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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course addresses the theories, principles, and practices of subject cataloging and classification. It covers the application of national standards to the creation of bibliographic records and to the construction of catalogs in libraries and other information environments. It teaches the fundamental concepts of subject cataloging including: understanding the various approaches to and pitfalls in determining aboutness; vocabulary control; classification theory; and the application of LCSH in subject cataloging; classification theory; and the application of the major classification schemes (DDC and LCC). The course also includes examinations of authority control for subject headings, the MARC format for classification data, and other major subject access systems from around the world, including UDC, Colon, Bliss, Expansive classification, PRECIS, FAST, TGM, AAT, MeSH, Sears, etc. May include readings, discussions, presentations, exams, and written exercises.
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3.00 Credits
Organization, administration, and functions of technical services, including selection, acquisition, and management of monographic, cataloging, serial, print, and electronic resources; management of metadata, cataloging, and preservation functions; commercially available technology and services, including outsourcing and vendor-supplied metadata, to support technical services functions; and consortial purchasing and other cooperative projects. Course may include lecture, readings, and discussion on current topics, guest lectures, field trips, papers, and other individual projects.
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3.00 Credits
Design, evaluation, and improvement of systems providing subject access to information resources. Indexing, classification and taxonomy, indexing language development, abstracting, algorithmic approaches. Subject organization and retrieval in a range of information systems and settings, including Web sites, subject gateways, and digital libraries. Practical exercises, individual or group projects, in-class presentations. (Prerequisites: LIS 407 and LIS 415. )
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3.00 Credits
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. )
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3.00 Credits
Social Informatics refers to the body of research and study that examines social aspects of computerization - including the roles of information technology in social and organizational change and the ways that the social organization of information technologies are influenced by social forces and social practices. This graduate seminar is for students interested in the influence of information technology in the human context, including cultural heritage, professional concerns, and social inequities. The course introduces some of the key concepts of social informatics and situates them into the view of varied perspectives including readers, librarians, computer professionals, authors, educators, publishers, editors, and the institutions that support them.
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3.00 Credits
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.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines cultural origins and contemporary practices of oral storytelling. It explores the psychological and social value of stories and practical and ethical issues in selecting, adapting, and presenting story materials. Students observe and practice storytelling and develop a personal repertoire of stories. Readings, class discussion and exercises, and course assignments will acquaint them with a wide variety of story types, skills of story presentation, and the development of story programs.
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3.00 Credits
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)
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an in-depth examination of the organization, structure, and content of the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. Students will identify those aspects of these standards and frameworks that link to student achievement through library based learning, instruction and activities. Emphasis will be on the planning, organization, and implementation of library-based instructional activities; the use of library instructional techniques to implement frameworks, content and skills, and library-teacher classroom collaboration. Cross-disciplinary learning, discovery-based learning, differentiating instruction, and literacy and research skills will be key topics.
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3.00 Credits
Within an information policy context, the course examines the life cycle of government information, with particular emphasis on public access issues, the evolution from distribution to dissemination, and the emergence of e-government--a multi-faceted concept. Students learn to navigate through a rich body of current and historical literature.
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