Introduction to issues in organization of information and information objects including:  analysis of intellectual and physical characteristics of information objects, use of metadata and metadata standards for information systems, technological frameworks supporting implementation of metadata standards and taxonomies.

Course Objectives

At the end of the course students will:

• Understand the basic nature and characteristics of information objects.
• Identify core issues in the selection, arrangement, and formation of metadata elements.
• Describe the basic purposes and processes of authority control.
• Analyze subjects on a conceptual level.
• Recognize and describe different types of classification schemes and controlled vocabularies.
• Understand basic types of arrangements and displays and various methods of arrangement.

Students with Disabilities

To request academic accommodations due to a disability, please contact Disabled Student Services: 448 Schmitz, 206-543-8924 (V/TTY). If you have a letter from DSS indicating that you have a disability which requires academic accommodations, please present the letter to me so we can discuss the accommodations you might need in the class.   

Academic accommodations due to disability will not be made unless the student has a letter from DSS specifying the type and nature of accommodations needed.