Module Information
Module Identifier
DS31610
Module Title
INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
Academic Year
2012/2013
Co-ordinator
Semester
Intended for use in future years
Pre-Requisite
Other Staff
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 11 Hours. |
| Practical | 6 Hours. |
| Seminars / Tutorials | 7 Hours. |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Design a thesarus for a subject or collection of their own choice Design Thesaurus: | 50% |
| Semester Exam | 1.5 Hours | 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
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6