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100 Level | 200 Level | 300 Level |400 Level | 500 Level

100-Level Courses
LIS199	Undergraduate Open Seminar
Credit	1 to 5 hours. May be repeated
Description	Topics vary. See individual sections.
Prerequisites	Freshman Standing

200-Level Courses
LIS201	Info Technology and Orgs [Information, Technology, and Organizations]
Credit	3 UG hours
Description	[Same as Comm 201.] Explores the way in which social aspects of information use combine with technical aspects of information technologies in organizational settings. This course examines the way in which organizations collect, process, and exchange information, the technologies they use to handle information, and the organizational, technological and societal factors that affect information processing goals. [General Education approved course for Social and Behavioral Sciences: Social Science (GEN ED: SS).]
Prerequisites	Sophomore, junior or senior.
LIS202	Social Aspects Info Systems [Social Aspects of Information Systems]
Credit	3 UG hours
Description	[Same as Comm 202.] Explores the way in which information technologies have and are transforming society and how these affect a range of social, political and economic issues from the individual to societal levels. The course explores the impact of communications and information technology in a wider societal context. The issues explored include the history of communication media and institutions, including publishing, broadcast, film, and the Internet; communication policy; and social impacts of technology. [General Education approved course for Social and Behavioral Sciences: Social Science [GEN ED: SS].
Prerequisites	Sophomore or above standing.

300-Level Courses
LIS310	Computing in the Humanities
Credit	3 UG hours
Description	Explores use and application of computers to scholarly activity in the humanities, including computer-based cooperation agreements and their impact on humanities scholarship, and computers and writing, and related topics.
Prerequisites	Sophomore, junior or senior
LIS351	Design Info Interfaces [The Design of Usable Information Interfaces]
Credit	3 UG hours
Description	Examines issues of human-computer interaction and the design of better computer interfaces. Students review interfaces to a number of different information systems to gain an understanding of the challenges and trade-offs in good design. The course involves practical interdisciplinary team work in designing, testing, and improving interfaces.
Prerequisites	Sophomore, junior or senior
LIS352	Cognitive Psych Info Systems [Cognitive Psychology of Information Systems]
Credit	3 UG hours
Description	Introduction to research and theory in human cognition with emphasis on its relationship to computer models of these processes and implications for building information systems. Students will conduct a series of brief studies of current information systems and report on the strengths and weaknesses of the system in relation to human cognitive ability, along with recommendations for the redesign of these information systems.
Prerequisites	Sophomore, junior or senior
LIS390	Special Topics Info Studies [Special Topics in Information Studies]
Credit	1 to 3 UG hours. May be repeated in same or separate semesters as topics vary to a maximum of 12 hours.
Description	Directed and supervised investigation of selected topics in information studies that may include, among others, computers and culture; information policy; community information systems; production, retrieval and evaluation of scientific or social science knowledge; computer-mediated communication; and computer-supported cooperative work. See individual sections for descriptions of each topic.
Prerequisites	Sophomore, junior or senior
LIS390BSI	Business, Soc Sci & Internet [Business, Social Science and the Internet]
Credit	3 UG hours
Description	A hands-on introduction to understanding and using business and social science information, especially that which is available on the Internet. The course covers general issues concerning use of the Internet as a source of information, including the evaluation of information reliability, and of search and retrieval techniques. Students will also gain an awareness of issues of business and social science information production, distribution, organization, and use.
Prerequisites	LIS 201 or LIS 202, or permission of instructor. Restriction: Students may not take both LIS 390 BSI and LIS 390 G.
LIS390BTW	Serving Child in Schools/Comm
Credit	2 UG hours
Description	This community engagement course is designed for students interested in working with children (defined as birth through high school), careers serving children, and/or parenthood. The focus for this course is tutoring and mentoring children (elementary through high school). A minimum of two hours per week of approved community service related to children is a requirement of the course. Placements with schools will be made through the course instructor. Class content focuses on relating to children, motivating and engaging children in learning, community institutions and agencies serving children, and social issues affecting the lives of American children today. This section focuses on elementary through middle school. Placements will be at Booker T. Washington Elementary School in Champaign, with other sites added as needed. Students must be able to tutor at least one of following times: Tu, Wed, Th from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Meets with CI 260BTW and LIS 590BTW.
