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Library Science

LIS 400 - Technology Orientation Requirement (tor)

The Technology Orientation Requirement is designed to serve as a self-paced introduction to the technology and resources you will use in the GSLIS program. It ensures that all incoming GSLIS students are prepared to use the technology required for their GSLIS classes, regardless of a specific LIS track to be taken. It was created by a faculty committee who specifically chose the format and content that is most pertinent to the LIS curriculum.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	05/13/2013 - 08/02/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Linnea Marie Johnson	Open	27	No	0.00

LIS 401 - Foundations in Lib & Info Sci

This course is an introduction to the field of library and information science, exploring information professions, services, and institutions, as well as addressing fundamental concepts and theories of information. Topics which will be the subject of discussion and study include settings in which an information professional might work (libraries, information centers, archives, and the information industries), the history of the information professions, the organizational structures of information institutions, the information needs of users and their information-seeking behavior, and information concepts, theories, and practices. The class will engage with current issues and trends affecting the information professions in today's society. Assignments may include presentations, posters, papers, case studies, examinations, and written exercises. Pre-requisite: None.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
OL	06/03/2013 - 08/02/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Lisa Hussey	Open	15	No	3.00

LIS 403 - Evaluation of Information Services

The course applies the principles of evaluation research to contemporary information management problems. It covers the fundamentals of identifying and investigating problems relevant to continuous quality enhancement and communicating the results to decision makers. NOTE: This is a required course for students entering Fall 2005 and thereafter; for students who entered prior to Fall 2005, this course may be taken to fulfill the program requirement of either LIS 403 or LIS 404.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	06/15/2013 - 07/27/2013	,Sat	09:00AM-04:00PM	PCB P207	Mr. Terry H. Plum	Open	4	No	3.00
02	06/17/2013 - 07/31/2013	,Mon,Wed	09:00AM-12:00PM	PCB P207	Dr. Candy Schwartz	Open	3	No	3.00

LIS 404 - Principles of Management

Designed to acquaint students with the basic management functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. The course is intended to help provide understanding of human interactions in the workplace and develop the practical problem-solving skills needed to handle managerial problems professionally. Approaches to managing, from authoritarian to participative to laissez-faire, are examined. Readings, case studies, critical incidents, simulations, and discussions. NOTE: This is a required course for students entering Fall 2005 and thereafter; for students who entered prior to Fall 2005, this course may be taken to fulfill the program requirement of either LIS 403 or LIS 404.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
OL	06/03/2013 - 08/02/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Mary Wilkins Jordan	Wcls	0	No	3.00
OLC	06/03/2013 - 08/02/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Lisa Hussey	Wcls	0	No	3.00

LIS 407 - Reference/Information Services

Covers reference services, searching, and sources. Introduces reference concepts and services, such as the reference interview, customer service, evaluating the reference collection, management, ethics, reference philosophy, service in different institutional settings and for diverse populations, and the assessment of reference services. Students learn how to search in digital and print sources, including full text information retrieval in subscription services and the freely available web. Students become familiar with over two hundred core, fundamental print and digital sources. Required course.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	06/18/2013 - 08/01/2013	,Tue,Thu	01:00PM-04:00PM	PCB P206	Ms. Linda S. Wolf	Open	5	No	3.00
OL	06/03/2013 - 08/02/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Mary Wilkins Jordan	Open	5	No	3.00

LIS 408 - User Instruction

This course offers an overview of user instruction, including needs assessment, planning, educational strategies, and evaluation of programs in all types of libraries. Critical evaluation of concepts of information literacy, learning theories, and the goals of user instruction. Application of best practices principles in development of user instruction program modules for either oral presentation or online tutorials. Readings, discussion, guest lectures, oral presentations, and a term project. (Prerequisites: 12 semester hours.)

