Fall 2015

Important dates

Classes in session: August 18-December 2
Reading Days: December 3 & 9
Exam Period: December 4-5, 7-8, 10-11

  • Classes begin: August 18
  • Last day for late registration: August 24
  • Labor Day: September 7
  • Masters Comprehensive Exam: October 9
  • University Day: October 12 (Classes cancelled during ceremony 10am-1pm)
  • Fall Break: October 14-18
  • Masters Papers due to SILS office: November 9
  • Dissertations due to Graduate School: November 18
  • Thanksgiving Break: November 25-November 29
  • Classes end: December 2
  • Reading Days: December 3 & 9
  • Exams: December 4-5, 7-8, & 10-11
  • Winter Commencement: December 13

Fall 2015 Registrar's 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

509-002: Information Retrieval; #10638; Arguello; Course Website; Manning 307

520-001: Organization of Information; #5284; Losee; Course Website; Manning 014

9:00-11:45 Monday only 745: Curriculum Issues and the School Librarian; #8993; Hughes-Hassell; Course Website; Manning 214

10:10-11:25

151-001: Retrieving and Analyzing Information; #2841; Patillo; Course Website; Manning 001

556: Introduction to Archives and Records Management; #2838; Anthony; Course Website; Manning 208

539: Going the Last Mile: Information Services for Underserved Populations; #17308; Missen; Course Website; Manning 304

581-001: Research Methods Overview; #8892; Losee; Course Website; Manning 014

613: Text Mining; #7691; Arguello; Manning; Course Website; Manning 307

12:20-1:35

161-003: Tools for Information Literacy; #17809; Edmunds; Course Website; Manning 117

500-003: Human Information Interactions; #10641; Crescenzi; Course Website; Manning 304

691H: Research Methods; #2875; Kelly; Course Website; Murphey 117

746: Music Librarianship; #13127; Patillo; Course Website; Music Library Seminar Room TBA

 

2:00-3:15 883: Research Colloquium; #11414; Kelly; Course Website; Manning 214 (Wednesday only)
12:20-3:05 (Monday only)

501-001: Information Resources and Services; #2883; Vardell; Course Website; Manning 208

515: Consumer Health Information; #4266; Gollop; Course Website; Manning 303

12:20-3:05 (Wednesday only)

513-001: Resource Selection and Evaluation; #2858; Flaherty; Course Website; Manning 001

520-002: Organization of Information; #10630; Hill; Course Website; Manning 014

585-001: Management for Information Professionals; #2869; Jarrahi; Course Website; Manning 208

781-001: Proposal Development; #10195; Lee; Course Website; Manning 307 (1.5 credits, course meets August 19-September 30) 

841: Seminar in Academic Libraries; #10639; Moran; Course Website; Manning 303

3:35-4:50

151-002: Retrieving and Analyzing Information; #10649; Clemens; Course Website; Manning 208

500-002: Human Information Interactions; #7818; Brennan; Course Website; Manning 304

560: Programming for Information Professionals; #8701; Boone; Course Website; Manning 117

690-241: National Archives: Politics, Memory, and Public History; #13864; Ahmed; Course Website; Manning 014 (1.5 credits, Meets October 12-December 2)

4:00-5:00 890-235: Health Informatics Seminar; #13865; Travers; Course Website; Health Sciences Library 227 (1 credit, Wednesday only)
5:00-6:15 707: Government Documents; #13866; Hayslett; Course Website; Manning 014
6-7:15

690-228: Project Management; #13662;Nguyen; Course Website; Manning 307 (1.5 credits, meets October 21- December 2)

6-8:45 (Monday only)

572: Web Development I; #18875; Hassell; Course Website; Manning 208 (1.5 credits, meets August 24-October 12)

690-187: Information Assurance; #13876; Hassell; Course Website; Manning 208 (1.5 credits, meets October 19-November 30)

6-8:45 (Wednesday only) 382: Information Systems Analysis and Design; #13877; Casden; Course Website; Manning 304
Tuesday/Thursday

Time

Course information and call numbers

8:00-9:15

161-001: Tools for Information Literacy; #2840; Bergquist; Course Website; Manning 307

721: Cataloging Theory and Practice; #13867; Gunther/Keizer; Course Website; Manning 208

9:30-10:45

151-003: Retrieving and Analyzing Information; #10969; Maneiro; Course Website; Manning 001

201-002: Foundations of Information Science; #8706; Bergquist; Course Website; Manning 307

530: Young Adult Literature; #10132; Hughes-Hassell; Course Website; Manning 304

582-001: Systems Analysis and Design; #2896; Gotz; Course Website; Manning 208

620: Web Information Organization; #13136; Shaw; Course Website; Manning 014

690-172: Usability Testing and Evaluation; #13135; Capra; Course Website; Manning 117

