Content Analysis and Indexing

Code:

MCI0008

Acronym:

ACI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Information Science

Instance: 2019/2020 - 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
MCI	19	Plano de estudos oficial	1	-	6	56	156
MHP	3	MHP - Study Plan	1	-	6	56	156

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This curricular unit aims:

- To deep the knowledge in what concerns content analysis, 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)

- Stimulate critical analysis and empower students for collaborative tagging

 

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should be able to conduct content analysis in a wide variety of contexts and apply and construct categorical indexing languages (classifications) and combinatorial languages (thesauri and lists of indexing terms) as well as critically analyze and apply new ones methods of collaborative tagging.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Content analysis and indexation in the organization and representation of information
Normative principles; conceptual models and their origins; facet analysis and domain analysis; abstracts; interdisciplinarity; automation of ACI

Controlled vocabularies
Structures; construction of authority control mechanisms

Structural classification models
Faceted and non-faceted schemes; bibliographic classifications; R & D classifications; classifications in business context; classifications in web environment

New perspectives in subject indexing
Collaborative tagging; folksonomies

Mandatory literature

Amar, Muriel; Les fondements théoriques de l.indexation
BROUGHTON, Vanda; Essential thesaurus construction, London : Facet Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 1-85604-565-X.
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
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
International Organization for Standardization; ISO 5127:2017 - Information and documentation -- Foundation and vocabulary
Jagerman Evert J.; Creating, maintaining and applying quality taxonomies. ISBN: 90-811274-1-1
Lambe Patrick; Organising knowledge. ISBN: 978-184334-227-4
Patton Glenn E. 340; Requisitos funcionais para dados de autoridade. ISBN: 978-972-565-478-1

Comments from the literature

Complementary literature will be indicated in class.

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 exercises.

keywords

Humanities > Information science

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	70,00
Trabalho de campo	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

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

Eligibility for exams

Not applicable

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification (FC) is based on:

Two individual written works (IW) and their oral presentation, each corresponding to 10% of the total of each work (50%).

The student must obtain, at least, 8 points in each work.

FC = IW1x0,5 + IW2x0,5

 

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

Grade improvement can be obtained by reformulating the individual work 1. Work 2, due to its specificity, cannot be improved.