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  • LIS 456: Managing Rec. in Elec. Envi.

    3.00 Credits
    Simmons University

    Records Management is an essential component of archival practice. This course covers the principles, standard, procedures, and technologies utilized in modern recordkeeping and information resources management. Topics include appraisal, scheduling and disposition, systems theory, functional analysis, systems design and electronic records management and policy. management setting. Required course for Archives Management Concentration. Prerequisite: LIS 415 for all students and LIS-438 is suggested for Archives Concentrators.
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  • LIS 457: Digital Publishing

    3.00 Credits
    Simmons University

    Whether delivered on the Internet or in print, publishing is now produced in digital formats. One of the most significant effects of the digitization of publishing is that the concept of who is a publisher has significant expanded. Many institutions, particularly libraries, archives, and museums, find themselves assuming the role of publisher. Moreover, in addition these institutions also deliver and manage the digital content they acquire from publishers. This course demonstrates how this content are constructed and from both traditional and nontraditional publisher perspectives, such as institutional repositories. The overall goal is to present the 'big picture' view of the digital publishing process from conceptualization to final product. This course will introduce students to the core and evolving technologies of digital publishing and the software applications used to create them. (Please note: the new content in this course incorporates the former LIS 520Y - Introduction to Information Design as well as the content from the former iteration of the course. )
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  • LIS 458: Database Management

    3.00 Credits
    Simmons University

    Principles and practices of database management and database design. Discussion and practice cover database application lifecycle, data modeling, relational database design, SQL queries, reports and other interfaces to database data, and documentation. Lectures also cover Web databases, XML, multimedia databases, and ethical and privacy issues associated with database systems. Individual and group projects. (Prerequisites: LIS 488 and Technology Orientation Requirement (TOR))
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  • LIS 460: Tech & School Lib Media Ctr

    3.00 Credits
    Simmons University

    This course will prepare the library media specialist for integrating emerging technologies successfully within the work environment. Topics will include resources for curriculum development, such as multimedia programs, CD-ROMs, and the Internet and other online services, as well as automated library systems. There will be an opportunity for hands-on learning, and for discussion of issues arising from technology implementation. In-service education, with the role of the library media specialist as an active resource person and a leader in technology implementation, will be emphasized throughout the course. (Prerequisites: LIS 407 and Technology Orientation Requirement) This is a consent only course.
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  • LIS 462: Digital Libraries

    3.00 Credits
    Simmons University

    Digital libraries are regulated collections of distributed networked resources made accessible to users, usually through a transparent and standardized interface. This course will examine publicly and privately funded digital library projects in the US and internationally, and will explore evolving definitions and visions, as well as issues such as preservation and intellectual property. Through hands-on investigation, students will also become familiar with the components of digital libraries, and with digital library research. Assignments will include (but are not limited to) papers and presentations. (Prerequisites: LIS 415 and LIS 488)
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  • LIS 465: Knowledge Management

    3.00 Credits
    Simmons University

    This course will cover the entire knowledge management cycle - from knowledge capture and codification, to sharing and communities of practice, transfer and application. It will also include major theories and models in knowledge management. Students will learn to apply the case study research design in knowledge management, and look at cases discussing the role of knowledge management in organizational improvement. Contemporary knowledge management software (including knowledge creation and sharing in social networking websites) will be covered. Finally, the course will explore knowledge management not just from the organizational perspective, but also from the individual perspective.
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  • LIS 466: Information Retrieval

    3.00 Credits
    Simmons University

    This course covers all aspects of Information Retrieval (IR). In this class, students study technical foundations of text-based retrieval: IR models, system evaluation, improvements on retrieval through relevance feedback, human-computer interaction for IR, multimedia IR, and IR in the library, especially web, library, and digital library applications. Some specific class topics include interactive information visualization, IR and multimedia, free-text searching and the integration of semantically-tagged records, language issues that form domain-specific retrieval research programs (e.g. bioinformatics, medical librarianship; latent semantic indexing, generalized vector model and Markov-chain clustering techniques). Prerequisite: LIS 488
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  • LIS 467: Web Develop & Info. Arch

    3.00 Credits
    Simmons University

    Organizing and structuring content to help individuals, communities, and organizations find and manage internal and external Web-based resources and services. Application of current coding, metadata, and style standards to create Web documents. Evaluation of Web site quality and usability, and assessment of resource discovery tools. Strategic planning and user needs analysis for information architecture. Content inventory, organization, and management in support of wayfinding and navigation. Design documents for prototyping large Web sites. Readings, essays, design projects, in-class presentations.
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  • LIS 469: XML- eXtensible Markup Lang.

    3.00 Credits
    Simmons University

    This course introduces students to eXtensible Markup Language (XML), its role as a standard in enabling and managing metadata applications, and its application as a data-modeling technique. Students create XML schemas and document type definitions (DTDs), and learn to apply transformations using eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL). The course examines a wide range of applications of XML in libraries, archives, and related information settings, and considers the technical requirements of making XML-tagged content available and useful to Web browsers and to metadata harvesting applications such as the OAI (Open Archives Initiative). Topics include XML applications in bibliographic utilities, cross-walks between XML and other systems, the role of XML as an alternative or complement to the structured database model, and managing metadata services with XML.
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