Information Organization and Retrieval
Information Organization and Retrieval
Information Organization & Retrieval, Fall 2016
Teaching Team:
- Professor Robert Glushko, glushko@berkeley.edu, 313 South Hall
- Professor David Bamman, dbamman@berkeley.edu, 314 South Hall
- Andy Brooks
- Jason Danker
- Rob Kuvinka
- Richa Prajapati
Required Textbooks:
Glushko, Robert J. (Editor).The Discipline of Organizing: Informatics Edition (4th edition). O'Reilly Media, 2016.
Course Grade Breakdown
exams - 40% (2 midterms at 10% each; final exam at 20%)
case study assignment - 15%
other assignments - 35%
participation - 10%
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TOPIC |
CORE READINGS |
CASE STUDIES, OTHER RESOURCES |
1-W 8/24 |
Intro to Course & TDO |
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2-M 8/29 |
Design Decisions for Organizing Systems |
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ASSIGNMENT 1 - Case study; proposal for topic and deliverables due 9/28 | |||
ASSIGNMENT 2 - Analyze "Memex" and "The Library of Babel" as Organizing Systems. Due 9/3 | |||
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3-W 8/31 |
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M 9/5 |
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY |
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4-W 9/7 |
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SECTION ASSIGNMENT 1 - Principles for Organizing - Andronico and Amazon - (for sections on 9/14). | |||
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5-M 9/12 |
ALUMNI DAY |
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6-W 9/14 |
Resources |
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7-M 9/19 |
Data as a Resource / |
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TAKE HOME EXAM 1 - due 9/23 | |||
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8-W 9/21 |
Resource Description 1 |
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9-M 9/26 |
Describing Non-Text Resources |
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ASSIGNMENT 3 - Develop a vocabulary. (due 10/7) | |||
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10-W 9/28 |
Features as Resource Descriptions |
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11-M 10/3 |
Relationships and Structures |
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12-W 10/5 |
Document Structure and XML |
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POSTPONED, POSSIBLY CANCELLED: SECTION ASSIGNMENT 2 - Document Types and Ontology | |||
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13-M 10/10 |
Semantic Web |
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14-W 10/12 |
Structure Between Data Points |
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15-M 10/17 |
Structure Between Data Sources |
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16-W 10/19 |
Categorization |
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17-M 10/24 |
Categorization and Computational Classification |
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TAKE HOME EXAM 2 - due 10/28 | |||
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18-W 10/26 |
Classification |
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19-M 10/31 |
Classification and Standardization; Businesses as Organizing Systems |
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20-W 11/2 |
Classification and User Interactions |
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ASSIGNMENT 4 - analyze a classification in terms of (a) the properties of the resources it uses (b) the principles that rely on those properties and (c) the biases or perspectives that are implied by (a) and (b). (due 11/9) | |||
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21-M 11/7 |
Computational Classification 1 |
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22-W 11/9 |
Computational Classification (2) |
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23-M 11/14 |
Interactions |
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ASSIGNMENT 5 - an interaction design and data science problem (TBD) (due 11/25) | |||
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24-W 11/16 |
Inference and Testing as Interactions |
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25-M 11/21 |
Prediction and Recommendation as Interactions |
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W 11/23 |
THANKSGIVING WEEK HOLIDAY |
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26-M 11/28 |
Case Study Presentations |
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27-W 11/30 |
Case Study Presentations |
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28 W 12/7 |
COURSE WRAP-UP; REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM |
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M 12/12 |
FINAL EXAM |
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Course Summary:
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