Prerequisites
LIS390CC	Computers and Culture
Credit	3 UG hours
Description	Explores cultural ideas about computers, including hopes and fears about the effects of computers on our lives. Will analyze images of computers in fiction and movies. The course will also examine hackers, online subcultures, and other computer-related subcultures, and the integration of computers into various cultural practices.
Prerequisites	Sophomore, junior or senior
LIS390EC	Ethics in Cyberspace
Credit	3 UG hours
Description	Examines a variety of ethical issues raised by uses of the Internet, high speed telecommunications and sophisticated computer technology. The course is primarily applied, drawing on an introduction to the difference between the law and ethics, frameworks for making ethical decisions and codes of ethics of various professional groups. Using case studies, students will consider ethics in such areas as online gambling, online pornography, P2P file sharing, and uses of medical records.
Prerequisites	Sophomore, junior or senior
LIS390EMT	Emerging Technologies
Credit	3 UG hours
Description	The course is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in examining various uses of emerging information technologies, as well as identifying and assessing their social impacts. The course sessions will include guest lectures, computer-based activities, demonstrations, and discussions. Possible student projects could include evaluation of the use of such emerging technologies and research on these technologies, specific to their majors or interests.
Prerequisites	Sophomore, junior or senior
LIS390G	Science and the Internet
Credit	3 UG hours
Description	A hands-on introduction to understanding and using scientific information, especially that which is available on the Internet. The course covers general issues concerning use of the Internet as a source of information, including the evaluation of information reliability, and of search and retrieval techniques. Students will also gain an awareness of issues of information production, distribution, organization, and use in science.
Prerequisites	LIS 201 or LIS 202, or permission of instructor. Restriction: Students may not take both LIS 390G and LIS 390 BSI.
LIS390IOE	Info Org in Everday Life [Information Organization in Everyday Life]
Credit	3 UG hours
Description	Information organization is part of our everyday life. In addition to traditional organizational systems, new computer applications are providing tools for individuals to organize and access their personal collections. This course teaches principles of information organization and access. Students will learn about topics such as user needs assessment, collection development, classification, and metadata. Students will apply these concepts by working with a collection of items that they possess ? for example, music, games, photos, or a physical collection such as shoes.
Prerequisites	Sophomore, junior or senior
LIS390KM	Knowledge Management
Credit	3 UG hours
Description	Offers students an understanding of knowledge management (KM) in organizations. The course will examine the ways in which organizations generate, organize, share and apply knowledge; how contemporary and emerging technologies can help organizations improve these activities; and the social factors that affect organizations' KM objectives. Students will work on real-world KM problems presented by representatives from Fortune 100 companies. Students need no prior experience either with technology or with organizational studies.
Prerequisites	Sohomore, junior or senior
LIS390MSI	Music & Sound as Information
Credit	3 UG hours
Description	The advent of multimedia computing has awakened interest in the representation, manipulation, and use of both music and sound as part of our everyday lives. This introductory course will examine the wide variety of methods used to create, record, represent, modify, and present music and sound information. Basic acoustics, major notation schemes, and formats such as streaming audio, mp3, WAV, and MIDI, are explored with an eye toward learning how music and sound fit into our information universe.
Skill	basic computer skills
Prerequisites	LIS 201 or LIS 202 and junior or senior standing, or permission of instructor.
LIS390RGI	Race, Gender and Info Tech [Race, Gender and Information Technology]
Credit	3 UG hours
Description	This course examines how gender and race affect, and are affected by, information technologies. Race and gender representations will be studied in different settings as they intersect with information use and technology practices. The course is framed by two broad, interrelated concepts -- the expression of identity (individual and group) in cyberspace and the "digital divide." The course readings are drawn from several disciplines and an eclectic array of in-class and out-of-class projects and exercises will be assigned.
Prerequisites	Sophomore, junior or senior
LIS390VGD	Video Game Design
Credit	3 UG hours
Description	This course will cover the process of game design and development. Students will beome part of a game design team to create a working video game using the Torque Engine by GarageGames. No experience with Torque is necessary, and students will draw upon their different backgrounds and skills to contribute to the game design process. Students will also learn about important current issues in game design, including accessibility for gamers with disabilities, and concerns regarding mature sexual and violent themes. Student will receive content and design support from game industry veterans and game companies.
