Organising Resources

Course aim

To provide students with the theoretical foundations, knowledge and skills to describe and organise resources in formats, using international standards to enable information discovery.

Course content

Theoretical foundations and history of bibliographic organisation; study of principles for organising various types of documents; representation and organisation of information resources, including organisational structures such as, indexes, bibliographies and catalogues; role and application of international content and carrier standards; role of bibliographic organisation systems in inventory control systems; cataloguing workflows and management; practical applications of metadata and online cataloguing.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Practical (Lecture and Practical)	3 hours x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External (Online Activities)	3 hours 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

Copy cataloguing exercises & report, Essay, Original cataloguing exercises

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.