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| Contact Information |
Instructor: Daniel N. Joudrey
E-mail: joudrey@simmons.edu
Office: P-205B
Phone: (617) 521-2863 |
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| Unit 1: Introduction and Environments |
The various settings in which information is organized for posterity are examined in this unit.
- Is there a basic human need to organize?
- Why do we organize?
- What is organization of information?
- How is it approached in different types of environments (e.g., libraries [including various types], archives, museums, art galleries, digital libraries, your own workspace, and the Internet)?
- What is the difference between information and knowledge?
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Required Readings |
Taylor & Joudrey, The
Organization of Information, Chapter 1
Roe, Arranging & Describing Archives, Chapter 1
Taylor & Joudrey, "Cataloging" from the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, 3rd. ed. |
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Relevant Articles from The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, 3rd ed.
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Allen and Stein, "Visual Resources Management in Cultural Institutions"
Dillon and Turnbull, "Information Architecture"
Helfer and Heinrich, "Technical Services"
Jörgensen, "Still Image Indexing"
Maxwell, "Bibliographic Control"
Mulvaney, "Back-of-the-Book Indexing"
Neilson. "Museum Registration and Documentation"
Myburgh, "Records Organization and Access"
Sweeney, "Provenance of Archival Materials"
Turner, "Moving Image Indexing"
Weinberg, "Indexing: History and Theory" |
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Recommended Readings
Books |
Hider & Harvey, Organising
Knowledge in a Global Society, Chapters 1 & 2
Buck & Gilmore, The New Museum Registration Methods
Reibel, Registration Methods for the Small Museum, Chapters 5 & 6
Morville & Rosenfeld, Information Architecture for the WWW, Chapters 1-3
O'Toole, Understanding Archives & Manuscripts
Lesk, Understanding Digital Libraries, Chapters 1 & 5
Shepherd & Yeo, Managing Records
Keeping Archives, Chapter 8 Arrangement and Description |
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Recommended Readings
Articles & Web Sites |
Coburn and Baca, "Beyond the Gallery Walls: Tools and Methods for Leading End-Users to Collections Information" http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Jun-04/coburn_baca.html
Clayton, "Library Stacks? No, That's My Office" http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0716/p16s01-lehl.html
Snowden, "Complex Acts of Knowing" http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Apr-03/BulletinAprMay03.pdf
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Vocabulary |
- Archival Description
- Archives
- Bibliographic control
- Bibliographic record
- Bibliographic universe
- Cataloging
- Classification
- Digital library
- Indexing
- Information architecture
- Information resource
- Libraries
- Knowledge management
- Manuscripts
- Metadata
- Museum Registration
- Museums
- Original order
- Provenance
- Technical services
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Course Outline |
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