Courses

Summer 2022

NNLM Fundamentals of Health Sciences Research Data Management 6/13-8/7/2022

Spring 2019

Systematic Review Workshop: The Nuts and Bolts for Librarians 4/1/2019-4/3/2019

Fall 2018/Spring 2019

Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (IPPCR) 11/2018-6/2019

Fall 2018

Introduction to Web Traffic Assessment Using Google Analytics, Library Juice 8/6/2018

Fall 2017

Evidence Based Practice (EBP) and the Medical Librarian, University of North Carolina, 9/2017-11/2017

Spring 2017

LIS 606: Advanced Cataloging and Classification (3 credits)

Grade: A+

Instructor: Richard Block

Continues LIS 605 with study of authority work, and further study of non-book materials cataloging, including electronic and Internet resources. Extensive use is made of OCLC Connexion cataloging client.

LIS 618: Government Documents and Archives (3 credits)

Grade: A+

Instructor: Gwen Sinclair

Survey of government documents at the federal, state/local and international levels in all formats. Covers methods of their acquisition and organization, including depository arrangements. Current issues of government information policies and practices discussed.

Fall 2016

LIS 694: Visions of the Library (3 credits)

Grade: A+

Instructor: Dr. Rich Gazan

The goals of this course are (1) to analyze how conceptions and misconceptions of libraries and information services are perpetuated through popular culture, (2) to analyze how the medium of digital video influences the information communicated through it, and (3) to learn how to use digital video as a tool for advocacy and outreach, to create our own visions of the library. Topics covered include visual culture, ethics and ownership, narrative structure, how sequencing and juxtaposition of multimedia elements influence information perception, how popular culture images are created and perpetuated via digital video, and implications for information systems and services.

LIS 672: Technology for Libraries and Information Centers (3 credits)

Grade: A

Instructors: Carol S.Y. Kellett & Sveta Stoytcheva

Survey of theories, concepts, methods and practices relating to the application of information technology to support the administration and use of information resources. Includes digital, printed and audiovisual materials.

LIS 690: Library Internship Program (3 credits)

Grade: CR

Intern Coordinator: Noriko Asato

Internship Supervisor: Gwen Sinclair

Field experience in library or information agency settings with supervision of professional librarians or information specialists. Graduate Intern, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Government Documents & Maps Department. Provided reference services in person and via email; promoted library programming and special events; created information literacy tools including but not limited to: LibGuides, hands-on workshop sessions, and online video tutorials; created copy, adaptive, serial, and original bibliographic records for a variety of government materials.

Summer 2016

LIS 694: Informatics and Website Design (3 credits)

Grade: A

Instructor: Dr. Brian Richardson

The emerging field of “Informatics” broadly describes the study and practice of creating, storing, finding, manipulating and sharing information. Combining a concern for technology, information, and humans, informatics considers how information technology is designed and used in our society, specifically in such fields as Health Information Science and Business. The course will focus on website design from an information science perspective, with specific attention to the interaction between design, institutional needs, and available technological tools. The course will combine academic discussions with applied projects. The roles that librarians can have in designing web-based resources will be a central theme. In the end, the successful student will be able to design web pages that integrate dynamic data and discuss the design, content, and assessment strategies in a thoughtful and effective way.

Spring 2016

LIS 619: Preservation Management (3 credits)                        

Grade: A+

Instructor: Deborah Dunn

Introduction to preservation management. Focuses on management strategies for preservation of materials in libraries and archives. Covers preservation planning, condition surveys, disaster planning, grantsmanship, and basic issues relating to deterioration.

LIS 650: Management of Libraries & Information Centers (3 credits)                        

Grade: A+

Instructor: Gwen Sinclair

Basic theories and principles of administration for effective management of public, academic, and special libraries and information centers, with emphasis on planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and control. Administrative aspects of public and technical services, facilities, planning, evaluation, public relations, interagency cooperation, and the management of change in bureaucratic organizations.

Fall 2015

LIS 615: Collection Management (3 credits)                        

Grade: A

Instructor: Andrew Wertheimer

Principles and issues of collection management and care. Criteria and tools for selecting and deselecting materials. Relationships with publishers/producers.

LIS 663: Database Searching (3 credits)                        

Grade: A+

Instructor: Peter Jacso

Introduces use of commercial online databases for interactive retrieval of bibliographic, full-text and directory information, the development of search strategies using controlled subject vocabularies and free text searching.

Spring 2015

LIS 601: Introduction to Reference & Information Services (3 credits)                        

Grade: A

Instructor: Vanessa Irvin

Philosophy, principles and practice of reference services in libraries, information centers and information literacy. Bibliographic control, reference research, reference interview, online searching, evaluation of bibliographic and Webliographic material. Field component.

LIS 610: Foundations of the Information Professions (3 credits)                                    

Grade: A+

Instructor: Noriko Asato

Lecture/discussion course on role of libraries, their social utility in information societies. History and future of libraries in changing technological world. Information professions, information ethics, intellectual freedom, intellectual property, information access, national/international library developments.

Fall 2014

LIS 605: Metadata Creation for Information Organization (3 credits)                                        

Grade: A+

Instructor: donna Bair-Mundy

Introductory cataloging and classification covering AACR2, Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal classification systems, LC Subject Headings, use of OCLC.

 
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