Library and Information Services

Students are introduced to the historical, functional, and organizational structure of libraries. Current library services, philosophy, and terminology are emphasized. Students explore professional organizations and identify a pathway in library, archives or education.
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Students are introduced to contemporary best practice relating to collection development policies and procedures. This introduction to collection development includes: acquisitions, collection maintenance, and collection evaluation methods. The importance of collection classification and arrangement and the impact on access to materials is also examined.
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This course introduces policies and procedures associated with circulation and access services best practice, including: resource sharing issues, patron confidentiality and data privacy policies and procedures, customer service best practice, and collection maintenance impacted by circulation services. Students utilize library circulation software to examine circulation procedures and issues.
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This course introduces library best practice for serving diverse communities and patron types. Students explore current library service guidelines relating to community constituencies, contemporary issues relating to library program delivery, and effective library community engagement strategies.
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This is an introductory course for students interested in school library and media centers materials and management. Students examine the role and function of school libraries in support of K-12 learning including: information literacy and education standards, reading programs and literacy support, collection management and collection development.
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Students are introduced to the role of libraries and technology supporting educational organizations. Assistive technology, data confidentiality, digital literacy standards, and technology services and training relevant for library staff are explored.
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Children’s literature is examined in relation to use in preK-12 classrooms, school and public library services. Students review nonfiction resources and fiction genres in relation to developmentally appropriate guidelines, collection development policies, and contemporary issues relating to children’s and youth services and programing in libraries.
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This course introduces the function of technical services in providing access to library resources. Students examine current standards for creating bibliographic records and identify the value of cooperative cataloging standardization and metadata accuracy. Online tools for editing records, record sharing, authority control, classification, and training are utilized.
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This course reviews the role of reference and reader’s advisory services in libraries. Students examine contemporary issues relating to delivery of reference services and utilize library databases and engage in information literacy skill building as part of the research process.
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This course provides an opportunity for students to research an area of library services not covered in-depth in other courses. Students can examine the management of archives and special collections, including standards, policies, procedures and contemporary issues. Or, students can choose to focus on a different aspect of contemporary library operations in consultation with the instructor.
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Students study areas such as self-awareness and assessment, career awareness and exploration, career decision making, career planning and placement, success factors and attitudes on the job, motivation and initiative, human behavior and relations, and employability skills. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor/coordinator.
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Students are placed in a library, school, archives or other setting commensurate with their intended career goal. Integration of theory and practice is accomplished through a practicum project. Students complete an online or onsite practicum project. Permission of instructor required.
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For course description, see Cooperative Education.
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