I have certainly been learning more about the cataloguing process for all manner of resources that can be sourced all around the world in these first couple of weeks while studying in ETL505: Describing and Analysing Education Resources. I hope to post every now and then about interesting information that I’ve been learning in this subject. I’m already familiar with a number of website links that have been presented in the modules as I have used them outside of school time. Although some of the links still manage to surprise me as I never realised you could drag photos into the search bar of Google Images to get results instantly on a chosen topic. I thought it was incredible to think that a website I use daily can have hidden features like this that we don’t even know about until we talk to someone that would find it incredibly useful (perhaps a student doing a research topic or a couple researching for a trip could drag photos into that search bar to get more results and discover new knowledge!).
I’m absolutely sure that I will have even more to learn about, particularly involving the process of classifying resources throughout this course. It’s been interesting to read the chapters in our prescribed text and start to develop my own perception of how physical resources WERE sorted in the past, in comparison to NOW when accessing a lot of resources can be done online or digitally. I found it fascinating to think that each resource can have a specific ISBN (International Standard Book Number) to identify the type of resource it is and also be able to search for that resource in a short amount of time. Hider (2018) has been discussing the idea of sharing and collaborating with other library databases around the world, which saves time in identifying resources as an online catalogue can be downloaded and shared to recognise whether a particular resource is available to access. When thinking about how vast particular databases are, the variety of museums and libraries that use certain protocols (like Z39.50) to allow metadata communication to take place effectively when accessing resources from remote information systems (especially considering a lot of these systems are often overseas).
Overall I’m keen to explore more in depth detail involving the classifying, searching and retrieval process that occurs when looking for particular resources all around the world. I still find it interesting that all these resources can be found in physical form but as the world changes the way we access information will this impact the environments that encourage learning for students (like libraries and museums)?
Reference
Hider, P. (2018). Information Resource Description : Creating and Managing Metadata (Vol. Second edition). (6), 112-17. London: Facet Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.csu.edu.au/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1817135&site=ehost-live
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