Profile of the Swiss Institute for Information Research SII

Slide 1: Swiss Institute for Information Research SII Department of Media, Information, Communication MIC University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur, Switzerland Hans-Dieter Zimmermann Overview - February 2008 © 2008 SII - Page 1

Slide 2: Departements at the HTW Chur Entrepreneurial Media, Regional Management Information and Development, Communication Construction und Tourism Entrepreneurial Information Management Tourism Science Information and Construction Communication and Design Technologies Research Unit Media Economic Policy © 2008 SII - Page 2

Slide 3: Information Science at the HTW Chur Studies and Studies and Continuing Continuing Education Education Strong Connection between Studies and Continuing Education, Applied Research and Consulting Services Applied Applied Consulting Consulting Research Research Services Services © 2008 SII - Page 3

Slide 4: Swiss Institute for Information Research SII: Study Programs and Continuing Education Full/ Part-Time Full/ Part-Time Bachelor of Areas of Specialization: Areas of Specialization: Science - -Library Science Library Science in Information - -Archival Science Archival Science Science - -Information Management Information Management - -Media Studies Media Studies CAS IS Basics CAS IS Basics (CAS=Certificate (CAS=Certificate Master of CAS IS Management CAS IS Management of Advanced Studies) of Advanced Studies) Advanced Studies CAS IS Specialization CAS IS Specialization in Information Science (Archiving, Library, Documentation) (Archiving, Library, Documentation) CAS IS Museums Studies CAS IS Museums Studies Master of Science in Consecutive Master* Consecutive Master* Information Research orientated Research orientated Science *Approval by Swiss government expected during 2008 *Approval by Swiss government expected during 2008 © 2008 SII - Page 4

Slide 5: The Swiss Institute for Information Research SII develops Methods and Concepts in order to cope with the challenges of Production, Organization and Distribution of Information and Knowledge in all fields of Business, Administration und Society with a special focus on Digitalization. © 2008 SII - Page 5

Slide 6: Swiss Institute for Information Research SII: Applied Research & Consulting Archival Science Library Science Information Information- & & Records & Consulting Management Media Literacy Management •• Platforms/ Platforms/ •• Management/ Management/ Portals: Portals: Organization of Organization of •• Management / / Management Tourism~, Tourism~, •• Higher Higher Archives Archives Organization of Organization of Research~, Research~, Education Education •• Digital Long- Digital Long- Libraries Libraries Information~, Information~, •• Businesses Businesses term Archiving term Archiving •• Digital Libraries Digital Libraries •• Competitive/ Competitive/ •• Non-Profit Non-Profit •• Image Archiving Image Archiving •• ‚Library 2.0‘ ‚Library 2.0‘ Business Business Organizations Organizations •• Records Records •• Bibliometry / / Bibliometry Intelligence Intelligence •• Scientific Scientific Management Management Informetry Informetry •• eBusiness eBusiness Communication Communication Information Laboratory •• Information Science Methods and Concepts : :Visualization, Usability, Information Information Science Methods and Concepts Visualization, Usability, Information Retrieval, Evaluation, Semantic Web‚ ‚Web 2.0‘ Retrieval, Evaluation, Semantic Web‚ ‚Web 2.0‘ •• Architectures/ Components of Information Systems for Information Professionals Architectures/ Components of Information Systems for Information Professionals 6 © 2008 SII - Page •• WebInfoLab: e.g., Evaluation Concepts, Usability Studies WebInfoLab: e.g., Evaluation Concepts, Usability Studies

Slide 7: Contact Swiss Institute for Information Research SII Departement for Media, Information and Communication University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur, Switzerland Hans-Dieter Zimmermann, Prof., Dr. oec. HSG Head of SII Hans-Dieter.Zimmermann@fh-htwchur.ch Tel. +41 (0)81 286 2461, Mobile +41 (0)76 220 1105 www.informationswissenschaft.ch © 2008 SII - Page 7