INFO 5440 Storytelling for Information Professionals

Catalog Description of Course:

INFO 5440. Storytelling is an intrinsic method of human communication.

Catalog description: Storytelling ethnography, history, theory, methods and bibliographic resources. Story research, analysis, selection, adaptation and preparation. Oral performance development and audience dynamics. Program planning, implementation, evaluation and grant writing for schools, libraries or other information settings. Prerequisite: None

Required Texts and Software

Super Simple Storytelling: A Can Do Guide for Every Classroom, Every Day. Kendall Haven. Libraries Unlimited. 2000.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition.

Other readings will be provided in the course or via the UNT Library's electronic resources.

Software will be free or trial versions. Student will need to create accounts to download and or use the respective software.

Syllabi and Resources

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Resources

Vist my Storyteller Source page to review online resources, journal articles, and books related to various genres of storytelling.