JOSÉ-MARIE GRIFFITHS, Dean
Paul Solomon, Associate Dean
Claudia J. Gollop, Associate Dean
Evelyn H. Daniel (36) Information Resources Management, Organization Theory, Special Librarianship, School Librarianship, Distance Education, Management, Marketing, User Education
José-Marie Griffiths (142) Information Retrieval; Information System and Service Evaluation; Economics of Information; Information Technology Use in Higher Education; Scientific and Technical Communication; Diffusion of Information; and Information and Library Science Education
Joe A. Hewitt (21) Administration of Technical Services, Academic Librarianship, Management
Robert M. Losee (40) Information Retrieval, Information, Reasoning Systems, Decision Making
Gary J. Marchionini (89) Information Seeking in Electronic Environments, Human-Computer Interaction, Digital Libraries, Information Design and Information Policy
Joanne Gard Marshall (96) Health Information Needs and Services, Value and Impact of Library and Information Services, Information Technology and the Aging Workforce, Competencies of Library and Information Professionals
Sarah C. Michalak (143) Academic Librarianship, Administration and Organization, Scholarly Communications, Digital Libraries
Barbara B. Moran (30) Academic Librarianship, Management of Information Agencies, Human Resources Management, Popular Materials, Organizational Design and Leadership
Jerry D. Saye (37) Organization of Information, History of Books and Libraries, Cataloging and Classification, Technical Services, Abstracting and Indexing, Metadata
Helen R. Tibbo (46) Archives and Records Management, Information Services for the Humanities, Electronic Information Retrieval, Reference Services
Barbara M. Wildemuth (45) Information-Seeking Behaviors and Information Use, Design and Evaluation of Information Systems, Adoption and Use of Information Technologies
David Carr (90) Cultural Institutions and Thinking, Reading for Pleasure, Tools and Cognition, Collections, Reference, Concepts of Service
Claudia J. Gollop (69) Information and Reference Services, Consumer Health Information, Health Sciences Librarianship, Information Services for Diverse User Groups, Public Libraries
Jane Greenberg (92) Metadata, Information Organization and Retrieval, Abstracting and Indexing, Archives
Stephanie W. Haas (47) Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval, Sublanguage and Terminology, Genre and Discourse Structure
Paul Solomon (52) Social Studies of Information, Information Architecture/Organization, Management of Information/Knowledge Resources, Intensive Research Methods
Brian W. Sturm (87) Storytelling and Folklore, Children's and Young Adults' Literature and Public Library Services, Children and Technology, Bibliotherapy
Mark Winston (144) Leadership, Management, Reference and Knowledge Structures
Deborah Barreau (78) Information Systems, Organizational Behavior, Human-Computer Interaction, Communication, Digital Libraries
Catherine L. Blake (122) Collaborative Technologies, Information Retrieval, Knowledge Discovery, Medical Informatics, Text Mining, User Information Behaviors
Bradley M. Hemminger (109) Medical and Bio-Informatics, Computer-Human Interfaces, Computer-Supported Collaborative Work and Information Visualization
Diane Kelly (123) User Modeling, Personalization, Information Seeking Behavior, Research Methods
Diane Kelly (123) User Modeling, Relevance Feedback, Personalization, Information-Seeking Behavior, Experimental Design and Analysis, Research Methods
Christopher Lee (141) Archives, Digital Preservation, Electronic Records Management
Jeffrey Pomerantz (121) Integration of Digital Reference Services into Digital and Physical Libraries, Automation of Library Services, Classification, Information Retrieval
Kristin Chaffin (110) Database Management, Web Databases
Paul Jones (74) Director of ibiblio.org; Internet Issues and Applications (Digital Libraries, Electronic Publishing, Online News, Virtual Communities, Legal and Social Issues Relating to Networked Information and Access)
Todd Barlowe, Human Computer Interaction
Mark Bernstein, Law Librarianship
Paul Conway, Archives
Beth Doyle, Preservation
David A. Fenstermacher, Bioinformatics
Alan Forrest, Distributed Systems Administration
Scott Garrison, Health Science Librarianship
Laura N. Gasaway, Copyright, Law Librarianship
Jim Gogan, Networking
Bil Hays, Internet Applications, Networking, Systems Administration
Carol G. Jenkins, Health Sciences Librarianship
Anne Kleinfelter, Law Librarianship
Julia Kochi, Health Science Librarianship
Selden Durgom Lamoureux, Serials Librarianship
Charles B. McNamara, Rare Book Librarianship
Suchi Mohanty, User Instruction, Reference Services
Anne L. Morisseau, E-learning, Online Searching
Susan Wolf Neilson, Business Information
Lisa Norberg, User Instruction, Reference Services
Pam Pease, Children's Literature
David Rankin, Networking
Connie Schardt, Health Science Librarianship
Eric Schnell, Health Science Librarianship
Gerry Solomon, School Library Media, Instructional Materials Evaluation
Michael Van Fossen, Government Documents
B. Lynn Whitener, Health Information Resources
Mary C. Whitton, Collaborative Information Technologies
Frederick Kilgour (48) Use of "Known-Item" Books for Information Retrieval
Robert Broadus
Raymond L. Carpenter
Mildred H. Downing
Jean Freeman
James F. Govan
Edward G. Holley
Mary E. Kingsbury
Gertrude London
Charles Haynes McMullen
Mary W. Oliver
Jerrold Orne
William M. Shaw Jr.
