Complete SIS Course Listings

(3) Principles, selection and use of computer-based information management applications; software identification and task appropriate uses; telecommunications, utilities, and memory management systems; multiple operating systems and technology for national network connections.

(3) Information as critical resource for research and decision making; emphasis on planning, executing, and evaluating information searches, with a focus on the student’s major academic area.

(3) Information in society, information economy, knowledge/learning society; publishing and information providers: hosts, bulletin boards, nets,; information overload/anxiety, science fraud, gate keeping concepts; updating systems, environmental scanning; information consumption techniques.

(3) History of writing and various methods of bookmaking.

(3) Introduces concepts and techniques for the interdisciplinary study of information, organizations, technology, and individuals, sometimes referred to as knowledge management. Topics include characteristics of data, information and knowledge; introduction to knowledge management; sensemaking in organizations; organizational learning; intellectual capital; communities of practice; ecological approaches; knowledge acquisition, representation and sharing; uses of information technology for information and knowledge management; and roles of professionals in managing information management initiatives.

(RE) Prerequisite(s): 310.
Comment(s): With consent of instructor, prior knowledge may satisfy prerequisite.

(3) Introduction to the design of the representational systems and interaction paradigms required of effective information systems. Topics include taxonomy creation; interface design; and techniques for design testing.
Comment(s): With consent of instructor, prior knowledge may satisfy prerequisite.

(3) Detailed study of a specialized area of information studies or information technology. Topics vary by semester.

(3-15) Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed. May not be used toward degree requirements. May be repeated. S/NC only.

(3) The structure and organization of intellectual content regardless of format. Emphasis on how content is created, exchanged, and stored so it can be found. Includes standards and best practice for describing and characterizing intellectual content. Required Course.

(3) Philosophies, standards, and procedures for manual and automatic document indexing, back-of-the-book indexing, vocabulary control, thesaurus construction, and abstracting.

(3) Information sources in political science, sociology, psychology, geography, history, anthropology, business, and education.

(3) Information sources in philosophy, religion, fine arts, performing arts, literature, and language. Organization and management of regional collections.

(3) Bibliographic, non-bibliographic, full-text databases, e.g., non-bibliographic formula and structure databases, contents-page/full-text databases, patents; document delivery alternatives, evaluation, and testing.

(3) Supervisory and management concepts, strategies, and techniques applicable to information professionals working in libraries, archives, records management, and other information organizations.

(3) Mission, status, and history of academic libraries and academic librarianship in community colleges, colleges, and universities; trends in higher education, information technology, and government’s impact on pubic, technical, and administrative services.

(3) Development, roles, political environment, governance, organization, fiscal management, services, marketing, and performance evaluations.

(3) Covers classic theories of knowledge and theories of first and second-generation knowledge management paradigms. Introduces related disciplines and the knowledge lifecycle, types of knowledge, organizational learning, intellectual capital, communities of practice, knowledge ecologies, knowledge audits, knowledge sharing repurposing of information, uses of information technology, and roles of information professionals in developing knowledge management initiatives.

(3) Develops grant-writing and strategic relationship management skills for information professionals who may benefit from external funding opportunities and proposals. Creates and manages community partnerships to provide innovative information services to various constituencies such as underserved populations, public libraries, special libraries, and others in diverse information-related environments.

(3) Principles and practice in visual aspect of communications. Graphic design, typography, printing and production techniques, and publication design as these apply to electronic information delivery systems.

(3) Technological and social aspects of electronic publishing and digital libraries. Technologies and standards that enable electronic publishing and digital libraries. History of electronic publishing and digital libraries and their impact on user needs and information provision.

(3) Scholarly and community-based electronic communications. National and international standards, tools, resources; identification, analysis, evaluation, and management of tools and resources; construction of local technologies as developed and applicable.

(3) Critical survey of books and related materials for young adults; personal, vocational, and recreational needs and interests. Evaluation, selection, and utilization for school and public libraries.

(3) Examines strategies and procedures for developing programs in libraries. The course provides public service librarians with the knowledge and skills to create, evaluate, and improve programs with some emphasis on reader’s advisory. Prerequisite: 560

(3) Examines the history of those who influenced the programming and styles of storytelling. Additionally, the course will offer techniques and sources for selecting, preparing and telling stories to library and classroom audience.

(3) Defining data needs, data structures, role of operating systems in data management, file organization, database management systems, logical data models, internal data models, database administration and evaluation. Design and implementation of application using database management system.

(3) Covers strategies for mining the Web, Web engines and directories, cognitive accessibility, Web design and development, and usability engineering.

(3) Concepts and terminology of information transmission. Information network architectures and standards. Contemporary and emerging information networking technologies.

(3-6) Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 6 hrs. Participation Approval form for Independent Project or Research. 

(9) Planned professional semester; full day school library work and classroom observation activities. S/NC

(3-6) Opportunity to translate theory into practice under guidance of qualified information professionals. Prereq: Completion of required and pertinent advanced courses relevant to student’s practicum design. Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA. Written consent of advisor and approval of practicum coordinator. May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours. S/NC only.

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