Creation and Management of Metadata
space
Course code
INT6076.DT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Metaandmete loomine ja haldamine
Course title in English
Creation and Management of Metadata
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
• To create prerequisites for obtaining knowledge on the types and standards of metadata.
• To create possibilities for obtaining theoretical knowledge and practical skills on compiling metadata for describing information resources in OPACs.
• To create preconditions for acquiring basic classification-related competencies, for providing skills and knowledge about the main classification systems used in library and information services.
Brief description of the course
The concept, types and standards of metadata. Bibliographic description. General and special methods of description. International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD). Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR). Catalogues and cataloguing rules. Methods and sources of cataloguing data. Electronic catalogue as part of the integrated library system. Information units in electronic catalogues. Cataloguing module of the library system Sierra. MARC21 metadata standard and its implication. Bibliographic description according to ISBD and MARC21. Metada schema Dublin Core. Metadata standards EAD, VRA CORE, MODS, TEI and ONIX.
The user-centered next generation catalogues and adaptation of the catalogue with the Semantic web.
The concept and principles of classification. Classification systems of information resources, their historical background. Main types of classification systems (UDC, Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC). The Library of Congress Classification (LCC) etc). Formulating and creating of a classification system. Structure and methodology of UDC. Classification in e-catalogue and on the web. Practical assignments: classification according to different classification systems.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- understands the concept of metadata and their role in library and information work;
- has an overview about the types and standards of metadata;
- knows the concepts and principles of bibliographic control and the international standards regulating it;
- understands the principles underlying the electronic catalogues and know the methods and sources for the creation of cataloguing data;
- knows the rules of bibliographic description;
- is able to describe and catalog information resources according to ISBD and MARC21;
- understands the concept of classification and its usage in library and information work;
- knows the concepts and principles of different classification systems;
- is able to create an classification system;
- knows the methodology of classification;
- is able to classify items according to UDC system.
Teacher
dots A.Möldre
space