School of Information Management & Systems
Previously School of Library & Information Studies
245
Organization of Information in Collections.
Spr. 2000. CCN# 42727. Mon & Wed 9-10:30. 202 South Hall.
Instructor:
Michael Buckland
203A South Hall. (510) 642 3159.
buckland@sims.berkeley.edu
245 Organization of Information in Collections. (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: 202 or consent of instructor. Standards
and practices for description and organization of bibliographic, textual, and nontextual
collections. Design, selection, maintenance and evaluation of cataloging,
classification, indexing and thesaurus systems for particular settings. Vocabulary
control. Codes, formats and standards for data representation and transfer.
Expectations:
Attendance, participation, careful writing, timeliness.
Why take this course?
Learn by doing!
Schedule.
Intended Plan.
Readings.
Previous offering.
Exercises to develop expertise in searching:
1. MELVYL.
2: Names in MELVYL.
3. Subjects in MELVYL.
4. Thesauri.
5. MELVYL's other databases.
6. Entry vocabulary indexes.
7.
Dewey Classification and Call Numbers.
8: Library Cataloging: AACR2 and
ISBD.
Assignments, mostly representations of information (metadata):
1. Me and 245.
2. Describe four books.
3. Abstracting & indexing services.
4. Dublin Core
5. Languages in MARC;
6. Social Aspects of Naming.
7. Make a Thesaurus.
Design and create a
unique online database for your personal collection.
Prepare a
critique of topical access.
Grading:
Two in-class
tests, database of personal collection, and Critique,
adjusted for attendance, participation, assignments & exercises. No final.
No programming.
Handouts are listed in the
Schedule.
Extended course description:
Standards and practices for organization and
description of bibliographic, textual, and non-textual
collections. Design, selection, maintenance and
evaluation of cataloging, classification, indexing and
thesaurus systems for specific settings. Codes,
formats and standards for representation and transfer of
data.
A continuation and expansion of the introductory core
course 202 Organization of Information with emphasis
on organization of and access to textual and
non-textual materials in paper-based and digital
collections. A project oriented course designed to
provide theoretical foundations for current practices and
for exploration of new methodologies for effective
retrieval of information content. Emphasis on
implementation and evaluation of organization and
retrieval systems. Designed for SIMS Masters students
expecting to manage paper-based and digital
collections of information resources. Includes
application of standard cataloging rules and indexing
methods. Scope includes:
1.Systems for organization of paper-based and
digital bibliographic and textual collections of
information.
a. Use and evaluation of classification systems
including those employed in the organization of
bibliographic collections; organization of
abstracting and indexing services.
b. Use and evaluation of standardized codes and
formats for the organization and cataloging of
textual and bibliographic collections.
2. Systems for organization of non-textual
collections of information (objects, images,
ound, numerical and digital formats).
Use and evaluation of systems.
Use and evaluation of standards.
3.Design and evaluation of collections
management systems, including criteria for
systems design.
Expectations of students:
Attendance, participation, careful writing, timeliness.