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1
8/21-8/27
Introduction
Required:
Borges, J. L. (1962). The library of Babel (A. Kerrigan, Trans.). In A. Kerrigan (Ed.), Ficciones (pp. 79-88). New York, NY: Grove Press. Retrieved from https://libraryofbabel.info/libraryofbabel.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
1962borges_the library of babel
Shera, J. H. (1973). Changing concepts of classification: Philosophical and educational implications. In Knowing books and men; knowing computers, too (pp. 327-337). Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited. Retrieved from course reserve.
1973shera_changing concepts of classification
Wilson, P. (1968). Introduction. In Two kinds of power: An essay on bibliographical control (pp. 1-5). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Retrieved from https://books.google.com/books?id=DePy_aazKI4C&lpg=PA55&pg=PP3#v=onepage&q&f=false (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
1968wilson_introduction an essay on bibliographical control
Wilson, P. (1968). The bibliographical universe. In Two kinds of power: An essay on bibliographical control (pp. 6-19). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Retrieved from https://books.google.com/books?id=DePy_aazKI4C&lpg=PA55&pg=PP3#v=onepage&q&f=false (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
1968wilson_the bibliographical universe
2
8/28-9/3
The Library Catalog
Required:
British Museum. (1841). Rules for the compilation of the catalogue. In Catalogue of printed books in the British Museum (Vol. 1, pp. v-ix). London, UK: J. B. Nichols and Son. Retrieved from https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001761602 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
1841BritishMuseum_rules for the compilation of the catalogue
Cutter, C. A. (1876). Library catalogues. In Public libraries in the United States of America: Their history, condition, and management, Part I (pp. 526-549). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/cu31924029529553 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Cutter, C. A. (1904). General remarks, Definitions, Author-catalog entry. In Rules for a dictionary catalog (4 ed., pp. 11-56). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/rulesforadictio06cuttgoog (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
1904cutter_general remarks, definations, author-catalog entry
Verona, E. (1959). Literary unit versus bibliographical unit. Libri, 9(2), 79-104. Retrieved from course reserve.
1959verona_literary unit versus bibliographical unit
Wilson, P. (1983). The catalog as access mechanism: Background and concepts. Library Resources & Technical Services, 27(1), 4-17. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/alcts/resources/lrts (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
1983wilson_the catalog as access mechanism
3
9/4-9/10
Descriptive cataloging I
Required:
Lubetzky, S. (1953). Is this rule necessary? In Cataloging rules and principles: A critique of the A.L.A. rules for entry and a proposed design for their revision (pp. 1-15). Washington, DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved from https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001162682 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
1953lubetzky_is this rule necessary
Lubetzky, S. (1969). The author and title catalog in the library: Its role, function, and objectives. Report 2 of a series on the principles of cataloging. Washington, DC: US Department of Health, Education & Welfare, Office of Education. Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED058909 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
1969lubetzky_the author and title catalog in the library
Pettee, J. (1936). The development of authorship entry and the formulation of authorship rules as found in the Anglo-American code. Library Quarterly, 6(3), 270-290. Retrieved from course reserve.
