School of Information Resources & Library Science
IRLS 501
Knowledge Structures
Winter 2003/2004
Instructor:
Deborah J. Karpuk
E-Mail: arizonakarpuk@aol.com
(Use for individual communication)
Course Objective:
This course provides a
framework for understanding the organization of information and the
implications for knowledge management.
Decisions regarding the organization of materials, access points,
vocabulary control, thesauri, and user perspectives will be covered.
Course Meetings:
IRLS 501 will meet:
WebCT General Chat: December
23rd (Tuesday, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Arizona time)
Agenda: Review of Syllabus and Individual Project
[Session will be archived and posted to the Discussion
Board]
WebCT General Chat: December
30th (Tuesday, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Arizona time)
Agenda: Questions on Individual Project
[Session will be archived and posted to the Discussion
Board]
UA Sessions: (January 3rd-7th;
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. – will adjust slightly)
Location: Education 333
WebCT General Chat: January
12th (MONDAY, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Arizona time)
Agenda: Project Debriefing
[Session will be archived and posted to the Discussion
Board]
PLEASE NOTE: arizonakarpuk@aol.com
best for contacting Dr. K
Course Text:
The course text is available
at the University bookstore.
Rowley, Jennifer and John
Farrow. ORGANIZING KNOWLEDGE: AN
INTRODUCTION TO MANAGING ACCESS TO INFORMATION. 3rd ed.
(Burlington, Vt.: Gower, 2000)
[Entire text will be read for IRLS 501]
Additional Readings:
(ELECTRONIC RESERVES) [Will
advise of availability]
IRLS 501 section
Password:
The instructor will
distribute additional readings in class.
The individual project will
be detailed on a separate sheet.
Core components of the
project include. The DRAFT dates
provide for beginning each of the project sections during the week on
campus.
Points for each section will
be assigned with FINAL SUBMISSION.
This strategy provides the
opportunity to begin each area of the project as the topic is being covered in
class lecture, simulation exercises and discussion.
Application Points DRAFT Due
|
Non-bibliographical
organizational problem |
20 |
Jan. 3, 2004 |
|
Bibliographic description |
10 |
Jan. 3, 2004 |
|
Subject headings,
thesauri, indexes |
20 |
Jan. 4, 2004 |
|
Classification |
10 |
Jan. 5, 2004 |
|
User Perspectives and
searching |
20 |
Jan. 6, 2004 |
|
Final project and
debriefing |
20 |
Jan. 13, 2004 |
PROJECTS WILL BE MAILED TO
DR. K’s POST OFFICE BOX.
Include sufficient postage
for the return of your project.
Project detailed on separate
handout also posted to SIRLS website.
Methodology:
This course will be
conducted through lecture, class discussion, in-class exercises, an individual
project, and online discussions. The
instructor retains the option to examine on course content. Participation is required.
Grading:
Grading Scale:
|
A |
93+ |
|
B |
86-92 |
|
C |
78-85 |
|
D |
70-77 |
|
F |
69 and below |
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Attendance is required in
order to get an “A” in the class.
Classes begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. and end promptly at 5:00 p.m. Minor adjustment will be made on final
class meeting day.
Office hours before class,
during lunch hour, and immediately after class preferred. Use: arizonakarpuk@aol.com
for individual communication.
Organization of Course
Topics:
The course is divided into
three sections. Read course materials
PRIOR to the class session. Review the
readings, class lecture and simulation exercises and APPLY the information to
your project.
Approximate schedule as
follows:
January 3, 2004
Section I:
Readings:
Borges “The
Library of Babel”
Rowley pages
3-92
Borgman “Access
to information”, p. 53-80.
Svenonius “Information
organization”, p. 1-14; “Bibliographic objectives”, p. 15-30.
Rosenfeld “Organizing
information”, p. 22-46.
Electronic Reserves:
Katz Indexing
and Abstracting Services: General and Collections
Brown Limits to
Information
Class Handouts (examples,
exercises, discussion points)
January 4 & 5, 2004
Section II:
Readings:
Rowley pages
52-271
Borgman “Why
are digital libraries hard to use”, p. 117-141
Winchester “Roget
and his brilliant, unrivaled, malign, and detestable thesaurus”, The Atlantic Monthly, May 2001
[Available through WWW, UMI Proquest]
Petroski “Order,
order”, p. 233-252 in THE BOOK ON THE BOOKSHELF (New York: Knopf, 1999) [will
bring to class]
Electronic Reserves:
Hurt Multidisciplinary Sources of
Information
Stokes The Nature of Bibliography
Tibbo Abstracting Across the Disciplines
Blazek Accessing Information in Religion
Blazek Introduction to the Humanities
Herron General Social Sciences
Class Handouts (examples,
exercises, discussion points)
January 5, 6 & 7, 2004
Section III:
Readings:
Rowley pages
275-391
Electronic Reserves:
Stokes Naming
of Parts
Von Seggern General Information Seeking in
Changing Times
Lavely Student
Abstracts, Scientific Method
Spanner Border
Crossings
Day Introduction:
Remembering Information
Day Conclusion:
Information and the Role of Critical Theory
Ashley Users’
Information-seeking Behavior
Bowler Primary
School Students, Information Literacy
Class Handouts (examples,
exercises, discussion points)
Students are invited to
bring additional readings and examples from research projects.