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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. LBSC625 Information Policy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. Nature, structure, development and application of information policy. Interactions of social objectives, stakeholders, technology and other forces that shape policy decisions. 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 LBSC 643. 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. LBSC647 Children's Services in the Public Library; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Public library services for children, birth to 12 years of age. Developmental characteristics and information needs of children. Children as a client group. Programming and collection development. Management of children's services, including planning, staffing, and advocacy. 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. 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. LBSC706 Seminar in International and Comparative Librarianship and Information Science; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. Comparison and contrast of bibliographic systems, institutions, service arrangements, and professional patterns in developed and developing cultures. Libraries, information organizations, and international information systems viewed against the backdrop of national cultures. Influences of social, political, and economic factors upon these forms. 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. LBSC715 Knowledge Management; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Prerequisite: permission of department. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: LBSC 708N or LBSC 715. Formerly LBSC 708N. Nature, creation, acquisition, and use of knowledge. Strategic role of knowledge in organizations and institutions. Information and knowledge ecology. Structure and functions of knowledge management systems and the role of the Internet and intranets. Knowledge as intellectual capital. Roles of librarians and information professionals in the knowledge economy. Strategic issues and future trends. 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). LBSC756 Information Access in Science and Technology; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department and LBSC 650. Research methods, information needs, information structure, and information sources and services in science and technology (for example, biology, chemistry, physics, math, agriculture, computer science, engineering). 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. LBSC775 Construction and Maintenance of Index Languages and Thesauri; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department and LBSC 670. Design of index languages/thesauri and procedures for their construction. Analysis and evaluation of existing index languages/thesauri. Term project in constructing an index language/thesaurus. 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. LBSC786 Library and Archives Preservation; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. Literature and key issues in the preservation of archival and library materials. The development of preservation programs and the establishment and maintenance of effective management techniques. The nature of the materials from which archives and books are made, causes of damage and deterioration, binding structures and environmental concerns will be discussed within the context of general archives and libraries administration. LBSC795 Principles of Human-Computer Communication; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department and LBSC 690. Principles of human-human and machine-machine communication as a basis for models of human-computer communication. Issues related in input/ output devices, conceptual models, levels of control, metaphor and personification, adaptability, and intensionality/extensionality. LBSC796 Information Retrieval Systems; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisites: MLS core curriculum; and permission of department. Principles of ogranizing and providing access to information using automated information storage and retrieval systems. Retrieval systems models, index language selection, data structure, user interfaces, and evaluation for text and multimedia applications. Also offered as INFM718R. LBSC799 Master's Thesis Research; (1-6 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. 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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