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	06/17/2013 - 07/31/2013	,Mon,Wed	06:00PM-09:00PM	PCB P206	Vivienne B. Piroli	Open	9	No	3.00
20	06/15/2013 - 07/27/2013	,Sat ,Sat	09:15AM-04:15PM 09:15AM-04:15PM	MHC SITE MHC SITE	TBA	Open	13	No	3.00

LIS 410 - Info Services for Div. Users

Given the increasing diversity of information users in the United States, information professionals need to learn more about specific groups in order provide appropriate services. This course examines the special needs and potential contributions of groups that are traditionally underrepresented in information settings. Through readings, discussion, and guest lectures, students will explore diversity issues which impact information services and develop skills for planning, implementing, and evaluating programs for addressing these issues. Specific diversity issues include race and ethnicity; gender and sexual orientation; social class; national origin; physical, psychological, and learning ability; and age. Students will gain experience in addressing diversity issues in two interrelated projects. The first project will involve writing a paper on a particular group and its needs in terms of collection development, programming, or accessibility issues, etc. For the second project, students will build on the first paper in a service learning project with an information center of their choice. Examples of service learning projects include constructing a detailed program or service activity for a specific group; compiling an annotated bibliography of best current materials and digital sources for a specific group; implementing a mentoring program for a specific group; evaluating diversity programs which are already in place; or writing a staff training proposal. Prerequisite: the prerequisite for this course has been dropped.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	05/13/2013 - 05/17/2013	,Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri	09:00AM-04:00PM	PCB P206	Laura Ann Lidano Saunders	Open	14	No	3.00

LIS 413 - Literature of the Humanities

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the numerous types of standard and current works, reference materials, bibliographic sources, and Web portals in the humanities. In addition, the course emphasizes various approaches to searching for information and to the bibliographic structure of disciplines. Students will evaluate sources, search for information, and investigate topics in the humanities. (Prerequisite: LIS 407.)

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
BL	06/15/2013 - 07/27/2013	,Sat	09:00AM-04:00PM	PCB P206	Mr. James R. Kelly	Open	16	No	3.00

LIS 414 - Organization and Management of Corporate Libraries

This course examines the history, types of libraries, staffing, development, and future of company libraries in the United States. Specific attention will be given to examples of highly successful models as well as those corporate information centers which have encountered problems. Recent research on the value of information professionals and the perceived value of corporate libraries will be examined in detail. Methodologies to evaluate the company library will be discussed. Comparative data on corporate libraries in the U.S., Europe, and Japan will be included in this course.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	05/20/2013 - 05/24/2013	,Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri	09:30AM-05:30PM	MCB C105	Mr. James M. Matarazzo	Wcls	0	No	3.00

LIS 415 - Information Organization

The phenomena, activities, and issues surrounding the organization of information in service of users and user communities. Topics include resource types and formats, information service institutions, markup, descriptive metadata, content standards, subject analysis and classification, and the information life cycle. Readings, discussions, examinations, and oral and written exercises.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	06/18/2013 - 08/01/2013	,Tue,Thu	09:00AM-12:00PM	PCB P207	Dr. Candy Schwartz	Open	3	No	3.00

LIS 420 - Mod Pub & Librnshp

The publishing industry and its relation to the library profession. History and modern processes of publication including: editing, design, selection, typography, composition, printing processes, illustrations, binding, marketing, methods of distribution, and sales outlets. Organization and current issues of the publishing industry; problems in the acquisition of materials; various aspects of copyright; and specialized publishing. Role and future of print in relation to other communication media. Course includes field trips, guest lectures, media presentations, and individual research papers. (Please note: this course is one of several still under review by the faculty. Please be aware that the course content may be changed or, in some cases, the course may not be offered again.)

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	06/17/2013 - 07/31/2013	,Mon,Wed	01:00PM-04:00PM	PCB P210	Anita Silvey	Open	17	No	3.00

LIS 422 - Literacy & Services to Underserved Populations: Issues & Responses.

