial on using D2L will be given in
class. Further D2L help can be found at D2L@email.arizona.edu
or (520) 626-6804.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: 

The main goal of the course is to help students
become familiar with the concepts and practices of bibliographic and
non-bibliographic information organization and to nurture students’ interests
in exploring this field further. By the end of the course, the student will be
able to:

  • Understand the existing and new challenges involved in organization of information.
  • Define a number of approaches that have been used to organize information in different settings and for different purposes.
  • Compare and contrast the range of information organization approaches.
  • Describe the main theories of information organization in library settings.
  • Demonstrate basic skills in controlled vocabulary creation.
  • Demonstrate basic knowledge of at least two metadata standards.
  • Demonstrate basic skills in database construction.
  • Articulate the similarities and differences between foundational concepts such as a thesaurus, ontology, authority file, subject heading list, and library classification scheme
REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS: 

Recommended
Course Readings

  • Taylor, Arlene. 2004. The Organization of Information. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited. [This text offers a rather comprehensive coverage on topics related to the organization of information with library school students as the target audience. ]
  • Other course readings are online. Students will be able to access them without a fee.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: 

Students will complete five
assignments. Assignments to be completed by a pair of students are marked with
a (P).

  1. Encoding Standards
  2. Metadata Schema
  3. Controlled Vocabulary
  4. Database
  5. (P) Metadata Crosswalk

 

COURSE, SCHOOL, AND UNIVERSITY POLICIES: 

Academic Code of Integrity

Students are expected to abide by The University of Arizona Code of Academic Integrity. 'The guiding principle of academic integrity is that a student's submitted work must be the student's own.' If you have any questions regarding what is acceptable practice under this Code, please ask an Instructor.

Accommodating Disabilities

The University has a Disability Resource Center. If you anticipate the need for reasonable accommodations to meet the requirements of this course, you must register with the Disability Resource Center and request that the DRC send me, the Instructor, official notification of your accommodation needs as soon as possible. Please plan to meet with me by appointment or during office hours to discuss accommodations and how my course requirements and activities may impact your ability to fully participate.

Attendance
Policy

Students are
expected to attend the class regularly. Frequent tardiness (>4) without
advanced notices to the Instructor will negatively affect student’s
participation mark. To receive the full participation mark, students need not
only be on time but also actively participate in class/D2L discussions.

Assignment Policies

·
All work must be turned in on the dates due by
midnight (12:00pm) Arizona time. Late work without prior notice to and approval
from the Instructor will receive 5% deduction for each late day. For
example, if your work is marked as 80% but you hand it in 1 min after the
midnight, your mark for that assignment will be 80%*.95=76%. Assignments late for 5 days will not be
marked unless an extension is granted by the Instructor.

·
An assignment is due on the same date the next
assignment is assigned. The schedule will be posted in D2L.

·
All work must be turned in using the D2L DropBox
link. Please DO NOT submit your work outside D2L to avoid losing your
assignments.

·
HTML format must be used for all written
assignments or report turned in for grading.

·
All work may be checked by Turnitin.com or other
tools made available to the Instructor.

Incompletes

The 1997-8 University of Arizona General Academic Manual, p.23 reads

The grade of I may be awarded only at the end of a semester, when all but a minor portion of the course work has been satisfactorily completed. The grade of I is not to be awarded when the student is expected to repeat the course; in such a case the grade of E must be assigned. Students should make arrangements with the instructor to receive an incompete grade before the end of the semester ...

If the incomplete is not removed by the instructor within one year the I grade will revert to a failing grade.

GRADING: 

Grade Breakdown

  1. Each assignment 18%
  2. Participation
    10%

Assignment of Course Grades

Course grades will be assigned as follows:
A=90+ (Superior Work)
B=80-89 (Very Good)
C=70-79 (Marginally Satisfactory)
F=0-69 (Failed to meet requirements)

 

INSTRUCTOR NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESSES: 

Instructor: Dr. Hong Cui

Instructor Office: SIRLS RM 21

Classroom:Social Science 224

Meeting time: Thursday 3:30-6pm

Instructor office hours: 9-12noon, 1-3pm Thursday. Posting questions on D2L is encouraged.

Instructor email: hongcui@email.arizona.edu (For
appointments only. Use [IRLS515 Appointment] on the subject line. Course
related questions should be posted on D2L).

