Module Identifier ILM5320  
Module Title PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION RETRIEVAL  
Academic Year 2002/2003  
Co-ordinator Mr Michael A Lowe  
Semester Semester 1  
Other staff Mr Alan Wheatley  
Course delivery Lecture   15 Hours 15 lectures x 1 hour  
  Seminars / Tutorials   4 Hours  
  Practical   4 Hours 2 x 2 hrs  
Assessment Semester Assessment   Two part written assignment 2,500 words   50%  
  Semester Assessment   essay 2,500 words   50%  

Learning outcomes

By the end of this module, students should be able to:

Brief description

The development of this subject during the latter 19th and early 20th century was limited by the view that the problems to be solved were substantially those of the physical arrangement of books on library shelves. A classification scheme could achieve this, while a catalogue permitted other approaches to the stock. These methods continue to be used, but are now seen to be only part of the methods needed to retrieve information quickly and efficiently from libraries, databases and individual documents.

Your study of this subject will be taking into consideration three elements:

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Consultation
Hunter, Eric, J. and Bakewell, K. G. B. (1991) Cataloguing. 3rd. London: Clive Bingley
Lancaster, F. W. (1998) Indexing and abstracting in theory and practice. 2nd. London: Library Association
Large, Andrew, Tedd, Lucy A. and Hartley, R. J. (1999) Information seeking in the online age: principles and practice. London: Bowker-Saur
Rowley, Jennifer, E. and Farrow, J. (2000) Organizing knowledge. 3rd. Aldershot: Gower