This course provides an overview of the social, economic, and political impact of adult functional illiteracy in the United States; it discusses the issue at both the federal and state level with implications for library involvement at the community level. Emphasis will be placed on the analysis of the literacy needs of a community and at the development and implementation of programs to meet that need. It will introduce advocacy, training, budgeting, staff recruitment, student assessment and instruction, publicity and program evaluation of both traditional and innovative library-based literacy/ESOL programs; it will suggest approaches to serve traditionally underrepresented communities by exploring how to improve equity of access to those populations.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
20	06/14/2013 - 07/26/2013	,Fri ,Fri	09:15AM-04:15PM 09:15AM-04:15PM	MHC SITE MHC SITE	Shelley S. Quezada	Open	16	No	3.00

LIS 425 - History of the Book

The course will cover a wide variety of topics concerned with the history and development of the book, both as a physical object and as the bearer of intellectual content. Therefore, the lectures / discussions will look at two different kinds of phenomena: the physical properties of the objects that carried written and pictorial texts and the intellectual use to which books have been put. A third area that the course will address picks up the miscellaneous but important issues of the world of libraries; the antiquarian and out-of-print book trade; remainders; handling, storing, caring for, repairing, and conserving books; legal considerations of book/text ownership and use; and other areas of book history. Students will be introduced to the extensive vocabulary of the book world. With a mastery of this new vocabulary, the students will have a grasp of a subject of extraordinary breadth, boundless fascination, and endless debate. As Milton said, 'A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit.' This course will explain why. (Formerly LIS 534)

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	06/15/2013 - 07/27/2013	,Sat	09:00AM-04:00PM	LEF L007	Sidney Berger	Open	12	No	3.00
20	07/09/2013 - 08/01/2013	,Tue,Wed,Thu ,Tue,Wed,Thu	09:00AM-04:00PM 09:00AM-04:00PM	MHC SITE MHC SITE	Mr. Martin Antonetti	Open	6	No	3.00

LIS 439 - Preservation Management

This course covers the fundamentals of planning and managing programs of prevention and remedial treatment for the preservation of information resources in libraries and archives. The study of the nature of all types of materials and the factors contributing to their deterioration serves as background. Preservation planning topics, such as environmental control and light, security, risk management, fire prevention, housekeeping and storage, general collections maintenance and testing methods, are covered. Additional topics include: emergency planning in the areas of preparedness, mitigation and response; selection of materials for basic repair, conservation or reformatting; budgeting for preservation activities; preservation training for staff and users; digital preservation; and cooperative programs. Course includes readings, guest lectures, media presentations, field trips, demonstrations, and individual projects. Team taught with members of the Northeast Document Conservation Center staff.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	06/04/2013 - 06/13/2013	,Tue,Wed,Thu	09:00AM-04:00PM	PCB P210	TBA	Open	13	No	3.00
20	06/15/2013 - 07/27/2013	,Sat ,Sat	09:15AM-04:15PM 09:15AM-04:15PM	MHC SITE MHC SITE	Rachel Onuf	Open	9	No	3.00
OL	06/03/2013 - 08/02/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Donia Conn	Open	8	No	3.00
YN	07/27/2013 - 08/10/2013	,Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri	09:00AM-12:00PM	N/A	Dr. Michele Cloonan	Open	12	Yes	3.00

LIS 439T - Travel Costs Yonsei

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	07/27/2013 - 08/10/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	TBA	Open	12	Yes	0.00

LIS 440 - Archival Access and Use

Explores access to and use of archives and manuscript collections within the framework of archival description and representation. How archives are described and the surrogates that are used to represent them profoundly impact their access and use and are central to the archives profession. Students will explore various types of archival use including exhibits (physical and virtual) in addition to the creation of surrogates for primary sources and will gain a theoretical and practical understanding of EAD (Encoded Archival Description) as well as other emerging metadata standards. (Required course for Archives Management Concentration. Prerequisite: LIS 415 and LIS 438)

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	06/18/2013 - 08/01/2013	,Tue,Thu	01:00PM-04:00PM	PCB P207	Katherine Wisser	Open	8	No	3.00
YN	07/27/2013 - 08/10/2013	,Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri	01:00PM-04:00PM	N/A	Katherine Wisser	Open	14	Yes	3.00

LIS 440T - Travel Costs Yonsei

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	07/27/2013 - 08/10/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Katherine Wisser	Open	14	Yes	0.00