The programs of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) are designed to prepare students for professional employment and advanced study in the fields of information and library science. The school offers graduate instruction leading to the degrees of master of science in information science (MSIS) and master of science in library science (MSLS), certificate of advanced study (CAS), and doctor of philosophy (PhD) in information and library science. The school also offers an undergraduate minor in information systems and an undergraduate major in information science (BSIS).
The MSIS is designed to prepare students to contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of information systems and networks; to provide leadership in the development of new technologies and new applications relating to the delivery of information to people seeking and utilizing information; and to demonstrate a theoretical knowledge of information science, including the theory of information storage and retrieval, systems science, and social, political, and ethical implications of information systems. Within this degree program, students complete a core set of courses and build their own specialized program of studies on this foundation. Areas where students find jobs include (among others): database design and administration, interface design and usability testing, network administration, systems analysis and design, systems administration, user training and support, information resources/knowledge management, information systems security, competitive intelligence, and Web site design and management.
The MSLS program prepares students for professional employment in information and library service. The degree is designed to prepare students for work involving the collection, organization, storage, and retrieval of recorded knowledge for a variety of individuals, groups, and contexts. Analysis and design skills are emphasized. Areas where students find jobs include: library administration, administration of archives and manuscript collections, records management, documents librarianship, cataloging, public and reference services, acquisitions and collection management, children's librarianship, access and manipulation of database information, special collections, various subject areas, and systems librarianship. Graduates of the program are ready to practice within various settings: academic, public or special libraries, information centers, or school library media centers.
Students must have a basic knowledge of computing applications (e.g., word processing, spreadsheets, and e-mail) prior to admission. Each master's student is required to complete one course in each of the curriculum's five functional areas: organization, collection/retrieval, human information behavior, design/evaluation, and management. A course in Information Tools (INLS 461), which provides students with a foundation in various tools (e.g., html, database) employed in the curriculum is also required as is a course in Research Methods (INLS 780). The remainder of the forty-eight credit hours of course work is then selected, in consultation with the student's faculty advisor, from the information and library science curriculum, or as appropriate, from related subject fields in other schools and departments of the University. A master's paper is also required of each master's student. A theme within the curriculum for both master's degrees is evidence-based practice, which requires students to interpret and apply the research of others to their professional situations, as well as to be able to design and conduct their own research where necessary data is not otherwise available.
The School of Information and Library Science participates in several dual or cooperative degree programs. These include dual degree programs with:
There is also a cooperative archival program, which allows students to combine the master of arts (MA) in public history at North Carolina State University with either the master of science in library science (MSLS) or master of science in information science (MSIS) with specializations in archival science.
Participation in any of these programs requires separate admission to both degree programs. Additional dual degree programs are under development with the Duke University School of Medicine.
The basic requirement for admission to the master's programs is a bachelor's degree from a recognized college or university. The student's undergraduate work should demonstrate a strong foundation in liberal arts and sciences; a course in information and computer literacy will be helpful. Admission involves meeting the requirements for The Graduate School, which include submission of acceptable scores on the General Test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). For details about the entrance requirements and the curriculum for the master's programs, see the catalog of the School of Information and Library Science, which is available on the Web at sils.unc.edu.
