GraduateCoursework

*Selected assignments available under Artifacts

Spring 2020

LBSC 752: Research & Teaching Fellowship III

Part of the Research and Teaching Fellowship program, a three-semester teacher training and professional development program in academic libraries. Fellows will complete weekly readings, participate in weekly discussions, and serve as a Discussion Leader for two modules of LBSC 750: Research and Teaching Fellowship I.

LBSC 703: Field Study

Supervised internship experience in a library, archive, museum, or other information organization. Fulfilled through a research & teaching project with Teaching & Learning Services and the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library.

TLTC 798: University Teaching & Learning

Special topic courses directed at experienced graduate teaching assistants who are interested in university teaching and learning

LBSC 709: Independent Study

Deep dive into instruction and pedagogy as Teaching Assistant for LBSC 734: Seminar in the Academic Library. Supplemental readings involving digital critical pedagogy, student developmental theory, and trends in LIS and higher education.

Fall 2019

INST 613: Information & Human Rights

An examination of information as a human right, including topics: social, cultural, economic, legal, and political forces shaping information rights; the impact of information rights on information professions, standards, and cultural institutions; and information rights and disadvantaged populations.

INST 620: Diverse Populations, Inclusion, and Information

Importance of equality of information access. Social, political, and technological barriers to information. Information needs of diverse and underrepresented populations. Principles of inclusive information services.

LBSC 644: Collection Development

Activities through which library collections are systematically developed and managed are explored, especially the formulation and implementation of written collection development policies. Other specific topics include identification of user needs; collection evaluation; fund allocation among competing departments, subjects, and/or media; selection methods; intellectual freedom; storage alternatives; and cooperative collection development.

LBSC 751: Research & Teaching Fellowship II

Part of the Research and Teaching Fellowship program, a three-semester teacher training and professional development program in academic libraries. Fellows will complete weekly readings, complete weekly teaching reflections, and begin preparations for the academic job search.

Summer 2019

LBSC 791: Designing Principled Inquiry

Critical analysis of roles of information professions and institutions in integrating theory, methods, practice, policies, and values of the field, and applying them to the design of future information systems and services.

Spring 2019

LBSC 734: Seminar in the Academic Library

Role of the academic library within the framework of higher education. Planning programs and services, collections, support, fiscal management, physical plant, and cooperation.

LBSC 602: Serving Information Needs

An introduction to the skills necessary to interact directly with individuals through the exploration of user behavior theory, strategies to locate and evaluate information from print and electronic resources, and policies and procedures to ensure that all individuals can become information literate.

LBSC 786: Libraries & Archives Preservation

An introduction to library and archives materials and media, the risks that affect their preservation and strategies used to enhance preservation of library and archives collections. The course reviews preservation knowledge and skills that archival and library staff uses when providing access, managing, processing and working with collections.

LBSC 750: Research and Teaching Fellowship I

Part of the Research and Teaching Fellowship program, a three-semester teacher training and professional development program in academic libraries. Fellows will complete weekly readings, participate in weekly discussions, observe information literacy instruction sessions, and co-teach at least one research session with another fellow.

Fall 2018

INST 604: Introduction to Archives

Overview of the principles, practices, and applications in the archival and digital curation fields.

LBSC 631: Achieving Organizational Excellence
Overview of Overview of the principles, practices, and techniques required for effective
leadership and management in information-based cultural institutions.

LBSC 671: Creating Information Infrastructures

Foundations of acquiring and managing collections, information structures, indexing and discovery systems needed by information professionals. An introduction to the theoretical concepts, trends, systems, and technologies central to the information field.