REQUIRED TEXTS FOR SUMMER 2008

ALTERNATIVE TERMS: ONE WEEK

Course
Course Title
Texts
LSC 517
Community Relations for Libraries

Required Textbook:

Woodward, Jeannette. Creating the Customer-Driven Library. American Library
Association, 2005. ISBN: 0-8389-0888-8

Recommended Textbook:

Siess, Judith A. The Visible Librarian. American Library Association, 2003.
ISBN# 0-8389-0848-9

LSC 527 Information Literacy Instruction for Librarians

 

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

Course
Course Title
Texts
LSC 505 Organization of Information

Required Textbooks:

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. ISBN 1591582350

Recommended Textbooks:

Furrie, Betty. (2003). Understanding MARC. (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Free at: http://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/

Maxwell, Robert L. (2007). Maxwell's Handbook for AACR2: Explaining and Illustrating the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules and the 1993 Amendments. Any Publishers. ISBN 0838907040.

LSC 508
Introduction to Information Science & 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 514 Information Policy Required Textbook:
Braman, Sandra (2006). Change of state: Information, policy, and power. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. (ISBN 978-0-262-02597-3)
LSC 528 Instructional Technology in Library and Information Services


LSC 540 Humanities Information and Mateials  
LSC 548 Information Architecture Required Textbooks:
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:
Powell, R. R. and Connaway, L.S. (2004) Basic Research Methods for LibrariansÑ4th ed. Westport, CT : Libraries Unlimited. ISBN1-59158-112-5

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

Course
Course Title
Texts
LSC 504
Reference & Information Services
Required Textbooks:

Cassell, Kay Ann and Uma Hiremath. (2006) Reference and Information Services in the 21st Century: An Introduction. Neal-Schuman Publishers: New York ISBN: 9781555705633

Mann, Thomas. (2005) Oxford Guide to Library Research. Oxford University Press: New York. ISBN: 9780195189988

Recommended/Optional Textbooks:

Bopp, Richard and Linda C. Smith. 3rd rev. edition. (2000) Reference and Information Services. Libraries Unlimited ISBN: 9781563086243

Janes, Joseph. (2003) Introduction to Reference Work in the Digital Age. Neal-Schuman Publishers: New York. ISBN: 9781555704292

TERM II (JUNE 25 - JULY 26, 2007 )

Course
Course Title
Texts
LSC 502
Management of Library & Information Services

 

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

 

LSC 533 Digital Resources for Children and Teens  
LSC 597 Multicultural Literature for Children and Youth  

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