School of Information Management & Systems. Spring 2001.
245 Organization of Information in Collections.   Michael Buckland.

Intended Plan. -- Expect changes.   See Schedule.

TOPICS TO BE COVERED
Jan 17: No class.
Jan 22 & 24: Introduction: Why? Information ("Documents"). Collections (Sets). Organizing ("Ordering").
Jan 29 & 31: Content formats and communications formats. MARC.
Feb 5 & 7: Documents, Collections, & Ordering (arrangement).
Feb 12 & 14: Searching, selecting. Representations, AACRII: Books.
Feb 19 & 21: Representations: Other materials.
Feb 26 & 28: Choice of Access Points. Main entry.
Mar 5 & 7: Authority Control. Personal names.
Mar 12 & 14: Corporate names. Uniform Titles.
Mar 19 & 21: Subject Access. LCSH
Mar 26 & 28: SPRING BREAK
Apr 2 & 4: Classification.
Apr 9 & 11: Metadata Standards. Entry vocabulary mappings.
Apr 16 & 18: Indexing. Thesaurus Design and Development.
Apr 23 & 25: Automatic Categorization.
Apr 30, May 2, & 7: Synthesis and reports.

TENTATIVE DUE-DATES FOR EXERCISES AND ASSIGNMENTS
Jan 29 & 31: Me & 245; MELVYL Basic; Describe four documents.
Feb 5 & 7: Names in MELVYL; Abstracting & Indexing Services.
Feb 12 & 14: Subject representation in LSCH (MELVYL & Berman).
Feb 19 & 21: Thesauri.
Feb 26 & 28: Dublin Core compliance.
Mar 5 & 7: Melvyl's other databases; MARC language coding.
Mar 12 & 14: Design of personal database.
Mar 19 & 21: Deliver database.
Mar 26 & 28: SPRING BREAK Apr 2 & 4: Cataloging (AACR2 & ISBD).
Apr 9 & 11: Classification (Dewey).
Apr 16 & 18: Entry vocabulary indexes.
Apr 23 & 25: Critique of access.
Apr 30, May 2, & 7: Synthesis and reports.