DS31610 - INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

Module Identifier

DS31610

Module Title

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

Academic Year

2003/2004

Co-ordinator

Mr Alan Wheatley

Semester

Available all semesters

Other staff

Mr Michael A Lowe

Pre-Requisite

IL10920

Course delivery

Lecture

11 Hours

Practical

6 Hours

Seminars / Tutorials

7 Hours

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment Length/Details	Proportion
Semester Exam	1.5 Hours	50%
Semester Assessment	Design Thesaurus: Design a thesarus for a subject or collection of their own choice	50%

Learning outcomes

After completing this module students should be able to:

describe the process and purposes of the human indexing employed in conventional information retrieval systems;
compare the nature and role of human and automatic indexing;
describe the complementary contributions of alphabetical and classified methods in producing information retrieval systems to meet a variety of users'''' needs
demonstrate the complementary natures of the common alphabetical and classified information retrieval tools
create and modify bibliographic records using Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Machine Readable Cataloguing, and Dewey Decimal Classification
explain the importance of data standards and the international bibliographic record exchange system in the construction of successful and cost effective catalogues and other information retrieval products

Brief description

This module concentrates on the following elements:

Information retrieval operations, models and theories;
Principles of indexing and index languages;
Form and function of classification schemes and their construction;
Catalogues and cataloguing;
Standards for information interchange

Reading Lists

Books
** Essential Reading
Rowley, Jennifer and Farrow, J (2000) Organising knowledge: an introduction to managing access to information 3rd. Aldershot: Ashgate Publising
** Recommended Consultation
Foskett, A. C (1996) The subject approach to information 5th. London: Library Association
Hunter, Eric, J. and Bakewell, K. G. B (1991) Cataloguing 3rd. London: Library Association

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6