LIS 415: Information Organization

Contact Information

Instructor: Daniel N. Joudrey
E-mail: joudrey@simmons.edu
Office: P-205B
Phone: (617) 521-2863


Unit 11: The Future
  • Where does cataloging and organization of information go from here?
  • Is cataloging still needed?
  • Can technology do it all?

Required Readings

 

Taylor, The Organization of Information ..., Conclusion

Yee, "Will the Response of the Library Profession to the Internet Be Self-Immolation?" http://www.slc.bc.ca/response.htm

Wingett, "Gilbert Library to be First..."


Recommended Readings

 

Weinberger, Everything is Miscellaneous

LC Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control, On the Record. http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/news/lcwg-ontherecord-jan08-final.pdf

Mann, "Peloponnesian War" http://www.guild2910.org/Peloponnesian%20War%20June%2013%202007.pdf

Calhoun, "The Changing Nature of the Catalog..." (Skim) http://www.loc.gov/catdir/calhoun-report-final.pdf

Mann, "Review of the Calhoun Report" (Skim) http://www.guild2910.org/AFSCMECalhounReviewREV.pdf


Course Outline


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Updated June 16, 2008.