LIBR 281-04
LIBR 281-13
Seminar in Contemporary Issues
Topic: Information Environments
Spring 2011 Course Information
Jean Bedord
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Course Overview
This class will investigate the types of environments/venues, and organizational settings -physical and virtual- in which information professionals may operate. These venues include public, academic, and special libraries as well as search engine companies and software companies, Information producers ( various flavors of publishers, including the "born digital" types), Information management companies ( software and services which manage content) and Information aggregators (search engines, portals, and abstracting/indexing companies).