Courses

FALL 2003

Introduction to Information Policy - Grade: A

Course examines selected fundamental policy questions relating to information use, access, and dissemination. Particular attention is given to complex policy issues that involve value conflicts among information ownership rights, personal privacy rights, and public access rights to information in a societal context.

Introduction to Information Services - Grade: A

Introduction to reference work using both print and online sources; relationship of reference work to other information services in libraries and other information-providing agencies.

Database Management Systems - Grade: A-

Examines the basic principles, elements and concepts of design, implementation, and utilization of database management systems. Within database management systems, treats various models of data and databases. Also considers the administrative tasks associated in the database management environment. Designed and populated relational databases and created SQL queries to retrieve specific information.

SPRING 2004

Research in Information Studies - Grade: A

Examined the principles and methods of systems analysis and research in the context of library and information studies. Considered problem identification and definition, techniques of data collection and analysis including statistical analysis. Designed IMLS grant proposal for imaginary research study.

Usability Analysis - Grade: A

Design, execution, and reporting of tests for usability of information products and services. Includes cost justifying assessments and human cognition concepts required for information processing. Learned about how to design usable websites and how to evaluate usability. Conducted usability studies.

Management of Information Organizations - Grade: A

This course is designed to develop a conceptual framework for integrating fundamental management concepts, principles, theories, and practices into an effective personal management process that relates to information organizations of the 21st century. Created a strategic plan for a hypothetical special collections department considering undertaking a digitization project.

Information Needs of Children - Grade: A

Materials for children in relation to their needs, interests, and abilities. Evaluation and use of printed and audiovisual materials.

Introduction to Network Multimedia - Grade: A

Examines theory, concepts and techniques for designing, producing, and evaluating network multimedia resources to meet specific information needs. Individual and group web design projects applying theoretical constructs from communication, education, engineering, graphic design and information science to the provision of resources using emerging multimedia network technologies. Became proficient in Flash, Fireworks, and Photoshop.

SUMMER 2004

Information Organization - Grade: A

Principles and techniques of bibliographic organization, including the description, subject analysis, and retrieval of recorded knowledge and information in bibliographies, catalogs, and machine-based systems. Emphasis is on the application of AACR2, MARC, Dublin Core, L.C. Subject Headings and the Dewey Decimal classification in the organization of library catalogs.

Introduction to Data Networks - Grade: A

A introductory course concerned with networking and telecommunications, as a means of providing information services to users. From LANs to the Information Superhighway, it includes an introduction to voice, data, and video telecommunications concepts, technical requirements, and application issues, to include techniques and management of such systems. Learned how to design different kinds of networks for different organizational requirements.

Internship at Florida Atlantic University Special Collections and Archives

Cataloged, processed, and organized a historical collection, created finding aids, appraised books for inclusion in Special Collections, and learned about Encoded Archival Description and image digitization.

FALL 2004

Information Retrieval - Grade: A

Theory of information retrieval for text, images, and sound. Discussion of various retrieval, query and knowledge representation methods beyond Boolean models including vector, probabalistic, edge-detection 2-D strings, and associative network models. Elaboration of concepts of retrieval performance efficiency and effectiveness beyond precision and recall. Relevant issues of user interfaces and hypertext are explored. Learned Java 2.o and designed queries using Java language.

Management of Information Collections - Grade: A

The principles of collection development and intelligence gathering, including selection, acquisition, distribution, circulation, preservation and deselection of information resources. Designed collection development and electronic collection development policies and conducted needs assessments.

Website Development and Administration - Grade: A

Issues and techniques related to the planning, production, and management of large World Wide Web sites, including information organization and design, hardware and software, and cutting-edge development tools. Special emphasis paid to information provision, and the role of Web developers as providers and managers of information resources.

WORKSHOPS

Booktalking with Pizzazz, ALA Annual 2004

Creating WOW! Library Services for a New Generation, ALA Annual 2004l

Pedagogy and the Online Learner, ALA Annual 2004

A New Definition of Reference: Developing Guidelines, ALA Annual 2004

Public Libraries and Literacy Programs: Strong Partnerships Building Stronger Communities, ALA Annual 2004

Open Source Systems, ALA Annual 2004

If We Could Start Over, What Would Reference Look Like?, ALA Annual 2004

Exploring On-Line Tools For Collaboration, Online Social Networks 2005

The Library Blogosphere: Toward a Working Taxonomy, Online Social Networks 2005

WIKIS: A new collaboration infrastructure for organizations, Online Social Networks 2005

First Year Librarians: What They Didn't Tell You in Library School and How to Deal With It, Library Recruitment Conference 2005