TA (Teaching Assistant) position

I've accepted a TA (Teaching Assistant) position for this semester (Fall 2003) in the SCILS department for the LIS program.

I'll be assisting Prof. Nina Wacholder in her two classes: 1) Retrieving and Evaluating Electronic Information (547:220 undergraduate), and 2) Organizing Information (610:520 masters level).

Catalog Description for Retrieving and Evaluating Electronic Information:

"Examination and analysis of electronic information to evaluate communication processes, content viability, aesthetic and technical factors as well as the quality of information structures. Includes the exploration of information retrieval, information seeking behaviors, and user perspectives and preferences in meeting information needs."

Catalog Description for Organizing Information:

"Introduction to the options and methods for describing and organizing messages, texts, and documents of all types (audio, visual, linguistic, graphic, multimedia) for retrieval. Classification; indexing languages, vocabulary management, and thesauri systems; human and machine techniques; and rationales for decisions about the organization of materials In various contexts. Students apply theory by designing and evaluating an Information retrieval (IR) database."

I hope to learn few things myself from these two courses while working on my Ph.D. coursework. :)