Organising Resources B

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

Theories, principles and practices of subject analysis and classification; the application of major classification schemes (DDC, LC Classification, UDC); the theoretical foundations, structure and application of international subject cataloguing schemes (LCSH, MeSH); research in the field of linked library data, ontologies, and the semantic web; and metadata architectures, schemas and applications for describing and organising digital collections.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
INFS 5077	Organising Resources A

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 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

Essay, Practical subject cataloguing and classification exercises, Report and Metadata Schema

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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