Fall 2013

Important Dates

Registration begins: Tuesday April 2, 2013

Classes in session: August 20-December 4, 2013

  • Classes begin: August 20
  • Last day for late registration: August 26
  • Labor Day: September 2
  • Masters Comprehensive Exam: October 11
  • Fall Break: October 17-18 
  • Masters Papers due to SILS office: November 11
  • Final copies of Dissertations due to Graduate School: November 18
  • Thanksgiving Holiday: November 27-November 29
  • Classes end: December 4
  • Reading Days: December 5 and 11
  • Exams: December 6, 7, 9-10, and 12-13
  • Winter Commencement: Sunday December 15

Academic Calendar

Courses offered

  • Past syllabi are available from the library staff in the SILS Library.
  • Please contact the instructor if you have any questions about a course being offered for the upcoming semester.
  • Average course load for a graduate student: 9-12 hours a semester
  • Average course load for an undergraduate student: 12-15 hours a semester

 

 

Monday/Wednesday

Time

Course information and call numbers
8:00–9:15

490-211: Intro to Human Information Interactions;#19465; Murillo;Course Website; Manning 2141

560: Programming for Information Professionals; #12818; Hauser; Course Website; Manning 307

780-001: Research Methods; #3591; Losee; Course Website; Manning 304

9:30-10:45

509: Information Retrieval; #3541; Arguello; Course Website; Manning 208

691H: Research Methods in Information Science; #3773; Kelly; Course Website; Manning 2141

754: Access, Outreach, and Public Service in Cultural Heritage Repositories; #12669; Anthony; Course Website; Greenlaw 107

780-002: Research Methods; #5005; Losee; Course Website; Manning 307

 
11:00–12:15

200-002: Retrieving and Analyzing Information; #11305; Brennan; Course Website; Manning 1171

500-001: Human Information Interactions; #5555; Bailey; Course Website; Manning 307

513-002: Resource Selection and Evaluation; #15199; Vargha; Course Website; Peabody 220

525: Electronic Records Management;# 8913; Marciano; Course Website; Global Center 3024

581-002: Research Methods Overview; #19962; Kelly; Course Website; Manning 208

582: Systems Analysis; #3796; Haas; Course Website; Manning 304

623: Database II; #3593; Hemminger; Course Website; Hamilton 517 
12:30-1:45 786: Marketing; #11050; Daniel; Course Website; Manning 304

12:30-3:15
Monday only

585-002: Management for Information Professionals; #3765; Patillo; Course Website; Manning 307

 752: Digital Preservation and Access; #5604; Tibbo; Course Website; Manning 208
12:30-3:15
Wednesday only

513-001: Resource Selection and Evaluation; #3753; Flaherty; Course Website; Manning 208

520-002: Organization of Information; #8219; Greenberg; Course Website; Manning 307

690-141: Digital Forensics for Curation of Digital Collections; #19466; Lee; Course Website; Manning 117
2:00-3:00  
2:00-3:15

613: Text Mining; #10322; Arguello; Hamilton 452

889: Seminar in Teaching Practice; #5557; Bergquist; Course Website; Manning 214 (Wednesday only)

3:30-4:45

500-002: Human Information Interactions; #10669; Costello; Course Website; Manning 307

572: Web Development I; #19813; Boone; Course Website; Manning 117

6:00-8:45
Monday only

 

  690-213: Rare Book Collection Fundamentals; #19963; Funke; Course Website; Manning 208 (1.5 credit hours) meets October 14- December 3
6:00-8:45
Wednesday only

382: Information Systems Analysis and Design; #19184; Dunn; Course Website; Manning 208

707: Government Documents; #19467; Rowe; Course Website; Davis Library 246

753: Preservation of Library and Archive Materials; # 19951; Bradway/Brown; Course Website; Manning 307

                          

 

Tuesday/Thursday

Time

Course information and call numbers
8:00–9:15

461: Information Tools; #3763; Bergquist; Course Website; Manning 117

520-003: Organization of Information; #12831; Anthony; Course Website; Manning 208

581-001: Research Methods Overview; #3591; Losee; Course Website; Manning 214

9:30-10:45

101-002: Foundations of Information Science; #12832; Wu; Course Website; Hanes Art Center 215

200-001: Retrieving and Analyzing Information; #3733; Patillo; Course Website; Manning 1171

261-002: Tools for Information Literacy; #20421; Bergquist; Course Website; Peabody 220

501-002: Information Resources and Services; #10675; Poole; Course Website; Dey 403

520-001: Organization of Information; #6624; Shaw; Course Website; Manning 208

523-001: Database Systems I;#3725; Capra; Course Website; Peabody Hall 008

584: Information Ethics; #12666; Wildemuth; Course Website; Hamilton 517

585-001: Management for Information Professionals; #3765; Moran; Course Website; Manning 307
11:00-12:15

