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155 (3) Introduction to Information Management and Technology
Instructors: Michael
Eisenberg, Steve Sawyer and Kevin Crowston
Course Description:
Concepts and skills. Information in society, technology, information
resources, behavior of information users, the information professions.
Development of personal information skills: information problem
solving, use of resources, computer skills, synthesis.
Extra: All students
do community field visits to a range of public and private organizations
to analyze and report on their use of information and information
technology.
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352 (3) Information Analysis of Organizational Systems
Instructors: Tom Marten,
Steve Sawyer, Ping Zhang
Course Description:
Introduces information flow as basis of organizational work and
role of information systems in managing work. Concept of systems
decomposition to facilitate analysis. Skills required to decompose,
model, and analyze information systems.
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466 (3) Professional Issues in Information Management and Technology
Instructor: Jon Gant
Course Description:
Integration of management strategies, information uses, and information technologies
as related to professional conduct, ethics, and career strategies. In depth review and
use of case studies.
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475/675 (3) Telecommunications Project
Instructor: Murali
Venkatesh
Course Description:
Field-based network planning and design. Interact with a real
world client to elicit requirements and propose implementable
network solutions. Includes pricing for components and performance
assessment using software simulation. IST 675 students plan for
and lead teams. Undergraduates and graduates both require group
projects with community organizations to analyze an information
system.
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553 (3) Information Networking
Instructor: Murali
Venkatesh
Course Description:
Introduction to accessing and building Internet World Wide Web
information resources. Practice with searching tools and markup
languages. Review of UNIX commands and file structure. Network
information resources management issues are considered. Teams
of students provide consultation service for local businesses
on issues regarding information technology and computer networking.
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638 (3) Indexing and Abstracting Systems and Services
Instructor: Elizabeth
Liddy
Course Description:
Skills of abstracting and indexing, with analysis of existing
secondary services and varieties of index forms. Both manual and
computer-based models.
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662 (3) Instructional Strategies and Techniques for Information
Professionals
Instructor: Ruth Small
Course Description:
Introduction to information problem solving models: Strategies
and techniques for integrating library and information skills
and processes with curriculum content and instruction for children
and/or adults.
Undergraduates and
Graduates are coordinated through the School’s Community
Information Technology Institute (CITI). Learning. Students work
in teams to provide technology training to not for profit community
organizations. Students also develop training manuals and job
aids. Also coordinated through the CITI.
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716 (3) Information Management in Schools
Instructor: Michael
Eisenberg
Course Description:
Management of media centers. Information flow in school environment,
analysis of curriculum, problem solving, management principles,
development of information services for students, teachers, and
administrators.
Students work in teams
on a library media center facilities design project. Schools use
plans to create a new facility or revise an existing one.
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