The certificate of advanced study in information and library science is a 30-semester-hour post-master's degree program that is designed for practitioners who seek an articulated and systematic continuing education program to enhance their professional career development in information and library science. The doctor of philosophy in information and library science is a research degree. Thus, the purpose of the doctoral program in SILS is to educate scholars who are capable of addressing problems of scholarly consequence in the field of information and library science. Toward this end each student develops a program of studies, which is tailored to individual interests and career goals. Required classes include a year-long seminar on Research Issues and Questions (INLS 881/882) and completion of an appropriate sequence of courses in statistics. Additional courses in research methods and theory development are recommended, as are research experience and substantive content courses, which are related to a student's research interests. There are also opportunities for students to develop teaching skills through both course work and teaching experience.
The school occupies three floors of Manning Hall, with the administrative and faculty offices, classrooms, ibiblio.org (one of the most popular Web sites on the Internet), and the Information and Technology Resource Center (ITRC) all contained in that building. The ITRC includes the Information and Library Science Library, which holds more than 93,000 volumes, and computer labs. Wireless network access is available in Manning Hall and many other locations on campus; direct connections to the campus network are also available in the ITRC.
Those interested in any of the SILS degree programs should see the SILS Web page (sils.unc.edu) or request information from the School of Information and Library Science, CB #3360, 100 Manning Hall, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360. (E-mail: info@ils.unc.edu)
NOTE: The prefix for all School of Information and Library Science courses is INLS. When a prerequisite is listed for a course, it may be assumed that an equivalent course taken elsewhere or permission of the instructor also fulfills the prerequisite or corequisite. The course instructor must approve the equivalency of the substitute course.
Although graduate students may take courses numbered below 400, they will not receive credit toward a graduate degree for those courses.
461 [102] INFORMATION TOOLS (3). Tools and concepts for information use, information literacy, microcomputer software use and maintenance, microcomputer applications, and networked information systems. Pomerantz.
485 [115] NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING (COMP 485) (3). Prerequisite, COMP 110, 116, or 121. Statistical, syntactic, and semantic models of natural language. Tools and techniques needed to implement language analysis and generation processes on the computer. Haas.
490 [110] SELECTED TOPICS (3). Exploration of an introductory-level special topic not otherwise covered in the curriculum. Previous offering of these courses does not predict their future availability; new courses may replace these. Staff.
500 [180] HUMAN INFORMATION INTERACTIONS (3). The behavioral and cognitive activities of those who interact with information, with emphasis on the role of information mediators. How information needs are recognized and resolved; use and dissemination of information. Barreau, Marchionini.
501 [111] INFORMATION RESOURCES AND SERVICES (3). Prerequisite or corequisite, INLS 461. Analysis, use, and evaluation of information and reference systems, services, and tools with attention to printed and electronic modes of delivery. Provides a foundation in search techniques for electronic information retrieval, question negotiation, and interviewing. Gollop, Pomerantz, Norberg.
501L [111L] COMPUTER LABORATORY TO SUPPORT INLS 501. Focus on electronic retrieval techniques. Must be taken concurrently with INLS 501.
509 [172] INFORMATION RETRIEVAL (COMP 487) (3). Study of information retrieval and question answering techniques, including document classification, retrieval and evaluation techniques, handling of large data collections, and the use of feedback. Losee.
512 [170] APPLICATIONS OF NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING (COMP 486) (3). Prerequisite, COMP 110, 116, or 121, or graduate standing in information and library science. Study of applications of natural language processing techniques and the representations and processes needed to support them. Topics include interfaces, text retrieval, machine translation, speech processing, and text generation. Haas.
513 [153] RESOURCE SELECTION AND EVALUATION (3). Identification, provision, and evaluation of resources to meet primary needs of clientele in different institutional environments. Carr.
520 [150] ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION (3). Introduction to the problems and methods of organizing information, including information structures, knowledge schemas, data structures, terminological control, index language functions, and implications for searching. Greenberg, Solomon.
521 [151] ORGANIZATION OF MATERIALS I (3). Introduction to the organization of library materials. Covers formal systems for description, access, and subject cataloging, including AACR2, MARC, Dewey Decimal Classification, Library of Congress Classification, and subject headings. Saye, Greenberg.
523 [156] INTRODUCTION TO DATABASE (3). Prerequisite or corequisite, INLS 261 or 461. Design and implementation of basic database systems. Semantic modeling, relational database theory, including normalization, indexing, and query construction, SQL. Blake.
