LIS656 ORGANIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE II

SCHOOL OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE LIS 656

University of Kentucky CHAN

ORGANIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE II

SYLLABUS

COURSE DESCRIPTION

In-depth coverage of the theories and practice of bibliographic description and subject analysis. Covers the organization of both print and electronic information, and authority control. Emphasis is on problems in practice, special case studies, current issues and future trends of description, subject analysis and online authority control. Also includes discussion and application of current methods in resource description and knowledge organization such as Dublin Core metadata, TEI headers, and EAD.

Prerequisite: LIS655.

COURSE ORIENTATION

While students who intend to work in the area of resource description (e.g., cataloging, metadata), subject access, subject categorization and classification, and/or online catalog maintenance and quality control will find this course desirable, it is designed also for those who are interested in online systems development and maintenance and for those who will engage in service areas such as user services, collection development, archive management, and serials control, which rely heavily on the contents of integrated online systems. Another objective of this course is to provide a foundation for those interested in the description and organization of electronic resources.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

* To provide advanced studies in resource description and subject analysis in catalogs and databases

* To provide instruction in authority control in databases based on Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2R) and MARC 21 Formats

* To provide an understanding and instruction in the application of metadata standards and encoding schemes, including AACR2R, MARC 21 Formats, Dublin Core, etc. for the description and representation of electronic resources

* To help students become familiar with standards and tools for subject analysis

* To provide an overview of subject analysis systems such as the Universal Decimal Classification, National Library of Medicine Classification, Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), and schemes for categorization or classification of electronic resources

* To help students develop advanced skills in the application of subject analysis tools, with special emphasis on Library of Congress Classification and Library of Congress Subject Headings

EXERCISES

Practical exercises will be distributed in class. Each exercise should be completed on the date specified. The exercises will not be graded but will be used as basis for discussion in class.

EVALUATION

Your final grade will be based on the following tests/papers:

Subject Headings - 20%

Classification - 20%

Name authority control - 10%

Cataloging/description of electronic resources - 25%

Project: metadata schemas– 25%

ORGANIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE II

COURSE OUTLINE

Subject Access

I. Subject Analysis and categorization

A. Subject approach to information

Analysis of subject content of documents

Facet analysis and synthesis (pre‑ and post‑coordination)

B. Verbal representation

Languages ‑ natural, keyword, descriptors, subject headings

Vocabulary control ‑ terminology, forms, references

C. Notational representation

Notation ‑ pure, mixed

Characteristics ‑ hierarchical, expressive

Synthesis vs. enumeration

II. Controlled vocabulary and Subject Analysis and Representation

A. Introduction

1. Brief history and objectives

2. Need for a controlled vocabulary

B. Library of Congress Subject Headings

1. Principles

2. Forms of headings

3. Subdivisions

4. Syndetic devices

5. Headings omitted from LCSH

6. Application

C. Other indexing vocabularies and systems

III. Classification and subject categorization

A. Historical development

B. Principles

C. Library of Congress Classification

1. History

2. Principles and general characteristics

3. Notation

4. Tables

5. Individual classes

D. Other modern library classification and categorization systems

1. Dewey Decimal Classification, Edition 22

2. Universal Decimal Classification

3. National Library of Medicine Classification (NLM)

4. MeSH Tree Structures

E. Subject categorization of web resources

Description and Encoding

I. MARC 21 formats

II. Metadata Schemas

A. DC (Dublin Core)

B. CSDGM (Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata)

C. VRA (Visual Resources Association) Core

D. EAD (Encoded Archival Description)

E. TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) headers

F. ONIX (Online Information Exchange)

G. GILS (Global Information Locator Service)

H. MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema)

III. Name Authority control - AACR2R

A. Personal names

B. Geographic names

C. Corporate names

D. Uniform titles

IV. Bibliographic description of electronic resources - AACR2R and Dublin Core

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

STANDARDS

Anglo‑American Cataloguing Rules. 2nd ed., 2002 revision. Prepared under the direction of the Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR, a committee of the American Library Association, the Australian Committee on Cataloguing, the British Library, the Canadian Committee on Cataloguing, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, the Library of Congress. Chicago: American Library Association, 2002.

