68 courses with the subject LIS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Provides an introduction to instructional technology, knowledge, and skills for classroom settings.
Prepares students to access, evaluate, and manage information to meet personal and academic needs. Focuses on personal information management, digital security/privacy, and ethical issues, including plagiarism, source citation, and fair-use.
Prepares Information Science majors to access, evaluate, and manage information to meet personal and academic needs. Focuses on personal information management, digital security/privacy, and ethical issues, including plagiarism, source citation, and fair-use.
Introduces the major concepts, principles, theories, issues and trends in information science.
Survey of issues in library and information science; professional operations and potential roles in society.
Examines the history of libraries in the western world with particular emphasis on the United States.
Introduces the artifacts created in scholarly and commercial publishing and how physical and electronic materials are identified, selected, acquired, and managed for the user community of an information center. Creation of policies, marketing plans, and outreach activities, as well as use assessment and collection rightsizing are covered.
Survey of resources for early childhood through elementary school levels, study of selection aids and criteria, use of resources, and investigation of reading, listening, viewing interests.
Overview of materials for young adults in relation to their characteristics, information needs, interests, and abilities. Examination of history of young adult literature and current trends with use and promotion of materials. Emphasizes reading, discussing, selecting, and evaluating materials within context of adolescent development and current issues and trends.
Storytelling and digital storytelling methods, techniques, and materials including literature and programming.
Covers philosophy and techniques of matching information to people's needs. Introduces human information behavior and information retreival concepts; prepares students to meet needs through needs assessment, source selection, and user-instruction.
The principles of bibliographic database structure, evaluation, and utilization for effective search strategy formulation, critical evaluation of retrieved information, and presentation of results are explored. Development of instructional strategies and materials will be practiced. Comparison and budgeting for database acquisition is a major topic.
Major bibliographic and information sources and services in the sciences and technology.
Essential computer-related technologies in a library/school/information agency environment.
Emerging technologies in libraries including local regional, national, and international communication systems for information transfer as these trends impact delivery of information to library and information center users.
This course provides an introduction to makerspaces within libraries. Topics include financing, programming and assessment.
Media and technology applications in libraries and information agencies. Develops competencies in designing, developing and producing, and presenting media and technology.
Introduction to website production and usability issues that are particularly relevant to librarians and other information professionals. Emphasis on seeking to understand and enhance users' experiences.
Covers the theoretical foundations of communication and provide applied experience with contemporary instructional technologies across diverse learning environments. This will include the use of various software to assist in both the synchronous and asynchronous teaching and learning process.
Examination of ways in which technology is the source and consequence of institutionalized, hegemonic, societal constructs. Students will explore theories of social justice, equity, and inclusion in an ever-evolving technological landscape.
This course covers the history of technologies used to record and disseminate information, focusing on books along with a variety of audiovisual technologies and digital formats. The course emphasizes the role of information professionals and institutions in preserving this history.
Introduction to the organization of information and collections to enhance access. Topics include format choice, verification of appropriate sources, collection definitions, methods and systems of description, classification, and metadata assignment.
Cataloging and classification of materials using current cataloging codes and appropriate techniques of subject analysis and classification.
Critical study of print and computer-assisted indexes and indexing with creation of thesaurus, indexes, and concordances. Study of database management program indexing and indexing of internet resources.
Introduces conceptual and practical metadata knowledge. Identifies commonalities among metadata schemas and reviews design and profiling processes related to needs of various application domains and environments.
Introduces processes, procedures, and systems for the collection development of unique digital resources in libraries, archives, and museums. Includes basics of digitization, standards for different formats, and curation of electronic materials.
This course covers a number of aspects of music librarianship, including music collections, reference, technology, and copyright.
Emphasizes management functions, resource management, and application of concepts to management situations in libraries and information centers. (Core course)
The role and function of the school library media center; planning evaluation, and program development.
Relationship of the library media program to the school curriculum; library/media and computer skills K-12 instructional program. Observation and practice in school settings.
Introduction to public libraries in the United States and their role within the communities they serve. Examines the history, principles, current trends, and future directions of public libraries. Specific topics include administration, planning, structure, governance, and public library operations. This course will also explore public services.
The library is the heart of an academic campus to support the needs of students and faculty regarding teaching, learning and research. This course addresses the complexity and broad use of resources and services that impact the academic journey. All levels of postsecondary education are discussed.
Major trends, issues, and problems in the provision of services in profit and not-for-profit special libraries.
Introduces students to the theory and practice of archives and records management, including the appraisal, acquisition, and organization of archival materials. Emphasizes the societal role and function of archival institutions in preserving authentic records for their evidentiary and informational value.
Problems of concern to libraries and information center personnel, including application of interdisciplinary concepts and research methods.
Changing demographic patterns affecting library and information services in all types of libraries. Services, collections and staffing to reflect a variety of cultural/ethnic experiences/needs.
Planning, evaluation, and administration of programs and services designed to meet the needs of individuals and groups of children and adolescents; current issues in public libraries.
