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LIBR 512: Indexing -- Course Description (3)
PREREQUISITES :
MLIS and Dual MAS/MLIS: LIBR 500, LIBR 501, LIBR 502
MAS: completion of MAS core and permission of the SLAIS Graduate Adviser. Knowledge of basic web design is highly recommended.
GOAL: The goal of this course is to provide students with knowledge of the theory and practice of indexing of traditional, electronic and object-based documents.
OBJECTIVES:
At the completion of this course students will be able to:
- Create a controlled vocabulary indexing language
- Index a web site using HTML
- Index journal articles using a combination of controlled vocabulary and natural language
- Use thesaurus creation software
- Use back-of-the-book and WWW indexing software
CONTENT:
- Pre-coordination & post-coordination
- Indexing languages
- Thesauri
- Types of indexes
- Controlled vocabulary indexing [open system]
- Back-of-the-book indexing [closed system]
- WWW indexing [both open & closed system]
