MSIM Papers

Information Behavior of Three Lawyers:
A Comparison With Two Earlier Studies

By Sally Howard, John Lehmann, and Josepha Rood

In this paper, MSIM students Sally Howard, John Lehmann, and Josepha Rood write about the information-seeking behavior of professional lawyers for the class Human Aspects of Information Systems (IMT 510). They interviewed three litigation attorneys and compared the results to studies by Kuhlthau & Tama and by Otike & Matthews.

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What Is A Metadata Architecture?

By Duane McCollum, MSIM 2004

Abstract:
What is metadata architecture? This paper samples some of the current thinking as found in books, on-line articles, and other sources to understand what the terms and the concept mean to information professionals. What this investigation showed is that there are such things as metadata architectures, that people are using them, talking about them, and designing them.

Keywords: metadata architecture, information systems, web site navigation, system of systems architecture, taxonomies, Dublin Core, information modeling.

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Homeland Security Information System Design Brief

By Deepak Kumar, Jimmy Miller, and Srinivas Kandala

In this paper, former MSIM students Deepak Kumar, Jimmy Miller, and Srinivas Kandala designed an Information System for IMT 548 (Information System Design). Written in October 2002, the paper modeled an Information System for the National Governors Association to support the decision-making process around issues of Homeland Security.

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