Faculty
Emily Johnson-Young
Undergraduate Courses 2025-2026
Information Studies
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Open, Seminar—Fall and Spring
LIBR 3000
We are surrounded—even bombarded—by information. And like a biological ecosystem, there are many interconnecting components and places in our information ecosystem. In this course, students will survey some of the different types of information. The course will explore how to find, evaluate, and contextualize information, as well as how to use it in research. Students will interrogate the power structure of information classification systems, the practice of libraries and archives, and the privileging of some kinds of knowledge—and knowledge makers—over others. The course will combine theory and practice and will be applicable across all information types and fields of inquiry.
Faculty
- Rachel Leff
- Emily Johnson-Young
Previous Courses
Information Studies
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Open, Seminar—Spring
LIBR 3000
We are surrounded—even bombarded—by information. And like a biological ecosystem, there are many interconnecting components and places in our information ecosystem. In this course, students will survey some of the different types of information. The course will explore how to find, evaluate, and contextualize information, as well as how to use it in research. Students will interrogate the power structure of information classification systems, the practice of libraries and archives, and the privileging of some kinds of knowledge—and knowledge makers—over others. The course will combine theory and practice and will be applicable across all information types and fields of inquiry.
Faculty