ETL505 Bibliographic Standards in Education (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Information Studies (INFST)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject introduces students to the principles and processes of describing and analysing information within the school context. It examines traditional and emerging means of providing access to learning resources. While the focus is on the school situation, broad principles applying to a variety of information environments are drawn upon.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 2 | |
|---|---|
| Distance | Wagga Wagga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: ETL505
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- appreciate the importance of effective organisation of information resources for successful information retrieval;
- understand the relationship between information retrieval systems and the description and analysis of information resources;
- have acquired a practical understanding of some pertinent metadata standards and schema.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- The need to organise information to provide effective information retrieval - Information organisation standards - Resource description - Providing access to the subject content of information resources - Subject access - controlled vocabularies - Subject access - other text-based techniques - Subject access - classification
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.