IRLS515-001 Organization of Information

Mon, 11/05/2007 - 15:45 — hongcui
COURSE NAME, NUMBER AND PREREQUISITES: 

Organization of Information

IRLS515

This is a core course for the SIRLS Masters degree. There are no course prerequisites.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: 

Official Course Description

Introduction
to the theories and practices used in the organization of information. Overview
of national and international standards and practices for access to information
in collections.

Specific Course Description

We will study the history, theories, and practices in the
organization of recorded information, print and digital. An introductory
course, IRLS 515 will survey the information and knowledge organization
techniques that exist or are emerging, such as controlled vocabularies and the
Semantic Web. We will focus on standards and tools that are used in large
text-based information environments. We will approach these fascinating topics
through intellectual discussions and hands-on exercises. We will be using the
D2L (Desire to Learn) learning support system. All course related materials can
be found there. Log on D2L at http://d2l.arizona.edu
using your UA username and password. A tutorial on using D2L will be given in
class. Further D2L help can be found at D2L@email.arizona.edu
or (520) 626-6804.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: 

The main goal of the course is to help students
become familiar with the concepts and practices of bibliographic and
non-bibliographic information organization and to nurture students’ interests
in exploring this field further. By the end of the course, the student will be
able to:

  • ·
    Understand the existing and new challenges
    involved in organization of information.
  • ·
    Define a number of approaches that have been
    used to organize information in different settings and for different purposes.
  • ·
    Compare and contrast the range of information
    organization approaches.
  • ·
    Describe the main theories of information
    organization in library settings.
  • ·
    Demonstrate basic skills in controlled
    vocabulary creation.
  • ·
    Demonstrate basic knowledge of at least two
    metadata standards.
  • ·
    Demonstrate basic skills in database
    construction.
  • ·
    Articulate the similarities and differences
    between foundational concepts such as a thesaurus, ontology, authority file,
    subject heading list, and library classification scheme
REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS: 

Recommended
Course Readings

  • ·
    Taylor, Arlene. 2004. The Organization of
    Information. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited. [This text offers good and
    comprehensive coverage on topics related to the organization of information
    with library school students as the target audience. It is a good textbook
    worth keeping for sometime to come]
  • ·
    Other course readings are online. Students will
    be able to access them without a fee.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: 

Students will complete five
assignments. Assignments to be completed by a pair of students are marked with
a (P).

  1. Encoding Standards

  2. Metadata Schema
  3. Controlled Vocabulary

  4. Database

  5. (P) Metadata Crosswalk

 

COURSE, SCHOOL, AND UNIVERSITY POLICIES: 

Academic Code of Integrity

Students are expected to abide by The University of Arizona Code of Academic Integrity. 'The guiding principle of academic integrity is that a student's submitted work must be the student's own.' If you have any questions regarding what is acceptable practice under this Code, please ask an Instructor.

Accommodating Disabilities

The University has a Disability Resource Center. If you anticipate the need for reasonable accommodations to meet the requirements of this course, you must register with the Disability Resource Center and request that the DRC send me, the Instructor, official notification of your accommodation needs as soon as possible. Please plan to meet with me by appointment or during office hours to discuss accommodations and how my course requirements and activities may impact your ability to fully participate.

Attendance
Policy

Students are
expected to attend the class regularly. Frequent tardiness (>4) without
advanced notices to the Instructor will negatively affect student’s
participation mark. To receive the full participation mark, students need not
only be on time but also actively participate in class/T2L discussions.

Assignment Policies

·
All work must be turned in on the dates due by
midnight (12:00pm) Arizona time. Late work without prior notice to and approval
from the Instructor will receive 5% deduction for each late day. For
example, if your work is marked as 80% but you hand it in 1 min after the
midnight, your mark for that assignment will be 80%*.95=76%. Assignments late for 5 days will not be
marked unless an extension is granted by the Instructor.

·
An assignment is due on the same date the next
assignment is assigned. See the schedule for dates. The last assignment is due
on Dec. 3, 2007.

·
All work must be turned in using the D2L DropBox
link. Please DO NOT submit your work outside D2L to avoid losing your
assignments.

·
HTML format must be used for all written
assignments or report turned in for grading.

·
All work may be checked by Turnitin.com or other
tools made available to the Instructor.

