Required Texts Fall 2007

Rhode Island Courses

Course

Title

Required texts

LSC 502

Mgmt of Library and Information Services

LSC 503

Collection Development

Required text:
Evans, G. Edward. Developing Library and Information Center Collections. Fifth edition. Libraries Unlimited, 2005.

LSC 504

Reference and Information Services

LSC 505

Organization of Information

Required texts: American Libary Association. Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules-Kit (New) . Revised Edition 05. (ISBN: 9780838935569)

Taylor. Wynar's Intro. to Cataloging & Classification. 10th Edition 06. (ISBN: 9781591582359)

Recommended texts: Maxwell. Maxwell's Handbook for AACR2. Edition 04. (ISBN: 9780838908754)

LSC 508

Intro to Info Science and Technology

Required texts :
Beekman, G., & Quinn, M. J. (2008). Tomorrow's Technology and You, Complete. Eighth Edition. New York: Prentice-Hall. (ISBN: 0132297205) ( Table of Contents )

Williams, R., & Tollett, J. (2006). The Non-Designer's Web Book. Third Edition. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press. (ISBN:0-321-30337-7) ( Table of Contents )

Optional texts: (On Reserve in the URI Library):

Norton, M.J. (2000). Introductory Concepts in Information Science. New York: Information Today, Inc. (ISBN: 1573870870) ( Table of Contents )

LSC 520

School Library Media Services

Required Texts:
AASL and AECT. Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning . Chicago: ALA, 1998.

Callison, Daniel and Leslie Preddy. The Blue Book on Information Age Inquiry, Instruction and Literacy . Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2006. ISBN: 1-59158-325-X

Eisenberg, Michael B. and Robert E. Berkowitz. The Definitive Big6 Workshop Handbook . Third Edition. Ohio: Linworth, 2003.

Wong, Harry and Rosemary Wong. How to be an Effective Teacher: The First Days of School. Harry K. Wong Publications, Inc. 2004. ISBN: 0-9629360-6-5.

LSC 521

Public Library Services

Required text:
Nelson, S. (2001). New Planning for Results. Chicago: ALA. (ISBN: 0-8389-3504-4)

Optional text:

Baker, S.L., & Wallace, K.L. (2002). The Responsive Public Library: How to Develop and Market a Winning Collection. Second Edition. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited. (ISBN: 1-56308-648-4)

LSC 523

Special Library Services

LSC 525

Multiculturalism in Libraries

LSC 527

Information Literacy Instruction

Required Texts:
Grassian, Esther S. and Kaplowitz, Joan R. Information Literacy Instruction . New York: Schuman Publishers, Inc. 2001.

Burkhardt, Joanna M., MacDonald, Mary C., Rathemacher, Andree. Teaching Information Literacy: 35 Practical Standards-based Exercises for College Students . Chicago: ALA, 2003.

LSC 528

Instructional Technology in Library and Information Services

LSC 531

Reading Interests of Young Adults

Radical Change: Books for Youth in a Digital Age, by Eliza T. Dresang, 1st ed. (New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1999).

LSC 533

Digital Resoruces for Children and Teens

LSC 545

Indexing and Abstracting

LSC 547

Online Searching and Services

No required text

LSC 549

Information Storage and Retrieval

LSC 557

Research & Evaluation for LIS

Required: Powell, Ronald, R. and Connaway, Lynn, Silipigni. Basic Research Methods for Librarians. Libraries Unlimited 4th Edition 2004. (ISBN# 1591581125)

LSC 562

Administration of Special Collections, Archives, and Manuscripts

Required: Bradsher, James, G. editor. Managing Archives and Archival Institutions. Univeristy of Chicago 1991.

LSC 597

Library Fundraising

Required: Gerding, Stephanie, K. and MacKellar, Pamela, H. Grants for Libraries. Neal-Schuman 2006. (ISBN# 1555705359)

Swan, James. Fundraising for Libraries. Neal-Schuman 2002. (ISBN# 1555704336)

New Hampshire Courses
(Universtiy of New Hampshire at Durham)

Course

Title

Required texts

LSC 503

Collection Development

LSC 506

Technical Services

LSC 508

Intro to Info Science and Technology

Required texts :
Beekman, G., & Quinn, M. J. (2008). Tomorrow's Technology and You, Complete. Eighth Edition. New York: Prentice-Hall. (ISBN: 0132297205) ( Table of Contents )

Williams, R., & Tollett, J. (2006). The Non-Designer's Web Book. Third Edition. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press. (ISBN:0-321-30337-7) ( Table of Contents )

Optional texts: (On Reserve in the URI Library):

Norton, M.J. (2000). Introductory Concepts in Information Science. New York: Information Today, Inc. (ISBN: 1573870870) ( Table of Contents )

Massachusetts Courses
(Worcester State College)

Course

Title

Required texts

LSC 502

Management of Library and Information Services

Required: Stueart, Robert D. and Moran, Barbara B. Library Information Center Management. Libraries Unlimited, 2007 7the edition. (ISBN# 9781591584063)

LSC 505

Organization of Information

LSC 515

Information Ethics and Intellectual Freedom

Required: Kranich, Nancy. Libraries and Democracy: The Cornerstones of Liberty. American Library Association, 2001. (ISBN# 9780838908082)

American Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom. Intellectual Freedom Manual. American Library Association 7th Ed. 2006. (ISBN# 9780838935613)

Tavani, Herman, T. Ethics and Technology: Ethical Issues in an Age of Information and Communication Technology. John Wiley and Sons 2nd edition 2006. (ISBN# 9780471998037)

LSC 524

Teaching About Information