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Department of Library and Information Studies
Course Descriptions
Core Courses |
All Courses |
| LIS 600 Foundations of Library and Information Science LIS 615 Collection Management LIS 620 Information Sources and Services LIS 640 Organizing Library Collections LIS 650 Library Administration and Management LIS 601 Practicum (Required only for School Library Media) LIS 603 Capstone Experience in LIS |
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Core Courses
LIS600 Foundations of Library
and Information Science
This graduate-level course is an introduction to librarianship and other
information professions. Underlying principles common to all information
environments and specialties are covered, including the historical and
philosophical development of librarianship and the information professions,
technology and legislative trends in the field, and professional responsibilites,
particularly as they relate to user access to information. Throughout
the semester, an emphasis is placed socializing new students to the field.
(3 s.h.)
LIS615 Collection Management
Study of the principles and procedures involved in the building of library
collections, including collection development, collection evaluation,
and collection maintenance. (3 s.h.)
LIS620 Information Sources and Services
Information Sources and Services deals with the origins and characteristics
of information and of information sources, and with such related issues
as the negotiation of information requests, standards for ethical conduct,
and the development of appropriate search strategies. (3 s.h.)
LIS640 Organzing Library Collections
Study of methods of organizing library collections for effective use.
Introduces principles and techniques for cataloging and classification
and investigates issues affecting organization. (3 s.h.)
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LIS650 Library Administration and Management
This course integrates aspects of all the above approaches in examining
the principles of management and learning how to apply them in simulated
real life situations. Management, like any other endeavor
that involves humans, is messy and sometimes not rational. Some principles
work in some situations but not others. Things that should work do not,
and things happen for no apparent reason at all. This is true not only
for the principles of management, but for jobs themselves. Nothing you
learn in a classroom will ever look much like the place you actually end
up working.
As a result, the course will use a variety of management sources, texts,
and examples from both library and non-library settings. The first half
of class will be a lecture and discussion of a specific principle and
the second half will utilize exercises, videos, case analyses, etc. to
reinforce the material in the lectures. An emphasis on diagnosing management
situations which entails describing the facts, diagnosing problems, and
prescribing possible resolutions and an developing an action plan for
improving the situation. Utilizing situational case studies in this manner
allows students to practice managing in the relative safety of the classroom
in preparation for real life management situations. The best situation
that you can hope for, and the state of mind this course aims for, is
to think like a manager, to have a variety of managerial techniques to
draw upon, and above all to be pragmatic. Good management is what works.
(3 s.h.)
LIS603 Capstone Experience in Library and Information
Studies
The Capstone experience consists of students compiling a portfolio of
work from their classes in the LIS program. This portfolio is intended
to show satisfactory completion of the requirements for the MLIS degree.
Faculty members will arrange to meet with the portfolio students during
the semester in which they are assembling their portfolio, and will sign
off on the portfolio before the end of the semester.
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LIS601 Practicum
Supervised field or laboratory experiences in library/media center/information
agency settings, with seminars. The practicum course serves as an elective
for those students desiring more field or laboratory experiences in library
settings. (3-6 s.h.)
Note: As per Graduate School policy, only 3 hrs. of practicum credit may
count toward the Master's Degree in Library and Information Studies.