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Course Description
The Principles of Controlled Vocabulary and Thesaurus Design prepares digital project staff to use existing controlled vocabularies or to develop their own lists of specialized terms for specific applications in digital projects.
Learning Objectives
- Compare and contrast different types of controlled vocabularies, including lists, synonym rings, hierarchies and thesauri.
- Create controlled vocabulary (CV) terms for supplied digital objects
- Apply the Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of Monolingual Controlled Vocabularies for refining CV terms
- Develop hierarchies of CV terms for thesauri
- Build associative relationships among the CV terms
- Discuss methods of displaying controlled vocabularies to metadata creators and users
- Examine methods of justifying, building and integrating CVs
Target Audience
This course is designed for archivists, librarians or museum staff faced with the challenges of applying existing controlled vocabularies or building new vocabularies to provide access to their digital collections
Prerequisites
None
Homework Expectations and Completion Requirements
It is designed for individual participation; each individual must register.
This course is part of the "Train to Share" series made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Project-based homework is an important part of this training series.
Technical Requirements
Live Online System Requirements
Schedule
This course consists of four 2-hour sessions.
The Imaging and Preservation Service is funded in part by a grant from the Division of Preservation and Access of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
| Instructor: Bill Walker - [ E-Mail ]
[ Bio ] |
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| Contact Hrs:
8.00 |
CEUs: 0.80 |
| Amigos Member Early Bird Fee: $ 500.00 | Non-member Early Bird Fee: $ 650.00 |
| Amigos Member Fee:
$ 525.00 |
Amigos Non-member Fee:
$ 675.00 |
| Available On Request |
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