Incompletes

The 1997-8 University of Arizona General Academic Manual, p.23 reads

The grade of I may be awarded only at the end of a semester, when all but a minor portion of the course work has been satisfactorily completed. The grade of I is not to be awarded when the student is expected to repeat the course; in such a case the grade of E must be assigned. Students should make arrangements with the instructor to receive an incompete grade before the end of the semester ...

If the incomplete is not removed by the instructor within one year the I grade will revert to a failing grade.

GRADING: 

Grade Breakdown

  1. Each assignment 18%
  2. Participation
    10%

Assignment of Course Grades

Course grades will be assigned as follows:
A=90+ (Superior Work)
B=80-89 (Very Good)
C=70-79 (Marginally Satisfactory)
F=0-69 (Failed to meet requirements)

 

INSTRUCTOR NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESSES: 

Instructor: Dr. Hong Cui

Instructor Office: SIRLS RM 21

Classroom:Social Science 224

Meeting time: 6:30-9:00PM Monday

Instructor office hours:
1:00-4:00PM Monday or by appointment. Posting questions on D2L is encouraged.

Instructor email: hongcui@email.arizona.edu (For
appointments only. Use [IRLS515 Appointment] on the subject line. Course
related questions should be posted on D2L).

IRLS515-791 Organization of Information

Thu, 08/02/2007 - 15:30 — Anonymous
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COURSE NAME, NUMBER AND PREREQUISITES: 

Organization of Information
IRLS515 Section 001

This course is a core course, and there are no course prerequisites.

Fall 2007 Instructor: Martin Frické

COURSE DESCRIPTION: 

"Online instructional course on the Organization of Information." (3 credit hours)

General overview

The SIRLS catalog description is: Introduction to the theories and practices used in the organization of information. Overview of national and international standards and practices for access to information,

This course studies the history, theory and practices of information organization, primarily in traditional and digital libraries. However, other organizations and information environments such as archives, museums and management information systems are also included. This is an introductory course that surveys the information and knowledge organization techniques that exist or are emerging, and focuses on standards and tools that are used in large information environments.

It is recommended that you complete your evaluation and information technology electives before enrolling in IRLS 515.

Read Coleman, A. 2002. Interdisciplinarity : The Road Ahead for Education in Digital Libraries. D-Lib Magazine , 8 (7/8), July/August. This article will help you understand the sequence of courses that you can take in the area of Knowledge Organization (= Information Organization).

How this course will be taught

This is an online course taught virtually at a distance using the Web. The course is conceived of as discussions on 15 (or so) topics. A lecture course in the University of Arizona amounts to 37 1/2 hours of instruction spread through a semester. Our 'discussions' will be the virtual counterpart of 15 (or so) two and a half hour lectures, delivered at a rate of two a week. There will be notes, readings, discussion groups, chat, and (of course) assignments.

The course has a start date and an end date, and the class as a whole will move through the course together The primary means of introducing the scholarly material will be Notes. These are going to be posted one at a time steadily through the session, keeping the whole class moving forward through the material. There are 15 plus sets of Notes, and these normally will be delivered at a rate of one a week (usually put up on a Tuesday). There will be assignments, with due dates, and formal discussions, and these will serve to check progress. There also will be readings or references to be followed up on the Web.

Almost all interactions will be asynchronous. That is, students can log on whenever they wish, and read material and post replies on timetables that suits their individual needs. A student will typically need to log on about 5 times a week. (An analog here is email-- most folk check their email at least five times a week.)

d2l (desire to learn) is used as the instructional and course management environment. Students who enrol in the course will be given an account. They will be able to log in to their account via the Learning Technologies Center E-Learning Portal. d2l has facilities for internal email, and this will be one way to contact the Instructor or the Graduate Assistant Teacher (GAT).

Students are expected to log on reasonably regularly, to read and study the Notes and references, to participate in the online discussions, to interact by email (and other means) with their fellow students, to write (or otherwise answer) the assignments, to download and upload files (this will be taught), and to carry out various other activities. It is hard to anticipate accurately how much time all these course related activities will take in total (and such a figure would vary from student to student and from week to week), but, seven hours a week is a rough order of magnitude estimate.

