LIBR 559I: Topics in Computer-Based Information Systems: Metadata and Content Management Systems for Digital Collections – Course Syllabus (3)
Program: Master of Library and Information Studies
Year: 2009-2010 Winter Session, term 1
Course Schedule: Oct. 23, 2009, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., Oct. 24 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: IBLC 461
Instructor: Mark Jordan
Office location: IBLC 489
Office phone: 604-822-0051
E-mail address: mjordan@sfu.ca
Course Goal: This course will introduce metadata standards and access and management systems used in locally or collaboratively developed digital collections.
Course Objectives:
- Identify the major metadata standards and applications used in building digital collections
- Evaluate and develop metadata application profiles using widely accepted methodologies
- Plan, implement, and evaluate access, discovery, and use interfaces for digital collections
- Evaluate and implement content and collection management systems
Course Topics:
- Functions of metadata as they apply to building local or collaborative digital collections
- Major metadata standards used for these functions
- Metadata management, reuse, and integration issues
- Budgeting for metadata creation and management
- User interface, user experience, and system architectures for content and collection management systems
- Evaluation of content and collection management systems
Prerequisites: ARST/LIBR 500, 501, 502 [for students in stand-alone MLIS or Joint programs]
ARST 500/LIBR 500, ARST 510, ARST 515, ARST 516, ARST 520, ARST 540, ARST 573, ARST 587 [for students in the standalone MAS program]
Format of the course: Lectures, in-class activities, guided labs
Required and Recommended Reading:
Required:
- CDP Metadata Working Group. Dublin Core Best Practices. Version 2.1.1. September 2006., http://www.bcr.org/cdp/best/dublin-core-bp.pdf
- Understanding Metadata. Bethesda, MD: NISO Press, 2004. http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/UnderstandingMetadata.pdf.
Recommended:
- Caplan, Priscila. Understanding PREMIS. Library of Congress Network Development and MARC Standards Office, 2009. http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/understanding-premis.pdf
- Foulonneau, Muriel and Riley, Jenn. Metadata for Digital Resources. Oxford: Chandos, 2008.
- Greenberg, Jane Kristina Spurgin, and Abe Crystal. Final Report of the AMeGA (Automatic Metadata Generation Applications) Project. 2005. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/lc_amega_final_report.pdf
- Heery, Rachel and Manjula Patel, " Application profiles: mixing and matching metadata schemas ". Ariadne 25 (September 2000). http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue25/app-profiles/intro.html
- METS: An Overview and Tutorial. http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/METSOverview.v2.html
Course Assignments, Due dates and Weight in relation to final course mark:
Applying appropriate metadata standards to various aspects of digital collection building (group, 50% of course grade) |
Due Nov. 6 |
Configuring, populating, and critiquing a content/collection management system (group, 50% of course grade) |
Due Nov. 13 |
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Attendance: The calendar states: “Regular attendance is expected of students in all their classes (including lectures, laboratories, tutorials, seminars, etc.). Students who neglect their academic work and assignments may be excluded from the final examinations. Students who are unavoidably absent because of illness or disability should report to their instructors on return to classes.”
Evaluation: All assignments will be marked using the evaluative criteria given on the SLAIS web site .
Written & Spoken English Requirement: Written and spoken work may receive a lower mark if it is, in the opinion of the instructor, deficient in English.
Disability Accommodation: The University accommodates students with disabilities who have registered with the Disability Resource Centre [ http://www.students.ubc.ca/access/drc.cfm ]. You must register with the Disability Resource Centre to be granted special accommodations for any on-going conditions.
Religious Accommodation: The University accommodates students whose religious obligations conflict with attendance, submitting assignments, or completing scheduled tests and examinations. Please let your instructor know in advance, preferably in the first week of class, if you will require any accommodation on these grounds. Students who plan to be absent for varsity athletics, family obligations, or other similar commitments, cannot assume they will be accommodated, and should discuss their commitments with the instructor before the course drop date. UBC policy on Religious Holidays: http://www.universitycounsel.ubc.ca/policies/policy65.pdf
Academic Dishonesty: Please review the UBC Calendar Academic regulations for the University policy on cheating, plagiarism, and other forms of academic dishonesty: http://www.students.ubc.ca/calendar/index.cfm?tree=3,54,111,959 . Also visit and review the contents of these two resources: Plagiarism Resource Centre: For Students: http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/plagiarism/welcome.html and Plagiarism Avoided: Taking Responsibility For Your Work: http://www.arts.ubc.ca/Plagiarism_Avoided.373.0.html for useful information on avoiding plagiarism and on correct documentation practice. Students are held responsible for knowing and following all University regulations regarding academic dishonesty. If a student does not know how to properly cite a source or what constitutes proper use of a source it is the student's personal responsibility to obtain the needed information and to apply it within University guidelines and policies. If evidence of academic dishonesty is found in a course assignment, previously submitted work in this course may be reviewed for possible academic dishonesty and grades modified as appropriate. University policy requires that all incidents of academic dishonesty must be forwarded to the Dean’s office for review and possible action.
Other Course Policies as Relevant
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Policy on group participation:
Both assignments in this course are to be completed in groups with a minimum size of 3 people. All group members will receive the same grade on each assignment. As soon as you form your group for an assignment, you should email the instructor with the names of the members in your group. Any changes in membership after this declaration or issues that arise related to a member's lack of participation in a group, etc. must be brought to the attention of the instructor as early as possible. The instructor will then discuss the problem with all members of the group, with the goal of reaching an equitable solution. Failure to bring problems to the attention of the instructor will result in penalized grades for all members of the group.
