SUMMER 2007 Required Texts

REQUIRED TEXTS FOR SUMMER 2007

ALTERNATIVE TERM: TWELVE DAYS (JUNE 4-15, 2007)

Course	Course Title	Texts

LSC 597	Seminar in Chinese Librarianship

ALTERNATIVE TERMS: ONE WEEK

Course	Course Title	Texts

LSC 517	Community Relations for Libraries
LSC 597	Leadership in Libraries
LSC 527	Information Literacy Instruction for Librarians	Grassian, Esther S. and Kaplowitz, Joan R. Information Literacy Instruction. New York: Schuman Publishers, Inc. 2001. (ISBN: 1555704069) Burkhardt, Joanna M., MacDonald, Mary C., Rathemacher, Andree. Teaching Information Literacy: 35 Practical Standards-based Exercises for College Students. Chicago: ALA, 2003. (ISBN: 0838908543)

ALTERNATIVE TERM: TEN WEEKS (MAY 21 - JULY 26, 2007 )

Course	Course Title	Texts

LSC 505	Organization of Information	Required Texts: Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd ed. (2005 revision). Chicago: American Library Association. (Required). ISBN 0-8389-3556-7 (URI Bookstore has this book at the price of $35. You can purchase it. Call the Bookstore before you go. If you have bought the 2005 update, that will be better). Ma, Yan. (Current). LSC505 Course Package.. [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. Recommended Texts: Furrie, Betty. (2003). Understanding MARC. (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. 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.
LSC 508	Introduction to Information Science & Technology	Required texts: Beekman, G., & Quinn, M. J. (2006). Computer Confluence. Seventh Edition. New York: Prentice-Hall. (ISBN: 0-13-15253-1X) (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): Covell, A. (1999). Digital Convergence: How the Merging of Computers, Communications and Multimedia is Transforming Our Lives. Newport, RI: Aegis Publishing Group, Ltd. (ISBN: 1-890154-16-4) (Table of Contents) Norton, M.J. (2000). Introductory Concepts in Information Science. New York: Information Today, Inc. (ISBN: 1573870870) (Table of Contents)
LSC 529	Information Design	Required texts: Covell, A. (2004). Digital Convergence Phase 2: A Field Guid for Creator-Collaborators. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing L.L.C. (ISBN: 1 58874 372 1) Pettersson, R. (2002). Information Design: an Introduction. Philadelphia, PA: John Bejamins North America. (ISBN: 1 58811 338 8) Sevilla, C. (2002). Information Design Desk Reference. Menlo Park, CA: Crisp Learning. (ISBN: 1 56052 610 6) Optional texts: (should be available in the library): Jenkins, H. (2006). Convergence Culture: Where old and new media collide. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-4281-5 Williams, R. The Non-Designer's Design Book. Berkeley, CA:Peachpit Press. (ISBN: 1 56609 159 4)
LSC 544	Visual Information Science	Required Texts: Moore, David and Dwyer, Francis. (1994). Visual Literacy: A Spectrum of Visual Learning. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications. It is only available at the Rhode Island Book Company. It is called "Course Packet of Moore's Visual Literacy Book" Rubin, Richard. (2004). Foundations of Library and Information Science. New York : Neal Schuman. Recommended Texts: Barry, Ann Marie. (1997). Visual intelligence: perception, image, and manipulation in visual communication. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. ISBN: 0791434362 Tufte, Edward R. (2001). The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd ed. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press. ISBN: 0961392142 Tufte, Edward R. (1990). Envisioning Information. Cheshire , CT : Graphics Press. Tufte, Edward R. (1997). Visual Explanations : Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative. Cheshire , CT : Graphics Press.
LSC 547	Online Searching and Services	No required textbooks; all materials will be provided in class
LSC 548	Information Architecture	Rosenfeld, L., & Morville, P. (2006). Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. Third edition. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Assocciates. (ISBN: 0-596-00035-9) (Table of Contents) Stielow, F. (1999). Creating a Virtual Library. New York: Neil-Schuman Publishers, Inc. (ISBN: 1-55570-346-1) (Table of Contents) Williams, R., & Tollett, J. (2000). The Non-Designer's Web Book. Second edition. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press. (ISBN: 0-321-30337-7) (Table of Contents)
LSC 557	Research & Evaluation in LIS	Required Textbook: Katzer, J., Cooper, 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 Recommended text: Rowntree, D. (2004). Statistics Without Tears: A Primer for Non-Mathematicians— Classic Ed. Boston: Pearson, ISBN 0-205-39509-0
LSC 597	Digital Libraries

ALTERNATIVE TERM: EIGHT WEEKS (MAY 21 - JULY 9, 2007 )

Course	Course Title	Texts

LSC 504	Reference & Information Services	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).

TERM II (JUNE 25 - JULY 26, 2007 )

Course	Course Title	Texts

LSC 502	Management of Library & Information Services	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. Sixth Edition. Libraries Unlimited, 2002. (ISBN: 1563089904)
LSC 503	Collection Development
LSC 520	School Library Media Services	AASL and AECT. Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning. Chicago: ALA, 1998. (ISBN: 0838934706) 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. (ISBN: 1586831593) 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 530	Reading Interests of Children	Kiefer, Barbara et all. Charlotte Huck's Children's Literature, 9th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2007. 007312298X/978-0073122984 The 2006 version with CD-ROM is also okay - 0073310212/978-0073310213
LSC 531	Reading Interests of Young Adults
LSC 541	Library Materials in the Social Sciences

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