TOPICS IN INFORMATION AGENCY MANAGEMENT

LIS 654

Survey of concepts and skills necessary to perform in an information services organization. Service needs assessment, goal and objective setting, staffing, budgeting and evaluation.

LIS 615

Introduces established and evolving methodologies for the analysis, design, and development of information systems involving people, data/information and technologies. Introduces students to basic concepts and tools of project management. Learn to apply systems analysis and project management methods to solve real world problems involving information flows and interactions.

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 601

Provides an introduction to major themes and topics in information studies as well as the language and literature of the field and related disciplines. This course is about information, information agencies, and being an information professional. We look at social, historical, ethical, legal and political issues surrounding information dissemination, use, control, and management.

LIS 875

Current issues in technologies for information processing and retrieval in libraries and information agencies.