Fall Semester, 2010

Today marks the beginning of my final semester as an MSLIS student at Syracuse. It is frankly a bit odd to say that, but it is true. I will have been in graduate school for about a year and a half, much shorter (it seems) than many of my fellow classmates. I hope this semester is a great conclusion to the degree, as I am certainly taking some interesting courses:

• IST 676 - Digital Libraries: Representation of information in digital libraries; mechanisms for retrieval; digital intermediation; sociopolitical environment for digital libraries.


• IST 631 - Theory of Classification and Subject Representation: Classification is a fundamental human activity as is forming an abstract representation of verbal information. Theoretical basis of classification and subject representation, attempts to automate these activities.


• IST 645 - Managing Information Systems Projects: Project management as a professional discipline in information and communication technology. Introduction to roles, activities, methods, and tools. Critical review and application of principles.

I think out of the three, the classification course sounds very interesting, as well as the digital libraries course. I know the project management course will be interesting as well. I am sure you all will hear more as I progress through the semester. Here's to a great final semester!