University of Hawaii at Manoa

Library & Information Science Program

LIS 610 / Introduction to Library & Information Science

Assistant Professor Andrew Wertheimer

SAMPLE STUDENT PAPERS

Caution: Requirements do change greatly each semseter. For instructions, please consult your syllabus and your class notes.

INFORMATION NEEDS

• Mary Louise HARAGUCHI: Reflections on Library Use and Information Needs Survey [HTML]
• Annie THOMAS: From 5th Grade to Waiahole: An Analysis of a Brief Survey of the Library Use and Information Needs of Five People in my Community [PDF]

LIS CAREERS & PERSONAL OBJECTIVES

• ANON: A Look into the School-Librarian-Crystal-Ball [HTML]
• ANON: My Adventure Into The Dubious Career Of Cataloging Librarian [HTML]
• Erin BLAD, Librarianship in the Big Apple [HTML]
• Robyn CHINAKA: In Pursuit of the Ideal Library Position [HTML]
• Gwen KUSHIYAMA: Law Librarian  [PDF]
• Lynette TERUYA: Japanese Language & Culture  [HTML]
• Annie THOMAS: The Quest for the Perfect Job: Employment Trends and Qualifications for Public Librarians in Youth Services [PDF]
• Victoria VALLEJOS: The Job Market for Public Librarians [PDF]

STUDENT PORTFOLIO AND VITAE (see links from each year's class homepage)

HISTORICAL OR BIOGRAPHICAL PAPER

• ANON: Boston Public Library [HTML]
• ANON: Caldecott Medal [HTML]
• ANON: William Frederick Poole: The Accidental Librarian [HTML]
• Cheryl CRAIN: Lessons of the Main: History of the San Francisco Public Library  [HTML]
• Mary Louise HARAGUCHI: The Poetic Legacy of Archibald MacLeish [PDF]
• Yuri KENNEY & Cindy WAGNER: Effie Louise Power: Pioneer Children’s Librarian [PDF]
• Gwen KUSHIYAMA: Charles Ami Cutter  [PDF]
• Jen OGG: Ida Kidder: Western Librarian  [HTML]
• Avis POAI :The Honolulu Library and Reading Room Association [HTML]
• Lynette TERUYA: ARCHIBALD MACLEISH:  Man of Many Occupations [HTML]
• Cristina WATSON: Benjamin Franklin  [HTML]

ASSIGNMENT (ALTERNATIVE): ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW WITH AN LIS PROFESSIONAL

BRIEF INTERNATIONAL STUDY

[OPTION A]  give an overview of the LIS context in one nation

• ANON: Librarianship in Germany [HTML]
• Avis POAI :The South African Constitutional Court Library [HTML]
• Janel QUIRANTE: Librarianship in the Philippines [HTML]

[OPTION B]

• Robyn CHINAKA: La Bibliothèque Mazarine: France’s First Public Library [HTML]
• Jen OGG: The Modern Bibliotheca Alexandria  [HTML]

RESEARCH CRITIQUE

• ANON: Preparing School Library Media Specialists for the New Century [HTML]
• Gail WEISZ: What Do Librarians Think About Marketing [HTML]
• Judy YAMANE:  A Tolerant School Library Selection [PDF] 

LIS PHILOSOPHICAL POSITION PAPER

• ANON: Intellectual Freedom and the Patriot Act: An Exercise in Balance [HTML]
• Mary Louise HARAGUCHI: The Ramifications of the Patriot Act on Libraries [PDF] 
• Avis POAI :The Constitutionality of CIPA [HTML]
• Annie THOMAS: Public Libraries: Consumer Spaces or Public Places? [PDF] 
• Cristina WATSON & Gwen KUSHIYAMA:  Librarian Advocacy in Academic Online Publishing  [HTML]
• Judy YAMANE:  Public Library Websites for YAs  [HTML]