LIS 447 - Collection Maintenance

This course in preservation management deals with the planning, implementation, and management of an effective collections maintenance program, including an effective repair program for a small/medium general collection. Topics include developing criteria for the selection of items in need of repair, binding, or replacement; learning the proper repair and housing techniques for bound and unbound materials in order to be able to administer an in-house repair program; selecting and processing materials for remote storage facilities; the cost factors involved in developing a collections maintenance program for general collections; and selecting and managing staff, space, equipment, and supplies for such a program.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	05/20/2013 - 05/24/2013	,Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri	09:00AM-04:00PM	OFF SITE	Donia Conn	Open	2	No	3.00

LIS 448 - Digital Stewardship

This course is designed to teach the concepts and skills involved in creating and managing a sustainable digital repository, library or archive. It has two foci: the digital convergence of cultural heritage information; and the management of digital objects over the long term through active, ongoing oversight of the total environment (content, technologies, and user expectations) during all phases of the projects' life cycle. It is underpinned by principles from the eScience arena and the Open Access movement. The course is taught through a combination for classroom component, and experimentation and problem solving in the Digital Curriculum Laboratory located at GSLIS.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	05/20/2013 - 05/30/2013	,Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri	01:00PM-05:00PM	PCB P207	Ross Harvey	Open	1	No	3.00
OLC	06/03/2013 - 08/02/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	TBA	Open	3	No	3.00

LIS 450 - Organization/ Management of Public Libraries

Examines the principles and techniques of planning and delivering public library services to individuals and communities. Emphasis on preparation of a community profile and development of service goals and objectives, with attention to library relationships with other community agencies. Examination of the governance and service structure of metropolitan and town libraries with consideration of political, fiscal and societal trends affecting them. Analysis of the library needs of specific groups and the means of implementing particular programs and services.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
OL	06/03/2013 - 08/02/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Mary Wilkins Jordan	Open	6	No	3.00

LIS 451 - Academic Libraries

Survey of the development, current state, and future directions of college and university libraries. The focus will be on broad issues within a context that connects academic libraries, and their infrastructure, with their parent institutions. Such issues include managing change, scholarly communication, publishing, information technology, advocacy, evaluation and assessment, planning, budgeting, and higher education. (Prerequisite: LIS 407)

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
OL	06/03/2013 - 08/02/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Anne C. Moore	Open	1	No	3.00

LIS 453 - Collections Development and Management

Activities through which library collections are systematically developed and managed are explored, especially the formulation and implementation of written collection development policies. Other specific topics include identification of user needs; collection evaluation; fund allocation among competing departments, subjects, and/or media; selection methods; intellectual freedom; storage alternatives; and cooperative collection development. Course includes readings, guest lectures, and a term project in which a collection development policy for a real information agency is prepared. (Prerequisites: LIS 407 and LIS 415 or the permission of the instructor)

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	05/20/2013 - 05/24/2013	,Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri	09:00AM-04:00PM	PCB P206	Michael Richard Leach	Open	4	No	3.00

LIS 456 - Managing Records in Electronic Environments

Records Management is an essential component of archival practice. This course covers the principles, standard, procedures, and technologies utilized in modern recordkeeping and information resources management. Topics include appraisal, scheduling and disposition, systems theory, functional analysis, systems design and electronic records management and policy. management setting. Required course for Archives Management Concentration. Prerequisite: LIS 415 for all students and LIS-438 is suggested for Archives Concentrators.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	06/17/2013 - 07/31/2013	,Mon,Wed	06:00PM-09:00PM	PCB P207	Jason Arthur Wood	Wcls	0	No	3.00

LIS 458 - Database Management

Principles and practices of database management and database design. Discussion and practice cover database application lifecycle, data modeling, relational database design, SQL queries, reports and other interfaces to database data, and documentation. Lectures also cover Web databases, XML, multimedia databases, and ethical and privacy issues associated with database systems. Individual and group projects. (Prerequisites: LIS 488 and Technology Orientation Requirement (TOR))

