Course Unit / Organization of Information: Authority Control
Área Científica do Menor Elective

Organization of Information: Authority Control

Área Científica do Menor 6.0 ECTS 1st Cycle Studies
Year
0
Academic year
2026-2027
Code
01013694
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

N.A.

Teaching Methods

This course will adopt the following teaching methods:
a) lectures;
b) practical classes;
c) seminars for presentation and discussion of individual and /or group work;
d) study visits.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course students should be able to:
a) recognize the functions, objectives, process and products involved in authority control;
b) recognize the importance of authority control for efficient information retrieval;
c) recognize and apply the principles and national and international standards used in establishing the access points to a catalog;
d) evaluate the coherence and consistency of a catalog in terms of authority control;
e) have a clear perspective of the present and the future of authority control.

 

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Authority control and the establishment of access points to a catalog
1.1 Functions, objectives and policies
1.2. Process and products
1.3. National and international standards: scope, structure and implementation.
1.4. Authority control in manual and automated environments
2. Authority control process
2.1. General principles and application
2.2. Access points selection
2.3. Access points presentation
2.4. Validation and quality control
3. Authority control: between the present and the future
3.1. Linked data and discovery tools: impacts on authority control.
3.2. FRAD and RDA: impacts on authority control.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Manuela Tavares de Matos Cardoso

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Report of a seminar or field trip: 10.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 10.0%
In-class participation: 10.0%
Resolution Problems: 20.0%
Mini Tests: 50.0%

Bibliography

Assumpção, F. S. (2020). Repensando questões políticas e tecnológicas em tempos de RDA. In: Assumpção, Fabrício Silva; Pereira, Ana Maria; Teixeira, Marcelo Votto (org.). RDA: perspetivas teóricas e práticas no Brasil. Florianópolis: UDESC.
Golub, K. (2021). Automated Subject Indexing: An Overview. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. v. 59, n. 8, p. 702-719.
Anglo-American cataloguing rules. (2003). Chicago: ALA; Ottawa: CLA; London: CILIP.
Regras Portuguesas de Catalogação. (2000). Lisboa: BN.
Regras portuguesas de catalogação: Coordenação técnica, revisão e índices (2008). A.N.Gusmão, F. M. Guedes de Carvalho, J. C. Sottomayor. Lisboa: BAD-Associação Portuguesa de Bibliotecários, Arquivistas e Documentalistas.
Zeng, M.L. & Qin, J. (2022). Metadata. American Library Association. ISBN: 978-1783305889
Bibliografia complementar será indicada nas aulas./ Additional bibliography will be provided in class.