Readings are on reserve in the IT Lab.
To introduce the student to concepts significant in the use system of information institutions. A principal objective is to stimulate critical analysis of the ways that we, as information specialists, interpret and strive to enhance these processes. Papers are to be approximately 10 pages of text in length, with citations and bibliography additional. The basic style manual is the Directions for Preparing Better Papers provided by the instructor. Note that the preferred style is that of the humanities which provides in a citation more information on the source than is the practice in the social science literature.