Course

Title

Texts

LSC 502

Mgmt of Library and Information Services

Required text:
Bolman, Lee G. and Terrence E. Deal (2003) Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice and Leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Optional text:
Stueart, Robert D and Barbara B. Moran. Library and Information Center Management. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited. (Selected chapters only) Notes will be posted/ provided

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. (ISBN 978-1-59158-406-3)

LSC 503

Collection Development

LSC 504

Reference and Information Services

Required texts:

Casssell, Kay Ann and Uma Hiremath. Reference and Information Services in the 21st Century. NY:      Neal-Schuman, 2006.

Optional texts:

Bopp, Richard G. and Linda C. Smith (eds.) Reference and Information Services. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2001.

Frost, William J. (ed.) The Reference Collection: From The Shelf Of The Web. N.Y : Haworth Information Press.

LSC 504

Reference and Information Services

LSC 505

Organization of Information

Required text:

Ma, Yan. (Current). LSC505 Course Package. (Required). [It has to be purchased at or from the Rhode Island Book Company].

Taylor, Arlene. (2006). Introduction to Cataloging and Classification (Rev. 10th ed.). Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. (Required).

Optional texts:

Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd ed. (2005 revision). Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-3556-7 (Recommended). (URI Bookstore has this book at the price of $85. You can purchase it. Call the Bookstore before you go. If you have bought the 2005 update, that will be better).

Furrie, Betty. (1998). Understanding MARC. (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. (Recommended). Or: http://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/

Maxwell, Robert L. (2003). Maxwell's Handbook for AACR2: Explaining and Illustrating the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Through the 2003 Update. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN: 0838908756. (Recommended)

Required text:

Gorman, M. (1998). Technical Services Today and Tomorrow. 2nd Edition. Englewood Cliffs, CO: Libraries Unlimited. (ISBN: 1-56308-590-9)

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 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 522

LSC 524

Teaching About Information

Required texts:

Information Literacy Instruction: Theory and Practice by Esther Grassian and Joan R. Kaplowitz. (I) NY: Neal-Schuman, 2001

Gilton, Donna. Teaching About Information.   http://www.uri.edu/artsci/lsc/Faculty/gilton/Index.html

Information Literacy Competencies for Higher Education. Chicago: ALA. ACRL, 2000.   

The Nine Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning. Chicago: ALA, 1998.

Information Power: Building Partnerships For Learning. Chicago: ALA, 1998  pp. 8-44.

Optional texts:

Learning to Lead and Manage Information Literacy Instruction.By Esther S. Grassian, Joan R. Kaplowitz (II) NY: Neal-Schuman, 2005.

Teaching the Library to Today’s Users: Reaching International, Minority, Senior Citizens, Gay/Lesbian, First Generation, At-Risk, Graduate and Returning Students, and Distance Learners. Edited by Trudi Jacobson and Helene C. Williams. NY: Neal-Schumann, 2000

LSC 529

Information Design

LSC 530

Reading Interests of Children

Norton, Diane. Through the Eyes of a Child. Pearson.
ISBN: 9780131999619
(This includes access to a supplementary website; if you do not buy the textbook, access to the website can be purchased separately.)

LSC 535

Public Library Youth Services

Required texts:
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries, 3rd ed., by Patrick Jones, Michele Gorman, and Tricia Suellentrop (Neal-Schuman, 2004, ISBN: 1555705081)

Crash Couse in Children’s Services, by Penny Peck (Libraries Unlimited, 2008, ISBN: 1591583527)

Fasick, Adele and Leslie E. Holt. Managing Children's
Services in the Public Library, 3rd. ed. Libraries
Unlimited, 2007. (ISBN: 1591584124)

LSC 541

Social Science Information

Required texts:

Herron, Nancy (general editor). The Social Sciences: A Cross-Disciplinary Guide to Selected Sources. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2002.

Optional texts:

Li, Tze-chung. Social Science Reference Sources: A Practical Guide. New York: Greenwood, 2000. Ref Z 7161 Al L5 2000

Webb, William H. and Associates. Sources of Information in the Social Sciences. Chicago: ALA, 1986. Z 7161 WZ716 1. S666 1986. (On reserve.)

LSC 543

Government Publications

LSC 548

Information Architecture

LSC 557

Research & Evaluation for LIS

LSC 564

Introduction to Library Preservation

LSC 596

School Library Media Practicum & Seminar

Required texts:

Campbell, Dorothy M., et al. How to Develop a Professional Portfolio. 4th Edition. (Allyn & Bacon, 2006) Paperback.

Esquith, Rafe. Teach Like Your Hair’s On Fire. (Viking, 2007) (ISBN 978-0-670-03815-2)

Sizer, Theodore and Nancy. The Students Are Watching: Schools and the Moral Contract. (Beacon Press, 2000) Paperback (ISBN: 0807031216)

Tucker, Mark S. and Judy B. Codding. Standards For our Schools: How to Set Them, Measure Them, and Reach Them.  (Jossey Bass, 2002). Paperback

Optional texts:

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

Kern, Diane. Cliffs TestPrep Praxis II: Principles of Learning and Teaching. Paperback.

Course

Title

Texts

LSC 502

Mgmt of Library and Information Services

Required text:

Stueart, Robert D. and Barbara Moran. Library and Information Center Management. Seventh Edition. Libraries Unlimited, 2007. (ISBN13: 9781591584063) $50

LSC 505

Organization of Information

Required:

Taylor, A.G. (2003).  The Organization of Information. Second Edition.  Westport, CT::  Libraries Unlimited.  (ISBN: 1-56308-969-6; ISBN 13:978-1-56308-969-5)  $50

Caplan, P. (2003). Metadata Fundamentals for All Librarians.  Chicago:  American Library Association.  (ISBN:  0-8389-0847-0; ISBN 13:978-0-8389-0847-1)  $42

Recommended:

Chan, L.M.  (2007).  Cataloging and Classification.  Lanham, MD:  Scarecrow Press, Incorporated.  (ISBN: 0-8108-6000-7; ISBN 13:978-0-8108-6000-1)  $55

LSC 547

Online Searching and Services

Course

Title

Texts

LSC 504

Reference and Information Services

Required text:

Cassell, Kay Ann and Uma Hiremath. Reference and Information Services in the 21st Century. NY: Neal-Schuman. 2006. (ISBN 1-55570-563-4)
(paperback, $65)

LSC 525

Multiculturalism in Libraries

LSC 531

Reading Interests of Young Adults

Required text:
Dresang, Eliza T. Radical Change: Books for Youth in the Digital Age, New York: Wilson, 1999.

The following are books the class will read together and discussed.

Morrison, Toni The Bluest Eye

Na, An  A Step From Heaven

Myers, Walter Dean Monster

Hesse, Karen Out of the Dust

Bruchac, Joseph Hidden Roots

Alexi, Sherman Diary of a Part Time Indian

Kidd, Sue Monk Secret Life of Bees

Alvarez, Julia In the Time of the Butterflies

Rowlings, JK Harry Potter (the first in the series)

LeHaye, Tim Left Behind (first in the series)

Putnam, Phillip The Golden Compass (first in series)

LSC 537

Health Sciences Librarianship