Theories of Information Science                         body { padding-top: 50px; padding-bottom: 20px; }               Toggle navigation             Faculty      Best Practices 2015     WISE at ALISE 2014     Event Calendar       Students      What is WISE?     Sample Wise Courses (PDF)     WISE Student FAQ     Student Feedback     Event Calendar       Universities      Joining WISE       Support      Contact Us         Login   Student University Admin              Submit                   Theories of Information Science This course covers the fundamental concepts and theories pertaining to information science. The course content includes core concepts and theories, information context, user and needs, information seeking and behavior, information interaction and retrieval, information use, and other related topics. Through this course, students will examine, analyze, and synthesize professional and scholarly work in this field, develop an understanding of the history of the field, and project the future of information science and their own leadership role within it. Assignments may range from literature search, opinion paper, annotated bibliography, in-class presentations on theories and models, to oral history interviews of persons in the field.

         Class Name Theories of Information Science    Host School  Simmons College    Class Identifier LIS-484   Credit Value 3 Credit Hours   Faculty Naresh Agarwal   Course Tool (Online) Moodle   Class Description This course covers the fundamental concepts and theories pertaining to information science. The course content includes core concepts and theories, information context, user and needs, information seeking and behavior, information interaction and retrieval, information use, and other related topics. Through this course, students will examine, analyze, and synthesize professional and scholarly work in this field, develop an understanding of the history of the field, and project the future of information science and their own leadership role within it. Assignments may range from literature search, opinion paper, annotated bibliography, in-class presentations on theories and models, to oral history interviews of persons in the field.   Class Disclaimer Please allow 2 weeks for grade processing after the end date of the course. Check that this delay will not interfere with deadline dates at your school for graduation or financial aid.   Delivery Asynchronous   Start and End Date September 7th, 2017 - December 11th, 2017   Start and End Time(if synchronous)     Days of Week(of class meetings, if synchronous)     Last Add Day August 1st, 2017   Residency Start and End Date No Residency          Login to request enrollment Go back to class list       Featured Classes   INLS 720 - Metadata Architectures and Applications   LIS-484 - Theories of Information Science   INF443 - Digital Preservation   LBSCI 777 - Planning & Delivering Young Adult Services in the Public Library   LIS 2771 - ACADEMIC LIBRARIES   17971 - Special Topics in Info Science: Infopreneurship           The three pillars of Wise

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