LIS 415: Information Organization

Contact Information

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


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?

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.


Relevant Articles from The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, 3rd ed.

 

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"


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


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


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

Course Outline


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