GUIDESHEET FOR REFERENCE LIBRARIANS
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) |
| * 60601 |
Information Sources and Reference Services |
A |
60001 |
| 60611 |
Government Documents |
A; O/R |
60001 |
| 60613 |
Information Uses and Services
|
M
|
60001
|
| 60620 |
Health Information Resources (HED 64010) |
A |
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 Information Sources and Services |
A |
60001, 60601 |
| 60630 |
Reference Sources and Services for Youth |
A |
None. 60001 |
| 60643 |
Online Information Systems |
A |
60001 or permission |
| 60692 |
Practicum in Library Science |
G |
Special approval
|
| 61095 |
Special Topics: Legal Information and Legal Resources |
A |
60001 |
| 61095 |
Special Topics: Marketing the Library
|
M
|
None
|
| 61095 |
Special Topics: Music Librarianship |
A |
None |
| 61095 |
Special Topics: Readers' Advisory Services |
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
- Business Information Sources
- Electronic Reference Start-up
- Finding and Using Internet Tools and Resources
- Genealogy and Local History Research Methods for Librarians
- Introduction to Map Librarianship
- Legal Resources for Non-Law Librarians
- Medical Reference Sources for non-medical Librarians
- Online Searching of NEXIS Databases
- Public Library Web Resources
- Readers' Advisory Services to Adults
- Sports Reference: Sources for Sports Information
- Using Web 2.0 Principles to Become Librarian 2.0
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