Course Information
| Session |
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| Credits | 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs |
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| Registration dates | We accept registrations through the first week of classes, unless enrollment is full, and unless the class was canceled before it started due to low enrollment. |
Controlled Vocabularies and Taxonomies
$250.00
Dates: March 3 - March 30Credits: 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs
This course focuses on learning the basic principles of controlled vocabularies and taxonomies including terminology, common vocabularies used in library and metadata work including those from Library of Congress, Getty, among others, and guidance on development and planning of taxonomy implementation plans. Students will become familiar with the fundamental principles of taxonomy and controlled vocabularies, understand usage and common controlled vocabularies for institutional repository, cataloging, digital archives, and web related metadata work, and be able to develop their own taxonomy implementation plans.
Course Objectives and Goals
By the end of the course students will:
• Develop a firm understanding of taxonomies and their use across library and web platforms.
• Understand the terminology and structure associated with taxonomies and controlled vocabularies.
• Explore controlled vocabularies from the Library of Congress, Getty, and other vocabularies.
• Create a taxonomy implementation plan and identify relevant controlled vocabularies.
This is an asynchronous course with built-in course materials and a series of weekly assignments. Some course materials may be recorded.
This course can be taken as one of eight courses needed to earn our Certificate in Cataloging and Technical Services, but can be taken as a stand-alone course as well.
Course Description
This course focuses on learning the basic principles of controlled vocabularies and taxonomies including terminology, common vocabularies used in library and metadata work including those from Library of Congress, Getty, among others, and guidance on development and planning of taxonomy implementation plans. Students will become familiar with the fundamental principles of taxonomy and controlled vocabularies, understand usage and common controlled vocabularies for institutional repository, cataloging, digital archives, and web related metadata work, and be able to develop their own taxonomy implementation plans.
Course Objectives and Goals
By the end of the course students will:
- Develop a firm understanding of taxonomies and their use across library and web platforms
- Understand the terminology and structure associated with taxonomies and controlled vocabularies
- Explore controlled vocabularies from the Library of Congress, Getty, and other vocabularies
- Create a taxonomy implementation plan and identify relevant controlled vocabularies.
This is an asynchronous course with built-in course materials and a series of weekly assignments. Some course materials may be recorded. This course can be taken as one of eight courses needed to earn our Certificate in Cataloging and Technical Services, but can be taken as a stand-alone course as well.
Robin Fay
Robin Fay is a Cataloging/Metadata Librarian and Trainer who has worked with academic, public, community college libraries and multistate consortias on cataloging and metadata projects, among those are the Orbis Cascade Alliance, the University System of Georgia, and SkillsCommon.
Robin is both a practitioner with over 10 years of cataloging and a trainer. She is a frequent guest on WREK’s Lost in the Stacks discussing metadata and semantic web topics. She holds a B.A. in English from the University of Georgia; a MLIS from the University of South Carolina; certificates in Project Management (University of Georgia), and a Yellow Belt in Six Sigma (a quality and processes control standard). Her book Semantic Web Technologies and Social Searching for Librarians was published in 2012.
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