Prerequisites	Sophomore, junior or senior standing
LIS390W1A	Web Technologies Techniques [Web Technologies and Techniques]
Credit	3 UG hours
Description	This course provides an introduction to the technologies behind the Web. Topics covered include: hypertext, hypermedia, the history of the Web, the role of Web standards and their impact on the development of Web resources. The course introduces principles of Web design and usability. Students will gain an understanding how the Web works and how to design, construct, evaluate, and maintain Web-based materials. [Same as LIS 390 W1B]
Prerequisites	Sophomore, junior or senior
LIS390WP	Programming Web Mashups
Credit	3 UG hours
Description	This course provides an introduction to web programming and web application development. In addition to developing their own web applications, students will integrate existing web applications into their own through open protocols and APIs. Topic covered include: fundamental programming concepts, database modeling, web service infrastructures and protocols, server-side programming languages and tools. Students will gain an understanding of issues involved in designing and developing interactive, dynamic web sites and familiarity with existing tools and resources on the web.
Prerequisites	Sophomore, junior or senior

400-Level Courses
LIS403	Lit and Resources Children [Literature and Resources for Children]
Credit	3 UG hours [Section AU]; 2 to 4 GR hours [Section AG]
Description	Evaluation, selection and use of books and other resources for children (ages 0-14) in public libraries and school media centers; explores standard selection criteria for print and nonprint materials in all formats and develops the ability to evaluate and promote materials according to their various uses (personal and curricular) and according to children's various needs (intellectual, emotional, social and physical).
Prerequisites	Junior or senior standing and consent of instructor for undergraduates; LIS graduate student.
LIS404	Lit and Resources Young Adults [Literature and Resources for Young Adults]
Credit	3 UG hours [Section AU]; 2 or 4 GR hours [Section AG]
Description	Evaluation, selection and use of books and other resources for young adults (ages 12-18) in public libraries and school media centers; explores standard selection criteria for print and nonprint materials in all formats and develops the ability to evaluate and promote materials according to their various uses (personal and curricular) and according to young adults' various needs (intellectual, emotional, social and physical).
Prerequisites	Junior or senior standing and consent of instructor for undergraduates and non-LIS graduate students; LIS graduate student.
LIS409	Storytelling
Credit	3 UG hours [Section AU]; 2 or 4 GR hours [Section AG]
Description	Fundamental principles of the art of storytelling including techniques of adaptation and presentation; content and sources of materials; story cycles; methods of learning; practice in storytelling; and planning the story hour for school and public libraries, recreational centers, the radio, and television.
Prerequisites	Junior or senior standing and consent of instructor for undergraduates and non-LIS graduate students; LIS graduate student.
LIS410	Text Information Systems [Same as CS 410 -- Computer Science is the controlling department]
Credit	3 UG hours [Section B3]; 4 GR hours [Section B4]
Description	[Same as CS 410--Computer Science is controlling dept.] Introduction to the theory, design, and implementation of text-based information systems. Text analysis, retrieval models (e.g., Boolean, vector space, probabilistic), text categorization, text filtering, clustering, retrieval system design and implementation, and applications to web information management.
Prerequisites	CS 225 or CS 400 or consent of instructor.
LIS451	Intro to Network Systems [Introduction to Network Information Systems]
Credit	4 hours [UG and GR]
Description	Hands-on introduction to technology systems for use in information environments. The course steps students through choosing, installing, and managing computer hardware and operating systems, as well as networking hardware and software. Students will have an opportunity to design and create a working network environment as part of the course work. Mid-semester and end of semester field trips required. Details in syllabus.
Prerequisites	LIS student. NON-LIS students and juniors or seniors must get permission of instructor to enroll.
