INFORMATION SERVICES MANAGEMENT

LIS 732

Developing, managing and evaluating information services to corporate, government, research, small business, and community organizations. Overviews of knowledge management, business intelligence, industry analysis, information brokering. Gain skills in information service entrepreneurship and marketing information services. Overview of changes within the profession and networking within the professional community.

LIS 711

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.

LIS 855

Critical examination of selected management techniques in the areas of materials control, physical plant operations, personnel programs, budget preparation and statistical reporting. May also focus on a particular type of information agency; e.g., data analysis centers, research libraries, or public libraries.

LIS 602

Introduces basic concepts and principles of information organization and online searching. Gain knowledge of information organization and retrieval theories and methods and knowledge of large database structures and database searching techniques. Critically examine the impact of information organization practices on organizations and culture. Learn how to develop information organizing systems and to evaluate and improve search systems.

LIS 635

Theories, principles and practices of reference and information services.