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  • LIS 404: Principles of Management

    3.00 Credits
    Simmons University

    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.
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  • LIS 406: Org. & Mgmt. of School Lib.

    3.00 Credits
    Simmons University

    Philosophy of school library/media center programs (preK-12) and its contribution to the overall aims of education. Planning, equipping, and administering the library/media center, with emphasis on technology and program development. Consideration of the library/media program at local and system-wide levels, including differentiated staffing and budgeting patterns. Course methodology includes readings, discussion, field contacts, group activities, and written work.
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  • LIS 407: Reference/Information Services

    3.00 Credits
    Simmons University

    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.
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  • LIS 408: User Instruction

    3.00 Credits
    Simmons University

    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. )
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  • LIS 409: Lit of Social Sci

    3.00 Credits
    Simmons University

    Overview of social science information, environment, structure of resources, and users. Emphasis upon navigating through an increasingly interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary body of knowledge. Discussion will include the evolution of the various disciplines, organization of inquiry, and role of research methodologies. Techniques used to evaluate social science information are covered. Typically includes guest speakers and field trips. (Prerequisite: LIS 407. )
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  • LIS 411: Info Sources for Children

    3.00 Credits
    Simmons University

    This course introduces criteria and professional tools for evaluating and selecting nonfiction books, reference materials, periodicals, nonprint materials, and electronic resources to serve the varied needs and interests of children in public libraries and school library/media centers. Considers changing forms of material and aspects of how content is influenced by format. Examines the usefulness of library catalogs and other access tools in guiding children to appropriate information. Attention is given to theories of critical thinking and information literacy to expand understanding of children as users of information.
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  • LIS 412: Lib. Prgrms Svcs /Young Adults

    3.00 Credits
    Simmons University

    This course examines the planning and delivery of information and recreational services to meet the diverse needs of young people between the ages of 12 and 18 in public libraries and school library/media centers. Examination of the developmental tasks of adolescents and relevant social, educational, and demographic trends. Emphasis on the development of library policies and collaboration with youth-serving community agencies. Attention to communication and program skills and the promotion, funding, and evaluation of library programs and services for teenagers.
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  • LIS 413: Lit of Humanities

    3.00 Credits
    Simmons University

    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. )
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  • LIS 414: Org/Mgt of Corporate Lib

    3.00 Credits
    Simmons University

    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.
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  • LIS 415: Information Organization

    3.00 Credits
    Simmons University

    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.
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