LIS452	Foundations Info Proc in LIS [Foundations of Information Processing in Lib & Info Science]
Credit	4 UG hours [Section AU]; 2 or 4 GR hours [Section AG]
Description	[Undergrads enroll in 452AU; Graduate students in 452AG] Covers the common data and document processing constructs and programming concepts used in library and information science. The history, strengths and weaknesses of the techniques are evaluated in the context of our discipline. These constructs and techniques form the basis of applications in areas such as bibliographic records management, full text management and multimedia. No prior programming background is assumed.
Skill	basic Unix
Prerequisites	Junior, senior or graduate student
LIS453	Systems Analysis and Mgt [Systems Analysis and Management]
Credit	3 UG hours [Section AU]; 4 GR hours [Section AG]
Description	Covers how to evaluate, select and manage the information systems that will be used in the daily operation of libraries and information centers. Includes the systems used by technical staff and the information consumers. Course will focus on information as a product. Attention is given to the operation of an organization as a whole and the impact of change on the integration of resources, work flow and usability. Formal methods for modeling systems, and industry practice techniques of analysis are used to address these problems and opportunities.
Prerequisites	Junior, senior or graduate student.
LIS454	Network Systems Administration
Credit	3 UG hours [Section AE3]; 2 or 4 GR hours [Section AE4]
Description	Issues and tools for remote technology-based communication and information systems. Current and historical trends in methods for electronic information dissemination and communication, and their impact on society, organizations and individuals are discussed. Topics include systems, issues and changes in: interpersonal, group, and mass communication; publishing; information access; education, and other areas. Hands-on use and evaluation of currently available network-based communication and retrieval systems.
Prerequisites	LIS 451 or consent of instructor
LIS456	Info Storage and Retrieval [Information Storage and Retrieval]
Credit	3 UG hours [Section AU]; 4 GR hours [Section AG]
Description	[Undergrads enroll in section AU; Graduate students in Section AG] Introduces problems of document representation, information need specification, and query processing. Describes the theories, models, and current research aimed at solving those problems. Primary focus is on bibliographic text and multimedia records.
Skill	basic Unix; basic HTML
Prerequisites	Junior, senior, graduate student
LIS458	Instruction and Assistance Sys [Instruction and Assistance Systems]
Credit	3 UG hours [Section AU]; 2 or 4 GR hours [Section AG]
Description	Provides an introduction to instruction and assistance methods used in a variety of information systems including libraries, archives, museums, and electronic environments. Includes an overview of theoretical and applied research and discusses relevant issues and concepts. Students will have an opportunity to design and present an instruction or assistance program.
Prerequisites	Junior, senior, graduate student
LIS465	User Interface Design [Same as CS 465--CS is controlling dept.]
Credit	3 UG hours [Section M3]; 3 or 4 GR hours [Section M4]
Description	[Same as CS 465--Computer Science is controlling dept.] A project-focused course that covers fundamental principles of user interface design, implementation, and evaluation. Small teams work on a semester-long project that includes: analysis of the problem domain, user skills, and tasks; iterative prototyping of interfaces to address user needs; conducting several forms of evaluation such as cognitive walkthroughs and usability tests; implementation of the final prototype. Non-technical majors may enroll in the course as non-programmers who participate in all aspects of the projects with the possible exception of implementation.
Prerequisites	CS 225 or 400; or consent of instructor. Senior or graduate student standing.
LIS482	Writing Technologies
Credit	3 UG hours [Section 1U]; 4 GR hours [Section 1G]
Description	[Same as ENGL 482--English is the controlling dept.] Examines the relationship of computer technology to the larger field of writing studies. Topics include a historical overview of computers and other writing technologies; current instructional practices and their relation to various writing theories; research on word processing, computer-mediated communication, and hypermedia; and the computer as a research tool.
Skill	Students must have a basic knowledge of word processing.
Prerequisites	Junior or senior standing and consent of instructor.
LIS490	Advanced Topics Info Studies [Advanced Special Topics in Information Studies]
Credit	2 to 4 UG or GR hours -- see each topic section for credit information. May be repeated as topics vary.
Description	Directed and supervised investigation of selected topics in information studies that may include among others the social, political, and historical contexts of information creation and dissemination; computers and culture; information policy; community information systems; production, retrieval and evaluation of knowledge; computer-mediated communication. See individual sections for descriptions of each topic.
Prerequisites	Junior or senior standing and LIS 201 or LIS 202, or consent of instructor.
