Outline and Schedule
This is a preliminary outline for the course. It is expected to change during the semester.
(Week. Content -- dates -- readings)
Introduction to Course & Metadata -- (Jan 17, 19) -- Readings:
More on Description and Metadata: History of Descriptive Rules -- (Jan 24, 26) -- Readings:
- Slides from Lecture 3 download
- Slides from Lecture 4 download
- Assignment 1.
MARC Format and Markup: Online Catalogs -- (Jan 31, Feb 2) -- Readings:
K. Markey - The Online Catalog: Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained?
Papers from the Future of Cataloging Meeting, especially...
Introduction to Description and AACRII -- (Feb 7, 9) -- Readings:
- Slides from Lecture 7 (Feb 9) download
Choice of Access Points and Form of Names in AACRII -- (Feb 14, 16) -- Readings:
FRBR and Works Description -- (Feb 21, 23) -- Readings: Barbara Tillett - What is FRBR?; IFLA FRBR Report
- Slides from Lecture 10 download
- FRBR Discussion (no slides)
TBA -- (Feb 28, Mar 2) -- Readings:
- No class meetings Feb 28 and Mar 2
MODS and METS -- (Mar 7, 9) -- Readings:
- Slides from Lecture 11 Eric Childress on Non MARC Standards; Rebecca Guenther on MODS
- Slides from Lecture 12 Jerome McDonough on METS
EAD and EAC -- (Mar 14, 16) -- Readings:
- Slides from Lecture 13 PNC EAD Slides
- Slides from Lecture 14 Daniel Pitti on EAD and Daniel Pitti on EAC
Introduction to Subject Access & LCSH -- (Mar 21, 23) -- Readings: Does Topical Metadata Help...
- Slides from Lecture 15 download
Spring Break -- (Mar 28, 30) -- Readings:
Facetted Thesaurus Design and Development -- (Apr 4, 6) -- Readings: Broughton: Facetted Classification... Thesaurus XML formats
Ontologies and Ontology Development -- (Apr 11, 13) -- Readings: Noy & McGuiness Ontology Development 101
- Slides from Lecture 18 Goble and Shadbolt, part 1
- Slides from Lecture 19 Goble and Shadbolt, part 2 part 3
Ontologies, cont. & Automatic Categorization -- (Apr 17, 19) -- Readings: Plaunt and Norgard - An Association-Based Method for Automatic Indexing with a Controlled Vocabulary PDF
- Slides from Lecture 20 Goble and Shadbolt, part 4 part 5
- Slides from Lecture 21 download
TBA -- (Apr 25, 27) -- Readings:
Class Projects Presentation and Discussion -- (May 2, 4) -- Readings: