IMT530B Exercises

Saturday, January 12

Module 1a: Course overview

· Exercise 1 (Part 1): Information objects and their description

Module 1b: Nature and characteristics of information objects

· Exercise 1 (Part 2): Information objects and their description

Saturday, January 19

Module 2a: Information systems

· Exercise 2a: Information retrieval systems

Module 2b: Modeling information objects and relationships

· Exercise 2b: Exploring RDF

Saturday, January 26

Module 3a: Ontologies (guest lecture)

Module 3b: Metadata standards and schemas

· Exercise 3: Exploring metadata schemas

Saturday, February 2

Module 4a: Application profiles

Mid-Term Assignment Part 1: Create a metadata schema for the MSIM website. This is the first installment of your final project.

Module 4b: Description and access

Exercise 4: Administrative metadata/Authority control

Saturday, February 9

Module 5a: Authority control and encoding schemes

· Mid-Term Assignment Part 2: Define your authority control for your project

Module 5b: Subject analysis and subject indexing

· Exercise 5: Derived and assigned indexing

Saturday, February 16

Module 6a: Introduction to controlled vocabularies

Exercise 6a: Exploring controlled vocabularies

Module 6b: Social tagging (guest lecture)

Mid-Term Assignment due at beginning of class

Saturday, February 23

Module 7a: Creating controlled vocabularies

· Exercise 7a: Constructing controlled vocabularies

· Final Assignment: Begin creating controlled subject vocabularies for your project

Module 7b: Semantic relationships and semantic factoring

· Exercise 7b: Semantic relationships

Saturday, March 1

Module 8a: Facet analysis

· Exercise 8a: Facet analysis

Module 8b: Metadata in action (guest lecture)

Satruday, March 8

Module 9a: Construction and use of classification schemes

· Exercise 9a: Applications of classification schemes

Module 9b: Issues in classification

· Exercise 9b: Challenges in classification

Saturday, March 15

Module 10a: Information displays and arrangement

· Exercise 10: Exploring alternate information displays

Module 10b: Course wrapup and closing discussion

· Final Assignment due at beginning of class

IMT530B: Organization of Information Resources
Master of Science in Information Management Executive Program-- Winter 2008
Home Schedule & Lectures Readings Exercises Assignments & Grading Syllabus Academic Integrity MSIM Home iSchool Home	Exercises Saturday, January 12 *Module 1a: Course overview* · Exercise 1 (Part 1): Information objects and their description *Module 1b: Nature and characteristics of information objects* · Exercise 1 (Part 2): Information objects and their description Saturday, January 19 *Module 2a: Information systems* · Exercise 2a: Information retrieval systems *Module 2b: Modeling information objects and relationships* · Exercise 2b: Exploring RDF Saturday, January 26 *Module 3a: Ontologies (guest lecture)* *Module 3b: Metadata standards and schemas* · Exercise 3: Exploring metadata schemas Saturday, February 2 *Module 4a: Application profiles* Mid-Term Assignment Part 1: Create a metadata schema for the MSIM website. This is the first installment of your final project. *Module 4b: Description and access* Exercise 4: Administrative metadata/Authority control Saturday, February 9 *Module 5a: Authority control and encoding schemes* · Mid-Term Assignment Part 2: Define your authority control for your project *Module 5b: Subject analysis and subject indexing* · Exercise 5: Derived and assigned indexing Saturday, February 16 *Module 6a: Introduction to controlled vocabularies* Exercise 6a: Exploring controlled vocabularies *Module 6b: Social tagging (guest lecture)* *Mid-Term Assignment due at beginning of class* Saturday, February 23 *Module 7a: Creating controlled vocabularies* · Exercise 7a: Constructing controlled vocabularies · Final Assignment: Begin creating controlled subject vocabularies for your project *Module 7b: Semantic relationships and semantic factoring* · Exercise 7b: Semantic relationships Saturday, March 1 *Module 8a: Facet analysis* · Exercise 8a: Facet analysis *Module 8b: Metadata in action (guest lecture)* Satruday, March 8 *Module 9a: Construction and use of classification schemes* · Exercise 9a: Applications of classification schemes *Module 9b: Issues in classification* · Exercise 9b: Challenges in classification Saturday, March 15 *Module 10a: Information displays and arrangement* · Exercise 10: Exploring alternate information displays *Module 10b: Course wrapup and closing discussion* · *Final Assignment due at beginning of class*
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