Course name: Information Organization

Teaching medium: English

A. COURSE DESCRIPTION

2 credit, 24 Class Hours, Second Semester .

B. METHOD OF INSTRUCTION

lecture/seminar/group theme report

C. COURSE OBJECTIVES(five or six objectives; general but comprehensive)
Objective 1:master the basic knowledge, theories and methods of information organization, improve the ability to develop and retrieve literature information resources

Objective 2:be able to engage in specific information organization, information development and application practices using the basic theories and methods of information organization

D. COURSE TOPICS/UNITS AND DATES

1 Information organization overview (3 lessons)

1.1 The meaning and significance of information organization

1.2 Methodology of information organization

1.3 Basic principles of information organization

2 Knowledge organization system (8 lessons)

2.1 Concept and types of knowledge organization system

2.2 Taxonomy (including folksonomy)

Case:Chinese Library Classification-Structure and Composition

Case:Colon classification-Principles and Composition

Case: Tag Cloud Creation Tool

2.3 Thesaurus Method

Case: "Chinese Thesaurus"-Structure and Composition

Case: "MeSH"-Structure and Application

2.4 Ontology and its construction

2.4.1 Ontology and its theories

2.4.2 Ontology construction tools and their operation

Case: Use of Protégé

3 Information disclosure and indexing (2 lessons)

3.1 Information disclosure method

3.2 Classification index

Case: Classification Index of Books-Use of "Chinese Library Classification"

3.3 Subject indexing

4 Metadata and XML (2 lessons)

4.1 Metadata and its application

Case: DC metadata

4.2 XML and its application

5 Automation Technology of Information Organization (3 lessons)

5.1 Automatic information collection

Case: Use of bazhuayu

5.2 Text automatic word segmentation

5.3 Automatic indexing

Case: NLPIR Chinese word segmentation system

Case: Jieba word segmentation package: principle and use

6 Network Information Resources Organization (3 lessons)

6.1 Network information resources and their organization

6.2 Search engines and their development

6.3 Development and application of subject information portals

7 Information organization in different environments (2 lessons)

7.1 Information Organization of Digital Libraries

7.2 Information Organization in Electronic Commerce

Case: Information Organization of Online Bookstores e.g.Dangdang

8 Development Trends of Information Organization (1 lessons)

E. TEXTBOOK(S) AND REQUIRED TOOLS OR SUPPLIES
Textbook (required):

1.Fotis Lazarinis. Cataloguing and Classification. Chandos Publishing,2015,ISBN: 9780081001615

2.Joudrey, Daniel, Arlene Taylor & David Miller. Intro to Cataloging & Classification, 11th Edition (Library and Information Science Text). Paperback. Sept. 2015. Libraries Unlimited. ISBN: 9781598848564

3.Daniela Baglieri, Concetta Metallo, Cecilia Rossignoli, Mario Pezzillo Iacono. Information Systems, Management, Organization and Control. Springer International Publishing,2014.

Supplies and/or tools:

F. GRADING PLAN
1. In-class participation(40%):(1) Full attendance; (2) Active participation in class discussion

2.Research paper(60%):(1) At least 3000 words;(2)Complete article structure;(3)Good topics and innovation;(4)Compliance with academic Ethics, no plagiarism

G. COURSE COMPONENT SPECIFICS