[Metadatalibrarians] Online Workshop: Controlled Vocabulary and Thesaurus Design: June-July 2009

[Steven Miller]

[Please excuse cross-posting] 





  

Controlled Vocabulary and Thesaurus Design 



Six-Week Online Course 



An ALCTS /LC Cataloging for the 21 st Century Workshop for the Digital Library Environment 





  

Dates: June 1 – July 10, 2009 



Fee: $299.00 ($250 for Students) 



Limited to 25 participants 



Registration Deadline: May 22, 2009 





  

Description: 



This six-week online course provides an introduction to the topics of controlled vocabulary and thesaurus design.   It presents a rationale for the use of controlled vocabularies and prepares participants to participate in the development of specialized thesauri or glossaries for specific projects.   It includes hands-on exercises that cumulatively build knowledge and skills.   Participants will explore the following: 



·          Introduction to controlled vocabulary and thesaurus design 



·          Types of controlled vocabularies 



·          Thesaurus planning and design 



·          Thesaurus construction and development 



·          Hierarchical structure and relationships 



·          Thesaurus display and navigation 



·          Thesaurus implementation and management 





  

This course is one of the ALCTS /LC Catalogers Learning Workshop, Cataloging for the 21 st Century workshops intended to update catalogers’ knowledge and skills for the Digital Library Environment.   For further information, see: http://www.loc.gov/catworkshop/ 





  

Intended Audience: 



This course is designed for practicing catalogers from all types of libraries and for anyone interested in designing controlled vocabularies and thesauri for digital libraries, websites, or other online library-like applications. 





  

Time Commitment: 



The course should take participants approximately 4-6 hours per week.   This is an “asynchronous” online learning course; there will be no “real-time” sessions during which everyone must be online at the same time.   The course will be structured into weekly units with deadlines for submitting exercises at the end of each week.   Within that framework participants may work through the content at whatever pace, location, and time of day they wish. 





  

Course Delivery: 



The course will be delivered through the D2L online learning courseware. A few days before the course begins, participants will receive a login ID and password for accessing the course web site.   Content will be delivered in the form of PDF files and accompanying video presentations in both Windows Media and Real Player formats.   Interaction with the instructor and other participants will take place through listserv-like discussion forums internal to the course site.   The site includes an area for submitting exercises.   Upon completion of the course, each participant will receive a certificate in PDF format for printing. 





  

Online description and registration: https://www4.uwm.edu/sois/epayment/courses/index.cfm?a1=browse&notify=TRUE#pdi120 



When registering, please use the email address of the person taking the course; this address will be used in the course site.   Unfortunately at this time our registration system does not accept addresses outside of the United States; registrants from outside of the USA: please contact Catherine Hansen and she can facilitate the registration process: 414-229-3123 or chansen5 at uwm.edu . 





  

Technology requirements: 



> World Wide Web connection; “Pentium-class” computer (faster than a 486) with at least 128 Mb of RAM.   For PC: Internet Explorer 6 or higher; For Mac: Mac OS X and Netscape 7.1 or higher.   



> Latest releases of software and/or ability to work with: E-mail, Listservs, Acrobat PDF Reader, E-mail Attachments, Microsoft Word and Excel (or Open Office equivalents), and either Windows Media Player or Real Player for viewing video files.   



> Ability to contact your Internet Service Provider for technical assistance on Internet connection and tools.   The instructor will assist with courseware access and use, but will not provide computer hardware, software, or Internet technical support.   



> The course is delivered via the Desire2Learn (D2L) Course Management Software. Click on the following URL to find out if you have the right hardware and software to use D2L: https://uwm.courses.wisconsin.edu/d2l/tools/system_check/systemCheck.asp?ou=7062 





  

Instructor: 



Steven Miller is a Senior Lecturer at the UWM School of Information Studies.   He teaches masters degree and continuing education courses in information organization, metadata, cataloging, and information architecture, has given many workshops and conference presentations on these topics, and is active in ALCTS . 





  

Questions: 



For questions about course content and requirements, contact the instructor, Steven Miller: mll at uwm.edu or 414-229-6640.   



For questions about registration and payment, contact Professional Development Institute Director Catherine Hansen: chansen5 at uwm.edu or 414-229-3123.   





  



  

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Posted by: 



Steven J. Miller 



University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 



School of Information Studies 



Email: mll at uwm.edu 



Phone: 414-229-6640