The course will start in earnest a few days after the start of the semester. The d2l software can detect when students log on, and when most of the students have shown that the are present by logging on, the Instructor will get the course underway.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: 

The main goal of the course is to help students become familiar with the concepts and practices of bibliographic and non-bibliographic information organization. By the end of the course, the student will be able to:

  • Define the knowledge structures (a.k.a. information handling tools) used in various information environments for organizing information and knowledge
  • Describe the main theories in library and archival cataloging (including recent trends in metadata), categorization, classification, and subject analysis
  • List the uses, advantages, and disdvantages of a sample range of knowledge structures (information handling tools)
  • Demonstrate basic skills in subject analysis
  • Demonstrate basic skills in metadata creation
  • Demonstrate basic knowledge of at least two metadata standards
  • Articulate the similarities and differences between a thesaurus, ontology, authority file, subject heading list, and library classification scheme
REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS: 

Students need online access, either by way of their own computers and Internet connection; or by public access means (such as those provided in Public Libraries or in on campus labs).

And online materials are available either directly on the Web, or through password protected electronic reserves at the library (http://eres.library.arizona.edu with password xxx)

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: 

The course requirements are

  • coursework
  • participation

The coursework requirement will be two Exercises and two Assignments. One Exercise will be due about 2 weeks and the other 4 weeks into the course, at times to be announced in class. The Assignments will be due toward the end of the class.

The participation requirement is that you contribute to the online discussion groups or forums. You can meet this requirement by posting at least 5 times during the semester. We do not want these forums to be cluttered up by folk posting when they have nothing to say. But you should have something to say from time to time, and we would like to hear it.

Participation will count for 10% of the final grade; Exercise 1 20% and Exercise 2 20%; and Assignment 3 20% of the grade, and Assignment 4 is the remaining 30%.

COURSE, SCHOOL, AND UNIVERSITY POLICIES: 

Academic Code of Integrity

Students are expected to abide by The University of Arizona Code of Academic Integrity, see . 'The guiding principle of academic integrity is that a student's submitted work must be the student's own.' If you have any questions regarding what is acceptable practice under this Code, please ask an Instructor.

Accommodating Disabilities

The University has a Disability Resource Center. If you anticipate the need for reasonable accommodations to meet the requirements of this course, you must register with the Disability Resource Center and request that the DRC send me, the Instructor, official notification of your accommodation needs as soon as possible. Please plan to meet with me by appointment or during office hours to discuss accommodations and how my course requirements and activities may impact your ability to fully participate.

Assignment Policies

  • Submission: The papers are to be submitted usually by the d2l assignment Dropbox, which can be found as a link on the toolbar. (A less preferable alternative is by d2l internal email to the Instructor, put, for example, 'Assignment One' as the subject and send the assignment either as the message or as an attachment to the message. Pure electronic documents need to be either plain text or formatted using HTML (just 'Save As' HTML using your favourite word processor).
  • Format, style and content: Content is all important in this course. Style should be plain and transparent (be guided by the classic Strunk and White Elements of Style). If English is not your native language, and you would like some assistance, please contact the Instructor. The format is unimportant, except that it should be html.
  • Late papers: There will be due dates and students are expected to meet them. With an online course like this, difficulties can arise (such as computers or d2l being temporarily out of service) and appropriate decisions will be made as needed.

Incompletes

The 1997-8 University of Arizona General Academic Manual, p.23 reads

The grade of I may be awarded only at the end of a semester, when all but a minor portion of the course work has been satisfactorily completed. The grade of I is not to be awarded when the student is expected to repeat the course; in such a case the grade of E must be assigned. Students should make arrangements with the instructor to receive an incompete grade before the end of the semester ...

If the incomplete is not removed by the instructor within one year the I grade will revert to a failing grade.

GRADING: 

 

The following scales will be used

For IRLS415 students

Internal

For the University

85-100%

A

65-84%

B

below 65%

C

For IRLS515 students

The following scales will be used

Internal

For Graduate School

90-100%

A

80-89%

B

below 80%

C

 

General grading criteria: For ordinary papers, and unless specified otherwise, you should write about the equivalent of four pages of ordinary text (ie about 1200 words). Grammar, style, or spelling are not central-- provided the paper is understandable and the faults are not so severe as to be a distraction. Then, important grading criteria include:-

  • clear articulation of your views and arguments
  • soundness of what is said
  • appropriate appeal to evidence
  • clear and concise exposition of the points you are making
  • consideration of intellectual context and relevant literature

 

How to find out your grades: d2l has two main ways to help a student find grades. There is a link on the toolbar named 'Grades' which, if clicked on, will display all the grades. Second, if a student clicks on a submitted and graded assignment in the Dropbox, the grade, and feedback comments from the Instructor, will be displayed.