525 [165] RECORDS MANAGEMENT (3). Explores relationships between new information and communication technologies and organizational efforts to define, identify, control, manage, and preserve records. Considers the importance of organizational, institutional and technological factors in determining appropriate recordkeeping strategies. Lee.
530 [122] YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE AND RELATED MATERIALS (3). A survey of print and nonprint library materials particularly suited to the needs of adolescents. Sturm.
532 [123] CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND RELATED MATERIALS (3). Survey of literature and related materials for children, with an emphasis on twentieth-century authors and illustrators. Sturm.
534 [124] CHILDREN AND TECHNOLOGY (3). Study of the design of computer interfaces for the uses of technology by children. Includes Internet issues, educational CD-ROMs, and computerized library catalogs. Sturm.
550 [108] HISTORY OF THE BOOK AND OTHER INFORMATION FORMATS (3). History of the origin and development of the book in all its formats: clay tablets to electronic. Coverage includes scientific and other scholarly publications, religious works, popular literature, periodicals, and newspapers. Saye.
551 [109] HISTORY OF LIBRARIES AND OTHER INFORMATION-RELATED CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS (3). History of cultural institutions related to information from earliest times to the present day. Includes specific institutions, trends in service and facilities, and individuals important in the development of these institutions. Saye.
554 [144] CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS (3). This course will explore cultural institutions - libraries, museums, parks, zoological and botanical gardens, reconstructions, and other settings - as lifelong educational environments. Carr.
556 [145] INTRODUCTION TO ARCHIVES AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT (3). Survey of the principles, techniques, and issues in the acquisition, management, and administration of records, manuscripts, archives, and other cultural and documentary resources in paper, electronic, and other media formats. Tibbo.
558 [121] PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES OF STORYTELLING (3). An overview of storytelling, its historical development, and the presentation and administration of storytelling programs. The class focuses on performance skills merged with theoretical issues. Sturm.
560 [161] NON-NUMERIC PROGRAMMING FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS (3). An introduction to computer programming for library operations and information retrieval applications. Losee.
566 [187] INFORMATION SECURITY (3). Prerequisite, INLS 572. Aspects of data integrity, privacy, and security from several perspectives: legal issues, technical tools and methods, social and ethical concerns, and standards. Staff.
572 [181] INTERNET APPLICATIONS (3). Prerequisite, INLS 461. Introduction to Internet concepts, applications, and services. Introduces the TCP/IP protocol suite along with clients and servers for Internet communication, browsing, and navigation. Examines policy, management, and implementation issues. Kelly.
574 [182] INTRODUCTION TO LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (3). Prerequisite, INLS 461. Introduction to local area network hardware, topologies, operating systems, and applications. Also discusses LAN management and the role of the network administrator. Staff.
576 [183] DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS AND ADMINISTRATION (3). Prerequisite, INLS 572 or INLS 574. Distributed and client/server-based computing. Includes operating system basics, security concerns, and issues and trends in network administration. Hays.
578 [184] PROTOCOLS AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT (3). Prerequisite, INLS 572 or INLS 574. Network protocols and protocol stacks. Included are discussions of protocol classes, packet filtering, address filtering, network management, and hardware such as protocol analyzers, repeaters, routers, and bridges. Staff.
582 [162] SYSTEMS ANALYSIS (3). Introduction to the systems approach to the design and development of information systems. Methods and tools for the analysis and modeling of system functionality (e.g., structured analysis) and data represented in the system (e.g., object-oriented analysis) are studied. Haas, Wildemuth.
584 [105] INFORMATION ETHICS (3). An overview of ethical reasoning followed by discussion of issues most salient to information professionals (e.g., intellectual property, privacy, access/censorship, effects of computerization, and ethical codes of conduct). Wildemuth.
585 [131] MANAGEMENT FOR INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS (3). An introduction to management in libraries and other information agencies. Topics to be studied include planning, budgeting, organizational theory, information sources for managers, staffing, leadership, organizational change, and decision making. Daniel, Marshall, Moran, Solomon.
623 [157] DATABASE I (3). Prerequisite, INLS 382 or 582, and INLS 523 or proof of equivalency. Intermediate-level design and implementation of database systems, building on topics studied in INLS 523. Additional topics include MySQL, non-text databases, and data warehouses. Haas, Hemminger.
668 [191] ADVANCED INTERNET APPLICATIONS (3). Prerequisite, INLS 566. Study of design and implementation of state-of-the-art Internet applications. Example topics include multimedia authoring tools, dynamic content generation techniques, and server-side configuration and programming. Staff.