089: FYS: Social Movements and New Media; #6939; Course Website; Tufekci; Saunders 2043

261: Tools for Information Literacy; #3732; Bergquist; Course Website; Manning 117

490-204: Going the Last Mile: Information Access for Underserved Populations; #19638; Missen; Course Website; Dey 204

501-001: Information Resources and Services; #3783; Course Website; Vardell; Phillips 247

515: Consumer Health Information; #5559; Gollop; Course Website; Manning 304

523-002: Database Systems I; #10840; Mostafa; Course Website; Manning 208

556: Introduction to Archives; #3727; Anthony; Course Website; Manning 307

581-003: Research Methods Overview; #20214; Chen; Course Website; Alumni 203
11-12:00 890-030: Readings on Library and Information Science in the Middle East and North Africa; #20375; Moran;Course Website; Manning 214 (Thursday only)
12:30-1:45

101-001: Foundations of Information Science; #4991; Shaw; Course Website; Manning 3071

285: Information Use for Organizational Effectiveness;#3731; Jarrahi; Course Website; Manning 208

461-002: Information Tools; #19468; Campbell; Course Website; Manning 117

502: User Education; #19185; Clemens; Course Website; Manning 304
2:00-3:15 883-001: Research Colloquium; #20215; Rajasekar; Course Website; Manning 214 (Thursday only)

2:00-4:45
Tuesday only

690-030: Essentials of HR Management; #19473; Moran; Course Website; Manning 303 (1.5 credits) meets August 20-October 8

690-172: Usability Testing and Evaluation; #19470; Capra; Course Website; Manning 117

690-208: Web Archiving; #19475; Yoon; Course Website; Manning 304 (1.5 credits) meets August 20-October 8

745: Curriculum Issues and the School Librarian; #19471; Rawson; Course Website; Manning 208

881: Research Issues and Questions; #5000; Greenberg; Course Website; Manning 214
2:00-4:45 Thursday only

690-046: Planning, Implementing, and Auditing Trusted Digital Repositories; #19478; Tibbo; Course Website; Manning 304; (1.5 credits); meets October 10-November 21

690-150: Creating Resources for the Digital Curation Community; #19479; Tibbo; Course Website; Manning 304 (1.5 credits); meets August 22-September 26

690-189: Social Media and Society: A Theoretical and Empirical Overview; #19477; Tufekci; Course Website; Manning 208 (Thursday)

746: Music Librarianship;#12717; Patillo; Course Website; Manning 214

780-003: Research Methods; #9216; Marshall; Course Website; Manning 307
5:30-8:15 Thursday only 690-163: Intro to Big Data and NoSQL;#19480; Rajasekar; Course Website; Smith 107
6:00-8:45pm Tuesday only

566: Information Security; #19186; Hassell; Course Website; Manning 208

582-003: Systems Analysis; #19472; Urquhart; Course Website; Manning 304

6:00-8:45
Thursday only

558: Principles and Techniques of Storytelling; #5007; Sturm; Course Website; Manning 307

582-002: Systems Analysis and Design; #19200; Orphanides; Course Website; Manning 208

 

Friday

Time

Course information and call numbers
9:00-11:45

490-161: Genealogies as a Digital Library Index;#3728; Moore; Course Website;  (1.5 credit course, meets August 23- September 27); Manning 304

690-161: Digital Library Policies; #19481; Moore; Course Website;  (1.5 credit course, meets October 11- November 22); Manning 304
 

WEB

Course information and call numbers
Web

500-03W: Human Information Interactions; #20685; Palmquist 

523-03W: Database Systems I; #11528; Haas

710-01W: Evidence Based Medicine; #12943; Schardt/Myatt

720-01W: Metadata; #3726; Pomerantz

739-01W: Information Services for Specific Populations; #12721; Gollop

782-001: Library Assessment; #12664; Pomerantz

 

WISE Classes

Course information and call numbers
Web

890-01W: Intellectual Freedom in Libraries; Kranich

890-03W: Competitive Intelligence; Pavlovsky

890-04W: International Issues and Innovations; Giggey

890-05W: Library Fundraising; Shaffer-Mannion

 

 

 

 

 

Internship and Field Experience Courses
 

393-001: Information Science Internship; #6633; Haight1

795-001: Professional Field Experience; #6634; Haight

795-002: Professional Field Experience; #6635; Haight

796-001: Field Experience in School Library Media; #10335; Staff

Key:

1 Limited to BSIS Undergraduates only

2 Limited to juniors, sophomores, and freshmen during pre-registration

3 Limited to first year undergraduates only

* Course has a pre- or co-requisite. See course description

** PhD Students Only