Week 04 Overview: Resource Description
Problem of the Week
Since readers don’t have time to read everything themselves, how can we tell them what the resource is about without boring or confusing or spoiling the fun?
Learning Objectives
By the end of this week, you will:
Understand the need to describe resources and the challenges that go along with that.
Reading
- Textbook, Chapter 7
- Taylor, Arlene G., and Joudrey, Daniel N. The Organization of Information. 4th ed. Library and Information Science Text Series. Westport, Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited, 2017.
Assignment
- Abstracts 1 & 2: write abstracts for the first two resources you identified in your proposal.
- Paper Topic Pitch and Peer Feedback: connect with your partner and decide on a topic for your term paper, write it in concise language and post to the class site for peer feedback.
(To Writer: I believe the topic for paper topic will still be around “Using metadata can enhance information management in organizing in business enterprise”)
Data can be documents, media files, documents, etc. I found some info on AI (artificial intelligence) that also use machine learning for metadata and content analysis. All relates to Information Management/content management. As you recalled, you have helped to write the project charter and business case for Enterprise content management for organizations to manage and organize the structure and unstructured data.
Week 04 Assignment 01: Article Abstract 1 & 2
Due: Day 7, Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 11:55 PM
Value: 50 points
Grading Category: Abstract Series, 15%
Instructions
Write two original abstracts (NOT abstracts that were published with the article, or that you discovered on the Internet). Make sure your abstract is as an objective account as possible, and does not include opinion or an editorial tone. An abstract is a descriptive element that acts as a surrogate for the whole work, its job is to help a reader determine if the work will suit their information needs. The reader needs to know what the article is about, what it attempts to do, and what it omits.
Note on brevity/clarity: The word count is meant as a guide, to let you know about how long the abstract should be, but any reader would always have you say what you need to say as succinctly as possible, without using unnecessary words. Obviously, this doesn’t mean that you can turn in a 50-word paragraph when you’re assigned a 1,500-word paper, but if you’ve presented the information you feel is needed and you’re a little short, then stop. Conversely, if you find that you need a bit more space to fully express a point, take it. (To writer: Please see Abstract Guide template doc – a separate doc).
Refer to the abstract writing guides posted for tips.
Grading:
For each abstract:
5 – Writing (general quality, structure, uses scannable words/keywords)
20 – Independently coherent — Communicates essential points, appropriate scope
Submission Guidelines
- Submit document by the due date.
- Can email professor director with the file (alternatively) — by the due date.
Week 04 Assignment 02: Paper Topic Pitch
Week 04 Assignment 02: Paper Topic Pitch
Instructions
Paper Topic Pitch
You and your partner will discuss and agree on a topic, and post your topic to the class discussion board.
You should address a topic of information and/or retrieval organization. You can take the perspective of an organizational system or a cultural heritage institution, or address a problem you have encountered in seeking information. Some areas to think about include the transition from AARC2 to RDA, Genre-fication in School Libraries, organizing museum collections, organization principles as they relate to social media or other mass content creation, description and access of video games, or any area where the organization, description, and finding of information is relevant. You may look into the challenges of subject access, or how user search behavior can, should, or will, impact library catalogs.
After deciding on your topic, either you or your partner (or both!) should articulate:
- The problem or issue you are addressing;
- Why it is of interest to you, and;
- How it relates to the class
This needs to be done in a video post no longer than 90 seconds. While you may use the tool of your choice to record the video, a cell phone should be sufficient for this assignment. Post this video to the discussion board for comments from your peers.
(To Writer: I believe the topic will still be around “Using metadata can enhance information management in organizing in business enterprise”. I will upload the project charters from last semester that can help you to give me the script/reasons in short essay format to address the above 3 questions.)
