The course content is as follows:   

Week 1: Introduction to basic descriptive concepts. Introduction to descriptive and coding standards for libraries, archives, museums, and cultural information documentation centers.

Week 2: Introduction to description and cataloging. Introduction to AACR2 (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules). Introduction to ISBD (International Standard Bibliographic Description). Introduction to ISBDM. Introduction to RDA (Resource Description and Access).

Week 3: RDA (Resource Description and Access). Conceptual models. LRM. Implementations.

Week 4: MARC 21, UNIMARC. Implementations

Week 5: DC (Dublin Core). Implementations.

Week 6: Ontologies. Entities Properties

Week 7: CIDOC CRM (International Committee for Documentation Conceptual Reference Model)

Week 8: Archives. Introduction to basic concepts

Week 9: ISAD (International Standard Archival Description). DIAP (International Standard Archival Description). Implementations.

Week 10: EAD (Encoding Archival Description). EAC (Encoded Archival Context)

Week 11: ISAAR (International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families)

Week 12: CCO (Cataloguing Cultural Objects). VRA (Virtual Resources Association). Implementations.

Week 13: Summary

- Bibliography:

• Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd ed., 1988 revision. Chicago: American Library Association.
• Ασλανίδη, Μ., 2017. Περιγραφικά δεδομένα στον 21^ο αιώνα. Αθήνα: Κλειδάριθμος.
• Ασλανίδη, Μ., 2019. Ταξινομικά συστήματα βιβλιοθηκών. Αθήνα: Κλειδάριθμος.
• Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIFRAME). https://www.loc.gov/bibframe/
• CDWA (Categories for the Description of Works of Art). http://www.getty.edu/research/publications/electronic_publications/cdwa/index.html
• CIDOC, (ICOM's International Committee for Documentation). http://network.icom.museum/cidoc/working-groups/lido/lido-technical/specification/
• Controlled vocabularies (LC).https://www.loc.gov/librarians/controlled-vocabularies/
• Describing Archives Standard, 2nd edition (DACS).https://www2.archivists.org/groups/technical-subcommittee-on-describingarchives-a-content-standard-dacs/describing-archives-a-content-standard-dacssecond
• DBpedia Ontology. http://mappings.dbpedia.org/server/ontology/classes/
• Dublin Core. http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/
• Encoded Archival Context - Corporate bodies, Persons, and Families (EAC-CPF). https://eac.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/
• Europeana Data Model (EDM). https://pro.europeana.eu/page/edm-documentation
• EAD (Encoded Archival Description). https://www.loc.gov/ead/
• The Friend of a Friend (FOAF).http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/20070524.html
• Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR). https://www.ifla.org/files/assets/cataloguing/frbr/frbr_2008.pdf
• Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD). https://www.ifla.org/files/assets/cataloguing/frad/frad_2013.pdf
• Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records – Object Oriented(FRBRoo). https://www.ifla.org/files/assets/cataloguing/FRBRoo/frbroo_v_2.4.pdf
• IFLA Library Reference Model (IFLA LRM). https://www.ifla.org/files/assets/cataloguing/frbr-lrm/ifla-lrm-august2017_rev201712.pdf
• ISBD (Consolidated edition). https://sites.google.com/site/opencatalogingrules/isbdareas
• MADS (Metadata Authority Description Standard). https://www.loc.gov/standards/mads/
• • MARC 21. http://www.loc.gov/marc/ 21. MARCXML.http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/
  • Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS). http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/ 23. MODS (Metadata Object Description Standard). https://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/
  • MusicBrainz Schema. https://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_Database/Schema
  • Music Ontology. http://musicontology.com/specification/
  • Resource Description and Access (RDA). http://access.rdatoolkit.org/
  • Riley, J., 2009. Glossary of metadata standards. [pdf] Διαθέσιμο από: http://jennriley.com/metadatamap/seeingstandards_glossary_pamphlet.pdf
  • UNIMARC.https://www.ifla.org/publications/unimarc-formats-and-relateddocumentation
  • Visual Resources Association (VRA). https://www.loc.gov/standards/vracore/
  • 50. https://www.loc.gov/z3950/agency/markup/markup.html

   

  -Related journals:

  • Archives and Records. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cjsa21
  • Archive Journal. https://www.archivejournal.net/
  • Cataloging and Classification Quarterly. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/wccq20
  • Library Journal. https://www.libraryjournal.com/
  • Museum History Journal. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ymhj20
  • Museums Journal. https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/
  • Music Reference Services Quarterly: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wmus20/current

  ·         Fontes Artis Musicae: https://www.iaml.info/fontes-artis-musicae

  Notes: https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/145

• TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS 

  Combination of distance learning and face-to-face teaching.

  Use of the Ionian University's asynchronous Opencourses platform.

• TEACHING ORGANIZATION The teaching methods and approaches are described in detail. Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercises, Field Exercises, Study & Analysis of Bibliography, Tutorials, Practical Training (Placement), Clinical Practice, Artistic Workshop, Interactive Teaching, Educational Visits, Project Work, Writing Assignments, Artistic Creation, etc.   The student's study hours for each learning activity are recorded, as well as the hours of unsupervised study, in accordance with the principles of ECTS.

  Activity   Semester Workload Lectures   39 Identification, use, study of bibliography   30 Study for the course   45 Individual/group project   42 Exams   4 Total Course   150

USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
Use of ICT in Teaching, Laboratory Training, Communication with Students

Support for teaching/learning through the Ionian University's Open Courses asynchronous e-learning platform (document storage, announcements, posting of notes and files, user groups, online coursework, file sharing, etc.)

Use of the Turnitin language processing program to check for text similarity when preparing and evaluating coursework and exercises.

Use of digital databases and search and retrieval indexes for scientific information via HEAL-Link, etc.  

STUDENT ASSESSMENT

Description of the assessment process

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Summative, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment

Report/Presentation, Oral Examination, Public Presentation, Laboratory Work, Clinical Examination of a Patient, Artistic Interpretation, Other/Others

 Clearly defined assessment criteria are specified and whether and where they are accessible to students

Written assignment

Presentation of assignment during the examination period

Criteria-instructions: Guidelines for the assignment (assignment structure, methodology, assignment topic statement, assignment submission, assignment presentation, evaluation criteria) are available in a special file posted on the Ionian University's opencourses service, in the course.

Guidance and monitoring of the progress and development of assignments throughout their completion.