Examines historical development of the public library and its roles in society. Topics considered include the environment of public libraries; organization and management; information needs of client groups; information resources and services provided to clients; and trends developments in public libraries.

An intensive study of trends in school media centers with emphasis on research, technology, and the role of the school media specialist in the school curriculum.

Intellectual and administrative aspects of building, maintaining and evaluating library collections. Topics include: library cooperation; national standards; the writing and implementation of collection policies; strategies of selection and evaluation; contempoary publishing and the book trade.

This course examines three major categories of topics in relation to data analysis and visualization. First, this course will cover the basic ways that data can be obtained from various sources, such as raw text files, web APIs, and data repositories. It will also cover the techniques of data cleaning and how to organize data for analysis. Second, the course will cover the essential techniques for analyzing quantitative data. It will teach prediction and clustering methods that are useful to solve various real data analysis tasks.

This course is designed as a first database course for students without any previous experience. The general aim of the course is to understand the basic concepts, principles, and hand-on experiences on database systems. The course will evolve from understanding, visualizing, and analyzing data. Then transition to understanding relational databases by designing and building databases using Access and querying using Structured Query Language (SQL).

Practicum in a library or other information-related organization. Student assumes entry level professional duties and responsibilities in an operational setting under the close supervision of an information professional. Requires minimum of 140 hours of experiential learning, and the completion of a multimedia presentation/portfolio under the direction of the course coordinator.

Practicum in a library or other information-related organization. Student assumes entry level professional duties and responsibilities in an operational setting under the close supervision of an information professional. Requires minimum of 140 hours of experiential learning, and the completion of a multimedia presentation/portfolio under the direction of the course coordinator.

Practicum in a library or other information-related organization. Student assumes entry level professional duties and responsibilities in an operational setting under the close supervision of an information professional. Requires minimum of 140 hours of experiential learning, and the completion of a multimedia presentation/portfolio under the direction of the course coordinator.

Practicum in a library or other information-related organization. Student assumes entry level professional duties and responsibilities in an operational setting under the close supervision of an information professional. Requires minimum of 140 hours of experiential learning, and the completion of a multimedia presentation/portfolio under the direction of the course coordinator.

Practicum in a library or other information-related organization. Student assumes entry level professional duties and responsibilities in an operational setting under the close supervision of an information professional. Requires minimum of 140 hours of experiential learning, and the completion of a multimedia presentation/portfolio under the direction of the course coordinator.