CORE COURSES

LIS 7002

Information Services.
Completed Spring 2004.
Preparation for reference and bibliographic services; selection and use of general, scholarly, and specialized reference resources in various subject fields.

LIS 7004

Principles of Management for Libraries and Information Specialists.
Completed Summer 2004.
Basic functions of management and their applications to the operations of libraries and information service agencies.

LIS 7005

Foundations of Library and Information Science.
Completed Summer 2004.
History, theory, practice, philosophy, and current organization of the information service professions.

LIS 7008

Information Technologies.
Completed Summer 2004.
Hardware, software, networking, and telecommunications issues relating to technologies used in libraries and information settings; experience with appropriate software packages and search systems.

LIS 7011

Information Needs Analysis.
Completed Fall 2004.
User-centered approaches to meeting information needs of individuals and communities; community analysis, user studies, and reference interview.

LIS 7012

Bibliographic Organization and Resource Development.
Completed Fall 2004.
Conceptual foundations of bibliographic organization and resource development; basic principles and methods of description, organization, and access; bibliographical lists; principles, methods, issues, and trends of resource selection for user populations.

LIS 7013

Evaluation of Information Systems.
Completed Spring 2004.
Evaluation of information system performance; systems analysis techniques; development and use of performance measure; strategies for improving system performance.

LIS 7608

Cataloging and Classification.
Completed Fall 2004.
Principles underlying description, subject analysis, classification of library resources and authority control; current national standard cataloging rules, Library of Congress Subject Headings, Dewey Decimal Classification, Library of Congress Classification, and MARC (machine-readable cataloging) formats are emphasized.

LIS 7901

Issues in Library and Information Systems.
Completed Spring 2005.
All graduating students are expected to participate in discussions of contemporary professional issues.

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION: Academic Libraries, Technology, Digital Libraries, Databases, Web Sites, and Distance Education

Library science courses to support specialization/electives

LIS 7401

Academic Libraries.
Completed Spring 2004.
Study of libraries in higher education; their development, organization, financing, and administration; human resources; collections; services; and futures. Exercises included grant application, information literature assignment, seminar presentation of technology in the academic library, field trips to various academic libraries, and a comprehensive academic library case study.

LIS 7410

Digital Libraries.
Completed Spring 2005.
Current activities, models, methods and tools for digital library creation and support; theoretical and practical aspects of digital library creation, using a variety of formats and approaches.

LIS 7501

Management Information Systems.
Completed Fall 2004.
Management of the selection, acquisition, and implementation of computer systems within the context of library and information service agencies.

LIS 7607

Electronic Information Resources.
Completed Spring 2005.
Use of electronic information resources and systems; analysis and comparison of various search mechanisms.

LIS 7700

History of Books and Libraries.
Completed Spring 2004.
History and cultural relationships of the book and libraries; rise of the modern library since the mid-19th century. Exercises included descriptive bibliography of a rare book, research paper on the history of paper, and research paper on presidential libraries.

LIS 7904

Field Experience in Academic Libraries.
Spring 2005 at Noel Memorial Library at Louisiana State University in Shreveport.
Experience in administration and management of academic libraries.