1936pettee_development of authorship entry
4
9/11-9/17
Descriptive Cataloging II
Required:
Gorman, M. (1989). Yesterday's heresy–today's orthodoxy: An essay on the changing face of descriptive cataloging. College & Research Libraries, 50(6), 626-634. Retrieved from http://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/14506 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
1989gorman_an essay on the changing face of descriptive cataloging
Osborn, A. D. (1941). The crisis in cataloging. Library Quarterly, 11(4), 393-411. Retrieved from www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/inside/units/bibcontrol/osmc/crisis.pdf
1941osborn_the crisis in cataloging
Tucker, B. R. (1990). The limits of a title proper, or one case showing why human beings, not machines, must do the cataloging. Library Resources & Technical Services, 34(2), 240-245. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/alcts/resources/lrts (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Recommended:
Horny, K. L. (1986). Minimal-level cataloging: A look at the issues–a symposium. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 11(6), 332-334. Retrieved from http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/
1986horny_minimal-level cataloging a look at the issues a symposium
Ross, R. M., & West, L. (1986). MLC: A contrary viewpoint. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 11(6), 334-336. Retrieved from http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/
1986ross_MLC (minmal level cataloging contrary viewpoint
Rhee, S. (1986). Minimal-level cataloging: Is it the best local solution to a national problem? The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 11(6), 336-337. Retrieved from http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/
1986rhee_minimal-level cataloging
Crowe, W. J. (1986). Local needs, shared responsibilities. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 11(6), 337-338. Retrieved from http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/
1986crowe_local needs shared responsibilities
Marko, L., & von Wahlde, B. (1986). BRC (Brief Record Cataloging) at Michigan. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 11(6), 339-340. Retrieved from http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/
1986marko_Brief record cataloging at michigan
Somers, J., & Kamens, H. (1986). A more detailed study of one library's experience. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 11(6), 341-342. Retrieved from http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/
1986somers_a more detailed study of one library's experience
5
9/18-9/24
Subject Cataloging
Required:
Haykin, D. J. (1951). Introduction. In Subject headings: A practical guide (pp. 1-6). Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. Retrieved from https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015008971890;view=1up;seq=7 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Haykin, D. J. (1951). Fundamental concepts. In Subject headings: A practical guide (pp. 7-11). Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. Retrieved from https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015008971890;view=1up;seq=7 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
1951haykin_fundamental concepts
Wilson, P. (1968). Subjects and the sense of position. In Two kinds of power: An essay on bibliographic control (pp. 69-92). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Retrieved from https://books.google.com/books?id=DePy_aazKI4C&lpg=PA55&pg=PP3#v=onepage&q&f=false (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
1968wilson_subjects and the sense of postion
Prevost, M. L. (1946). An approach to theory and method in general subject heading. Library Quarterly, 16(2), 140-151. Retrieved from course reserve.
1946prevost_an approach to theory and method in general subject heading
6
9/25-10/1
Classification
Required:
Comaromi, J. P. (1976). The historical development of the Dewey Decimal Classification system. In K. L. Henderson (Ed.), Major classification systems: The Dewey centennial (pp. 17-31). Urbana-Champaign, IL: University of Illinois. Retrieved from https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/1778 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
1976comaromi_the historical development of the Dewey decimal classification system
Hulme, W. W. (1911). Principles of book classification. Library Association Record, 13(1), 444-449. Retrieved from course reserve.
1911hulme_principles of book classification
Svenonius, E. (1983). Use of classification in online retrieval. Library Resources & Technical Services, 27(1), 76-80. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/alcts/resources/lrts (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
1983svenonius_Use of classification in onine retrieval
7
10/2-10/8
Controlled Vocabulary
Required:
Lowe, H. J., & Barnett, G. O. (1994). Understanding and using the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) vocabulary to perform literature searches. The Journal of the American Medical Association, 271(14), 1103-1108. Retrieved from course reserve.
Smiraglia, R. P. (2004). Authority control of works: Cataloging's chimera? Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 38(3-4), 291-308. Retrieved from http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/
2004smiraglia_authority control of works
8
10/9-10/15
Retrieval
Required:
Svenonius, E. (1986). Unanswered questions in the design of controlled vocabularies. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 37(5), 331-340. Retrieved from http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/
1986svenonius_unanswered questions in the design of controlled vocabularies
Spencer, B. (2007). Harnessing the deep web: A practical plan for locating specialty databases on the web. Reference Services Review, 35(1), 71-83. Retrieved from http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/
2007spencer_a practical plan for locating specialty databases on the web
9
10/16-10/22
Natural Language
Required:
Fidel, R. (1992). Who needs controlled vocabulary? Special Libraries, 83(1), 1-9. Retrieved from http://faculty.washington.edu/fidelr/RayaPubs/WhoNeedsControlledVocabulary.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
1992fidel_who needs controlled vocabulary
Larson, R. R. (1991). The decline of subject searching: Long-term trends and patterns of index use in an online catalog. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 42(3), 197-215. Retrieved from http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/
1991larson_the decline of subject searching
10
10/23-10/29
Ontologies and Taxonomies
Required:
Linnaeus, C. (1944). Translation of the title page and the “Observationes” to the tables in the “Systema Naturaeâ (M. S. J. Engel-Ledeboer & H. Engel, Trans.). In Systema naturae, 1735: Facsimile of the first edition (pp. 17-30). Nieuwkoop, Netherlands: De Graaf. Retrieved from course reserve.
