Readings
Required Texts
All readings are available through the course Electronic Reserves/a> 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.
Required Readings
Day 1: Friday, 10/2: 4:30-8:20 in THO 125
4:30-5:20
Topic 1: Course Overview (Mike Crandall)
Readings
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IMT 500 Course Syllabus (http://courses.washington.edu/imt500b/syllabus.doc)
5:20-5:30
5:30-6:20
Topic 2: What is information management? (Mike Crandall)
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Bush, V. (1945). As We May Think. The Atlantic Monthly, 176(1), 101-108. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/194507/bush
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Buckland, M. K. (1991). Information as Thing. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 42(5), 351-360.
6:20-6:30
6:30-7:20
Topic 3: The information management lifecycle (Mike Crandall)
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Choo. C. W. (2002). Chapters 1-2. Information Management for the Intelligent Organization: The Art of Scanning the Environment. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc.
7:20-7:30
7:30-8:20
Topic 4: Information Management as a Profession
(alumni panel)
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Bytheway, A. (2001). ‘Exploring Information Management', ICT in Higher Education, August 2003.
- Robertson, J. (2005). '10 Principles of Effective Information Management', KM Column, Step Two Designs. http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/kmc_effectiveim
Day 2: Saturday, 10/3, 8:30-12:20 in THO 125
8:30-9:20
Topic 5: Sharepoint as an Information Management
Tool
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Alexander, A. (2006). iSchool Collaboration Tools Analysis. University of Washington MSIM Capstone paper.
9:20-9:30
9:30-10:20
Topic 6: UW Information services and resources (Nancy
Huling)
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UW Libraries Resources http://www.lib.washington.edu/types/
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Wiederhold, G. (1995). Digital Libraries, Value, and Productivity. Communications of the ACM 38(4).
10:20-10:30
10:30-11:20
Topic 7: Information policy, ethics and law (Adam
Moore)
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Moore, A. and Unsworth, K. (2005). Introduction. Information Ethics: Privacy, Property and Power. Seattle, WA: UW Press.
11:20-11:30
11:30-12:20
Topic 8: Wrapup and closure (Mike Crandall)
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Final assignment (http://courses.washington.edu/imt500b/assignments.shtml)
D-Day: Sunday, 10/18 11:45 PM
Final assignment due!!