LIS490AR	Design Universally Acc WWW Res [Designing Universally Accessible WWW Resources]
Credit	3 UG hours [Section ARU]; 4 GR hours [Section ARG]
Description	[Undergrads enroll in 490 ARU; Graduate students in 490 ARG] Introduction to the concepts of designing web based materials to be more accessible to people with disabilities. Participants need to have experience in developing and publishing web materials. Students will learn how web browsing is different for people with disabilities and how to use W3C standards to create materials that are not only more accessible to people with disabilities, but make it easier for all people to access web materials. Students will test major authoring tool support for acessible design and review the capabilities of various evaluation and repair tools to help determine the accessibility problems of current web resources and to improve their accessibility. Students will work in small groups to evaluate and improve the accessibility of an existing web-based course at Illinois.
Skill	Web design skills and experience (i.e., created and maintained web pages)
Prerequisites	Junior, senior or graduate student.
LIS490BA	Book Arts Seminar
Credit	3 UG hours [Section BAU]; 4 GR hours [Section BAG]
Description	Advanced study of the history, literature, aesthetics, and criticism of the Book Arts. This course will offer advanced study of the role of artists' book in contemporary art. It will offer students a new perspective on this diverse medium, incorporating the history of book production and its impact on societies and the cultural dissemination of information. Through readings and field trips, students will develop a critical awareness of the book as an art form. [Elective course for Graduate Certificate in Special Collections]
Prerequisites	Junior, senior or graduate student.
LIS490CE	Community Engagement [on-campus section] [Same as 490 CEL (LEEP) and 490 CEO (off-site) sections]
Credit	4 UG hours; 4 GR hours
Description	Community engagement refers to the multiple ways that information professionals in libraries and other settings learn about, collaborate with, and provide service and outreach to community members. Typical activities include performing community needs assessments, involving local residents in museum decision-making, offering computer training for seniors at local community centers, partnering with schools on literacy programs, bookmobiles, teen reading clubs, citizen science, using library facilities for local issue forums and art exhibits, homework help programs, and collecting and archiving local history data. This course provides an introduction to, and overview of, community engagement theory and practice. A significant portion of coursework will take the form of service learning or community-based research via approved projects that match students' interests. Course participants will have the opportunity to join ongoing community engagement projects that are led by GSLIS faculty and community partners. [Required course for the Community Informatics program.]
Prerequisites	Junior, senior or graduate student standing. Students can enroll in only one section of 490CE/CEL/CEO.
LIS490CIC	Community Informatics Corps [On-campus section. SAME AS 490CIO (off-campus section)]
Credit	2 UG or GR hours
Description	Provides structured practical engagement experiences in community informatics (CI), the field devoted to understanding how communities create and apply knowledge, and use information and communication technologies (such as in art and culture, health, environmental protection, and education). Classroom activities accompanied by 80 hrs of practical engagement in approved setting(s) that match students' schedules and interests. May continue work begun in other classes (e.g., LIS 451) and volunteer activities, or gain experience in new settings (e.g., provide user support and training, etc. at the community technology centers in churches, afterschool programs, community centers). Practical engagement settings include libraries along with other community organizations and may include community needs assessment/evaluation; create/manage software and websites; set up libraries in small non-profits; develop information and referral services; help run a community network (Prairienet); create digital cultural archives; tutor in a school library; storytelling at sites in C-U and its rural areas, Chicago, East St. Louis.
Prerequisites	Junior, senior or graduate student standing. Students can not enroll in both sections--must choose either 490CIC or 490CIO.
LIS490CW	China World Communication
Credit	3 UG hours [Section CWU]; 4 GR hours [Section CWG]
Description	This course explores the ongoing restructuring of Chinese and world communications and the interlocks between the two. We will study and look for connections between three unfolding histories: the development of digital technologies and the emergence of new network systems and applications; changing institutional policies for networks and networked services; and shifting relations between China?s political economy and the global market system. Scrutiny will be given especially to new media and telecommunications infrastructures, power dynamics, and social and political conflict. A course project will be to identify and evaluate relevant bibliographic resources. A research paper (topic to be approved by instructor) is required.
