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| Contact Information |
Instructor: Daniel N. Joudrey
E-mail: joudrey@simmons.edu
Office: P-205B
Phone: (617) 521-2863
Class: Tuesdays and Wednesdays 6-9 pm
Office Hours:
Wednesdays 4-5 pm and by appt. |
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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. |
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Prerequisites: None
Audience (level, environment/setting): beginning; all settings
Relevant Student Learning Outcomes:
- Graduates demonstrate critical thinking in their practice of library, archival and information science (I)
- Graduates communicate clearly and effectively in a range of formats to a variety of audiences (I)
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| Objectives |
Students will understand:
- the role of organization in human endeavors;
- basic principles of organization that have developed over the last several centuries;
- organizational concepts that affect how information must be retrieved;
- various approaches to organizing in different types of environments;
- the roles of various standards and tools in organizing information resources.
Students will be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge of core concepts and principles;
- effectively interpret metadata records;
- use a number of standard organizing tools;
- use appropriately the vocabulary commonly associated with information organization, metadata, and cataloging;
- identify and suggest appropriate approaches to organizing information in given situations.
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Required Textbook
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Taylor, Arlene G., and Daniel N Joudrey, The Organization of Information, 3rd ed., Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2009.
ISBN10: 159158700X
ISBN13: 9781591587002 (Paperback)
This title may be purchased through the Simmons College Bookstore, online from Libraries Unlimited at www.lu.com, or from other online retailers.
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Disclaimer: This syllabus is not a contract. The instructor reserves the right to alter the course requirements, schedule, and/or assignments based on new materials, class discussions, or other legitimate pedagogical objectives. Students will be given notice of relevant changes in class or via e-mail.
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