Systems & Metadata Analysis
Course Level Postgraduate
Area/Catalogue
INFS 5083
Course Level
Postgraduate
Offered Externally
Yes
Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Course ID
101876
Unit Value
4.5
University-wide elective course
No
Timetable/s
This class has not been
timetabled for year 2024.
Course owner
School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences
Course Alert: This course is no longer available for enrolment
Course aim
To provide students with the theoretical foundations, knowledge and skills in subject cataloguing, classification and metadata schemas to organise resources in all formats to international standards to assist information discovery.
Course content
Overview of metadata, repositories, archives, museums, and galleries; theories, principles and practices of business and subject analysis and classification; the application of major classification schemes for library, records, and archival management environments; the theoretical foundations, structure, and application of international subject cataloguing schemes; research in the field of linked library data, ontologies, and the semantic web the value of standardised recordkeeping metadata; metadata standards, metadata architecture, schemas, and applications for describing and organising digital objects and collections; metadata interoperability, access, and data reuse; metadata standards, types, and schema; provenance and original order; classification schemes, DDC, LC classification, UDC; and research information description, access, organisational impacts and information retrieval.
Textbook(s)
Nil
Prerequisite(s)
| Common to all relevant programs | |
|---|---|
| Subject Area & Catalogue Number | Course Name |
| INFS 5104 | Information Management Foundations |
| INFS 5107 | Technological Foundations |
Corequisite(s)
Nil
Teaching method
| Component | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNAL, CITY WEST | |||
| Practical (Lecture and Practical) | 3 hours x 13 weeks | ||
| EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE | |||
| External (Online resources, moderated discussions and other online interactions) | N/A x 13 weeks | ||
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Assessment
Essay, Practical subject cataloguing and classification exercises, Report and Metadata Schema
Fees
EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4A)
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