IMT 500A: The Information Management Framework

Master of Science in Information Management Program- Autumn 2008


Course Readings

All readings are available through the course Electronic Reserves website (https://eres.lib.washington.edu/eres/coursepage.aspx?cid=4093&page=docs), or through the open web.  There is no textbook required for this course.

I:  Understanding Information Management

Day 1:  Wednesday, 9/24, 1:30-3:50 in MGH 254

1:30-2:30

Topic 1: Course Overview (Mike Crandall)

2:50-3:50

Topic 2: What is information management? (Mike Crandall)

  • Bush, V.  (1945). As We May Think.  The Atlantic Monthly, 176(1), 101-108.  http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/194507/bush 
  • Buckland, M. K. (1991).  Information as Thing.  Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 42(5), 351-360.

Day 2:  Thursday, 9/25, 1:30-3:50 in JHN 111

1:30-2:30

Topic 3: The information management lifecycle (Mike Crandall)

  • Choo. C. W.  (2002). Chapters 1-2.  Information Management for the Intelligent Organization:  The Art of Scanning the Environment.   Medford, NJ:  Information Today, Inc.

2:50-3:50

Topic 4:  Information Management as a Profession (alumni panel)

  • Bytheway, A. (2001). ‘Exploring Information Management', ICT in Higher Education, August 2003.

Day 3:  Monday, 9/29, 1:30-3:50 in MGH 254

1:30-2:30

Topic 5:   Information policy, ethics and law (Adam Moore)

  • Moore, A. and Unsworth, K. (2005).  Introduction.  Information Ethics: Privacy, Property and Power.  Seattle, WA:  UW Press.

2:50-3:50

Topic 6:  UW Information services and resources (Nancy Huling)

Day 4:  Tuesday, 9/30, 1:30-3:50 in JHN 111

1:30-2:30

Topic 7:  Sharepoint as an Information Management Tool 2:50-3:50

  • Alexander, A. (2006).  iSchool Collaboration Tools Analysis.  University of Washington MSIM Capstone paper.

Topic 8:  Wrapup and closure (Mike Crandall)

II:  Using Information Management

Day 5:  Tuesday, 10/14, 12:30-1:30 in MGH 430

Topic:  Information Assurance (Barbara Endicott-Popovsky)

  • Maconachy, W., et. al. (2001).  A Model for Information Assurance:  An Integrated Approach.  Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE Workshop on Information Assurance and Security.  United States Military Academy, West Point, NY.
  • Endicott-Popovsky, B. and Frincke, D. (2006).  Embedding Forensic Capabilities into Networks: Addressing Inefficiencies in Digital Forensics Investigations.  IEEE Information Assurance Workshop. 21-23 June 2006 Page(s):133 – 139.

Day 6:  Tuesday, 10/28, 12:30-1:30 in MGH 430

Topic:  Information Architecture (James Cooper)

Day 7:  Tuesday, 11/4, 12:30-1:30 in MGH 430

Topic:  Enterprise Information Management (Agueda Sanchez)

  • Evernden, R. and Evernden, E. (2003).  Third-generation information architecture. Communications of the ACM  46.3: 95-98.

Day 8:  Tuesday, 11/25, 12:30-1:30 in MGH 430

Topic:  Business Analysis (Jason Parker)