Course syllabus metadata systems for warsaw
- 1. Metadata for Description and Retrieval Of Online Resources Syllabus for Second Semester, 2013, University of Warsaw Richard Sapon-White, Instructor 1 Description This course is designed for graduate students with an interest in the description and retrieval of online information resources using metadata. While integrating descriptive cataloging principles into the use of metadata schemes, students will explore a variety of communication and content standards, including MARC, Dublin Core, EAD, TEI, and XML. The use of metadata in digital collections, including institutional repositories, will be highlighted. Interoperability, metadata harvesting and repurposing, maintenance of metadata, and data dictionary construction will also be covered. 2 Objectives By the end of the course, students should be able to: Define the term “metadata” and discuss its role in the library and other communities Describe characteristics of several different metadata schemes, how they differ from each other, and the contexts in which they are used within their information communities Distinguish between communication and content standards Understand the issues involved in creating crosswalks between metadata schemes 3 Topical Outline I. Introduction: Defining Metadata II. Types and Characteristics of Metadata III. Metadata and the Web IV. Metadata Harvesting, Federated Searching, Metasearching V. Metadata Mapping and Crosswalks VI. Administrative, Preservation, Rights and Structural Metadata VII. Bibliographic Metadata: MARC and AACR VIII. Electronic Resources and Libraries 1
- 2. IX. Digital Collections: Dublin Core X. Archival Resources: EAD and DACS XI. Electronic Texts and Textual Analysis; Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) XII. Markup Languages and Networked Resource Description: SGML & XML XIII. Authority Control and Metadata XIV. Metadata and Institutional Repositories 4 Course Work Students will be expected to attend all lectures, participate in class discussions and exercises, and complete all assignments. Exercises to complement lectures will familiarize students with various metadata schemes and are a critical component of the class. Students will also prepare an oral presentation and subsequent written report on a topic to be selected by the student and approved by the instructor. Two written exams (one midterm and one final), will also be used to assess students‟ comprehension of the material. 5 Grading Midterm exam 20% Final exam 20% Exercises (4 @ 5% each) 20% Oral and written report (15% each) 30% Attendance and participation 10% EXERCISES During the course, there will be four exercises to be completed at home, each worth 5% of the final grade. These are designed to reinforce topics covered in class and provide an opportunity to demonstrate or apply what you have learned. Exercises are due the week after they are distributed to the class. REPORT Each student will be expected to give a 15 minute oral presentation using PowerPoint. A list of topics will be distributed at the second class session. Please contact me by the third class session to select your topic and sign up for a presentation date. The week following his/her presentation, each student will submit a 5-page report with references based on the topic of the oral presentation. Resources for the topics are provided as starting points; students should find other resources on their own. Suggested articles will be on reserve in the library or available from the instructor. 2
- 3. The successful presentation and paper will go beyond simple recitation of facts. You are expected to synthesize information from multiple sources and provide your own critical assessment of the topic. REQUIRED TEXTS Baca, Murtha, ed. Introduction to Metadata. 2nd ed. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2008. Hillmann, Diane, and Elaine L. Westbrooks, eds. Metadata in practice. Chicago: American Library Association, 2004. SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS Articles and Books Caplan, Priscilla. Metadata Fundamentals for All Librarians. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2003. Caplan, Priscilla, and Rebecca Guenther. “Metadata for Internet Resources: The Dublin Core Metadata Elements Set and Its Mapping to USMARC.” Cataloging and Classification Quarterly 22:3/4 (1996): 43-58. Desmarais, Norman. The ABCs of XML: The Librarian’s Guide to the eXtensibile Markup Language. New Technology Press, 2000. Duval, Erik, Wayne Hodgins, Stuart Sutton, Stuart L. Weibel.“Metadata Principles and Practicalities.”D-Lib Magazine 8(4), 2000. Available online:http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april02/weibel/04weibel.html Earnshaw, Rae, and John Vince, eds. Digital convergence: libraries of thefuture. London: Springer, 2007. Furrie, Betty. Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging.7th ed. (2003). Available online: http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/umb/. Hillmann, Diane. “Using Dublin Core.” 2001-04-12. Available online: http://dublincore.org/documents/2001/04/12/usageguide/ Hodge, Gail. Metadata Made Simpler. Bethesda, MD: NISO Press, 2001. Available online: http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/raja/is214/214-2001-2002/Metadata_Bklt.pdf Intner, Sheila S., Susan S. Lazinger, and Jean Weihs.Metadata and its impact on libraries.Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2006. 3
- 4. Jones, Richard, Theo Andrew, and John MacColl.The institutional repository. Oxford: Chandos Publishing, 2006. Johnson, Bruce Chr. “XML and MARC: Which is „Right‟?” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 32:1 (2001) 81-90. Miller,Steven J. Metadata for digital collections: a how-to-do-it manual. New York:Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2011. Reese, Terry, Jr., and Kyle Banerjee.Building digital libraries: a how-to-do-it manual. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2008. Rettig, Patricia J. “Administrative metadata for digital images: a real world application of the NISO standard.” Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services 26 (2002) 173-179. Smiraglia, Richard P. ed.Metadata : a cataloger's primer.Binghamton, NY: Haworth Information Press, 2005. Sandberg-Fox,Ann M., ed. Proceedings of the Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium: Confronting the Challenges of Networked Resources and the Web: Washington, D.C., November 15-17, 2000. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 2001. Available online: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol St. Pierre, Margaret, and William P. LaPlant. “Issues in Crosswalking: Content Metadata Standards.” NISO Standards White Paper, Released October 15, 1998. Available online: http://www.niso.org/publications/white_papers/crosswalk/ Vellucci, Sherry L. “Metadata and Authority Control.” Library Resources and Technical Services 44:1 (1999): 33-43. Metadata References MARC 21 Formats: http://www.loc.gov/marc/marcdocz.html Dublin Core Metadata Initiative: http://dublincore.org Encoded Archival Description: http://lcweb.loc.gov/ead Text Encoding Initiative: http://www.tei-c.org ONIX: http://www.editeur.org/8/ONIX 4