691 [099] HONORS THESIS (3).
696 [300] STUDY IN INFORMATION AND LIBRARY SCIENCE (1-3, repeatable). Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. Study by an individual student on a special topic under the direction of a specific faculty member. Six credit maximum for master's students. Graduate faculty.
697 [092] EMERGING TOPICS (3).
701 [211] INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SEARCH STRATEGIES (3). Prerequisite, INLS 501 or INLS 509. Investigates information retrieval techniques and strategies from the world of electronic information sources, including commercial and Internet databases and search engines. Data analysis, marketing, and end-user products and services are explored. Morisseau.
703 [222] SCIENCE INFORMATION (3). Prerequisite, INLS 501. Survey of the communication of scientific information and the information sources in the physical and biological sciences; emphasis on major bibliographic and fact sources, including on-line reference services. Staff.
704 [224] HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES INFORMATION (3). Prerequisite, INLS 501. Survey of information and its needs in the social sciences and humanities, with an emphasis on information use and search strategies and on reference and other information resources. Carr.
705 [225] HEALTH SCIENCES INFORMATION (3). Prerequisite, INLS 501. A survey of information used in the health sciences disciplines and professions: The organization of sources, current techniques, and tools for its control, including on-line databases. Gollop.
706 [279] BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH REVIEW (1). Develops understanding of information science research issues in the domain of bioinformatics through the review of journal articles, invited talks, and critical group discussions of methods. Hemminger.
707 [228] GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS (3). Prerequisite, INLS 501. A survey of the major publications of the United States federal government, United Nations, United States governments, and British government, with attention to the selection, classification, and administration of a document collection. Van Fossen.
708 [229] LAW LIBRARIES AND LEGAL INFORMATION (3). Prerequisite, INLS 501. An introduction to the legal system and the development of law libraries, their unique objectives, characteristics, and functions. The literature of Anglo-American jurisprudence and computerized legal research are emphasized, as well as research techniques. Kleinfelter, Bernstein.
709 [227] BUSINESS INFORMATION (3). Prerequisite, INLS 501. Combines an introduction to basic business concepts and vocabulary with consideration of current issues in business librarianship and of key print and electronic information sources. Neilson.
714 [226] MANAGING SERIALS IN AN ELECTRONIC AGE (3). Prerequisites, INLS 501 and INLS 521. Survey of technical and public services aspects of serials management, including publishing, acquisition, collection development, organization, cataloging, licensing, access, and preservation of print and electronic serials. Lamoureux.
715 [213] USER PERSPECTIVES IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SERVICES (3). Explores the roles of information in human activity. Resulting insights are directed toward design of user-oriented systems. Psychological, social, economic, political, task, and other situational perspectives are taken. Solomon, Wildemuth.
718 [257] USER INTERFACE DESIGN (3). Prerequisite, INLS 582. Basic principles for designing the human interface to information systems, emphasizing computer-assisted systems. Major topics: users' conceptual models of systems, human information processing capabilities, styles of interfaces, evaluation methods. Wildemuth.
720 [252] METADATA ARCHITECTURES AND APPLICATIONS (3). Prerequisite, INLS 520, 521, or 509. Examines metadata in digital environment. Emphasizes the development and implementation of metadata schemas in distinct information communities and the standards and technological applications used to create machine understandable metadata. Greenberg.
721 [251] ORGANIZATION OF MATERIALS II (3). Prerequisite, INLS 521. Principles, practices, and future trends in the organization of library resources. Includes: classification; subject indexing; MARC format; Library of Congress rule interpretations; and cataloging of print, nonprint, computer, and Internet resources. Saye.
723 [258] DATABASE SYSTEMS II (3). Prerequisite, INLS 623. Advanced study of database systems. Topics include database design, administration, current issues in development and use, object databases, and distributed databases. Chaffin, Haas.
724 [265] ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL (3). Prerequisite, INLS 261, INLS 461, INLS 520, or INLS 521. Examines abstracting, indexing, and classification principles and techniques for document and object (nontextual materials) analysis. Human and automated techniques are covered. Greenberg.
733 [243] ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS (3). Objectives and organization of public library services for children and young adults; designed for those who may work directly with young people or who intend to work in public libraries. Sturm.
739 [218] INFORMATION SERVICES AND SPECIFIC POPULATIONS (3). Service, professional, and administrative issues related to information access by nontraditional information service users. The course examines trends, public policy, ethical issues, programming, and evaluation of services. Gollop.
