04252016

DTC 356-01 ELECTRONIC RESEARCH

AND THE RHETORIC OF INFORMATION

April 25th, 2016

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This course is about information.

We will cover techniques for searching for information.

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We will cover techniques for

organizing information so

other people can easily find what

they need.

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A key question about search and organization:

What is the practical difference between something you cannot find and something

that does not exist?

Learning Goal 5: Know the basics of information architecture and knowledge management along with ways digital information can be structured for retrieval and archival purposes for different audiences.

Atoms (physical objects)

Bits (digital objects)

2nd Order of Order1st Order of Order 3rd Order of Order

Grades aren’t the point

Grades are an abstraction of the point.

Learning is the point.

If I’ve done my job well, grades reflect learning.

If you’ve done your job well, you’ll be able to do new things and do old things better.

CHAPTER 1: INFORMATION

IN SPACE

CHAPTER 2: ALPHABETIZATION

& ITS DISCONTENTS

CHAPTER 3: GEOGRAPHY OF

KNOWLEDGE

CHAPTER 2: ALPHABETIZATION

& ITS DISCONTENTS

CHAPTER 3: GEOGRAPHY OF

KNOWLEDGE

CHAPTER 2: ALPHABETIZATION

& ITS DISCONTENTS

CHAPTER 3: GEOGRAPHY OF

KNOWLEDGE

CHAPTER 4: LUMPS & SPLITS

CHAPTER 5: THE LAWS OF THE

JUNGLE

CHAPTER 6: SMART LEAVES

CHAPTER 7: SOCIAL

KNOWING

CHAPTER 8: WHAT NOTHING

SAYS

CHAPTER 9: MESSINESS AS A

VIRTURE

CHAPTER 10: THE WORK OF KNOWLEDGE

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Rita H Cobbsdantekgeek

University of SalfordAndrea Hernandez

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