[Metadatalibrarians] Controlled Vocabulary and Thesaurus Design online workshop: Nov.-Dec. 2009

[Steven Miller]

[Please excuse cross-posting] 





  

Controlled Vocabulary and Thesaurus Design 



Six-Week Online Workshop 



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





  

Dates: November 2 – December 11, 2009 



Fee: $299.00 ($250 for Students) 



Limited to 25 participants 



Registration Deadline: October 23, 2009 





  

Description: 



This six-week online workshop 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 workshop is an online equivalent of an intensive two-day on-site workshop.   It is one of the ALCTS/PCC 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 and to preview the original version of workshop content, see: http://www.loc.gov/catworkshop/courses/thesaurus/index.html 





  

Intended Audience: 



This workshop 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 workshop should take participants approximately 4-6 hours per week.   This is an “asynchronous” online learning workshop; there will be no “real-time” sessions during which everyone must be online at the same time.   The workshop 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.   





  

Workshop Delivery: 



The workshop will be delivered through the D2L online learning courseware. A few days before the workshop begins, participants will receive a login ID and password for accessing the workshop 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 workshop site.   The site includes an area for submitting exercises.   There are no required readings beyond the workshop content delivered within the workshop website. Upon completion of the workshop, including submission of all the exercises, each participant will receive a certificate in PDF format for printing. 





  

Workshop Outline & Schedule 



   Week 1: November 2-8 



       Unit 1: Types of Controlled Vocabularies 



       Unit 2 Introduction: Vocabulary Terms & Lists 



       Unit 2 Exercise: Generate wordstock --due November 8 



   Week 2: November 9-15 



       Unit 2 Conclusion: Lists 



       Unit 3 Introduction: Term Selection/Format & Synonyms 



       Unit 3 Exercise: Format terms & identify synonyms --due November 15: 



   Week 3: November 16-22 



       Unit 3 Conclusion: Synonym rings 



       Unit 4 Introduction: Hierarchies 



       Unit 4 Exercise: Group terms; develop BTs & NTs / hierarchies --due November 22 



   Week 4: November 23-29 



       Unit 4 Conclusion: Taxonomies 



       Unit 5 Introduction: Associative Relationships & Thesauri 



       Unit 5 Exercise: Establish associative relations; revise SNs & hierarchies --due November 29 



   Week 5: November 30-December 6 



       Unit 5 Conclusion: Thesauri 



       Unit 6: Display & Navigation 



       Unit 7: Planning & Maintenance 



       Unit 7 Exercise: Compose front matter --due December 6 



   Week 6: December 7-11 



       Unit 8: Resources & Future Directions 





  

Online description and registration: https://www4.uwm.edu/sois/epayment/courses/index.cfm?a1=browse&notify=TRUE#pdi122 



When registering, please use the email address of the person taking the workshop; this address will be used in the workshop site.     





  

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 workshop 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 



Note that this does not check to see that you have all of the other technology requirements listed above. 





  

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 workshop 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 



UWM School of Information Studies 



Email: mll at uwm.edu 



Phone: 414-229-6640