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	06/18/2013 - 08/01/2013	,Tue,Thu	06:00PM-09:00PM	PCB P210	Bruce P. Tis	Open	11	No	3.00

LIS 460 - Technology and the School Library Teacher

This course will prepare the school library teacher to successfully integrate new and emerging technologies into the school library program, technology lab, and classroom. Technologies studied will be appropriate for integration into all areas of the school's curriculum. Web-based and mobile resources and tools are used extensively throughout the course and are directly tied to current topics in successful school library management and practice. Hands-on learning and discussion of issues that could arise as a part of technology integration with pre-K - 12 students are foundational elements of the course. The role the school library teacher plays in the professional development of teachers in his/her school as a resource person, leader in technology instruction, facilitator, collaborator, and instructor will be discussed throughout the course.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
OL	06/03/2013 - 08/02/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Ms. Linda Braun	Open	5	No	3.00

LIS 464 - The Medieval Manuscript: Charlemagne To Gutenberg

This course will introduce students to the components of the medieval manuscript codex and teach them how to localize and date this kind of material, introducing them to the fields of paleography, codicology and manuscript illumination from the reign of Charlemagne in the ninth century to the invention of printing in the fifteenth. They will trace the development of book production and literate culture from its monastic origins to the later commercialization of the book trade. Different types of texts, such as Books of Hours, will be introduced. Students will learn the fundamentals of manuscript bibliographic description, and issues involving the modern book trade and curatorship of this type of material will be addressed.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	06/17/2013 - 07/31/2013	,Mon,Wed	09:00AM-12:00PM	PCB P206	Lisa F. Davis	Wcls	0	No	3.00

LIS 467 - Web Develop & Info. Arch

Organizing and structuring content to help individuals, communities, and organizations find and manage internal and external Web-based resources and services. Application of current coding, metadata, and style standards to create Web documents. Evaluation of Web site quality and usability, and assessment of resource discovery tools. Strategic planning and user needs analysis for information architecture. Content inventory, organization, and management in support of wayfinding and navigation. Design documents for prototyping large Web sites. Readings, essays, design projects, in-class presentations.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
OLC	06/03/2013 - 08/02/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Ms. Linda Braun	Open	2	No	3.00

LIS 470 - Visual Communication

Intensive study and analysis, through illustrated lectures, of visual forms of information and communication. Upon a foundation of the history of graphic forms of communication, semiotics, philosophy, and media analysis, students study the basics of theory and iconographic languages to understand visual information resources in society in general and specifically in libraries, archives, and emerging visually-rich environments. Topics may include visual literacy, rare books, prints and printmaking, typography, photography, posters, ephemera, propaganda, digital images, exhibit construction, and other topics driven by student interests. The readings and activities from a foundation of (a) graphic/visual knowledge, (b) theory, (c) history, and (d) application in LIS. Students will be able to pursue media studies, human-computer interaction, information architecture and related topics with greater understanding.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
RM	05/13/2013 - 06/10/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Gerald Benoit	Wcls	0	Yes	3.00

LIS 470T - Rome Class #1 Travel Costs

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	05/23/2013 - 06/10/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	TBA	Open	17	Yes	0.00

LIS 488 - Technology for Information Professionals

This course provides the conceptual foundation and context of computing, Internet and related technologies as used in information-intensive professions. With an emphasis both on concepts (along with an emphasis on terminology that appears in the professional literature) and skills (interactive demos and/or hands-on sessions), the course encourages students in trying out and learning new pieces of technology. The course provides an overview of topics such as how computers work (hardware, software, history of IT); networking; internet, related technologies and the future of WWW; content management systems; RDBMS and XML; ethics; security; information search and retrieval; the impact and implications of technological change on libraries, archives and other information centers; technology today and tomorrow; and other related topics. Along with providing the general technology foundation needed before taking other technology courses offered at GSLIS, this course also introduces some of these other courses. Students are strongly encouraged to take this course early in their course program. This is a required course for students and does not replace LIS 400 (Technology Orientation Requirement).

