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 2020
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	67410	Online	AGO	7:00PM -9:00PM	W	n.a.	Urban, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Section Info: ### 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. Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	70756	Online	AUO	7:00PM -9:00PM	W	n.a.	Urban, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: ### 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. Undergraduate students: Priority is given to students pursuing a transfer into the BS/IS degree (http://go.ischool.illinois.edu/BSIS) until November 18, and IS Advisor Approval is required. INFO Minors will be able to register starting at noon on November 18. All restrictions will be lifted by noon on December 2. Questions may be sent to ischool-is@illinois.edu Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman or Sophomore class standing. Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.