Required Texts Fall 2009

Rhode Island Courses

Course

Title

Required texts

LSC 502

Mgmt of Library and Information Services

Required text:

Library and Information Center Mangement, Seventh edition, Stueart. Libraries Unlimited,2007

LSC 503

Collection Development

LSC 504

Reference and Information Services

LSC 505

Organization of Information

 

LSC 508

Intro to Info Science and Technology

Required texts:

Courtney, N. (2007). Library 2.0 and Beyond. Innovative Technologies and Tomorrow's user. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited. (ISBN: 1-59158-537-6)

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

Optional texts:

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

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

LSC 515

Information Ethics

Required texts:

American Library Association. Office of Intellectual Freedom. Intellectual Freedom Manual. 7th ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 2006. (ISBN# 9780838935613)

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

Tavani, Herman T. Ethics & Technology: Ethical Issues in an Age of Information and Communication Technology. 2nd ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, 2007. (ISBN# 9780471998037)

Optional texts:

Preer, Jean. Library Ethics. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2008. (ISBN 9781591586364)

LSC 520

School Library Media Services

LSC 521

Public Library Services

 

LSC 523

Special Library Services

 

LSC 525

Multiculturalism in Libraries

 

LSC 527

Information Literacy Instruction

Required texts:

Cox, Christopher N. and Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay. Information Literacy Instruction Handbook. American Library Association. 2008 ISBN: 0838909639 (10 digit)

Grassian, Esther S. and Joan Kaplowitz. Information Literacy Instruction: Theory and Practice. Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2nd edition, July 30, 2009

Burkhardt, Joanna M. , Mary C. MacDonald and Andree Rathemacher. Teaching Information Literacy: 35 Practical Standard-based Exercises for College Students. American Library Association. 2003. ISBN: 0838908543 (10 digit)

LSC 528

Instructional Technology in Library and Information Services

Required texts:

Smaldino, S.E, Lowther, D.L. & Russell, J.D. (2008). Instructional Technology and Media for Learning. Ninth edition. New York: Prentice-Hall Publishing Co. ISBN 0-13-239174-0

Williams, R. (2004). The Non-Designer's Design Book. Third edition. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press. ISBN 0321534042

LSC 531

Reading Interests of Young Adults

LSC 533

Digital Resources for Children and Teens

LSC 545

Indexing and Abstracting

LSC 547

Online Searching and Services

Recommended texts:

Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval.
G.G. Chowdhury
London: Facet Publishing, c2004. 2nd edition
ISBN: 1-85604-480-7

Information Retrieval Today.
Lancaser, F. Wilfrid and Warner, Amy.
Arlington VA: Information Resources Press. 1993
ISBN: 0-87815-064-1 (paperback)

Online Retrieval: A Dialogue of Theory and Practice.
Walker, Geraldene and Janes, Joseph.
Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited. 1999 2nd Edition
ISBN: 1-56308-657-3 (paperback)

The extreme searcher's Internet handbook : a guide for the serious searcher. Hock, Randolph, Medford, N.J. : CyberAge Books, c2007, 2nd edition ISBN: 9780910965767

LSC 557

Research & Evaluation for LIS

Required texts:

Powell, R. R. and Connaway, L.S. (2004) Basic Research Methods for Librarians—4th ed. Westport, CT : Libraries Unlimited. ISBN1-59158-112-5

Katzer, J., Cook, K.H. and Crouch, W. (1998). Evaluting Information: A Guide for the Users of Social Science Research—4th ed. Boston, McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-034309-8

LSC 562

Administration of Special Collections, Archives, and Manuscripts

Required text:

Managing Archives and Archival Institutions, edited by James Gregory Bradsher.

New Hampshire Courses
(Universtiy of New Hampshire at Durham)

Course

Title

Required texts

LSC 502
Mgmt of Library and Information Services

Required texts:

Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman: Certain Private Conversations In Two Acts and a Requiem. Penguin, 1949.

Stueart, Robert D. and Barbara Moran. Library and Information Center Management. Seventh Edition. Libraries Unlimited, 2007.

LSC 505

Organization of Information

LSC 528

Instructional Technology in LIS

Required texts:

Smaldino, S.E, Lowther, D.L. & Russell, J.D. (2008). Instructional Technology and Media for Learning. Ninth edition. New York: Prentice-Hall Publishing Co. ISBN 0-13-239174-0

Williams, R. (2004). The Non-Designer's Design Book. Third edition. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press. ISBN 0321534042.

 

Massachusetts Courses
(Worcester State College)

Course

Title

Required texts

LSC 504

Reference and Information Services

Required text:

Cassell, Kay Ann and Uma Hiremath.  Reference and Information Services in the 21st Century.  2nd edition. NY: Neal-Schuman. 2009.
ISBN 9781555706722 (paperback, $69.95)

LSC 508
Intro to Info Science and Technology

Required texts:

Courtney, N. (2007). Library 2.0 and Beyond. Innovative Technologies and Tomorrow's user. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited. (ISBN: 1-59158-537-6)

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

Optional texts:

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

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

 

LSC 557

Research & Evaluation for LIS

Required text:

Basic Research Methods for Librarians.
Ronald R. Powell, Lynn Silipigni Connaway. 4th ed. (Westport, CT : Libraries
Unlimited, 2004) 1-59158-112-5 (paperback)

LSC 524

Teaching About Information