As my discussion of Portfolio Standards indicates, ASIS&T seems to have the best conceptual model for information science education. Links below highlight products from my portfolio that address each of the six areas of competency.
Foundations of Information Science
This area includes the nature of information, its historical roots as well as its generation and dissemination to individuals, organizations, and society: History of Information, Information Science, and Information Technology; Nature of Information; Information and Society (global, cultural, legal, professional, ethical considerations); Information Economics and Policy Issues.
Portfolio products
- Case Study: Liability and Ethics in a Library Setting
- Journal reflections: Copyright, Ethics, Privacy, Liability
- Blog post: Participatory Surveillance
Information Use & Users
This area includes theories, principles, and investigation of information use and user behavior in information-related environments: Information Seeking Behavior and Information Use, Human-Computer Interaction, User-centered Design and Product Development, and Needs Assessment and Evaluation.
Portfolio products
- A Process Documentation Model for the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative from INFX 594, Degree Research Project
- Research Assistant for Learning Linked Data project
- Design Project: Improving Degree Planning Through Information Sharing
- Group presentation on information behavior of journalists from LIS 510.
- Social IB Model for Goal-Directed Work Teams
- Instructional demo embedded in a web page with capabilities for user feedback and hands-on trial
- Resource Description: A Dictionary of Modern Design
- Research Consultation: Resources on success factors for public-health education campaigns
- Resource Collection: Information resources for health-care policy advocates
Methods of Inquiry
This category includes methodologies which explore and facilitate investigations of information science in a variety of contexts: Basic Research Methods, Measurement and Evaluation, Assessment Technologies, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving.
Portfolio products
Information Processing
This category includes organization, storage, and distribution of information in various formats and technologies for meeting the needs of users and user groups: Information Creation, Generation, and Acquisition; Information Representation and Control; Information Access, Retrieval, Dissemination, and Interpretation; Information Storage and Preservation.
Portfolio products
- Complete Semantic Web application profile:
Statement of purpose, functional requirements, domain model
Attribute space definition
Description set template
Sample description instance
Usage guidelines - Complete documentation package supporting a new information architecture for the Continuing Education Committee of the Washington Library Association
- Linked Data element set in the Open Metadata Registry
- Co-authored paper on museum metadata
- Color-based enumerated classification scheme for eating and cooking resources
- Faceted classification scheme for cookbooks
- XML/XSL-T to structure information and style it for display
- IA, taxonomy, & navigation for a retail cooking equipment website
- Functionality investigation and documentation of display formatting for Open Conference System
- Cataloging issue analysis
- Subject heading assignment
- Blog post: Sipping from the Stream
Information Technology
This category includes design, evaluation, and implementation of technologies relevant to information processes: Information Systems (Software, Hardware, Retrieval), Telecommunication and Networking, Programming for Information Processes.
Portfolio products
- XML/XSL-T to structure information and style it for display
- Complete Semantic Web application profile
Information Service Provision & Management
This area includes the principles, planning, and procedures of managing and organizing information organizations: Organizational Theory; Planning (Strategic, Financial, Operational); Resource Identification, Management, and Evaluation; Information Marketing; Human Resource Management.
Portfolio products
- Essay on organizational perspective
- Plan of Action: ASCE Special Library
- Organization Profile: ASCE
- Resource Description: A Dictionary of Modern Design
- Essay on management communication