INSTRUCTOR NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESSES: 

Please raise queries by email. When the course is up and running, and you are a registered student, use the course's internal email (this is best for me as it keeps material related to this course in one place). Failing that, use ordinary email to mfricke(AT)u.arizona.edu .

There will be an online office hour, during which I will be available in a Chat room. This will be at a time to suit you students, but it may well be an evening at 7pm MST.

IRLS515-001 Organization of Information

Wed, 05/23/2007 - 04:30 — mfricke
Image
COURSE NAME, NUMBER AND PREREQUISITES: 

Organization of Information

IRLS515 Section 001

This course is a core course, and there are no course prerequisites.

 

Summer 2007 Instructor: Martin Frické

COURSE DESCRIPTION: 

"Online instructional course on the Organization of Information." (3 credit hours)

General overview

The SIRLS catalog description is: Introduction to the theories and practices used in the organization of information. Overview of national and international standards and practices for access to information,

This course studies the history, theory and practices of information organization, primarily in traditional and digital libraries. However, other organizations and information evironments such as archives, museums and management information systems are also included. This is an introductory course that surveys the information and knowledge organization techniques that exist or are emerging, and focuses on standards and tools that are used in large text-based information environments

It is recommended that you complete your evaluation and information technology electives before enrolling in IRLS 515.

Read Coleman, A. 2002. Interdisciplinarity : The Road Ahead for Education in Digital Libraries. D-Lib Magazine , 8 (7/8), July/August. This article will help you understand the sequence of courses that you can take in the area of Knowledge Organization (= Information Organization).

How this course will be taught

This is an online course taught virtually at a distance using the Web. The course is conceived of as discussions on 15 (or so) topics. A lecture course in the University of Arizona amounts to 37 1/2 hours of instruction spread through a semester. Our 'discussions' will be the virtual counterpart of 15 (or so) two and a half hour lectures, delivered at a rate of two a week. There will be notes, readings, discussion groups, chat, and (of course) assignments.

The course has a start date and an end date, and the class as a whole will move through the course together The primary means of introducing the scholarly material will be Notes. These are going to be posted one at a time steadily through the session, keeping the whole class moving forward through the material. There are 15 plus sets of Notes, and these normally will be delivered at a rate of 2 a week (usually put up on a Tuesday and a Friday). There will be assignments, with due dates, and formal discussions, and these will serve to check progress. There also will be readings or references to be followed up on the Web.

Almost all interactions will be asynchronous. That is, students can log on whenever they wish, and read material and post replies on timetables that suits their individual needs. A student will typically need to log on about 5 times a week. (An analog here is email-- most folk check their email at least five times a week.)

d2l (desire to learn) is used as the instructional and course management environment. Students who enrol in the course will be given an account. They will be able to log in to their account via the Learning Technologies Center E-Learning Portal. d2l has facilities for internal email, and this will be one way to contact the Instructor or the Graduate Assistant Teacher (GAT).

Students are expected to log on reasonably regularly, to read and study the Notes and references, to participate in the online discussions, to interact by email (and other means) with their fellow students, to write (or otherwise answer) the assignments, to download and upload files (this will be taught), and to carry out various other activities. It is hard to anticipate accurately how much time all these course related activities will take in total (and such a figure would vary from student to student and from week to week), but, for a summer course, ten hours a week is a rough order of magnitude estimate.

The course will start in earnest a few days after the start of the semester. The d2l software can detect when students log on, and when most of the students have shown that the are present by logging on, the Instructor will get the course underway.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: 

The main goal of the course is to help students become familiar with the concepts and practices of bibliographic and non-bibliographic information organization. By the end of the course, the student will be able to:

  • Define the knowledge structures (a.k.a. information handling tools) used in various information environments for organizing information and knowledge
  • Describe the main theories in library and archival cataloging (including recent trends in metadata), categorization, classification, and subject analysis
  • List the uses, advantages, and disdvantages of a sample range of knowledge structures (information handling tools)
  • Demonstrate basic skills in subject analysis
  • Demonstrate basic skills in metadata creation
  • Demonstrate basic knowledge of at least two metadata standards
  • Articulate the similarities and differences between a thesaurus, ontology, authority file, subject heading list, and library classification scheme
REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS: 

Students need online access, either by way of their own computers and Internet connection; or by public access means (such as those provided in Public Libraries or in on campus labs).

