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Academic Librarians - Reference Services |
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GUIDESHEET FOR ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS - Reference Services
This guidesheet was created to assist you in course selection; however, it is not a replacement for the school's "Program Statement" form. Note: some courses/workshops on this guidesheet are NOT offered every year.
Please meet regularly with your faculty advisor to ensure that you are taking at least one course from among the three REQUIRED course elective areas:
- Access to Information (Category A)
- Organization and Representation of Knowledge (Category O/R)
- Administration and Management (Category M)
FYI: You can choose "Suggested Elective Courses" and "Workshops" from more than one guidesheet as long as you take at least one course from among the three required course elective areas: A, O/R, and M.
Other course areas:
- Core Class (Category C)
- General Elective (Category G)
FYI:You can choose "Suggested Elective Courses" and "Workshops" from more than one guidesheet as long as you take at least one course from among the three required course elective areas: A, O/R, and M.
*= Key Elective
REQUIRED COURSES (15 credit hours)
| Course Number | Course Name | Category | Prerequisite(s) |
| 60001 |
Access to Information |
C |
None |
| 60002 |
Organization of Information |
C |
None |
| 60600 |
Foundations of Library and Information Science |
C |
None |
| 60604 |
Research Methods for Libraries and Information Centers
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C |
None |
| 60670 |
Culminating Experience: A Research Paper, A Research Project, OR a Practicum |
C |
60001, 60002, 60600, 60604 and a Proposal |
SUGGESTED ELECTIVE COURSES and WORKSHOPS (21 credit hours needed)
| Course Number | Course Name | Category | Prerequisite(s) |
| * 60601 |
Information Sources and Reference Services |
A |
60001 |
| * 60615 |
The Academic Library |
M |
60600 |
| 60602 |
Cataloging and Classification I |
O/R |
60002 |
| 60610 |
Library Management |
M |
None |
| 60611 |
Government Information Sources and Services |
A; O/R |
60001 |
| 60613 |
Information Uses and Services
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M
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60001
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| 60614 |
Selection and Acquisition of Library Materials |
G |
None |
| 60621 |
Social Sciences Information Sources and Services |
A |
60001, 60601 |
| 60622 |
Science/Technology Information Sources and Services |
A |
60001 |
| 60623 |
Business/Finance Information Sources and Services |
A |
60001 |
| 60628 |
Humanities Sources and Services |
A |
60001, 60601 |
| 60643 |
Online Information Systems |
A |
60001 or permission |
| 60648 |
Electronic Publishing on the Web |
O / R |
None |
| 60649 |
Indexing and Abstracting |
O/R |
60002 |
| 60650 |
Information Policy |
G |
60600 or permission |
| 60692 |
Practicum in Libraries and Information Centers |
G |
Special approval
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| 61095 |
Special Topics: Book Arts |
G |
None |
| 61095 |
Special Topics: Law Librarianship |
G |
None |
| 61095 |
Special Topics: Legal Information and Legal Resources |
A |
None |
| 61095 |
Special Topics: Music Librarianship |
A |
None |
LIS 50693: WORKSHOPS in LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE
A maximum of four workshop credits can be applied to your M.L.I.S. degree with your faculty advisor's approval.
You must complete the "Request for Workshop Approval" form to receive credit for a workshop.
You cannot receive credit for both a workshop and a class with similar content. Please refer to the "Workshop/Course Overlap" list.
Workshop forms are online: http://www.slis.kent.edu/
Suggested Workshops: (Workshops are worth 1 credit, unless otherwise indicated)
- Access to Government Documents Online
- Basics of BI Planning
- Copyright Challenge
- Database Design and Applications I: Introduction to Database Systems
- Database Design and Applications II: Issues, Principles, and Intermediate Skills
- Database-driven Websites
- Designing Successful Grant Projects
- Electronic Reference Start-up
- Electronic Publishing I: Introduction to SGML / HTML
- Electronic Publishing II: Advanced HTML
- Ethical Principles and Cases for Information Professionals
- Evaluation of Internet Tools and Resources
- Introduction to Map Librarianship
- Legal Resources for Non-law Librarians
- Online Searching of NEXIS Databases
- Repair Decisions and Methods for Circulating Materials
- Preservation of Library Materials
- Usability Testing for the Web
- Using Web 2.0 Principles to Become Librarian 2.0
- Writing and Publishing Research in Librarianship
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