740 [235] DIGITAL LIBRARIES: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS (3). Research and development issues in digital libraries including: collection development and digitization, mixed mode holdings; access strategies and interfaces, metadata and interoperability, economic and social policies, and management and evaluation. Marchionini.
744 [241] THE SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER (3). Philosophy and mission of the school library media center in context of the educational environment. Considers program planning and evaluation, policy development, and examination of current issues. Daniel, Solomon.
745 [242] CURRICULUM ISSUES AND THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN (3). Considers the educational process, methods of teaching, scope and sequence of curricular content in grades K-12. Examines the role of the library media specialist in providing access, instruction, and consultation. Daniel.
746 [246] MUSIC LIBRARIANSHIP (3). Survey of the history and practice of music librarianship, with an emphasis on administration, collection development, and public service in academic and large public libraries. Staff.
747 [247] SPECIAL LIBRARIES AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT (3). Prerequisite, INLS 585. Professional competencies required to work as a special librarian or knowledge manager in a corporate or nonprofit setting. Strategic planning. Organizational dynamics. Tailoring services. Intranet design. Value-added measures. Intellectual capital. Daniel.
748 [216] HEALTH SCIENCES ENVIRONMENT (3). Prerequisite, INLS 501, INLS 585, or permission of the instructor. Trends in health care delivery, biomedical research and health sciences education, with emphasis on the impact and use of information. Includes observation of clinical and research settings. Gollop, Marshall.
752 [244] DIGITAL PRESERVATION AND ACCESS (3). Focuses on best practices for the creation, provision, and long-term preservation of digital entities. Topics include digitization technologies; standards and quality control; digital asset management; grant writing; and metadata. Tibbo.
753 [254] PRESERVATION OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE MATERIALS (3). An introduction to current practices, issues, and trends in the preservation of materials for libraries and archives, with an emphasis on integrating preservation throughout an institution's operations. Doyle.
756 [245] ADVANCED ISSUES AND PRACTICES IN ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS ADMINISTRATION (3). Prerequisite, INLS 556 or equivalent. Examines issues in the administration of archival, manuscripts, and records programs. Explores how theory relates to professional practice. Students process a collection from appraisal through creation of an electronic finding aid. Tibbo.
758 [204] INTERNATIONAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (3). Examines information in society for selected nations/cultures. Compares institutions, processes, and trends in the globalization of information management in the face of barriers of language and culture. Daniel, Solomon.
760 [259] WEB DATABASES (3). Prerequisites, INLS 572 or equivalent, INLS 623 or equivalent, and programming experience. Explores concepts and practice surrounding the implementation and delivery of Web-enabled databases. Students will gain experience with and evaluate PC and Unix Web database platforms. Chaffin.
762 [281] INTERNET ISSUES AND FUTURE INITIATIVES (3). Prerequisite, INLS 572 or equivalent. Members of this seminar discuss emerging Internet policy issues such as copyright, intellectual property, privacy, and security. Participants will also explore emerging Internet tools and applications. Jones.
780 [201] RESEARCH METHODS (3). Prerequisites, completion of INLS 500 and either INLS 501 or INLS 509. An introduction to research methods used in library and information science. Includes the writing of a research proposal. Kelly, Losee, Solomon.
782 [203] INFORMATION SYSTEMS EFFECTIVENESS (3). Prerequisite, INLS 780 recommended. Addresses issues of performance measurement and methodology in the evaluation of information systems and services. The roles of objectives, performance measures, data collection approaches, and analytical approaches will be considered. Wildemuth.
785 [234] HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (3). Prerequisite, INLS 585. An in-depth look at the management of human resources in libraries and other information agencies. Includes topics such as recruitment, hiring, job analysis, performance appraisal, training, and compensation. Moran.
786 [237] MARKETING OF INFORMATION SERVICES (3). Application of marketing theory to libraries and other information settings. Includes consumer behavior, market research, segmentation, targeting and positioning, public relations, product design, and sales promotion. Daniel.
788 [214] USER EDUCATION (3). Prerequisite, INLS 501, INLS 500, or permission of the instructor. Examines the history and context of LIS training programs. Pedagogy, teaching skills, methods of evaluation are addressed. Students may tailor learning projects to their own interests. Daniel.
