Master of Science Curriculum
The GSLIS master's curriculum is categorized into seven clusters that reflect
different aspects of library and information science:
These areas represent our school's perspective on the different professional roles in LIS. They have been designated to provide guidance to students with diverse backgrounds and goals who seek to develop a coherent program of study as well as match their talents and interests with the opportunities for work. The LIS student seeking to become a thoughtful generalist with a broad vision of service will choose courses balanced across the range of the categories. The LIS student desiring to concentrate in a specialized field will want to choose more courses in one or two categories while still sampling other areas.
Courses pertaining to each cluster, as well as the principal faculty overseeing each, are presented below.
Information organization and knowledge representation
(La Barre, McDonough, Renear, Twidale)
490AR Designing universally accessible WWW resources
490KN Visualizing and navigating knowledge networks
490UM Understanding multimedia information
490W2A Web structures and information architecture
507 Cataloging and classif I
511 Bibliography
577 Cataloging and classif II
581 Adm use archival materials
590CS Seminar in classification systems
590DM Document modeling
590EB Enumerative, descriptive, historical and textual bibliography
590I Indexing & abstracting
590IA Information architecture
590II Interfaces to information systems
590IM Information modeling
590IQ Information quality
590KR Knowledge representation and formal ontology
590KRW Document, text, work
590LW Web design and construction for organizations
590MD Metadata in theory and practice
590RM Records management
590RO Representing and organizing information resources
590TC Thesaurus construction
Information resources, uses and users
(MacMullen, Palmer, Smith, Unsworth)
458 Instruction and assistance sys
503 Use and users of information
504 Reference and info services
510 Adult public services
522 Info sources and svcs sciences
523 Info sources and svcs soc sci
524 Info sources and svcs arts hum
525 Government information
526 Searching online info systems
530A Music bibliography
530B Health sciences info services and resources
530C Slavic bibliography
530E Business information
530G Law (legal resources)
530M Bibliography of Africa
590AB 20 th century American bestsellers
590CD Collection development
590CD2 Current topics in collection development
590CTI Competitive intelligence
590DH Digital humanities
590IC Information consulting
590KK Adult popular literature
590RB Rare books and special collections librarianship
590TL Theological librarianship
Information systems
(Downie, Dubin, Gant, Heidorn)
451 Intro to network systems
452 Foundations info proc in LIS
453 Systems analysis and mgt
454 Network systems administration
456 Info storage and retrieval
490MU Museum informatics
490SE Search engines and information retrieval systems
556 Implement info stor and retr
590AMD Agents and multi-agents for dynamic info sms
590BDI Biodiversity informatics
590DE Design of digitally mediated information services
590DI Digital libraries: research and practice
590DP Document processing
590EP Electronic publishing and information processing standards
590RPE Rapid prototyping and evaluation
History, economics, policy
(Elichirigoity, Rayward, Schiller)
490BA Book arts seminar
490SH Contemporary culture and info industry
490TC Social history of US telecommunications
490WT Wireless technology and society
512 History of libraries
549 Economics of information
590GC Political economy of global communications & information
590HB History of the book
590HCP History of library services to the public
590HPI Historical perspectives on information infrastructure
590IL Global perspectives in library and information science
590IP Information policy
590LI Legal issues in library & information science
590TI Telegraph to Internet: The structure and policy of network infrastructures
Management and evaluation
(Weech)
505 Adm mgt libs info centers
544 Library cooperation and networks
548 Library buildings
578 Technical services functions
582 Preserving info resources
590CM Change management
590EV Evaluating programs and services
590FM Financial management
590ISM Information service marketing
590RE Intro to LIS research methods
590S Human resource mgt in libs & info ctrs
590SL Special library administration
Social, community, and organizational informatics
(Alkalimat, Bishop, Bruce, Gasser, Haythornthwaite, Kendall, Williams)
490CIC Community Informatics Corps
490GC Game culture and technology
490IE Information ethics
590CI Community information systems
590CMC Computer-mediated communication
590CW Computer supported cooperative work
590EL E-learning: Social and technical issues
590IBL Inquiry-based learning
590PT Pragmatic technology
590RGS Race, gender and sexuality in the information professions
590SJ Social justice in the information professions
590SN Social networks and information
Masters students may pursue a specialization in Community Informatics.
Youth literature and services
(Jenkins, McDowell, Tilley)
403 Lit and resources children
404 Lit and resources young adults
409 Storytelling
506 Youth services librarianship
514 History of children's lit
590IF Intellectual freedom & library services for youth
590LR Literacy, reading & readers
590ML Media literacy and youth
590NF Information Books and Resources for Youth
590SC Critical studies in children's lit
590SM School library media centers
