Knowledge Representation

III. Students are proficient in the theory and application of skills essential for knowledge representation in evolving technology environments, in any chosen area of specialization.

III.a. Students analyze, organize, and describe various formats of information objects.

6711 Taxonomy of Personal Information Collection.pdf

LIS6711: Taxonomy of Personal Information Collection

A taxonomy is a system of classification used to organize items into groups and/or types. Libraries utilize taxonomies to organize collections of information materials; in this paper I utilized taxonomy for my personal collection of books, CDs, videos, and documentation.

Planning a Web Archive Collection 6515.pdf

LIS6515: Planning a Web Archive Collection

Web archiving is defined as the archiving of portions of the World Wide Web to preserve the information for future generations. This assignment gave me the opportunity to choose a website to archive and discuss the methodology for doing so.

III.b. Students identify and apply best practices in the use of different technologies for knowledge representation.

Copy of Frogs and Toads

LIS6303: Frogs and Toads

Slide presentations are a dynamic alternative to traditional paper forms of knowledge representation. This Google Slides presentation I created is designed to serve as an interactive assessment tool for students with a celebratory surprise at the end.

5566 M3 Book Talk.mp4

LIS5566: Book Trailer

Using Google Slides I created a book trailer video which I then converted to an mp4 file. As an elementary school librarian, I have found videos to be an effective tool for introducing students to new books in our school's collection.