theorywatch

Well, time to revamp my syllabus for KM/LIS 5433… more metadata (or, as Joe Colannino would no doubt justifiably point out), more supradata.

Recommendations:

5.2.1 Communicate with LIS Educators
5.2.1.1 LC and ALA: Convene a biennial meeting with LIS educators and trainers, perhaps in coordination with ALA and ALISE, to discuss changing policies, procedures, processes and practices, the levels of demand for qualified professionals in the area of bibliographic control, and base levels of knowledge required, in the first instance, of those who will work in bibliographic control and, in the second instance, of all professionals.
5.2.1.2 LIS programs and library community: Accept that base levels of knowledge for all professionals include: Understanding the role of organizing resources in information control, transfer and access processes; Being familiar with basic principles and practices for organizing resources in libraries, archives, museums and other information resource centers; Skills for organizing resources and understanding description and subject analysis as fundamental components of this activity; Understanding the basic role of metadata for organizing digital resources; Being aware of new developments that have an impact on the organization of resources, such as the Dublin Core, FRBR, etc.
5.2.1.3 LIS programs: Make available curricula covering advanced knowledge and skills to those who intend to specialize in bibliographic control. These could include traditional cataloging, knowledge organization theory, database design (theory and programming), metadata for unique materials, indexes and thesauri/facet analysis, computational linguistics, philosophy of information, managing e-resources, systems librarianship, etc.

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