Abstract

This subject will provide students with the contextual, professional, scholarly and technological foundations of the body of knowledge underpinning the information disciplines and professions. Professional information settings including libraries, archives, records repositories and other information centres and organizations will be discussed. An introduction to information scholarship and research and current … For more content click the Read More button below.

Syllabus

Overview of information studies at CSUScoping the concept of informationLibraries, archives and other information centres and agenciesThe information profession/sInformation technology fundamentalsInformation infrastructure and information architectureThe information discipline/sInformation use and usersInformation research and scholarshipCore bodies of knowledgeImagining information futures

Assessment items

1. Quiz: Information evaluation and research skills
2. Report: Information sector investigations
3. Essay: Looking to the future

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
1.
describe and investigate information professions, information users, and the discipline and fields comprising library and information studies;
2.
investigate and critically analyse libraries and information agencies in their historical, social, cultural, economic, and political contexts;
3.
identify and explain ethical, legal and policy issues relevant to the information sector;
4.
apply IT skills to a range of contexts related to the information studies field and the roles of IT in enabling the management of information;
5.
compare and contrast how libraries and information agencies fit into constantly evolving information technology and infrastructure contexts;
6.
demonstrate comprehension of the diversity of library and information scholarship, including the professional and theoretical discourse of library and information studies;
7.
identify, evaluate and communicate about developments arising from major issues, questions and trends that define the information fields.

Enrolment restrictions

Not available to students who have completed INF405