Cataloging Internet Resources: A Manual and Practical Guide. c2005. http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/worldcat/cataloging/internetguide/

The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set

(ANSI/NISO standard Z39.85-2001)

(http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/pdf/free/335284/Z39.85-2001.pdf)

Free‑floating Subdivisions: An Alphabetical Index.

Library of Congress Classification

Library of Congress Subject Headings.

Library of Congress Rule Interpretations. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1989, with quarterly updates.

Subject Cataloging Manual: Classification. 1st ed. Prepared by the Office for Subject Cataloging Policy, Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1992. Update No. 1, 1995.

Subject Cataloging Manual: Shelflisting. 2nd ed. Prepared by the Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1995.

Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings. 5th ed. Prepared by the Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1996‑ ; with semiannual updates.

MARC 21 Concise Formats. Prepared by Network Development and MARC Standards Office. 2003 ed. Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress.

http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdhome.html

http://www.loc.gov/marc/authority/ecadhome.html

MARC 21 Format for Authority Data: Including Guidelines for Content Designation, prepared by Network Development and MARC Standards Office. Washington: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1999--. With annual updates.

MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data: Including Guidelines for Content Designation, prepared by Network Development and MARC Standards Office. 1999 ed. Washington: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1999-. With annual updates.

TEXTBOOKS

Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules. 2nd ed. 2002-2005 revisions. (Required)

Chan, Lois Mai. Library of Congress Subject Headings: Principles and Applications. 4th ed. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2005. (Optional)

Chan, Lois Mai. A Guide to the Library of Congress Classification. 5th ed. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1999. (Required)

Furrie, Betty. Understanding MARC: Bibliographic. 7th ed. Washington D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 2003.

Understanding MARC Authority Records. 2nd ed. Prepared by Network Development and MARC Standards Office. Washington D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 2004.

SUPPLEMENTARY READING

Books and Journal Articles (See Bibliography)

Available on the web and/or in CAIT

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Selected Readings

RESOURCE DESCRIPTION AND METADATA

ALA/ALCTS/CCS Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access. “The Future of AACR.” April 2003.

www.libraries.psu.edu/tas/jca/ccda/future1.html

Caplan, Priscilla. "International Metadata Initiatives: Lessons in Bibliographic Control," Library of Congress Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium Washington, D.C., November 2000.

http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/caplan_paper.html

Caplan, Priscilla. Metadata Fundamentals for All Librarians. Chicago, IL.: American Library Association, 2003.

Dillon, Martin. "Metadata for Web Resources: How Metadata Works on the Web," Library of Congress Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium Washington, D.C., November 2000.

http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/dillon_paper.html

Greenberg, Jane. “Metadata and the World Wide Web.” In Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2002. Vol. 72, Supplement 35, pp. 244-61.

IFLA Study Group on the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records. Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records: Final Report. UBCIM Publications - New Series Vol 19. 1998. http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/frbr/frbr.htm

Pitti, Daniel. "Encoded Archival Description: An Introduction and Overview." D-Lib Magazine 5(11) (Nov. 1999) (http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november99/11pitti.html)

Vellucci, Sherry L. "Options for Organizing Electronic Resources: The Coexistence of Metadata." Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science 24(1):14-17 (Oct./Nov. 1997).

CATALOGING OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

Fattahi, Rahmatollah. "Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules in the Online Environment: A Literature Review." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 20(2):25-50 (1995).

Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. Organizing Audiovisual and Electronic Resources for Access. 2nd ed. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2005.

Huthwaite, Ann. "AACR2 and Its Place in the Digital World: Near-term Revisions and Long-term Direction," Library of Congress Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium Washington, D.C., November 2000.

http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/huthwaite_paper.html

Weibel, Stuart. "Metadata: The Foundations of Resource Description." D‑Lib Magazine, July 1995

http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/home/dlib/July95/07weibel.html

Weiss, Amy K. “Proliferating Guidelines: A History and Analysis of the Cataloging of Electronic Resources.” Library Resources & Technical Services 47(4):171-87 (Oct. 2003).

Woodward, Jeannett. "Cataloging and Classifying Information Resources on the Internet." (In Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), Vol. 31 (1996): 189‑220.

DUBLIN CORE

Caplan, Priscilla L. and Rebecca S. Guenther. "Metadata for Internet Resources: the Dublin Core Metadata Elements Set and Its Mapping to USMARC." Cataloging and Classification Quarterly 22 (3/4):43-58 (1996).

