Organizing Information

G.G. Chowdhury BSc MLISc PhD FCLIP is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde. Sudatta Chowdhury BSc MLISc MPhil is a Researcher at the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde.

• 1. Organizing information: what it meansOrganization of information: what and why?ClassificationPurpose of classificationCataloguingPurpose of cataloguingLibrary approaches to organizing informationAbout this book: why this book and for whomSummaryReview questionsReferences2. Information organization in different non-library environmentsIntroductionThe online database approachThe DBMS approachThe expert systems approachOrganization of information on the internetNew approaches to organizing information on the intranet and webThe semantic webSummaryReview questionsReferences 3. CataloguingIntroductionWhat is a library catalogue?AACR2The process of cataloguingSubject access to cataloguesImplications of basic cataloguing rules on OPACsCataloguing of internet resourcesFRBR (Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records)Entities and their relationshipsImportance of the FRBR ModelSummaryReview QuestionsReferences 4. Bibliographic formats: MARC21 and othersBibliographic formatsISO 2709: format for bibliographic information interchangeMARC formatMARC 21UNIMARC formatCCFSummaryReview questionsReferences 5. Library classificationWhat is library classification and why?Classification schemesTypes of bibliographic classification schemesMajor library classification schemesDewey main classesClassification of electronic resourcesSummaryReview questionsReferences 6. Subject heading lists and thesauri in information organizationVocabulary control toolsSubject heading lists and thesauriThesauriSubject headings lists and thesauri in the organization of internet resourcesSummaryReview QuestionsReferences 7. Organization of internet information resourcesTypical characteristics of web information resourcesMetadata: why not bibliographic formats?Bibliographic classification schemes: are they suitable for organizing the web?Subject heading lists: limitations for indexing internet resourcesNew tools and standards for managing internet informationThe semantic webSummary Review questionsReferences8. MetadataMetadata – what?Metadata – why?Metadata – typesMetadata standardsDublin CoreOther metadata standardsISAD and EADTEIMetadata managementSummaryReview questionsReferences 9. Markup languagesSGMLHTMLXML: origin and meaningXML: what for?HTML vs XMLCharacteristics of XMLXML documentsDTD and XML SchemaSummaryReview questionsReferences 10. OntologyOntology: origin and meaningOntology, taxonomy, and thesaurusSome common examples of ontologyOntologies: what do they do?Building an ontology: guidelines and methodsTools for building ontologyOntology languages: DAML+OIL and OWLOWLOntology: role in information organization and managementSummaryReview questionsReferences 11. Information architectureWhat is IA?Why do we need an IA?IA: what does it involve?How to Build an IA?Building an IA: approaches and stagesOutcome of an IA exerciseSummaryReview questionsReferences 12. The Semantic webWhat is the Semantic Web?How does the Semantic web differ from the conventional web?The semantic web technologiesURI – uniform resource identifierRDFSemantic web applicationsSemantic web and information accessSummaryReview questionsReferences 13. Information organization: issues and trendsCataloguing: FRBR and semantic catalogue networkMetadataClassification in the digital ageOntologiesSemantic portals and ontologiesSemantic web technologies and digital librariesUser-driven classification of web resourcesConclusionReferences

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