Introduction to the development of reading and literacy skills, the needs of readers (early childhood to adult), and strategies for librarians to support this development.
Introduce concepts of information literacy, teaching philosophies and techniques, and assessment.
Examination of legal and ethical aspects of information ethics and policies in libraries/information centers. Covers traditional concerns of access to print, government information, and issues of technology access, privacy concerns.
Design, planning, evaluation, and administration of information services designed to meet lifelong learning goals and needs of individuals and groups of adults in information organizations. Primary emphasis on public libraries.
A survey of key concepts in the field of Community Informatics, which focuses on how communities access, learn, and apply information and communications technologies (ICTs). Practical studies in this area consider how social, cultural, political, and economic factors influence the adoption and use of ICTs among members of specific communities. This course introduces students to key concerns in community informatics, including, among other things, digital literacy, digital divide issues (e.g, access, skills, and cultural divides), the role of ICTs in cultural heritage, and community development using ICTs. Learning experiences in this course will employ literature-based discussion and experiential learning at case sites using relevant ICTs, including public libraries.
How learning and developmental theories define the teacher's role as instructional leader, how curricular materials might be designed and used, and student learning and motivation.
Focuses on historical, philosophical, sociological, legal, and curricular foundations of education with an overview of and introduction to the roles of the school library, school librarian, and instructional technology facilitator. Explores standards, assessment, issues, and trends.
This course utilizes an advanced instructional design process to engage in designing, producing, managing and assessing learning environments delivered in multiple modalities, including blended, hybrid, synchronous, asynchronous, and hyflex. It considers strengths and weaknesses of each modality and helps learners identify best practices for designing effective instruction across modalities.
Provides an overview of the field of instructional design, including the history of the field and current trends and issues. Focus is on implementing the systems approach to instructional design to produce designs that solve specific instructional problems across a variety of contexts (e.g., workplace training, K-16, adult education).
Major social and ethical issues emerging in the virtual community including those embraced by access, privacy, intellectual property, freedom of speech, institutional/social control, and evolving formats.
Focuses on planning, design, implementation, facilitation, and assessment of learning in online and blended contexts.
Designed to support students in expanding their views about equity and education to include family and community practices around broadened understandings of community/cultural assets for pedagogical practices.
Field-based capstone project and culminating portfolio. Must be taken in the final semester prior to graduation.
Covers the logic, sequences, and strategies for designing physical and digital games, as well as theories and applications used in game design. Designed as a participatory studio workshop for using games in instructional technology applications, where learning occurs through collaboration and experimentation.
Introductory course on principles of data visualization and application of design principles to produce informative visualizations. Students will learn essential techniques for articulating and communicating data findings in visual, oral, and written contexts for various audiences.
Covers the fundamental skills, tools, and approaches involved in the management of rare books, manuscripts, and other special collections materials. Focuses on special collections in libraries and archives, contextualizing these institutional collections in longer histories of collecting rare and unique materials.
Exploration of advanced topics in information sources and services with an emphasis on library and information agencies.
Covers the main theories and practices involved in stewarding archival and special collections materials, including the preservation of physical media, digitization of analog materials, and the curation of born-digital objects. Focuses on the critical importance of these activities to support and promote access to collections.
Explores five areas of legal and ethical dilemmas that school librarians might face: 1) intellectual freedom and applying the First Amendment to students’ rights to read; 2) privacy of minors; 3) copyright and fair use; 4) equity and access.
Covers theoretical and practical issues in change and project management, including the rationale for change, why change projects succeed or fail, translating change efforts into projects, leadership competencies related to the management of change, and ethical concerns. Focuses on change and project management in the context.
Covers major theories, strategies, and approaches archivists use to appraise primary source materials for archival value and to communicate the value of those archival materials to a wide array of internal and external stakeholders. Focuses on building relationships between archival institutions and communities of records creators and users.
Contemporary issues and current trends in librarianship, educational technology, and information science. Topics to be identified for a particular seminar.
Explores critical and applied approaches to contemporary reference and information services. Students will analyze the impact of algorithmic systems, datafication, and AI on information access and user experience, while applying community-based and equity-centered frameworks to design and assess services.
Guided readings, research, and individual project work under direction of faculty.
Supervised field experience in library/media center settings, with seminars. Credit required will vary with individual needs.
Supervised field experiences in a school library media center with seminars, observation, and exploration into the school setting and media coordinator roles, for students with no teaching license.
Supervised capstone field experience in a school library media center with seminars and culminating portfolio. Must be taken in final semester prior to graduation.
Principles and problems in administration and supervision of the district level library/media program of the school system.
Introduces foundations of Artificial Intelligence (AI), more specifically, AI Literacy, with a focus on Generative AI (GenAI). Students will explore the history, concepts, tools, ethics, policies, and real-world applications of AI. Emphasizes AI literacy, critical analysis, tool demonstrations, ethical safeguard, and hands-on projects.
Capstone supervised field experience/project and culminating portfolio. Must be taken in the final semester prior to graduation.
Research Extension.
Source: University of North Carolina at Greensboro's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
