College of Arts and Social Sciences
[Department of Information Studies]
Course Portfolio
Dewey Classification System on the Web
INFO 2360
Period: [2014]
[Date]
Course File
I. COURSE FILE SUMMARY
1. COURSE INFORMATION
College/Institute/Centre
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Department
Information Studies
Program Title
BA
Semester\Year
Spring \ 2014
Program Code
English
Course Code
Dewey Classification System
on the Web
INFO 2360
Course Type
Mandatory
Course Title
Arabic
Pre Requisites
Teaching Language
Arabic & English
Credit Hours
3
Lecture
--2--- (Weekly)
Practical/Fieldwork ---2-- (Weekly)
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Teaching Hours
Teaching Weeks
Number of students
Lecture
Practical/Fieldwork
Number of Students dropped
Total
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39
39
39
0
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2. COURSE DESCRIPTION
ENGLISH COURSE DESCRIPTION
ARABIC COURSE DESCRIPTION
The theoretical content defines the subject
of classification and its importance for the
library, users and librarians. The course
also deals with study and analysis of the
plan of Dewey Decimal Classification in
terms of: Identifying the responsibility of
intellectual planning and stages of
development, the principles of the plan, the
plan infrastructure, the ingredients, the
notation systems. The scheduled plan
focuses on electronic issues of Dewey
Decimal Classification on : the title of the
plan, how to access, the user interface, the
main menu, the structures of classification
records, browsing, search, connectivity
relationships, creating notes, and special
functions.
The practical side focuses on the training of
students on various forms of information
classification by Dewey Decimal
Classification on the Web, and training on
the rules for building notation.
3. COURSE AIM
The course aims to introduce students to the Dewey Decimal Classification system (print
and electronic versions), and how to use it. The course also aims to give students the
classification skills for various types of sources of information in various disciplines.
4. COURSE OBJECTIVES
1- Introduce students to the concept of the classification system and its
importance to the library and users
2- Teaching, practically, classification skills by using the Dewey Decimal
Classification System in printed and electronic editions
3- Assist students in dealing with technical problems related to classification
5. COURSE INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
The program outcome is to produce graduates capable of organizing information
by using Dewey Decimal Classification system in printed and electronic forms in
order to organize library collections.
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6. LECTURES SCHEDULE
WEEK
TOPIC
1
Definition of classification, history of classification systems, types of
modern classification systems
2
The importance of Classification Systems for the libraries, Users and the
information specialist
3
Plan of Dewey Decimal Classification - its intellectual responsibility,
philosophy, principles, and infrastructure
4
Dewey Decimal Classification System components, notations system
5
The electronic version of the Dewey Decimal Classification System
6
Practical classification: rules and steps, examples of the use of printed and
electronic versions
7
Training on the use of print and electronic versions
8
Auxiliary Tables, Table 1\ Standard Subdivision .Med exam
9
Table 2 \ Geographic Areas, Historical Periods, Biography
10
T4\ Subdivisions of Individual Languages and Language Families
T6\Languages
11
T3\ Subdivisions for the Arts, for Individual Literatures, for Specific
Literary Forms
T3A\ Subdivisions for Works by or about Individual Authors
T3B Subdivisions for Works by or about More than One Author
T3C Notation to Be Added Where Instructed in Table 3B, 700.4, 791.4,
808–809
12
T5 \Ethnic and National Groups
13
Classification of : Bibliographies, Biographies books
Training, visit libraries.
14
General training for classification of several types of information sources
15
General review of all parts of the course
16
Final exam
7. TEACHING STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION
Teaching Method
 Use of lecture style
 Use of student self-learning style

Teaching Media
 Use of PowerPoint slides
 Accessing the Web Dewey on the
internet for practical classification
and discussion
Use of practical applications in
classification of Dewey Decimal
Classification System
8. GRADING AND ASSESSMENT
POINTS
10%
5%
WRITTEN
ORAL
Class activities
3
TERM PAPER
CONTINUOUS
Class activities
Quiz
PowerPoint
presentations
5%
Training &
Classification of 25
information sources
10%
20%
20%
30%
Med exam
Practical final exam
Theoretical final
exam
9. COURSE RULES
Attendance
Attendance at class is mandatory. Course Instructors should keep attendance records. An
"absentee warning notice" will be issued if a student is absent for:
• More than 10% in courses with less than 75 total contact hours.
• More than 5% in courses with 75 or more total contact hours.
An "absentee withdrawal notice" will be issued and the student will be deemed to have
withdrawn from the course with an 'FW' grade if a student is absent for:
• More than 20% in courses with less than 75 total contact hours.
• More than 15% in courses with 75 to 150 total contact hours.
• More than 10% of total contact hours for courses with more than 150 total
contact hours.
10. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION
English Reference Books
1- Dewey, Melvil (1876), A
Classification and Subject Index for
Cataloguing and Arranging the Books
and Pamphlets of a Library .
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12513/12
513-h/12513-h.htm
2- Chan, Lois Mai (2007), Cataloguing
and classification (Third edition ed.), The
Scarecrow Press, Inc., p. 321, ISBN 9780-8108-5944-9,
3- Markey, Karen; Demeyer, Anh
N.(1986). Dewey Decimal Classification
Online Project: Evaluation of a Library
Schedule and Index Integrated into the
Subject Searching Capabilities of an
Online Catalog. Final Report.
http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED269021
Arabic Reference Books
‫ تصنيف ديوي‬.)2011(‫ محمد عبد الجواد‬,‫ شريف‬-1
‫العشري(القياسي والكشاف النسبي)الطبعة الثانية‬
.‫والعشرون‬
4
‫الموجز في تصنيف‬.)2008(‫ محمد عوض‬,‫ العابدي‬-2
:‫ القاهرة‬.‫ديوي العشري للمكتبات الصغيرة والمدرسية‬
‫مركز الكتاب للنشر‬
‫نظام تصنيف دوي‬.)2000(‫ صباح محمد‬,‫كلو‬-3
.‫ دار الفكر‬:‫ دمشق‬,‫ دراسة تحليلية تطبيقية‬:‫العشري‬
‫ المنظمة لعربية للتربية والثقافة‬-4
‫ شركة‬:‫الكويت‬.‫تصنيف ديوي العشري‬.)1984(‫والعلوم‬
‫م‬4 ,‫المكتبات الكويتية‬
Lecture Notes/Hand-outs
Electronic Materials, Web Sites etc.
Attachments
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LECTURES
LECTURE NOTES/HAND-OUTS
EXAMS SAMPLE
A SAMPLE OF STUDENTS’ ANSWERS
A SAMPLE OF EXERCISES AND STUDENTS’ ANSWERS
A SAMPLE OF ASSIGNMENTS AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
RESULTS AND GRADES
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