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Graduate School of Library and Information Studies

Required Texts Summer 2010

REQUIRED TEXTS FOR SUMMER 2010

TERM I: FIVE WEEKS (MAY 24 - JUNE 25, 2010)

Course
Course Title
Texts
LSC 533
Digital Resources fo Children and Teens

 

ALTERNATIVE TERM: TEN WEEKS (MAY 24 - JULY 30, 2010)

Course
Course Title
Texts
LSC 502
Management of LIS

Required text:

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 Management

Required text:

Developing Library and Information Center Collections, 5th ed.
G. Edward Evans and Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro
Westport, Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited, 2005. 446 p. $45.00. ISBN 1-59158-218-0.
LSC 504
Reference & Information Services
  
LSC 505 Organization of Information

 
LSC 508
Introduction to Information Science & Technology

Required texts:

Burke, J.J. (2009). Neal-Schuman Library Technology Companion. (3rd ed.) New York: Neal-Schuman. (ISBN: 9781555706760)

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

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)

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

LSC 514 Information Policy  
LSC 517 Community Relations in Libraries


LSC 525 Multiculturalism in Libraries No texts are required
LSC 528 Instructional Technology in LIS

 
LSC 530 Reading Interests of Children  
LSC 544 Visual Information  
LSC 548 Information Architecture & Website Development  
LSC 557 Research & Evaluation in LIS


LSC 595 Professional Field Experience  

ALTERNATIVE TERM: SIX WEEKS (June 21-July 27, 2010)

Course
Course Title
Texts
LSC 527
Information Literacy Instruction

Required texts:

American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Standards for the 21st-Century Learner in Action Item Number: 978-0-8389-8507-6 Publisher: AASL/ALA 2009

Grassian, Esther S. and Kaplowitz, Joan R. Information Literacy Instruction:Theory and Practice, Second Edition. New York: Schuman Publishers, Inc. 2009. Paperback.

TERM II (JUNE 30-JULY 28, 2010)

Course
Course Title
Texts
LSC 520 School Library Media Services

Required texts:

American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Standards for the 21st-Century Learner in Action. Item Number: 978-0-8389-8507-6 Publisher: AASL/ALA 2009

American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs Item Number: 978-0-8389-8519-9 Publisher: AASL/ALA 2009

Eisenberg, Michael B. and Robert E. Berkowitz. The Definitive Big6 Workshop Handbook. Third Edition. Ohio: Linworth, 2003. ISBN:1-58683-159-3.

Esquith, Rafe. There Are No Shortcuts. (Anchor Books, 2004) Paperback: ISBN: 1-4000-3083-8.

Kern, Diane. Cliffs Test Prep Praxis II: Principles of Learning and Teaching. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2006.

Wong, Harry and Rosemary Wong. The First Days of School: How to be an Effective Teacher. Harry K. Wong Publications, Inc. 2009. ISBN:978-0-97642333-1-7

ALTERNATIVE TERM: TWO WEEKS (AUGUST 17 - AUGUST 27, 2010)

Course
Course Title
Texts
LSC 590
Introduction to Chinese Information Services