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SEMINAR IN INFORMATION ORGANIZATION AND ACCESS

LIS 975
Course Description

Critical examination of technical and non-technical aspects and cognitive/socio-cultural processes and implications of systems and models of information organization, retrieval and transfer. Introduces different research approaches and topic areas, including relevance, search behavior, knowledge representation, and systems design and evaluation.

Prerequisties

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

3

Offered

Occasionally

Grade Point Average
4

9.71% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

4.35% from Historical

A Rate
100%

41.18% from Historical

Class Size
9

125% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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