690-207: Community Archiving; #12441; Anthony; Course Website; Manning 303

11:00-12:15pm

161-002: Tools for Information Literacy; #9250; Bergquist; Course Website; Manning 307

202: Retrieval and Organizing Systems; #13137; Haas; Course Website; Manning 303

500-001: Human Information Interactions; #4262; Martin; Course Website; Manning 014

523-001: Database Systems I; #2836; Bodenheimer; Course Website; Manning 117

585-002: Management for Information Professionals; #8710; Moran; Course Website; Manning 208

700: Scholarly Communication; #13140; Hemminger; Course Website; Manning 214 (1.5 credits, meets October 6-December 1)

753: Preservation of Library and Archive Materials; #13878; Hart; Course Website; Murphey 118

781-002: Proposal Development; #10260; Hemminger; Course Website; Manning 304 (1.5 credits, meets August 18-October 1)

12:30-1:45

201-001: Foundations of Information Science; #3790; Shaw; Course Website; Manning 307

385: Information Use for Organizational Effectiveness; #2839; Jarrahi; Course Website; Manning 208

523-003: Database Systems I; #11015; Capra; Course Website; Manning 001

582-003: Systems Analysis; #10804; Campbell; Course Website; Manning 304

690-224: Visual Analytics; #13142; Gotz; Course Website; Manning 014

706: Biomedical Informatics Research Review; #13868; Hemminger; Course Website; Manning 214 (1.5 credits, Tuesday only)

754: Access, Outreach, and Public Service in Cultural Heritage Repositories; #13443; Anthony; Course Website; Manning 303

2:00-3:15

889: Seminar in Teaching Practice; #4264; Anthony; Course Website; Manning 214 (Tuesday only)

2:00-4:45 (Tuesday only)

501-002: Information Resources and Services; #10640; Gollop; Course Website; Manning 001

509-001: Information Retrieval; #2693; Kelly; Course Website; Manning 307

513-002: Resource Selection and Evaluation; #8929; Patillo; Course Website; Manning 014

690-220: Disaster Planning for Libraries; #13147; Flaherty; Course Website; Manning 303 (1.5 credits, meets October 13- December 1)

752: Digital Preservation and Access; #4292; Tibbo; Course Website; Manning 304

781-003: Proposal Development; #10631; Flaherty; Course Website;  Manning 208 (1.5 credits, meets August 18-September 29)

 2:00-4:45 (Thursday only)

520-003: Organization of Information; #10648; Maron; Course Website; Manning 014

561: Digital Forensics for the Curation of Digital Collections; #14262; Lee/Woods; Course Website; Manning 117

881: Research Issues and Questions I; #3797; Wildemuth; Course Website; Manning 303

5:15-8pm (Thursday)

623: Database Systems II; #13869; Carter; Course Website; Manning 208

 6:00-8:45 (Tuesday only)

525: Electronic Records Management; #13628; Eubank; Course Website; Manning 014

581-003: Research Methods Overview; #13870; Rawson; Course Website; Manning 208

582-002: Systems Analysis; #8930; Urquhart; Course Website; Manning 307

6:00-8:45 (Thursday only) 558: Principles and Techniques of Storytelling; #3803; Sturm; Course Website; Manning 307

 

Friday

Time

Course information and call numbers

9:00-11:45

690-239: Everyday Life Information Practices; #13623; Thomson; Course Website; Manning 303 (1.5 credits, meets August 21-September 25)

690-240: Emotions in Information Interactions; #13624; Thomson; Course Website; Manning 303 (1.5 credits, meets October 2-November 20)

Saturday

Time

Course information and call numbers

9:00-3:45

554: Cultural Institutions; #13152; Tibbo; Course Website; Manning 303 (meets August 22, 29; September 12, 26; October 10, 24; and November 7, 21) 

 

WEB

Time

Course information and call numbers

WEB

523-02W: Database Systems 1: # 7896; Haas; Course Website; WEB

690-163W: Information Analytics; #10270; Rajasekar; Course Website; WEB (3 credits)

710-01W: Evidence Based Medicine; #8741; Schardt/Myatt; Course Website; WEB

720-01W: Metadata; #14054; Feinberg; Course Website; WEB

725-01W: Electronic Health Records; #13663; Shin; Course Website; WEB

WISE

Course information and call numbers

WEB

To sign up for a WISE class please contact Dr. Claudia Gollop, WISE coordinator

890-01W: Grant Writing; #9227; Shaffer-Mannion

890-02W: Library Fundraising; #TBA; Shaffer-Mannion

890-03W: Project Management for Information Systems; #9228; Minks

890-04W: Social Informatics;#9229; Hussey

890-05W: Telecommunications and Information Professionals; #9230; Denny