1944linneaus_Translation of the title page and the observations to the tables in the system naturae
Benner, J. G., & Karimi, H. A. (2014). Accessible wayfinding ontologies for people with disabilities. Paper presented at Accessible Way-Finding Using Web Technologies, Online Symposium, 3 December. Retrieved from https://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2014/way-finding/paper9/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
2014benner_accessible wayfinding ontologies for people with disabilties
11
10/30-11/5
Indexing
Required:
Bates, M. J. (1989). Rethinking subject cataloging in the online environment. Library Resources & Technical Services, 33(4), 400-412. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/alcts/resources/lrts (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
1989bates_rethinking subject cataloging in the online environment
Page, L., Brin, S., Motwani, R., & Winograd, T. (1999). The PageRank citation ranking: Bringing order to the web. Retrieved from http://ilpubs.stanford.edu:8090/422/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
1999page_the pagerank citation ranking
Recommended:
Barroso, L. A., Dean, J., & Hölzle, U. (2003). Web search for a planet: The Google cluster architecture. IEEE Micro, 23(2), 22-28. Retrieved from course reserve.
2004barroso_web search for a planet the google cluster architecture
12
11/6-11/12
Archival Organization
Required:
Cox, R. J. (2007). Revisiting the archival finding aid. Journal of Archival Organization, 5(4), 5-32. Retrieved from http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/
2007cox_revisiting the archival finding aid
Langdon, J. (2016). Describing the digital: The archival cataloging of born-digital personal papers. Archives and Records, 37(1), 37-52. Retrieved from course reserve.
2016langdon_archival cataloguing of born-digital personal papers
13
11/13-11/19
Data Management
Required:
Heidorn, P. B. (2008). Shedding light on the dark data in the long tail of science. Library Trends, 57(2), 280-299. Retrieved from course reserve.
2008heidorn_shedding light on the dark data in the long tail of science
Lyon, L. (2012). The informatics transform: Re-engineering libraries for the data decade. The International Journal of Digital Curation, 7(1), 126-138. Retrieved from http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/210 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
2012lyons_the informatics transform re-engineering libraries for the data decade
Salo, D. (2010). Retooling libraries for the data challenge. Ariadne, 64. Retrieved from http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue64/salo (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
2010sala_retooling libraries for the data challenge
14
11/20-11/26
Thanksgiving Holiday
Required:
Borges, J. L. (1964). The analytical language of John Wilkins (R. L. C. Simms, Trans.) In Other inquisitions, 1937-1952 (pp. 101-105). Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. Retrieved from http://entish.org/essays/Wilkins.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
1964borges_the analytical language of john wilkins
Eco, U. (1983). Second day, Night (W. Weaver, Trans.). In The name of the Rose (pp. 169-178). New York, NY: Harcourt Brace. Retrieved from course reserve.
1983eco_In the name of the rose
15
11/27-12/3
The Semantic Web
Required:
Bizer, C., Heath, T., & Berners-Lee, T. (2009). Linked data â The story so far. International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems, 5(3), 1-22. Retrieved from http://tomheath.com/papers/bizer-heath-berners-lee-ijswis-linked-data.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
2009bizer_linked data the story so far
Lagoze, C., & Van de Sompel, H. (2001). The Open Archives Initiative: Building a low-barrier interoperability framework. Paper presented at the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Roanoke, VA. Retrieved from https://www.openarchives.org/documents/jcdl2001-oai.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
2001lagoze_the open archives intitiative
Miller, E. (1998). An introduction to the Resource Description Framework. D-Lib Magazine, 4(5). Retrieved from http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may98/miller/05miller.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
1998miller_an introduction to the resource description framework
16
12/4-12/8
The Future of Organization
Required:
Bush, V. (1945, July). As we may think. The Atlantic, 176. Retrieved from https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/303881/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Licklider, J. C. R. (1965). Information storage, organization, and retrieval. In Libraries of the future (pp. 70-89). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Retrieved from http://worrydream.com/refs/Licklider%20-%20Libraries%20of%20the%20Future.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
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