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LBSC Library Science ( Information Studies)LBSC601 Users and Information Context; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.Prerequisite: permission of department. Nature and roles of information and information institutions; information behavior; studying information behavior; information policy; the information professions. LBSC605 Archival Principles, Practices, and Programs; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. Introduction to all aspects of archival work, including records management, appraisal, and selection, arrangement and description, preservation, electronic records, reference and outreach. Elements of an archival program. The role and work of archivists. Issues, conditions, and needs in the field. LBSC635 Management and Administration for the Information Professional; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Not open to students who have completed LBSC630. Management and administrative theory and principles and their implications and applications to information organizations. LBSC640 Library Media Specialists as Information Professionals; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: Permission of department and instructor required. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: LBSC 640 or LBSC 643. Formerly LBSC643. Foundational concepts in information studies and in school library media programs and services. Current and evolving educational systems; roles and functions of library media specialists within them. LBSC645 Literature and Materials for Children; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. Survey of literature and other materials for children and youth. Criteria for evaluating and using such materials as they relate to the needs, interests, reading abilities, and other capabilities of young readers. LBSC650 Information Access Services; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. Information needs, search mediation, search strategies, reference services, information access issues, collection development. LBSC670 Organization of Information; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. Functions and evaluation of document and information retrieval systems; analysis and representation of data, information, knowledge, language, and text; metadata for the control of documents and other objects. LBSC680 Principles of Records and Information Management; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. Principles and practices of managing records in the context of information management programs in government, corporate and other institutional settings. Includes access; legal requirements; digital technologies; and creation, administration, appraisal, and retention and disposition of records. LBSC690 Information Technology; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. Human-centered design issues, implementation and technical issues, and application and sociotechnical issues of information technology; emerging information technologies. LBSC702 User Instruction; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. Critical analysis of the rationale, content, and processes of user instruction in library and information settings. LBSC705 Seminar in Information for Decision-Making; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. The use of information in organizational and individual decision- making. Managers' behavior in using information, differences between the private and public sectors, and the roles of information professionals and information systems in decision-making. LBSC708J Special Topics in Information Studies: Consumer Health Informatics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. LBSC708T Special Topics in Information Studies: Transformational Information Technologies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. LBSC709 Independent Study; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Signed independent study form must be presented to CLIS Admissions Office. LBSC735 Legal Issues in Managing Information; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. Legal issues related to collecting, maintaining, and providing access to information materials. Includes ownership, copyright, privacy, freedom of information, and related issues in archives, libraries and other settings. LBSC742 Collaborative Instructional Design and Evaluation; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisites: permission of department. Library media specialists' collaborative role in instruction. Systematic design, development, and evaluation of instructional strategies and products for learning. LBSC744 Field Study in School Library Media Programs; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: LBSC 741 and LBSC 742; or permission of instructor. Practicum and seminar in library media programs at the elementary, middle, and secondary levels. LBSC750 Information Access in Electronic Environments; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department and LBSC 650. Analysis of information problems, search strategy development, evaluation of electronic resources, command language comparisons, evaluation of search results. LBSC752 Information Access in the Arts; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department and LBSC 650. Research methods, practice, information needs, information structure, and information sources and services in the visual arts (for example, fine arts, decorative arts, architecture, photography) and the performing arts (for example, theater, film, music, dance, and costume). LBSC767 Access to Federal Government Information; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department and LBSC 650. Research methods, information needs, information production and structure, information sources and services, and selection policies related to federal government information. LBSC785 Documentation, Collection, and Appraisal of Records; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: LBSC 605 or permission of instructor. Development of documentation strategies and plans; collecting policies to guide programs in acquiring records; theories and techniques for appraising records to identify those with continuing value. LBSC788 Seminar in Archives, Records, and Information Management; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. LBSC793 Database Design; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department and LBSC 690. Principles of user-oriented database design. Requirements analysis. Data modelling. Data integrity and security and multi-user databases. Implementing an information system using a database management system (DBMS). LBSC799 Master's Thesis Research; (1-6 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. LBSC801 Introduction to Research; (1 credit) Grade Method: REG/AUD. For doctoral students in Information Studies; other students by permission of instructor only. Overview of the research process in information studies form designing and conducting a study to disseminating results. Introduction to proposal writing and funding sources. LBSC888 Doctoral Seminar: Doctoral Seminar; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. LBSC898 (PermReq) Pre-Candidacy Research; (1-8 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. LBSC899 (PermReq) Doctoral Dissertation Research; (6 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
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