Database technology, structure, and design. Standards for information organization, data representation, and information exchange. Systems for organizing information and facilitating access in various information use environments. The role of research in understanding and evaluating organization of information, human information behavior, and information system design. Textbook and Additional Readings Readings are required in both the textbook and the professional and scholarly literature.
All readings complement and supplement class lectures and discussion.
Class lectures are not specific to the readings but rather build on and synthesize the content of the readings. Although readings may be listed in connection with specific topics, several readings relate to more than one topic. Students should read the assigned materials before the appropriate class meeting. The organization of information . Additional readings will be identified at first class meeting.