LIS 6711 - Personal Digital Taxonomy
Related Learning Outcome
III.a. Students analyze, organize and describe various formats of information objects.
Artifact Overview
For this assignment, I designed a comprehensive taxonomy to organize my personal digital information environment. The taxonomy included hierarchical categories covering entertainment, personal records, financial documents, work materials, educational records, and email, while also incorporating facets such as sensitivity, source, and file format to improve retrieval. I accompanied the taxonomy with a detailed rationale explaining the organizational principles behind the system and how it reflects real-world patterns of information use and retrieval.
This artifact aligns with Goal III.a because it demonstrates my ability to organize complex collections of information using both hierarchical classification and faceted organization. Rather than creating a purely theoretical system, I designed a practical taxonomy that balances logical structure with user-centered retrieval. The project illustrates my understanding that effective knowledge organization must support not only consistent classification but also the ways users actually seek, browse, and retrieve information over time.