IS 461

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Museum Informatics

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Credit: 4 hours.

The course examines various ways that information technologies are and might be used in museums and other cultural heritage settings. Museum websites, visitor apps, interactive exhibits, and uses of digitized and federated collections are explored. Students gain an introduction to Design Thinking by working on a final project that involves the development of a novel computational resource. Students are encouraged to approach class topics from their individual backgrounds in the humanities, sciences, or social sciences.

4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing and consent of instructor for undergraduates; consent of instructor for non-iSchool graduate students for on-campus sections.

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IS 461 class schedule data for spring 2018
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
67408	Lecture-Discussion	AG	5:30PM -7:30PM	R	Grad Sch of Lib & Info Science	Twidale, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Section Info: This is a hybrid course that meets with IS 461AU and IS 461AO. Covers information organization and access in museums, exploring the relationship between information technology and modern museum environments. Students learn about classification systems for museums, computer systems for information storage and retrieval, universal access to shared electronic data, copyright in the digital world, virtual museums, interactive exhibits, and information management in museums, through lectures, computer-based activities, and interactive discussions. The final project involves design of an electronic portfolio of virtual museum resources. Students are encouraged to approach class topics from their individual backgrounds in the humanities, sciences, or social sciences. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
67410	Online	AO	5:30PM -7:30PM	R	n.a.	Twidale, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Section Info: This is a hybrid course that meets with IS 461AG and IS 461AU. Covers information organization and access in museums, exploring the relationship between information technology and modern museum environments. Students learn about classification systems for museums, computer systems for information storage and retrieval, universal access to shared electronic data, copyright in the digital world, virtual museums, interactive exhibits, and information management in museums, through lectures, computer-based activities, and interactive discussions. The final project involves design of an electronic portfolio of virtual museum resources. Students are encouraged to approach class topics from their individual backgrounds in the humanities, sciences, or social sciences. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Information Sciences department.
67660	Lecture-Discussion	AU	5:30PM -7:30PM	R	Grad Sch of Lib & Info Science	Twidale, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Section Info: This is a hybrid course that meets with IS 461AG and IS 461AO. Covers information organization and access in museums, exploring the relationship between information technology and modern museum environments. Students learn about classification systems for museums, computer systems for information storage and retrieval, universal access to shared electronic data, copyright in the digital world, virtual museums, interactive exhibits, and information management in museums, through lectures, computer-based activities, and interactive discussions. The final project involves design of an electronic portfolio of virtual museum resources. Students are encouraged to approach class topics from their individual backgrounds in the humanities, sciences, or social sciences. Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman or Sophomore class standing. Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.