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Kaitlin Srader: Kaitlin Srader, MLIS: "Information surrounds us in every aspect of our lives, but how we interpret, consume, share, and protect or restrict information is what excites me." Read more.

Knowledge organization focuses on first describing documents, and then classifying and indexing those documents within an archive or database.

iSchool Courses

Suggested

• LIS 530 - Organization of Information and Resources (4)
• LIS 531 – Catalogs, Cataloging, and Classification (4)
• LIS 534 – Indigenous Systems of Knowledge (3)
• LIS 536 – Metadata for Interactive Media (3)
• LIS 537 – Construction of Indexing Languages (4)
• LIS 539 – Metadata Design (3)
• LIS 584 – Knowledge Management (3)

Also consider...

• LIS 505 – Archival and Manuscript Services (3)
• LIS 542 – Information Structures Using XML (4)
• LIS 543 – Relational Database Management Systems (4)
• LIS 544 – Information Retrieval Systems (3)

Additional info: http://ko.ischool.uw.edu/knowledge-organization-courses-uw-ischool

Professional Organizations

• American Society for Indexing
• Association for Information Science and Technology
• International Society for Knowledge Organization
• National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators

Sample Job Titles

• Cataloger
• Cataloging and Metadata Librarian
• Collections Manager
• Content Manager
• Enterprise Knowledge Management Specialist
• Knowledge Management Analyst
• Knowledge Manager
• Map Librarian
• Process and Knowledge Management Specialist
• Quality Program Coordinator
• Records Manager
• SharePoint Specialist
• Special Collections Project Cataloger