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DATA MANAGEMENT FOR INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS

LIS 711
Course Description

Preparation to effectively and ethically manage, organize and protect the data in organizational settings. Covers major topics of data management addressed by the Certified Data Management Professional certification. Assess, construct and implement workflows, organizational policies and data architecture to improve data quality and security. Learn to clean and organize data for effective retrieval and use. Learn tools and techniques to support data interoperability, and gain understanding of contemporary data management ethical and policy issues.

Prerequisites

Graduate Students Only

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
4

No change from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

No change from Historical

A Rate
100%

No change from Historical

Class Size
9

-12.9% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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