“Itself an Education”

The interdisciplinary field of information studies requires an eclectic and imaginative curriculum. Future information professionals need intellectual tools that will enable them to adapt thoughtfully to changed social and technological environments. In this situation, the study of classification (including both principles of application for current bibliographic systems and principles of construction that could be used to develop new systems for bibliographic and non-bibliographic materials) is one way to equip students with the balanced flexibility to adapt to changing needs. In addition, knowledge of the organization of knowledge is basic to any kind of information work.