Courses

LIS 601 Introduction to Reference and Information Services (Fall 2019)
Philosophy, principles, and practice of reference services in libraries, information centers and information literacy. Bibliographic control, reference research, reference interview, online searching, evaluation of bibliographic and webliographic material. SLO1

LIS 605 Metadata Creation for Information Organizations (Spring 2019)
Theory and practice of metadata creation for organization of information resources, cataloging code for resource description and access, Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classification schemes, use of OCLC. Emphasis is on practical rather than philosophical topics, and on practice at the level common at academic or large public libraries. SLO3

LIS 610 Foundations of the Information Professions (Spring 2020)
Lecture/discussion course on role of libraries, their social utility in information societies. History and future of libraries in changing technological world. Information professions, information ethics, intellectual freedom, intellectual property, information access, national/international library developments. SLO2

LIS 630 Community Engagement (Fall 2019)
Explores how information professionals in libraries and other settings collaborate with community members and organizations. Provides an overview of theory and practice emphasizing critical analysis of policies, services and trends. SLO5

LIS 641 Digital Librarianship (Spring 2020)
Lecture with demonstrations to introduce the essential types of digital resources and the software tools for finding high quality and relevant information efficiently from digital journal archives and reference databases.

LIS 650 Management of Libraries and Information Centers (Spring 2020)
Basic theories and principles of administration for effective management of public, academic, and special libraries and information centers, with emphasis on planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and control. Administrative aspects of public and technical services, facilities, planning, evaluation, public relations, interagency cooperation, and the management of change in bureaucratic organizations. SLO6

LIS 654 Records, Archives, & Memory (Fall 2020)
Records mean different things, to different people, in different contexts. From textual documents as evidence of corporate or governmental activity to embodied records and collective memory, ideas about records, archives, and memory span nations, societies, cultures, and communities, serving to document humanity’s lived experiences. This course combines practical knowledge about the forms and functions of records, archives, and memory with critical archival theory from a variety of cultural and societal perspectives.

LIS 661 Informatics (Fall 2019)
Sociotechnical concepts and processes underlying information systems, services and use.

LIS 672 Technology for Libraries and Information Centers (Spring 2020)
Survey of theories, concepts, methods and practices relating to the application of information technology to support the administration and use of information resources. Includes digital, printed and audiovisual materials.

LIS 676 Creating Digital Libraries (Spring 2019)
Principles, techniques and technologies supporting the creation of user-centered digital libraries. Selection, organization, maintenance, access and retrieval of digital collections with practical experience in Omeka S. SLO4

LIS 691 Masters Seminar I (Spring 2019)
Seminar for entering students focused on the development and articulation of a reflective professional philosophy, in preparation for the culminating portfolio or thesis. Peer mentoring, faculty and student presentations. (1 credit)

LIS 692 Masters Seminar II (Fall 2020)
Seminar for graduating students focused on the refinement and completion of the culminating portfolio or thesis. Peer mentoring, faculty and student presentations. (2 credits)

LIS 693 Responding to Reading in Libraries (Spring 2019)
A research-intensive seminar that explores reader response theory as a foundational understanding of the reading process in library contexts and similar settings. Consideration of ways in which responsive reading effects various literary formats available in libraries and other educational institutions. Critical examination of ways in which library and literacy services impacts reading engagement and interests of library users, students, and educators.

LIS 693 International Librarianship (Fall 2020)
In these times when travel is made very hard, if not impossible, we will use this class to embark on a virtual journey around the globe and visit different libraries and librarians, and learn from them about different aspects of international librarianship. These include the roles of libraries, sustainable goals, professional international institutions, and practices and challenges of librarians around the globe.