Readings

Required Texts

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.

Day 1: Friday, 9/30: 4:30-8:20 in MGH 389

4:30-5:20
Topic 1: Course Overview (Mike Crandall)
Readings

5:20-5:30 break

5:30-6:20
Topic 2: What is information management? (Mike Crandall)
Readings

Bush, V. (1945). As We May Think. The Atlantic Monthly, 176(1), 101-108.
Buckland, M. K. (1991). Information as Thing. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 42(5), 351-360.

6:20-6:30 break

6:30-7:20
Topic 3: The information management lifecycle (Mike Crandall)
Readings

7:20-7:30 break

7:30-8:20
Topic 4: Information Management as a Profession (alumni panel)
Readings

Detlor, B. (2010). Information management. International Journal of Information Management, 30(2), 103-108.
Robertson, J. (2005). '10 Principles of Effective Information Management', KM Column, Step Two Designs.

Day 2: Saturday, 10/1, 8:30-12:20 in SMI 205

8:30-9:20
Topic 5: Sharepoint as an Information Management Tool
Readings

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

9:20-9:30 break

9:30-10:20
Topic 6: UW Information services and resources (Nancy Huling)
Readings

10:20-10:30 break

10:30-11:20
Topic 7: Information Ethics (Adam Moore)
Readings

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

11:20-11:30 break

11:30-12:20
Topic 8: Wrap-up and closure (Mike Crandall)
Readings

D-Day: Saturday, 10/15 11:45 PM
Final assignment due!!

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