Catalog description: Epistemological foundations of information use. Basic principles and techniques of information access and knowledge inquiry. Survey of research in information seeking behavior and user interaction. Introduction to systems of access, search, retrieval, and navigation, as well as reference collection management and services. Study of evaluation methods for resources in all formats, services and user satisfaction. Prerequisite(s): None.
Catalog description: Add to My Catalog Share Facebook this CourseTweet this Course Print-Friendly Page Help [ARCHIVED CATALOG] [] SLIS 5445 - History and Culture of Youth Information Services 3 hours History of youth services librarianship. Theory and methods of ethnographic evaluation. Community assessment and interviews. Users and designers of youth information services and systems. Current trends. Prerequisite(s): None.
Catalog description: History and development of comics books, graphic novels, their subgenres as literature. Role in western and international societies and cultures. Issues of youth/adult readership and literacy. Race, gender, politics, violent content issues. Presence in popular culture, the Internet, art forms, and translation into movies. Selection tools, policies, collection development, and censorship. Comics and graphic novels programming in libraries and schools. Warning: Some material required in the course may be considered by some to be controversial. Prerequisite(s): None.
Seminar course offered in 2008. Students explored and discussed aspects of the globalization of information including the spread of ICT, knowledge models, economic impact, the digital divide, and the proliferation of social media and Web 2.0. Prerequisite(s): None.