Community Information Systems enhance communication and access to information for community groups. They can help to form new connections between people, coalesce those connections into sustainable organizations and institutions, and effectively marshall those connections in service of public goals. 505 Design and Management of Information Systems and Services Offers a survey of the design and management of information systems and services. Content balances theoretical perspectives on design and management from the psychological and business literature with practical examples drawn from ongoing projects at the School of Information. At the end of this course students take a small database application project from conception to completion.
Students also gain insight into issues involved in larger, enterprise-wide database applications.
This course examines the ways in which new information technologies challenge organizations' capacities to define, identify, control, manage, and preserve electronic records. Students learn how different organizational, technological, regulatory, and cultural factors affect the strategies, practices, and tools that organizations can employ to manage electronic records. Problems of long-term preservation and continuing access to electronic records will be analyzed and addressed. The course is designed to address electronic records management issues in a wide variety of settings, including archives and manuscript repositories. The networking of computers has transformed them from devices for computation and individual productivity into devices for communication and coordination.