Schedules

I've begun scheduling my classes for the Masters of Information Sciences program. I am going to get started this summer, although the official orientation isn't until August. Here is my plan for Summer & Fall 2010. The rest of the plan may be found in the Coursework link at the top of this page.

Scheduled for Summer 2010:
Information Environment (510)
Generation, production, management, dissemination, and use of information. Roles of information in
society, information seeking and user behavior, information industry, economics of information products and services, technological and organizational change, information professions, and issues.

Information Access and Retrieval (530)
Information access, retrieval, and use. Information seeking, user interfaces, information services and tools. Database structure, search engines, query logic, and evaluation of retrieval system performance.

Scheduled for Fall 2010:
Information Representation and Organization (520)
The structure and organization of intellectual content regardless of format. Emphasis on how content is created, exchanged, and stored so it can be found. Includes standards and best practice for describing and characterizing intellectual content.