Material Detail

This open textbook is being utilized in an information science course for graduate students by Virginia Tucker at the iSchool at San José State. The textbook emphasizes the design elements in information retrieval systems. Students learn about the systems and knowledge structures that information professionals create and use to connect users with information, including: database design, vocabulary design, and website structure design. The textbook’s content consists of lectures written by iSchool faculty (the major portion of the book), with supplemental readings from academic journals and book chapters, all of which could be included through King Library subscriptions. No copyright or royalty fees were paid as a result. Embedded links to recorded, fully captioned content by the primary author are included in the lectures and launch directly from the eBook version. The main motivation was to have a textbook aligned with course learning objectives and that was low cost. Students access the textbook as an eBook (ADE format) or hardcopy.