Heather is an Associate Professor at the iSchool of the University of Missouri (USA) and a leading researcher in knowledge organization, scholarly communication, and information system design. Her work focuses on how information infrastructures can enhance access to information and better support academic communities.
O Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação (PPGCIN/UFRGS) convidam a comunidade acadêmica.
A atividade contará com a participação da professora Heather Moulaison-Sandy, PhD.
Na ocasião, será apresentada o curso: “Knowledge Organization and Knowledge Production: Metadata, data and Access”.
📅 Data: 12 e 13 de agosto de 2026
⏰ Horário: 13 às 18h.
📍 Local: Dia 12 Auditório 1 – FABICO/UFRGS e Dia 13 Auditório 2 – FABICO/UFRGS
Course Description
Knowledge organization is often associated with libraries, catalogs, and classification systems, yet its influence extends far beyond information retrieval. The systems used to organize knowledge shape the production, dissemination, discovery, evaluation, preservation, and reuse of scholarship itself. Metadata, controlled vocabularies, repositories, research data infrastructures, and emerging artificial intelligence systems all influence what knowledge becomes visible, accessible, and ultimately influential.
Drawing on contemporary research in knowledge organization, scholarly communication, research data management, open science, AI, and metadata, this course examines how knowledge organization operates throughout the entire scholarly lifecycle—from knowledge creation and data production to publication, discovery, preservation, and machine-mediated access.