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GUIDESHEET FOR CATALOGERS or METADATA COORDINATORS
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)
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 for Decision Making |
C |
6 hours of coursework or permission |
| 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) |
| * 60602 |
Cataloging and Classification I |
O/R |
60002 |
| 60601 |
Information Sources and Reference Services |
A |
60001 |
| 60603 |
Cataloging and Classification II |
O/R |
60002, 60602 |
| 60640 |
Library Automation |
G |
60002 or permission |
| 60641 |
Information Storage and Retrieval Systems |
O/R |
60002 or permission |
| 60643 |
Online Information Systems |
A |
60001 or permission |
| 60649 |
Indexing and Abstracting |
O/R |
60002 |
| 60652 |
Foundations and Administration of Archives |
M |
60001 |
| 60661 |
Technical Services |
M |
60002 |
| 60665 |
Rare Book Librarianship |
G |
None |
| 60691 |
Seminar: Knowledge Organization Systems: Thesauri, Taxonomies & Ontologies |
O/R |
60002, 60649 |
| 60692 |
Practicum in Libraries and Information Centers |
G |
Special approval
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| 61095 |
Special Topics: Metadata Architectures and Implementations |
O/R |
60002 |
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/links/forms.php
Suggested Workshops: (Workshops are worth 1 credit, unless otherwise indicated)
- Cataloging Internet Resources
- Cataloging of Non-print Materials (2 credits)
- Cataloging Non-Print and AV Children's Materials Update
- Digital Imaging I: Image Processing
- Introduction to PERL/CGI Programming: Level I
- Introduction to PERL/CGI Programming: Level II
- Metadata for Digital Collections
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