University of Arizona

School of Information Resources and Library Science, Fall Term, 2002

IRLS 588 ISSUES IN INFORMATION RESOURCES:

INDEXING AND ABSTRACTING

COURSE OUTLINE

From September 12^th on, the schedule for each class is as follows:

12 p.m. - 1:20, the day's topic
1:20 - 1:30, break
1:30 - 1:50, student presentation #1
1:50 - 2:10, student presentation #2
2:10 - 2:30, clarifications, questions, continuation of discussion of topics raised by the two presentations, etc.; if time permits, we will continue with the day's topic

Class 1 August 29^th Introduction to the course

Class 2 September 5^th Introduction (cont.); Open-system vs. closed-system indexing

Class 3 September 12^th Subject selection; two student presentations

Class 4 September 19^th Structure and arrangement of entries; two student presentations

Class 5 September 26^th Cross-references; two student presentations

Class 6 October 3^rd Names and their problems; two student presentations

Class 7 October 10^th Introduction to indexing software; two student presentations

Class 8 October 17^th Guest speakers

Class 9 October 24^th Special subjects in indexing; two student presentations

Class 10 October 31^st Format and layout of indexes; Editing the index; Index quality; two student presentations

Class 11 November 7^thEmbedded indexing; Online indexing; two student presentations

Class 12 November 14^th Thesaurus construction; two student presentations

Class 13 November 21^st Assignment C is due. Abstracting; two student presentations

No Class November 28^th Thanksgiving; Have a good holiday!

Class 14 December 5^th Assignment A is due. Running an indexing business

Marks will be submitted to SIRLS by December 20^th.

Assignments

Objectives and Expectations

LISTSERV
There is a listserv for the course indexing@listserv.arizona.edu. All students are required to sign up for the listserv. For instructions on how to subscribe to a listserv, go to http://listserv.arizona.edu/Subscribe.html