Prerequisites	Junior, senior or graduate student
LIS490DD	The Digital Divide [The Digital Divide: Policy, Research, and Community Empowerment]
Credit	3 UG hours [Section DDU]; 2 or 4 GR hours [Section DDG]
Description	This course will review theoretical issues, empirical research, and policy debates on defining and describing the digital divide, as well the programs designed to build bridges to end the divide. These issues will be discussed in terms of the local, regional, and national levels within the US, as well as global issues especially as they relate to Asia, Africa, and Latin America. This course is relevant to community informatics, the social sciences, and studies of urban and rural life. This course will have within it a series of outside speakers from the areas of research and policy on the digital divide.
Prerequisites	Junior, senior or graduate student
LIS490GI	Geographic Information Systems
Credit	3 UG hours [Section GIU]; 4 GR hours [Section GIG]
Description	Focuses on analytical methods using GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and will apply these methods to community-based issues, local and national government, and civil society, as well as participatory methods using GIS. A hands-on course with weekly labs and service learning projects.
Prerequisites	Junior, senior or graduate student
LIS490GL	Games, Information & Learning
Credit	3 UG hours [Section GLU]; 4 GR hours [Section GLG]
Description	Electronic games (Egames) impact entertainment, education, commerce, design, scientific innovation, and policy, globally. This course analyzes how games work as arenas for information, learning, social interaction, innovation, and expression. Major topics include 1) game technologies and infrastructure; 2) game-oriented engagement processes and participation; 3) information structuring and presentation; 4) games as communities and "third spaces"; 5) learning and games; 6) issues of ethics, privacy, trust, credibility, social control. Course format includes readings, lectures, group projects, and visitors. The intended audience is information professionals, designers, librarians, and educators who want to explore how Egames can help structure learning and information practices. For more information, see http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~gasser/courses/gil/gil-long.html
Prerequisites	Junior or senior standing. The 201 or 202 prerequisite is waived for this course.
LIS490IE	Information Ethics
Credit	3 UG hours [Section IEU]; 4 GR hours [Section IEG]
Description	This course is a basic grounding in information ethics as appropriate for practicing information professionals. It will cover underlying philosophies of information ethics, flesh out the basics of ethical decision-making, explore relevant codes of ethics, and will actively engage a variety of ethical problems.
Prerequisites	Junior, senior or graduate student
LIS490IT	Entrepreneurial IT Design
Credit	3 UG hours [Section ITU]; 4 GR hours [Section ITG]
Description	Introduces students to a range of rapid prototyping techniques and methods to analyze needs, opportunities and design spaces. Students will work in teams to develop ideas for novel computational devices or applications to meet identified needs. Covers the interlinked entrepreneurial skills of identifying an unmet need, exploiting technological opportunities, exploring a design space to refine an idea, and communicating a design vision through demonstrations with prototypes and proofs of concept. This enables developers to show how their envisaged working interactive technology will be used productively in a particular real-life context. Communicating the vision of computational devices is a challenge because dynamic use in context is hard for people other than the device's developers to imagine. The ability to produce convincing, clear, powerful demonstrations even at the early stages of a project is a highly valuable entrepreneurial skill, and also highly applicable within an organization. For more information please visit https://apps.lis.uiuc.edu/wiki/display/fa08lis490it/Home
Prerequisites	Junior, senior or graduate student standing.
LIS490KN	Visualiz Navigat Knowl Nets [Visualizing and Navigating Knowledge Networks]
Credit	3 UG hours [Section KNU]; 4 GR hours [Section KNG]
Description	Examines the state of the art in visualizing and navigating a variety of networks, including social and knowledge networks. Major topics include representation, visualization, navigation and utilization of knowledge networks. Students will read about relevant models and approaches from network analysis, human computer interaction and computer graphics. Interdisciplinary student design teams will work on projects involving specific networks and problems, and learn and evaluate existing visualization environments including headmounted displays, large 2D (wall) displays, and 3D CAVE. The teams will study the available computational tools and software, and prototype new tools for visualization and knowledge navigation. Additional work will be required of graduate students.