795 [299] SUPERVISED FIELD EXPERIENCE (3). Prerequisites, completion of twenty-one semester hours and permission of adviser. Supervised observation and practice in an information service agency or library. The student will work a required amount of time in the work setting under the supervision of an information/library professional, and will participate in faculty-led group discussions for ongoing evaluation of the practical experience. Daniel.
802 [372] SEMINAR IN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL (3). Prerequisites, INLS 509 and doctoral student status or permission of the instructor. A seminar on the basic questions that arise in information retrieval research and the methods and theories that enable observation, analysis, and interpretation. Staff.
818 [357] SEMINAR IN HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION (3). Prerequisite, INLS 718 or permission of the instructor. Research and development in design and evaluation of user interfaces that support information seeking. Major topics: interactivity, needs assessment, query and browser interactions, interactive design and maintenance, usability testing. Marchionini.
841 [342] SEMINAR IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES (3). Prerequisite, INLS 585. Study of problems in the organization and administration of college and university libraries with emphasis on current issues in personnel, finance, governance, and services. Moran.
842 [326] SEMINAR IN POPULAR MATERIALS IN LIBRARIES (3). Selected topics relating to the roles of various types of libraries in the provision and preservation of popular materials (light romances, science fiction, comic books, etc.) existing in various forms (print, recorded sound, etc.). Moran.
843 [341] SEMINAR IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES (3). Prerequisite, completion of twelve semester hours. Selected topics in public library services, systems, networks, and their management. Current issues are emphasized, along with the interests of the participants. Gollop.
857 [349] SEMINAR IN RARE BOOK COLLECTIONS (3). A study of the nature and importance of rare book collections; problems of acquisition, organization, and service. McNamara.
859 [327] SEMINAR IN INFORMATION AND CULTURE (3). Explorations of scholarship and observations about information and its social appearances in contemporary culture. Reading, literacy, and cultural values will be emphasized. Carr.
881 [301] RESEARCH ISSUES AND QUESTIONS I (3). Prerequisite, doctoral status or permission of the instructor. Intensive and systematic investigation of the fundamental ideas in information and library science. Exploration and discussion in seminar format. Must be taken in fall semester followed by INLS 882 in spring. Fall. Graduate faculty.
882 [302] RESEARCH ISSUES AND QUESTIONS II (3). Prerequisite, doctoral status or permission of the instructor. Intensive and systematic investigation of the fundamental ideas in information and library science. Exploration and discussion in seminar format. Must be taken in the spring semester immediately after INLS 881 (offered fall only). Spring. Graduate faculty.
883 [303] RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM (1). Prerequisite, doctoral student status. Presentation and discussion of research issues, questions, methods, analytical approaches by students, faculty, or visitors.
885 [382] SEMINAR IN COMMUNICATION (3). Prerequisite, doctoral student status or permission of the instructor. A seminar on the basic questions that arise in communication research and the methods and theories that enable observation, analysis, and interpretation. Staff.
887 [304] SEMINAR IN THEORY DEVELOPMENT (3). Prerequisite, doctoral or advanced master's student status. Discussion and critique of the structural components and processes utilized in theory development. Seminar provides knowledge relating to the various stages of theory building. Staff.
888 [308] SEMINAR IN TEACHING AND ACADEMIC LIFE (3). Prerequisite, doctoral student or advanced master's student status. Examines teaching, research, publication, and service responsibilities. Provides perspective on professional graduate education and LIS educational programs. Explores changing curricula and discusses ethics, rewards, and problems of academic life. Staff.
889 [309] SEMINAR IN TEACHING PRACTICE (1). Prerequisites or corequisites: doctoral student status, INLS 888. For doctoral students currently involved in teaching activities, these regular seminar meetings are designed to discuss relevant literature and aspects of the teaching experience. Staff.
890 [210, 310] ADVANCED SELECTED TOPICS (1-6). Exploration of an advanced special topic not otherwise covered in the curriculum. Previous offering of these courses does not predict their future availability; new courses may replace these.
988 [399] RESEARCH IN INFORMATION AND LIBRARY SCIENCE (1-6, repeatable). Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. Supports individual and small group research undertaken by doctoral students in information and library science intended to produce research results of publishable quality. Staff.
992 [392] MASTER'S PAPER (3). Provides a culminating experience for master's degree students, who engage in independent research or project effort and develop a major paper reporting the research or project under the supervision of a faculty member. Staff.
994 [394] DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (3 or more). Staff.