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LSC 508

INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Spring 2007
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Herb Carson
5 Rodman Hall

Phone: (401) 874-4646
FAX: (401) 874-4964
E-mail: chcarson@uri.edu

Any student with a documented disability is welcome to contact me as early in the semester as possible so that we may arrange reasonable accommodations. As part of this process, please be in touch with Disability Services for Students office at 330 Memorial Union. 874-2098.

Course Description

Introduction to the organization, retrieval and analysis of information, and the underlying technologies used to control the manipulation and dissemination of information in library and information settings.

Course Objectives

As a result of this course, you will:

describe and discuss basic theories of information science. (GSLIS: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 19, 20; RIDE: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10)*

describe and discuss the basic components of a computer system. (GSLIS: 1, 5, 6; RIDE: 2, 5, 10)*

discuss the effects of technology in handling information in library and information services. (GSLIS: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 19, 20; RIDE: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10)*

discuss communication theories and models and apply them in library and information services. (GSLIS: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 19, 20; RIDE: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10)*

discuss basic theories and techniques of information storage and retrieval. (GSLIS: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 ; RIDE: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10)*

discuss the components of the Internet and use various tools to search for information on it. (GSLIS: 1, 5, 6, 15; RIDE: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10)*

discuss the role of standards in information environments. (GSLIS: 1, 2, 3; RIDE: 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11)*

identify and discuss possible new directions in the use of technology in information-based settings. (GSLIS: 1, 5, 6, 9, 15, 17, 20; RIDE: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11)*

* Numbers in parentheses refer to relevant University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Library and Information Studies Educational Outcomes and Rhode Island Department of Education Beginning Teacher Standards.