Course Title: Information Management

Course Code: MCOM-5102                                                                                  Fall 2020 

Class: BS 1st   (R+SS)

Instructor: SIDRA MUSHTAQ                                                                       Credit Hours: 03

Email:[email protected]

 Introduction to Course:

In today’s knowledge economy, organizations that can’t properly utilize their information assets risk serious failure. Information management is an emerging field that is concerned with:

• The infrastructure used to collect, manage, preserve, store and deliver information
• The guiding principles that allow information to be available to the right people at the right time

Information management concerns the control over how information is created, acquired, organized, stored, distributed, and used as a means of promoting, efficient and effective information access, processing, and use by people and organizations. This course intends to prepare university students as information literate, self- regulated, confident and lifelong learners. It will build students, understanding for information literacy/ management as at once conceptual and process-oriented. It is an introductory course which prepares students for an ever-changing and digital information landscape so that they may be able to define their information needs, to identify, locate, access, evaluate, and use information effectively and efficiently in the digital era with ethical and legal considerations through identification of right sources and utilization of right resources of information. The students will be given an opportunity to have an interaction with different models and standards of information literacy to support them independent in determining need and locating relevant information.

Objectives of the course:

• To introduce the students with different sources of information
• To clarify the concepts related to fair use of information
• To develop skills of extracting, analyzing and evaluating targeted information
• To design, develop, manage, and use information with insight and innovation
• To support decision making and create value for individuals, organizations, communities, and societies
• To acquire, analyze, communicate information effectively in current digital era

Outcomes:

Students will be able to understand the concepts of Information Management in 21st century era. Students will be able to analyze the techniques and strategies of maintenance and evaluation of information. They will know the strategies, tools and cyclic process of information management.

 Books to be used:

Alewine, M. C., & Canada, M. (2017). Introduction to information literacy for students. Chichester: j. Wiley and Sons.

Badke, W. (2017). Research strategies (6th ed.). Bloomington: iUniverse.

Burkhardt, j. M. (2016). Teaching information literacy reframed: 50+ framework-based exercises for creating information-literate learners. Chicago: Neal-Schuman.

Miller, M. (2015). Computer basics absolute beginner’s guide, windows 10 edition (includes content update program) (8th ed.). Indianapolis: Que Publishing.

Somasundaram, G & Alok, S. (2009). Information storage and management: Storing, Managing, and Protecting Digital Information. Indiana : Wiley Publishing, Inc.

Steve, G. & Ngal, M,. (2004). The perspectives of Information management in developing countries. IFLA journal 27(3)

ALA (2000). ACRL information literacy compentency standards for higher education. Chicago: ACRL

Caudle, S.L. (1988) 'IRM: a look backward and forward at the federal level'. Information Management Review 3(4), 9-25.

Lytle, R.H. (1988) 'Information resource management: a five-year perspective'. Information Management Review 3(3), 9-16.

Contents:

Fundamental concepts: Information management

Information literacy and other related literacies

Information literacy contexts: academia, workplace, and everyday life

IL Models: Big 6TM, Seven Pillars, E8, Information search process, Nested Model of information anxiety: framework of information anxiety

ACRL standards and framework of IL

Introduction to different search engines, Meta search engines, and OPACs

Scholarly search engines: Google scholar, Scopus and web of science, subject-specialized databases, summons

Scholarly communication in different subjects

Information credibility issues, fake news, alternative facts (misinformation, disinformation)

Online searching techniques and evaluation criterion

Referencing and style manuals: citation management using a software (Endnote; Mendeley, etc.)

Academic integrity, avoiding plagiarism, academic and scholarly writing

Intellectual property rights and freedom

Information ethics and policy issues

Information privacy and security issues; fair use and sharing of information  

Schedule:

Research Projects: 

Students will be assigned topics in the class from the contents and will present their topics before the class.

Evaluation/ Assessment criteria:

Sessional:  20 Marks

Class Attendance: 5 Marks

Presentation/Assignment: 12 Marks

Class Participation/ Discussions:  3 Marks

Mid Term: 30 Marks

Final exam: 50 Marks

Class Timings:

Regular Class:

Wednesday: 08:00 am to 09:00 am

Thursday: 08:00 am to 09:00 am

Friday: 08:00 am to 09:00 am

Self Support class:

Wednesday: 03:30 pm to 05:00 pm

Thursday: 12:30 pm to 02:00 pm

Start date: 26/10/2020

End date:05/03/2020

First assignment: week 05

Second assignment: week 12

Norms / RULES AND REGULATIONS

80% class attendance is necessary to enter in exams.

Students are highly encouraged to participate in class discussions, but, whenever practicing it, they would have to raise their hands and talk at their turn.