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	06/18/2013 - 08/01/2013	,Tue,Thu	06:00PM-09:00PM	PCB P207	TBA	Wcls	0	No	3.00

LIS 493 - Intellectual Freedom

This course provides with in-depth knowledge of intellectual freedom and related access issues that information professionals cope with in libraries and information settings. Students learn about the history of censorship practices, the evolving and sometimes controversial role of librarians/information professionals and others who promote the philosophy of intellectual freedom, the policies of various countries and associations regarding intellectual freedom and ethical practice, freedom of information and privacy legislation, and overall influence of technology on censorship and access issues.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
RM	05/23/2013 - 06/10/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Laura Ann Lidano Saunders	Wcls	0	Yes	3.00

LIS 493T - Rome Class #2 Travel Costs

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	05/23/2013 - 06/10/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	TBA	Open	15	Yes	0.00

LIS 500 - Independent Study

The independent study program provides an opportunity for the student with a distinguished academic record, who has achieved degree candidacy, to pursue an individual topic related to his/her own interests for use in a substantial paper or project. A faculty member guides and advises the student in conferences, reviews preliminary drafts, and assigns the final grade. Academic credit is dependent upon substantial accomplishment at a distinguished level of quality. Members of the faculty actively encourage publication of those completed seminar studies that represent useful contributions to professional literature. The study proposal must be initiated by the student at least eight weeks before the semester in which it is to be undertaken. The student bears responsibility for formulating the study, approaching an appropriate faculty member, securing his/her consent to act as a sponsor, and submitting a full written statement outlining the study to that sponsor at least four weeks before the semester opens. Approval of the Assistant Dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science must be secured at least ten days before the semester begins. Detailed instructions and Independent Study proposal forms are available from the Admissions Office. Please note: this course is one of several still under review by the faculty. Please be aware that the course content may be changed.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	05/13/2013 - 08/30/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Dr. Michele Cloonan	Wcls	0	Yes	3.00
02	05/13/2013 - 08/30/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	TBA	Wcls	0	Yes	3.00
03	06/04/2013 - 08/02/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	TBA	Wcls	0	Yes	3.00
04	05/13/2013 - 08/30/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Laura Ann Lidano Saunders	Wcls	0	Yes	3.00
05	05/13/2013 - 08/30/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Laura Ann Lidano Saunders	Wcls	0	Yes	3.00
06	05/13/2013 - 08/30/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Ms. Linda Braun	Wcls	0	Yes	3.00

LIS 501 - Internship in Library & Information Science

The internship is approximately 150 hours of field experience that represents an important learning experience for the student. As a 3-credit course, it has a significant hands-on learning component. Through discussion with key personnel in the organization and working under professional librarian supervision the student gains hands-on experience in the information environment. Prerequisites: Completion of at least 18 credits of which 15 hours are the core courses.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	06/20/2013 - 08/01/2013	,Thu ,Thu	09:00AM-12:00PM 09:00AM-12:00PM	PCB P210 PCB P210	Kristen L. Liberman Jennifer Andrews	Open	19	Yes	3.00

LIS 502 - Archives Field Study

This course is a field experience of 130-140 hours working in an archives setting. In includes three in-class sessions and is required for Archives concentrators. This course replaces the required internship section of LIS 440 by separating the course from the internship component and creating a separate and required Archives Field Study course. While the internship component of LIS 440 was 60 hours, the Field Study will be 130 - 140 hours and also include three in-class sessions, one at the beginning of the semester, one in the middle and one at the end. These in-class sessions will serve as mentoring, guidance and sharing sessions for students. Students may complete this Field Study concurrent with LIS 440 or may complete it any time after they have completed LIS 440. Pre-requisites: LIS 438 and LIS440 (or concurrent with LIS 440).