And online materials are available either directly on the Web, or through password protected electronic reserves at the library (http://eres.library.arizona.edu with password xxx)

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: 

The course requirements are

  • coursework
  • participation

The coursework requirement will be two Exercises and a two part Project. One Exercise will be due about 2 weeks and the other 4 weeks into the course, at times to be announced in class. The Project will be due toward the end of the class.

The participation requirement is that you contribute to the online discussion groups or forums. You can meet this requirement by posting at least 10 times during the semester. We do not want these forums to be cluttered up by folk posting when they have nothing to say. But you should have something to say from time to time, and we would like to hear it.

Participation will count for 20% of the final grade; Exercise 1 15% and Exercise 2 15%; and Part 1 of the final project 25% of the grade, and Part 2 is the remaining 25%.

COURSE, SCHOOL, AND UNIVERSITY POLICIES: 

Academic Code of Integrity

Students are expected to abide by The University of Arizona Code of Academic Integrity, see . 'The guiding principle of academic integrity is that a student's submitted work must be the student's own.' If you have any questions regarding what is acceptable practice under this Code, please ask an Instructor.

Accommodating Disabilities

The University has a Disability Resource Center. If you anticipate the need for reasonable accommodations to meet the requirements of this course, you must register with the Disability Resource Center and request that the DRC send me, the Instructor, official notification of your accommodation needs as soon as possible. Please plan to meet with me by appointment or during office hours to discuss accommodations and how my course requirements and activities may impact your ability to fully participate.

Assignment Policies

  • Submission: The papers are to be submitted usually by the d2l assignment Dropbox, which can be found as a link on the toolbar. (A less preferable alternative is by d2l internal email to the Instructor, put, for example, 'Assignment One' as the subject and send the assignment either as the message or as an attachment to the message. Pure electronic documents need to be either plain text or formatted using HTML (just 'Save As' HTML using your favourite word processor).
  • Format, style and content: Content is all important in this course. Style should be plain and transparent (be guided by the classic Strunk and White Elements of Style). If English is not your native language, and you would like some assistance, please contact the Instructor. The format is unimportant, except that it should be html.
  • Late papers: There will be due dates and students are expected to meet them. With an online course like this, difficulties can arise (such as computers or d2l being temporarily out of service) and appropriate decisions will be made as needed.

Incompletes

The 1997-8 University of Arizona General Academic Manual, p.23 reads

The grade of I may be awarded only at the end of a semester, when all but a minor portion of the course work has been satisfactorily completed. The grade of I is not to be awarded when the student is expected to repeat the course; in such a case the grade of E must be assigned. Students should make arrangements with the instructor to receive an incompete grade before the end of the semester ...

If the incomplete is not removed by the instructor within one year the I grade will revert to a failing grade.

GRADING: 

 

The following scales will be used

For IRLS415 students

Internal

For the University

85-100%

A

65-84%

B

below 65%

C

For IRLS515 students

The following scales will be used

Internal

For Graduate School

90-100%

A

70-89%

B

below 70%

C

 

General grading criteria: For ordinary papers, and unless specified otherwise, you should write about the equivalent of four pages of ordinary text (ie about 1200 words). Grammar, style, or spelling are not central-- provided the paper is understandable and the faults are not so severe as to be a distraction. Then, important grading criteria include:-

  • clear articulation of your views and arguments
  • soundness of what is said
  • appropriate appeal to evidence
  • clear and concise exposition of the points you are making
  • consideration of intellectual context and relevant literature

 

How to find out your grades: d2l has two main ways to help a student find grades. There is a link on the toolbar named 'Grades' which, if clicked on, will display all the grades. Second, if a student clicks on a submitted and graded assignment in the Dropbox, the grade, and feedback comments from the Instructor, will be displayed.

INSTRUCTOR NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESSES: 

Please raise queries by email. When the course is up and running, and you are a registered student, use the course's internal email (this is best for me as it keeps material related to this course in one place). Failing that, use ordinary email to mfricke(AT)u.arizona.edu .

There will be an online office hour, during which I will be available in a Chat room. This will be at a time to suit you students, but it may well be an evening at 7pm MST.

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