Winter 2008

IS 282 Principles of Information Systems Analysis and Design
Discussion, four hours. Theories and principles of special systems development, including determination of requirements, technical design and evaluation, and internal organization. S/U or letter grading.
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IS 473 Information Technology in Libraries (Management of Digital Services)
Lecture, four hours. Survey of automation of core library processes (cataloging, circulation, acquisitions, and serials) and related technologies such as digital libraries, and electronic publishing. Focus on management of information technology: planning, economics, infrastructure, standards, services, data migration, computer networks, new information technologies. Letter grading.
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Fall 2007

IS 204 Electronic Publishing
Discussion, four hours. Basic understanding of scholarly process and familiarity with World Wide Web and digital libraries assumed. Designed for master's and doctoral students in communication, education, English, information studies, management, and sociology. Survey of current issues in electronic publishing. Topics include history of publishing, digital libraries, scholarly communication, economics, perspective of publishers, universities, and librarians, uses and users of electronic documents, electronic books; new genres in electronic communication, visions of future. Letter grading.
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Spring 2007

IS 291B PhD Seminar: Research Methods and Design
Seminar, one hour; discussion, two hours. Survey of quantitative, qualitative, and historical research designs. Ethical issues: conceptualization and measurement; indexes, scales, and sampling; experimental, survey, field, and evaluation research; data analysis. Letter grading.
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Winter 2007

IS 204 Electronic Publishing
* Rescheduled to Fall 2007 *

IS 282 Principles of Information Systems Analysis and Design (with Prof. Phil Agre)
See course description under Winter 2008
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IS 473 Information Technology in Libraries
See course description under Winer 2008
[syllabus] [link] [Week 4: Research Sharing & Cooperation] [Week 5: OAI & Repositories]

Fall 2006

IS 293 PhD Seminar: Information Retrieval
Seminar, four hours. Designed for Ph.D. students. Intellectual principles for organization of information, including principles for design of systems for acquiring, organizing, and retrieving information. Also includes system-specific user studies to extent that design of information systems is predicated on their evaluation and use. S/U or letter grading.
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Winter 2006

IS 30 Information Technology in Society
This course introduces students to the ways in which the Internet and related technologies are helping to reorganize a wide variety of relationships in society. The course examines the origins of the Internet, ways in which the Internet is utilized, access to information and information technology in organizations and workplaces.
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Fall 2005

IS 204 Electronic Publishing
See course description under Fall 2007
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