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Organize, describe, and enable equal access to information and information technologies, to contribute to a well-informed society and the public good. [Information Organization and Access, Retrieval and Human Information Needs and Behaviors]
ALIGNED WITH SLO1, SLO 2 (Curation), SLO 6
ALIGNED WITH AASL Standard 1, 2, 3, 5
1.1 Knowledge Production
LIS in the News Forum Post- LIS 600
For this discussion post, I chose to speak about the current event surrounding a teacher in Oklahoma, Summer Boismier, sharing digital resources of "banned materials" with her students amidst new legislation in 2024. The assignment required us to search for an article or opinion piece published between 2023 and 2024. The piece should've been published by a verified/credible major media outlet, and we were meant to make a case that our selected LIS piece is noteworthy for those interested in Library and information Science.
LIS in the News LIS600.pdf1.2 Curation (SLO 2)
Marketing for The Kraken Art Library - LIS 610
This marketing info-graphic was created as a part of a semester long group project. The info-graphic currently lives on the LibGuide created for the hypothetical Kraken Art Library, that serves the needs of a hypothetical community of researchers, artists and students living in Massachusetts. It details the collections available, how collections are built upon, and the purpose of the library while highlighting a rationale for collection decision making in materials selection. This info-graphic can also be printed and folded as an accordion pamphlet.
This info-graphic also addresses PLO 2.4 Outreach (SLO 8)
Link to Kraken Art Library LibGuide
INFOGRAPHIC LIS 610.pdf1.3 Description
Information System Research Report LIS 640.pdfInformation System Research Report : KE-EMu and Winterthur Museum - LIS 640
The Information System Research Report required us to select an institution and analyze their collection's organization system. The research I conducted for this assignment was centered around the use of KE-EMu as their collections management system. This system allows for the Winterthur Museum to customize their metadata standards, to accommodate their collection of over 90,000 objects within the museum. The system allows for this collection to be accessed digitally in addition to it helping museum staff and visitors access materials physically. I also research how KE-EMu supports user tasks, this system utilizes descriptive schemas to organize the collection.
1.4 Organization:
Pages made LIS 644.pdfCreating Digital Collections using CONTENTdm - LIS 644
Learning how to build and input metadata, these are some of the collections I developed in CONTENTdm in LIS 644, additionally getting familiar with XML and the process of working with documents that may be hard to identify. Doing research like a detective might be useful when trying to be as accurate as possible with metadata inputs. This was the first time I've ever organized a collection using CONTENTdm. Creating these pages were a result of trial and error, given that some of the data was excluded due to there not being specific fields avaliable. All of the decisions made in the CONTENTdm Administration page, including the assignment of metadata to the edited fields, directly affected the outcome and the look of each of the materials described.
1.5 Human Information Needs and Behaviors
LibGuide Warm-Ups - LIS 620
These warm-ups preceded the final LibGuide assignment for LIS 620. I selected my local public library to research and analyze, as I am also an employee of this institution. Here, I expressed that I wanted to create a self-help LibGuide about financial literacy and a frugal lifestyle for CabCo Library System. I referenced other LibGuides that served similar communities in other locations and heavily researched my user group. This was in an attempt to predict how they would use the LibGuide, and inform what information would be most useful to add to the LibGuide. When looking at other public libraries financial literacy LibGuides, it was evident that each tailored it's reference materials to the needs of their specific communities. I was able to create a list of LibGuides that served a diverse set of human information needs.
Warm ups LIS 620.pdf1.6 Technology (SLO 6)
Reference Work and AI - Discussion Post - LIS 620
We have spoken about AI in many cases over the past year or so in the MLIS program and I have observed a great reluctance to accept that artificial intelligence can be a tool for libraries. In this discussion post, I agree with this reluctance, and agree that it could be a tool with the consideration of time playing a role. I also acknowledge in this post that AI seems to work as information technology when humans are present, or contributing to the machine learning, in completing reference tasks.
Reference Work in AI LIS 620.pdf1.7 Professional Ethics
Values and Practice of LIS lis600.pdfValues and practice of LIS - LIS 600
In this paper, I wrote about filtering and advocacy from the ALA Library Bill of Rights interpretation of Internet Filtering and the issues surrounding a lack of advocacy for funding. Internet filtering is probably the most important intellectual freedom issue in libraries today. I also touch on the complicated dynamics that sometimes compel libraries to accept a filtered view of the internet for their patrons. I talk about how content filtering is incentivized, targeting libraries that have funding issues or minimal funding. The promise of a payout will encourage libraries to opt for a lack of access to certain information in exchange for financial gain. This is predatory and deemed unethical by the ALA.
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