REFLECTION WEEK 2: INTRODUCTION CATALOGING

Assalamualaikum WBT dan Salam Sejahtera ;

Because all of us in this class is not from educational technology course so this week En. Razak  explain to us more details about our syllabus during lecture MPT 1173 to make sure that we will understand what we have to learn from this subject. Here are some important points during our lecture this week:

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of the class, we can:

1. Explain concept of materials and information classification  

2. Evaluate information retrieval systems for resource centre 

3. Classify educational materials for resource centre using Dewey Decimal Classification   

4. Develop automation system for school resource centre

Classification : concept and system

1. Material and information classification

2. Philosophy and concept of classification

3.  Major classification systems

4. Use of notation on classified materials

Information Sources:

1. Primary Sources ( diary,original sources)

2. Secondary Sources ( journal)

3. Tertiary Sources (index,newspaper )

Primary Sources:

1. Diary

2.Letter

3.Original Document like birth cert,manuscript

4.Patent

5. Proceeding og meeting,conference,symposium

6. Survey research

7. Work of Literature

Secondary Sources:

1. Biography

2.Discussion

3.Index

4.Abstract

5.Journal

6.Bibliography

Tertiary Sources:

1. Almanac (annual pulblication like weather forecast,farmer planting

    schedule, information in calendar.

2. Encyclopedia.

3. Fact of  the books.

Learning Object:

- Any entity, digital or non digital, that may be used for learning education or training.

Why We Organized The Informtion ?

1. The main reason is to find more efectively based on some dort of organization aplied to information   
    resources.

2. For historical information, there have many intitution and tools devoted to information organization such as:

    - library

    - museum

    - indexes or catalogs,dictionaries

WEEK 2: VISIT TO FP RESOURCE CENTRE AND PSZ

We have been asked to make a visit to FP resource centre and PSZ (UTM main library) or any other library/resource centre

Find out:

1.       How do you locate materials in the library?

Step1 : Looking for the materials that we need by refer to the searching system INFOLAN in PSZ.

Step 2 : The system will show the availability of the materials and its call number.

Step 3 : The call number will show the location of the materials in PSZ.

2.       How do you know that certain materials that you are looking for are available in the library?

The INFOLAN system in the PSZ will show the availability of the materials.

3.       What is the information is given about the library materials?

Title, item type, key word, subject, division, author, source, SNN, DOI, accession number, data base,Publishers, publication date.

4.       Are there any tools/schemes used for such information/ date in #2 can be generated?

We able to access the INFOLAN in PSZ through the intranet in the UTM campus.

5.       How the materials arranged on the selves?

The materials arranged on the selves according to the call number.

6.       What is/are schemes used for that such arrangement can be mabe?

Library of congress classification (LCC)

7.       Is there different shelves/ area for different types of materials? ( AV, Journals, Large books, special collections)

Yes, different types of materials will located at different location for example large book ( more than 28cm will located at the separate place and give the ‘ f ’ (folio) symbol

REFLECTION WEEK 1: SUBJECT INTRODUCTION

Assalamualaikum WBT dan Salam Sejahtera :

Lecture first week went well. Our lecturers En.Razak do familiarization session with the students. In the first lecture, Mr. Razak is more focused on the introduction of MPT 1173 subjects in general to provide an initial overview of the scope to be learned.

 EN ABD RAZAK BIN IDRIS

ASSESSMENT FOR THIS CLASS :

can't wait for our next class ... yippiee!!! ...