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GUIDESHEET FOR CHILDREN'S LIBRARIANS in PUBLIC LIBRARIES

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 Methods for Libraries and Information Centers
 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)
* 60625 Library Materials and Services for Very Young Children A None
* 60629 Library Materials and Services for School-Age Children A None
* 60630 Reference Sources and Services for Youth A None. 60001 recommended
60608 The Public Library M 60600
60610 Library Management M None
60614 Selection and Acquisition of Library Materials G None
60626 Library Services to Young Adults A None
60648 Electronic Publishing on the Web O/R None
60692 Practicum in Libraries and Information Centers G Special approval
61095  Special Topics: Marketing the Library
M
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)

  • The ABC's of Emergent Literacy: The Building Blocks for Infusing Early Literacy Strategies into Preschool Storytimes
  • All About AV
  • Cataloging Non-Print and AV Children's Materials Update
  • Children's Literature Themes and Perspectives
  • Children's Literature Update
  • Children's Poetry Pizzazz
  • Electronic Publishing I: Introduction to SGML / HTML
  • Electronic Publishing II: Advanced HTML
  • Is that a Fact? Nonfiction Children's Materials
  • Library Programming for Families with Very Young Children
  • Ohio Children's Literature
  • Picture Book Webs
  • Planning for Building and Renovating Library Spaces for Public Libraries
  • Reference Sources for Children Update
  • Science Sizzlers
  • Start your Engines
  • Telling Tales: Sharing Folk and Fairy Tales with Children
  • Toys in a Library? Toys, Play, and the Literacy Connection
  • WWW for Adults Working with Children