First day of class slides

1. DTC 356
Search, Organization, & Information Architecture
(Electronic Research & the Rhetoric of Information)

2. What We’ll Learn
We will learn information architecture.
We will learn how people search so we
can organize things so they can be easily
found.
We will learn how people organize things
so we can efficiently find what we are
looking for.

3. Class Website
Keep this URL handy, this is the main source of
class information:
http:/
/bit.ly/dtc-356
!
http:/
/dtc-wsuv.org/nschiller/dtc356/2013-fall

4. Student sites
You will all have a web site on this ser ver
When you sign the sheet today, indicate
the name you want your site to have.
Your URL will look like this:
dtc-wsuv.org/nschiller/dtc356/{your-title}

5. Assignments
You’ll use your site to turn in assignments
Assignments will be .pdf files with your
name in the title.

6. Readings:
Textbook:
Everything is Miscellanous
by David Weinberger
Other readings on
class site.

7. Available:
At the Bookie
!
ebook | Google Books
used online (shipping may
be slow)

8. Reading Responses
On Friday of every week (except for
weeks, 1, 7, and 15) a 450 word reading
response is due on your class web site.
Responses are to be a reaction, criticism,
summary, example, or other response to
the assigned readings that week.

9. Assignments
Search and Organization Projects
You will do five projects organizing and
searching information and item.
These will be practical applications of
techniques taught in class.
You can use the same collection for each
or experiment with new things.

10. Assignments
Academic Search Strategy Project
With a guide for other students
You will get to know one of the library’s
databases as an expert and share your
findings with us.

11. Assignments
Search Engine Optimization Analysis
You will look at a local website and make
recommendations for better search
engine fundability.

12. Assignments
As a capstone to show off what you have
learned in this class, you will craft a final
project that demonstrates expert search
and/or organization skills.
You will have a lot of flexibility in what
you choose. You can do a more detailed
version of an earlier assignment or find a
practical outlet for your new talents.