INFS 601 – Foundations of Information Studies

Historical Article Topics

1. Graphical user interface 26. Readers’ advisory

2. Hyperlinks 27. Special collections
3. Mark-up languages 28. National libraries
4. ISO standards 29. Digital libraries
5. Databases 30. Libraries and Archives Canada (LAC)

6. Digitization 31. Critical archival studies/librarianship

7. Bibliometrics 32. Finding aids (archives)
8. Algorithms 33. Provenance
9. Metadata 34. Curation
10. Subject indexing 35. Preservation

11. World Wide Web 36. Oral history

12. Federated search 37. Community archives
13. Universal design 38. Audiovisual archives
14. Geographic information system 39. Records management
15. Recommender systems 40. Organisational memory

16. Information architecture 41. Knowledge continuity

17. Machine learning 42. Semantic web
18. Natural language processing 43. Data mining
19. Big data 44. Intellectual property
20. Data visualisation 45. Taxonomies

21. Card catalogues

22. Library management systems
23. Dewey Decimal Classification
24. Copyright and fair dealing (Canada)
25. Children’s libraries