Information Studies and Interactive Media
Curricula 2011 – 2012
Learning outcomes
After completing the course a student is expected to be able to:
-be familiar with the methods of knowledge organization and their historical development
-master the basic concepts of cataloguing, classification and document representation
-be familiar with methods of knowledge organization both in digital environments and in library systems and databases
-analyze the background philosophies of knowledge organization methods
-be familiar with the theoretical foundations and ideas regarding knowledge organization.
Contents
Documentation, document representation, knowledge organization, classification systems, cataloguing, metadata, tagging, folksonomies, recommendation systems, personal information management.
Modes of study
- Degree Programme Students
- Other Students
- Open University Students
- Doctoral Students
- Exchange Students
- Degree Programme Students
- Other Students
- Open University Students
- Doctoral Students
- Exchange Students
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.Study materials
- Peters, Folksonomies: indexing and retrieval in web 2.0. Walter de Gruyter. 2009.
- Olson, The power to name: locating the limits of subject representation in libraries. Springer. 2002.
- Bowker & Star, Sorting things out: classification and its consequences. MIT Press. 2000. (Introduction (1-33), 9 & 10)
Note: In lieu of Olson it is also possible to choose the following: Morville, Ambient findability. O´Reilly. 2005.
Belongs to following study modules
2013–2014