Hillmann, Diane. “Using Dublin Core.” 2005. http://dublincore.org/documents/2005/11/07/usageguide/

Library of Congress Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium Washington, D.C., November 2000.

http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/_paper.html

Library of Congress. "Mapping the Dublin Core Metadata Elements to USMARC." May 5, 1995.

gopher://marvel.loc.gov/00/.listarch/usmarc/dp86.doc [paper copy on reserve]

AUTHORITY CONTROL

Chan, Lois M. "The Principle of Uniform Heading in Descriptive Cataloging: Ideal and Reality," Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 3(4):19-35 (Summer 1983).

Perreault, Jean. "Authority Control, Old and New," Libri 32:124-148 (1982).

Talmacs, Kerrie. "Authority Control." In Technical Services Today and Tomorrow, Michael Gorman and Associates. 2^nd ed. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1998. Pp.129-39.

Taylor, Arlene G. “Authority Control: Where It’s Been and Where It’s Going.” In Authority Control: Why It Matters. Conference held at College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass., sponsored by the NELINET Cataloging and Technical Services Advisory Committee, November 1, 1999. Available: http://www.nelinet.net/conf/cts/cts99/taylor.htm.

Tillett, Barbara. "Authority Control on the Web," Library of Congress Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium Washington, D.C., November 2000.

http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/tillett_paper.html

ENCODING

Barry, Randall K. "Development of the Encoded Archival Description Document Type Definition."

http://www.loc.gov/ead/eadback.html

Berners-Lee, Tim, James Hendler and Ora Lassila. “The Semantic Web.” Scientific American 284(5):34-38, 40-43, (May 2001).

Fritz, Deborah A., and Richard J. Fritz. MARC 21 for Everyone: A Practical Guide. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003.

Giordano, Richard. "The Documentation of Electronic Texts Using Text Encoding Initiative Headers: An Introduction." Library Resources & Technical Services 38(4):389-401, October 1994.

“The MARC 21 Formats: Background and Principles.” Prepared by MARBI in conjunction with Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1996. http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/96principl.html

Miller, Eric. “An Introduction to the Resource Description Framework.” Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science 25(1):15-19 (October/November 1998)

SUBJECT ANALYSIS: GENERAL

Chan, Lois Mai. "Exploiting LCSH, LCC, and DDC to Retrieve Networked Resources," Library of Congress Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium Washington, D.C., November 2000.

http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/chan_paper.html

Langridge, D.W. Classification: Its Kinds, Systems, Elements and Applications. London: Bowker‑Saur, 1992. 84pp.

Langridge, D.W. Subject Analysis: Principles and Procedures. London: Bowker‑Saur, 1989. (Chapters 1-3)

Svenonius, Elaine. The Intellectual Foundation of Information Organization. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2000.

Svenonius, Elaine. "Design of Control Vocabularies," in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, ed. Allen Kent (New York: Marcel Dekker, 1990), v. 45 (suppl. 10), pp. 82‑109.

SUBJECT HEADINGS

Bates, Marcia J. "Rethinking Subject Cataloging in the Online Environment," Library Resources & Technical Services, 33(4): 400-412 (October 1989)

O'Neill, Edward T. and Lois Mai Chan. “FAST, (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology): A Simplified Vocabulary Based on The Library Of Congress Subject Headings,” IFLA Journal 29(4) (December 2003):336-42.

O'Neill, Edward T., Lois Mai Chan, Eric Childress, Rebecca Dean, Lynn El-Hoshy, and Diane Vizine-Goetz. "Form Subdivisions: Their Identification and Use in LCSH,” Library Resources & Technical Services 45(4)(2001):187-97.

Shubert, Steven Blake. "Critical Views of LCSH - Ten Years Later: A Bibliographic Essay." Cataloging and Classification Quarterly 15(2):37-91 (1992)

CLASSIFICATION

Chan, Lois Mai. "Classification, Present and Future," Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 21(2):5-17 (1995).

Comaromi, John P. "Summation of Classification as an Enhancement of Intellectual Access to Information in an Online Environment," Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 11(1):99‑102 (1990).

Ensor, Pat L. "Web Organization: Use of the Library of Congress Classification," Technicalities 16:11-12 (March 1996).