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INLS 520. Information Organization. Class Overview. Information card http://blackboard.unc.edu Assignments >> Surveys >> Personal information Introductions Course Overview What do we mean by organization?. Course Overview. Syllabus & documents Course overview Content Curriculum
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INLS 520 Information Organization INLS 520 – Fall 2007 Erik Mitchell
Class Overview • Information card • http://blackboard.unc.edu • Assignments >> Surveys >> Personal information • Introductions • Course Overview • What do we mean by organization? INLS 520 – Fall 2007 Erik Mitchell
Course Overview • Syllabus & documents • Course overview • Content • Curriculum • Technology • Expectations INLS 520 – Fall 2007 Erik Mitchell
Class discussion • What do you expect to learn from this class? • How do you think it will impact/influence your career? INLS 520 – Fall 2007 Erik Mitchell
So what is organization? • Definitions • Google definitions • Utility • Learning / knowledge / wisdom • Communication • Storage • Retrieval INLS 520 – Fall 2007 Erik Mitchell
Examples • http://www.amazon.com • http://www.bananarepublic.com • http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog • http://en.wikipedia.org/ • Disambiguation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_%28disambiguation%29 • What are some non-web examples? INLS 520 – Fall 2007 Erik Mitchell
Data to wisdom INLS 520 – Fall 2007 Erik Mitchell
Information technology INLS 520 – Fall 2007 Erik Mitchell
What about Libraries? • Examples • Cataloging, special collections, circulation, information systems, reference • Roles • Are librarians organization “end-users?” • What does information science bring? • How is organization different today than it was 20, 40, 60, 100 years ago? INLS 520 – Fall 2007 Erik Mitchell
Context • Discipline facet • Library Science – Information Science – Computer Science • Conceptual facet • Representation, surrogation, logic, process analysis • Social, political, technical interests • Technical facet • Processes, DOM, encoding, programming INLS 520 – Fall 2007 Erik Mitchell
Miscellaneous • What does Weinberger mean by ‘Miscellaneous?’ • What are some examples? • What are some influential factors? • What are some of the facets of organization? INLS 520 – Fall 2007 Erik Mitchell