Content Analysis and Indexing

Code:

MCI0008

Acronym:

ACI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Information Science

Instance: 2015/2016 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Informatics Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Information Science

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EHP	0	Course Programme	1	-	6	56	156
MCI	18	Plano de estudos oficial	1	-	6	56	156
MHP	5	MHP - Study Plan	1	-	6	56	156

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This curricular unit aims:

- To deep the knowledge in what concerns content analysis towards the representation of concepts (subject indexing) and the production of abstracts (condensing)

- To give the students skills in order to manage and to built indexing languages: categorial (enumerative and faceted classifications) and combinatory or vocabulary (thesauri)

 

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end, it is expected that the students can make bibliographic analyses (abstracts) and know how to use and construct categorial indexing languages (classifications) as well as to develop and use combinatory languages (thesauri and lists of indexing terms).

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Information content analysis
1.1 Information analysis - process and methodology(ies)
1.2 Recognition of concepts

2. Abstracts
2.1 Types and functions
2.2 Standards for abstracting

3. The representation of concepts using controlled vocabularies
3.1 Vocabular languages and their construction
3.2 Categorial languages
3.2.1 Main classification systems
3.2.2 Universal Decimal Classification use 

4. New perspectives in subject indexing
4.1 Social indexing in web context
4.2 Languages interoperability

Mandatory literature

Amar, Muriel; Les fondements théoriques de l.indexation
BROUGHTON, Vanda; Essential thesaurus construction, London : Facet Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 1-85604-565-X.
CAMPOS, Maria luísa de Almeida; Linguagem documentária : teorias que fundamentam sua elaboração, Niterói, RJ : EDUFF - Editira da Universidade Federal Fluminense, 2001. ISBN: 85-228-0319-6.
CLARK, Doris Hargrett; Authority control : principles, applications and instructions, Chicago : American Library Association, 1990. ISBN: 0-8389-0516-1.
GIL LEIVA, Isidoro; Manual de indización: teoría y práctica, Gijón: Ediciones Trea, 2008. ISBN: 978-84-9704-367-0
GIL URDICIAIN, Blanca; Manual de lenguajes documentales. 2.ª ed. revisada y ampliada, Gijón : Ediciones Trea, 2004. ISBN: 84-9704-138-0.
Hjorland, Birger; Information seeking and subject representation. ISBN: 0-313-29893-9
Hunter, Eric J.; Classification made simple. ISBN: 0-7546-0795-X
JIMENÉZ PELAYO, Jesús; GARCÍA BLANCO, Rosa; El Catálogo de autoridades : creación y gestión en unidades documentales, Gijón : Ediciones Trea, 2002. ISBN: 84-9704-027-9.
LANCASTER, F. W.; Indexing and abstracting in theory and practice. 3rd ed., London : Facet Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 1-85604-482-3.
MORENO FERNÁNDEZ, Luís Miguel; BORGOÑOS MARTÍNEZ, María Dolores; Teoría y práctica de la Clasificación Decimal Universal (CDU). 2.ª ed. rev., corr. y ampl., Gijón : Ediciones Trea, 2002. ISBN: 84-9704-051-1.
PINTO, María; GÁLVEZ, Carmen; Análisis documental de contenido : procesamiento de información, Madrid : Editorial Síntesis, [1996]. ISBN: 84-7738-354-5.
PINTO MOLINA, María; GARCÍA MARCO, F. Javier; AGUSTIN LACRUZ, María del Carmen; Indización y resumen de documentos digitales y multimedia : técnicas y procedimientos, Gijón : Ediciones Trea, 2002. ISBN: 84-9704-023-6.
PORTUGAL. Instituto Português da Qualidade. Comissão Técnica 7; Norma Portuguesa 3715 : documentação : método para a análise de documentos, determinação do seu conteúdo e selecção de termos de indexação, Lisboa : I. P. Q., 1989.
Ribeiro, Fernanda; Indexação e controlo de autoridade em arquivos. ISBN: 972-605-041-3

Complementary Bibliography

ALURI, Rao; KEMP, D. Alasdair; BOLL, John J.; Subject analysis in online catalogs, Englewood : Libraries Unlimited, 1991. ISBN: 0-87287-670-5.
BOOTH, Pat; Indexing : the manual of good practice, München : K. G. Saur, 2001. ISBN: 3-598.11536-9.
CHAUMIER, Jacques; Analyse et langages documentaires : le traitement linguistique de l'information documentaire, Paris : Entreprise Moderne d'Édition, 1982.
CHOWDHURY, G. G.; Introduction to modern information retrieval. 2nd ed., London : Facet Publishing , 2003. ISBN: 1-85604-480-7.
GIL LEIVA, Isidoro; La Automatización de la indización de documentos, Gijón : Ediciones Trea, 1999. ISBN: 84-95178-11-7.
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions; Guidelines for authority records and references. ISBN: 3-598-11504-0
LANCASTER, F. W.; Thesaurus construction and use : a condensed course, Paris : UNESCO, 1985.
McIlwaine, I. C.; Guide to the use of UDC. ISBN: 92-66-00-703-X
RUIZ PÉREZ, Rafael; El Análisis documental : bases terminológicas, conceptualización y estructura operativa : con una bibliografía indizada. Presentación José Ramón Pérez Álvarez-Ossorio, Granada : Universidad, 1992. ISBN: 84-338-1700-0.
SLYPE, Georges van; Los Lenguajes d'indización : concepción, construcción y utilización en los sistemas documentales. Trad. del francés Pedro Hípola, Félix de Moya, Salamanca : Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez, 1991. ISBN: 84-86168-60-0.
Theory of subject analysis : a sourcebook. Ed. by Lois Mai Chan, [et al.], Littleton : Libraries Unlimited, 1985.
UNISIST; Principes d'indexation, Paris : UNESCO, 1975.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expositive teaching, supported by projections, in order to supply the basic theoretical concepts; discussion among the class of the theoretical foundations of the subjects; practical assessments of content analysis and construction and use of indexing languages.

keywords

Humanities > Information science

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	40,00
Trabalho escrito	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	54,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho de investigação	52,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Not applicable

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification (FC) is based on:

Written assessment (A) and its oral presentation - 60%; Final examination (FE) - 40%.

The student must obtain, at least, 7.5 in the final examination.

FC = Ax0,6 + FEx0,4

 

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Internship work/project

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The TE, DA, ... are obliged to the same kind of evaluation as the regular students.

Classification improvement

The improvement of the classification can be obtained only in the examination component, by repetition of the final examination.