If your department is like many most it offers an introductory no-prerequisites course. It’s the course to recruit (or select out) department minors & majors. It may even be a “core” course required for all students in your “school.” Can you picture students who take that course?
Next, think of a research paper you’re working on. [...]
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We’ll all (hopefully!) end up on the job market eventually. When you do, here are some web resources you may find of interest. First, to locate job openings…
For Information Systems jobs make sure to check out the AIS Placement Service.
OCIS maintains a list job openings here (including Communications Dept. jobs).
Next, to learn more about specific schools…
Some [...]
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Happy Thanksgiving Break!
However you spend the long weekend, resting & relaxing with families and friends, or catching up on writing and research in an end-of-the-semester push, best wishes to you for an enjoyable extended weekend.
Anyone else had a moment like this? Here’s hoping they’re few and far between!
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Do you enjoy reading this site yet forget to check for new posts? Or do you find the every-few-days posting schedule hard to follow?
We’ve got just the solution for you. Now you can subscribe to this blog via email. Any day there’s new posts you’ll receive them via email (maximum one email per day). Pretty [...]
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When you get a new PC are what programs do you install to get going? Are there tools you find yourself really missing when you use an unfamiliar computer?
Here’s my list of most helpful Windows utilities. What makes your list?
[Apologies in advance to the Mac users out there for the lack of inclusiveness of this post; [...]
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Have you ever wondered how new scientific fields are formed? I always figured it was a slow, drawn-out process (for example, as James Howison noted in this helpful comment, the field of Information Science has a clear heritage from Library Science).
I never would have believed it, but it turns out that if you are famous enough [...]
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