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Course: 2023/2024

Automation systems in information services

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Bachelor in Library and Information (Blended learning) (Plan: 250 - Estudio: 210)

Coordinating teacher: PERIANES RODRIGUEZ, ANTONIO

Department assigned to the subject: Library and Information Sciences Department

Type: Compulsory

ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course: 3º

Semester: 2º

Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)

Informatics (210-13364) Internet technologies (210-13372) Database design (210-13375) Related specialization courses: Digital Publishing (210-13380) Business archives: electronic document management (210 - 13394) Information search and retrieval (210-13383) Web content management (210-13401)

Objectives

Provide students the theoretical and practical fundamental issues that may be able to: A. Describe technologies available in cultural institutions of Memory (Archives, Libraries, Museums) B. Understand the complexities of digital libraries. C. Participate in creating and organizing a digital collection and virtual exhibition. D. Design and manage metadata standards-compliant schemas for organizing digital collections E. Participate in operations of selection and implementation of systems used in digital libraries. F. Contribute to the evaluation of a digital library and its services.

Description of contents: programme

Fundamental issues, problems, and approaches to digital libraries, reflecting differing efforts and thinking in a number of fields and enterprises. Variety of digital library types,architectures,aplication software, digital repositories,social software (sharing, interchange, networking), and standards and protocols. Services, use, evaluation of digital libraries. Management issues; relation to traditional libraries. Research and developmental projects and initiatives. Trends into the future. UD 1. Digital libraries UD 2. Application software UD 3. Open access repositories UD 4. Systems users UD 5. Interfaces UD 6. System evaluation UD 7. Digital libraries architecture

Learning activities and methodology

The acquisition of theoretical knowledge will be made from class,readings related to each of the teaching units,online tutorials, exercises, individual and group tasks, quizzes and class discussions shortcuts,addition to students' personal study (3.6 ECTS).The acquisition of skills and abilities will be a total of 2.4 ECTS, and developed from practical assumptions made ¿¿in the computer classroom with direct supervision of the teacher. The tutorial system will be established by the University and published in "Aula Global".

Assessment System

The continuous evaluation will be carried out by completing an individual project. This project was carried out with OMEKA. It includes the creation of digital objects (texts, photos, videos), assignment of metadata, inclusion of keywords, registration, justification of the decisions made, description of the project, etc. The collections created must be exposed from the administration panels, virtual collection and institutional website. The evaluation of the project as a whole allows scoring with a maximum of 40% of the final grade. The remaining 30% was based on the evaluation of assignments related to readings (total of continuous evaluation: 70%).

Evaluation criteria:
Significance and scope of the collection created, for cultural purposes and / for memory institutions (Archives, libraries, museums, history, ...).
Importance of focus on the problem addressed. Adaptation to institutional contexts. Academic quality.
Originality and value for the future work of a librarian / archivist / system / service.
Quality of the virtual exhibition (texts, explanations, layout, ...).

The exercises and assignments must be submitted on the dates scheduled through the specific links available at "Aula Global". (max. 70%)

A final exam assess the theoretical knowledge acquired (30% of final grade).Take the exam is mandatory to obtain the final mark of the course.

The terms and conditions of the extraordinary examination shall comply with the provisions of the Regulations governing the process of continuous assessment in undergraduate, approved by the Governing Council at its meeting on May 31, 2011.  http://www.uc3m.es/portal/page/portal/organizacion/secret_general/normativa/estudiantes/estudios_grado
Good practice guide for students of the University Carlos III
http://www.uc3m.es/portal/page/portal/conocenos/guia_buenas_practicas

% end-of-term-examination 30
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 70

Calendar of Continuous assessment

Basic Bibliography

Agenjo Bullón X, Hernández Carrascal F. La biblioteca virtual: función y planteamiento. Boletín de la ANABAD, 2009, 59 (4), p. 25-105.
Alonso, J,Subirats, I, Martinez Conde, ML. Informe APEI sobre acceso abierto. Gijón: Asociación Profesional de Especialistas en Información. 2008
Bearman, D. Digital libraries. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 2007, 41, p. 223-272.
García Melero, LA. La biblioteca digital revisitada. Boletín de la ANABAD, 2009, 59 (4), p. 123-146.

Additional Bibliography

Chowdhury, GG. Digital libraries and information access: research perspectives. London: Facet Publishing. 2012
Dobreva, M. User studies for digital library development. London: Facet. 2012
Ariadne. [Online]. Bath: University. 1996
Arms, WY. Digital libraries. Cambridge [Mass]: MIT Press. [Online: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/wya/DigLib/]. 2005
Chowdhury, GG; Chowdhury, S. Information users and usability in the digital age. London: Facet. 2011
D-Lib Magazine. The Magazine of digital Library Research. [Online]. Reston [Vir.]: Corporation for National Research Initiatives. 1995. Bimensual.
Lesk, M. Understanding digital libraries. San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann. 2005
Monson, JD. Jump-Start your career as a digital librarian. Chicago: American Library Association TechSource. 2013

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.

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