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	06/17/2013 - 07/29/2013	,Mon ,Mon ,Mon	01:00PM-04:00PM 01:00PM-04:00PM 01:00PM-04:00PM	PCB P207 PCB P207 PCB P207	Ms. Donna E. Webber	Wcls	0	No	3.00

LIS 505 - Special Topics

This is a course open to a variety of subject and topics. The intent is to provide a space in the curriculum for a course that can cover new/hot topics that are not expected to become part of the regular curriculum.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	06/03/2013 - 06/14/2013	,Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri	09:00AM-01:00PM	PCB P206	Lisa Hussey	Open	13	No	3.00

LIS 532C - History of Libraries

This course covers the history of libraries from earliest times to the present day. It includes specific institutions, trends in service and facilities, and individuals important in the development of these institutions. While the primary focus of the course is libraries in the Western World, consideration of libraries in other traditions will be covered as source material allows. The objectives of the course include gaining a broad perspective on the history of libraries, an understanding of the history of libraries in the context of socio-cultural, political and economic developments, and an understanding of historical methods both through the analysis of primary sources related to the history of libraries and through critical reading of texts on the history of libraries. Course material includes lecture, discussion, and field trips. Assignments include several writing assignments and in-class presentations.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
OL	06/03/2013 - 08/02/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Katherine Wisser	Open	3	No	3.00

LIS 550 - GSLIS - Education Abroad

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	05/13/2013 - 08/30/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	TBA	Open	7	Yes	0.00

LIS 597Q - Music Cataloging

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
OL	05/28/2013 - 07/06/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Mr. Terry H. Plum	Wcls	0	Yes	3.00

LIS 601 - Independent Study Doctoral

Independent Study offers an opportunity for the doctoral student to pursue individual study related to aspects of management not covered in detail in the regular course offerings. Independent Study may be a reading course, a group investigation of a topic of mutual interest, or a directed research project. An end result will be an oral presentation to the faculty supervisor and the Doctor of Arts Committee, as well as a possible paper of publishable quality.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	06/03/2013 - 08/02/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Maureen Sullivan	Wcls	0	Yes	6.00

LIS 671 - Managerial Leadership

This course reviews the major contributions to con leadership research, theory, and practice, includi planning, change management, and team building. It greater awareness of one's behavior, its impact on needed to influence people to accomplish desired g organizations.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
BL	05/13/2013 - 08/20/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Maureen Sullivan	Wcls	0	Yes	3.00

LIS 672 - Research for Managerial Lead.

Research for managerial leadership is positioned w of social science research. The course examines th conceptualization of a researchable problem, throu process, to completion (including review of the pu need for research in library and information scien as trends and issues, types of research studies, p the set up and reporting activities of a research

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
BL	05/13/2013 - 08/30/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Peter Hernon	Wcls	0	Yes	3.00

LIS 682 - Module for HR Mgmt in LIS

The Ph.D. program focused on managerial leadership in the information professions includes six 3-credit foundation courses. The content of the 3-credit courses is complex and therefore the program curriculum also includes corresponding 'modules' of 1-credit each for three of the foundation courses, to provide students with the opportunity to synthesize and integrate what they have learned. The modules are similar to small capstone projects. Instructors for each module assign a project to be completed by students independently or in groups. The project is designed to enable students to pull together the elements they have learned in the corresponding 3-credit course. The nature of the module project is somewhere between that of traditional assignments and the complex, integrated questions the students will see in the Qualifying Examinations.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	06/03/2013 - 08/02/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Maureen Sullivan	Open	1	Yes	1.00

LIS 691 - Issues in Leading Transforma

This capstone course involves sustained interaction with faculty and fellow doctoral students in examining issues critical to managerial leadership and transformational change. It draws on all the theories and skills explored in previous coursework and independent investigation to lead and guide informed conversation about and exploration of leading transformation in information services. Content is flexible in order to serve the competencies, needs, and interests of the student cohort. Assignments and activities include group and individual short papers, in-class presentations, discussion facilitation, and reflection on the group process. These are based on case studies, scenario plans, issue briefs, and similar activities. Work associated with this course does not extend beyond the week of class meeting. Prerequisite: LIS 680.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
BL	05/13/2013 - 08/30/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	Mrs. Patricia H. Deyton	Open	5	Yes	3.00

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