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LBSC 670

LBSC 670. Organization of Information. Class Overview. Who are we? What are we doing here? Where are we going this semester? How are we going to get there? Why is this class important?. Who are we?. Introduce yourself Take notes Report back. What are we doing here?.

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LBSC 670

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  1. LBSC 670 Organization of Information LBSC 670 – Fall 2011 Erik Mitchell

  2. Class Overview • Who are we? • What are we doing here? • Where are we going this semester? • How are we going to get there? • Why is this class important?

  3. Who are we? • Introduce yourself • Take notes • Report back

  4. What are we doing here?

  5. Where are we going?

  6. I want to. . . “produce and manage services that leverage the state-of-the-art in born-digital information” “design and create the next generation of information services” “collaborate with researchers to find information and answer research questions”

  7. Multiple paths to success • In class exercises • Technical, theoretical, practical • Four assignments • Representation, classification, exploration • Guest speakers • Practitioners • Course projects • Exploration

  8. Worksheet approach • Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning • Group based • Identify – Understand – Analyze – Create • Explore, discuss, repeat

  9. Information as. . .

  10. Data to wisdom

  11. Information technology

  12. History of information

  13. Applications of information organization • Examples • Cataloging, special collections, circulation, information systems, reference • Roles • Are librarians organization “end-users?” • In Information science, computer science, education • How is organization different today than it was 20, 40, 60, 100 years ago?

  14. Context • Social issues • Culture and society, personal information use, classification and power • Conceptual facet • Representation, surrogation, logic, process analysis • Social, political, technical interests • Technical facet • Processes, DOM, encoding, programming

  15. Wrap-up • Course readings for next week • What did you like/dislike, what questions do you have? • http://bit.ly/lbsc670_questions

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