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2405 - INTRODUCTION TO CATALOGING AND CLASSIFICATION
Theory, principles, and standards of descriptive and
subject cataloging as currently practiced and conceptualized;
emphasis on the changing information landscape. Focuses
on analyzing systems and practices that respond to
user needs, practically and ethically. Provides
beginning level experience with bibliographic utilities,
description, metadata and encoding schemes, choice
of entry, construction of headings, authority control,
Dewey and Library of Congress classification schemes,
and Library of Congress Subject Headings. Prerequisite: LIS
2001 (completed) or permission of instructor.
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2406 - ADVANCED CATALOGING AND CLASSIFICATION
Examines more complex theoretical and practical problems
in creating and maintaining bibliographic information
systems within a variety of information environments. Prerequisite: LIS 2405
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2407 - METADATA
Principles and application of metadata for networked
information resource organization, representation,
retrieval, and interoperability using a variety of
schemes and tools. Prerequisite: LIS 2001 (completed)
or consent of instructor.
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2452 - INDEXING AND ABSTRACTING
Principles, practices, and applications of abstracting,
subject indexing, controlled vocabularies, and syndetic
reference structures. Survey of current issues
and relevant research. Projects in abstracting
and derived and assigned indexing in journal/database
and Web context. Prerequisite: LIS 2001
(completed) or consent of instructor.
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2453 - THESAURUS CONSTRUCTION
Basic principles and practice of thesaurus construction
for information retrieval. Including: thesaurus construction
for information retrieval employing national and international
standards; consideration of issues in thesaurus construction
and use in an environment with multiple thesauri, multilingual
collections and users, or special formatted materials;
critical analysis of existing thesauri following basic
principles; review of other access vocabularies besides
thesauri needed for improved information retrieval. Projects:
individual term hierarchy construction and the construction
of a thesaurus from ground up. Prerequisite: LIS 2001
(completed) or consent of instructor.
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