Catalog Description:
Introduction to the production, dissemination, and consumption of knowledge in society, related to roles of information professionals and the functions of libraries and other information institutions. Differences among disciplines in how knowledge is recorded and transmitted. Global issues and trends in society that have affected scholarly communication and the public's access to information.

Course Structure:
1. The networked structure of recorded knowledge
Bibliometrics and domain analysis
2. The channels for the dissemination of knowledge
Scholarly communication
3. The social mechanisms behind knowledge claims
Social epistemology
4. Knowledge organization
Theories of concept and classification
5 . Knowledge in action
Working knowledge, community of practice and artifacts