Classes and Course Work:
Fall 2006.
LIS 660:Info. Sources & Systems in Sciences
Bibliographical structure and sources in the basic and applied sciences, including physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, agriculture, engineering. Includes field component.
- Subject Area Reference (pdf)
LIS 612: History of Books & Libraries
History of written communication: the recording, preservation, and transmission of knowledge. Development of libraries from earliest times through the 20th century as instruments of cultural transmission.
- Bibliotheca Alexandria (pdf)
LIS 606: Adv. Cataloging
Continues LIS 605 with study of authority work, and further study of non-book materials cataloging, including electronic and Internet resources. Extensive use is made of OCLC Connexion cataloging client.
LIS 670: Intro. to Information Science & Technology
Survey of topics. Lectures and discussions emphasize practice, problems and theory relating to information storage, retrieval and dissemination provision technology in libraries and information centers.
American Studies 451: Popular Culture
Major themes, modes, and media of popular or mass culture in the United States; emphasis on cultural trends and social implications.
Langguages and Literature of Europe and the Americas 270
Monsters, freaks and otherness in literature, film, history and medicine.