GUIDESHEET FOR
LIBRARY MANAGERS
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) |
| * 60610 |
Library Management |
M |
None |
| 60608 |
The Public Library |
M |
60600 |
| 60613 |
Information Uses and Services
|
M
|
60001
|
| 60614 |
Selection and Acquisition of Library Materials |
G |
None |
| 60615 |
The Academic Library |
M |
60600 |
| 60616 |
The Special Library |
M |
60600, 60602 |
| 60638 |
Digital Libraries |
M |
None |
| 60652 |
Foundations and Administration of Archives |
M |
60001 |
| 60654 |
Preservation Management |
M |
None |
| 60691 |
Seminar Topic: Human Resource Management |
M |
None |
| 60692 |
Practicum in Libraries and Information Centers |
G |
Special approval
|
| 61095 |
Special Topics: Intellectual Freedom |
G |
None |
| 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)
- All Politics are Local: Librarian as Political Activist, Policy Maker, and Library Advocate
- Copyright Challenge
- Designing Successful Grant Projects
- Ethical Principles and Cases for Information Professionals
- Let's Communicate: Producing Operational and Marketing Documents for Your Library
- Making Teamwork Work in the Library and Information Service Setting
- Marketing to the Masses: Practical Planning and Execution for Libraries and Information Centers
- Open Source Software for Libraries
- Planning for Building and Renovating Library Spaces for Public Libraries
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