Contact Information
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Instructor: Professor Daniel N. Joudrey
E-mail: joudrey@simmons.edu
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Office: C-330K
Phone: (617) 521-2863
Pronouns: he/him/his |
Class times:
Thursday, 2-5pm and 6-9pm
Office Hours:
Via Zoom, by appointment
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Important
Syllabus Links:
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Course Description |
The phenomena, activities, and
issues surrounding the
organization of information in
service of users and user
communities. Topics include
resource types and formats,
information service institutions,
markup, descriptive metadata,
content standards, subject
analysis and classification, and
the information life cycle.
Required course.
Prerequisites:
None
Audience (level,
environment/setting): beginning;
all settings |
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Relevant Program
Learning Outcomes
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These program learning outcomes are assessed in the course:
1. Apply professional standards, tools, and best practices in the information field and across specialized areas.
2. Communicate effectively across different audiences.
5. Demonstrate the technological skills required to help information professionals and organizations achieve their goals.
Students are also exposed to this program learning outcome in the course:
7. Be guided by professional ethics and values.
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Course Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course,
students will be able to:
A. Understand the role of
information organization in
library and information science
(LIS).
B. Demonstrate knowledge of the
core concepts and principles of
information organization.
C. Understand the relationship
between information organization
concepts and information
discovery.
D. Select appropriate
approaches to organizing
information in different types
of environments.
E. Recognize and use
information organization
standards and tools.
F. Use the vocabulary commonly
associated with information
organization.
G. Effectively interpret
metadata records.
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Course Structure |
This course includes the
following approaches to teaching
and learning:
- lectures (in various formats: live and recorded)
- lab sessions and in-class exercises
- readings
- discussions and discussion
board postings
- homework assignments
Assignments will be
partnered and there will be at least one group project.
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Textbook
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Required: Daniel
N. Joudrey and Arlene G. Taylor, The
Organization of Information,
4th ed. (Westport, Conn.:
Libraries Unlimited, 2018).
ISBN: 978-1-59884-858-8
(Paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-59884-859-5
(Hardcover)
This title may be purchased
from the Simmons University
bookstore, Amazon,
Libraries
Unlimited, and other online
retailers. A Kindle version is available through Amazon.
Please note:
There are multiple editions of this work. Please obtain the latest version (2018).
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Grading Scale
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For some assignments, letter
grades will be used and for others
you will receive grades based on
percentages.
| Letter
Grade |
Meaning |
Percentage
Equivalents |
| A |
Excellent
Performance |
94 - 100 % |
| A- |
Very Good
Performance |
90 - 93 % |
| B+ |
Good
Performance |
87 - 89 % |
| B |
Satisfactory
Performance |
84 - 86 % |
| B- |
Marginal
Performance |
80 - 83 % |
| C+ |
Unsatisfactory
Performance |
77 - 79 % |
| C |
74 - 76
% |
| C- |
70 - 73 % |
| D+ |
67 - 69 % |
| D |
64 - 66
% |
| D- |
60 - 63 % |
| F |
Failing
Performance |
Below 60
% |
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Course Outline
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- Unit 1:
Introduction to Information
Organization
- Unit 2:
Environments and their Tools
- Unit 3:
Introduction to Metadata
- Unit 4:
Encoding
- Unit 5:
Description
- Unit 6:
Access & Authority Control
- Unit 7:
Aboutness & Subject Analysis
- Unit 8:
Vocabulary Control
- Unit 9:
Categorization, Classification,
& Arrangement
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