101
At universities in Australia, Canada, South Africa and the USA, often the course number of basic or entry-level courses. By extension, it is informally used elsewhere to indicate things that are meant for beginners. At universities with four-digit course numbers, the equivalent course number is 1001 or 1010. A "crash course."
Examples "Ranganathan 101" (Spiteri, 1998); "Second Life 101" (http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/cpd/VW/SL101.html ).
Also applied about titles, which are suited for such courses (or "core journals). e.g. 101 LIS titles.
Literature:
Spiteri, Louise. (1998). A simplified model for facet analysis: Ranganathan 101. Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 23, 1-30.
Birger Hjørland
Last edited: 01-03-2008