Chris Kiess, MLS, MS Organizing the World One Word at a Time IGHT Dominican University
Organizing the World One Word at a Time
Jan 27, 2015
Introduces the concept of organization, how pervasive it is, organization tools used by information professionals and careers in the field
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Chris Kiess, MLS, MS
Organizing the World
One Word at a Time
IGHTDominican Universi
ty
HereYou Are
HereAnd
HereAnd
Organization
Our Identity Is Defined Through
1.Organization permeates
our lives
2. Tools we use to
manage information
3. Careers you can
Pursue
1
Permeates our lives
Organization
Getting Around
a world without organization
Imagine
Finding a Movie
Shopping Online
Brand, Color, Size etc.
Country, Grape, Year
Getting Groceries
This All Requires Organization
2
We UseTools
So much information
Approach
Libraries Archives
Internet Corporations
MARC, LCSH, Dewey Decimal
Encoded Archival Description
Taxonomies
Pre & Post Coordinate Indexing
3
You Can PursueCareer
s
Taxonomist
User Experience Designer
Information Architect
Data Scientist
Knowledge Manager
Which Direction
Google, futurist Paul Saffo made a prediction in 1994: “The future belongs
to neither the conduit or content players, but those who control the
filtering, searching, and sense-making tools we will rely on to navigate
through the expanses of cyberspace.”
Describe
Identify
Represent
Access
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