Prerequisites	Permission of instructor. Eligible students should demonstrate familiarity with 1+ of: network analysis, programming methodologies, graphic design, human perception and cognition, statistics, computer vision, computer speech analysis, computer graphics, and human computer interaction.
LIS490MU	Museum Informatics
Credit	3 UG hours [Section MUU]; 4 GR hours [Section MUG]
Description	Covers information organization and access in museums, exploring the relationship between information technology and modern museum environments. Students learn about classification systems for museums, computer systems for information storage and retrieval, universal access to shared electronic data, copyright in the digital world, virtual museums, interactive exhibits, and information management in museums, through lectures, computer-based activities, and interactive discussions. The final project involves design of an electronic portfolio of virtual museum resources. Students are encouraged to approach class topics from their individual backgrounds in the humanities, sciences, or social sciences. There will be additional assignments required of graduate students.
Prerequisites	Junior, senior or graduate student standing.
LIS490NC	Social Networks
Credit	3 UG hours [Section NCU]; 4 GR hours [Section NCG]
Description	[Meets with SPCM 496 NC] Explores the use of social network analysis to understand the growing connectivity and complexity in the world around us on different scales--ranging from small groups to the WWW. Examines how we create social, economic and technological networks and how these networks enable and constrain our behavior. Discusses how social networks concepts, theories, and visual-analytic methods are being used to design and understand a wide range of phenomena such as social networking sites (e.g., Facebook, MySpace), recommender systems (e.g., Amazon, NetFlix, Pandora), trust and reputation systems (e.g., eBay, Epinions, Slashdot), search engines ( e.g., Google, Technorati), P2P file-sharing (e.g., BitTorrent; Joost), user-generated content (e.g., Flickr, Wikipedia, Yelp), social bookmarking (e.g., del.icio.us, digg, reddit) and virtual worlds ( e.g., Second Life World of Warcraft). As part of assignments, students will have the choice to design, develop, or evaluate tools to enable social networks in a wide range of contexts such as activism, business, engineering, entertainment, healthcare, politics, and other societal issues.
Prerequisites	Junior, senior, graduate student. No formal pre-requisites but will be most beneficial to students who have had an introductory statistics course. It will be of particular interest to students interested in communication, information science, computer science and business.
LIS490NT	Evolution of the Net [: Info Infrastructure from the Telephone Network to the Global Mind]
Credit	3 UG hours [Section NTU]; 4 GR hours [Section NTG]
Description	[Undergrads enroll in 490 NTU; graduate students in 490 NTG] Discusses the technologies of the Net: the global information infrastructure. "infra" means "internal" and "structure" means "support". Information infrastructure is the underlying protocols that enable users worldwide to interact with information. Throughout history, improved technologies have increasingly supported deeper structures, to enable user interaction to become closer to cyberspace visions of "being one with all the world's knowledge". The course will discuss in equal parts: the past, the present, the near future, and the far future. Explanations of the workings of underlying technology are given at length, but no technology prerequisites are assumed for the lectures. Students will be required to write essays on both the past and the future, to better appreciate how the lessons of the past guide the realities of the future. Additional work will be required of graduate students.
Prerequisites	Junior, senior. MS students may be allowed to enroll on a space available basis--contact the instructor for permission.
LIS490SE	Search Engines & Inf Retrv Sys [Search Engines and Information Retrieval Systems]
Credit	3 UG hours [Section SEU]; 4 GR hours [Section SEG]
Description	This introductory course examines how search engines and other information retrieval systems are put together. By understanding what makes these fascinating systems "tick," students will be in a position to make better use of these important tools. This course will look at present and future search engines, both on and off the Internet, designed to retrieve a wide range of information types, including text, images, sound, and music.
Prerequisites	Junior, senior or graduate student.
LIS490SH	Contemporary Culture & Info [Contemporary Culture and Information Industry]
Credit	3 UG hours [Section SHU]; 4 GR hours [Section SHG]
Description	Theoretical approaches to the study of culture and information are used to engage with an extended period in US history. The course examines the rise of the market in cultural and information provision, and situates selected instances of market development within wider processes of social historical development.
Prerequisites	Junior or senior standing. Graduate students must get permission of instructor to enroll.
LIS490TC	Soc History US Telecomm [Social History of U.S. Telecommunications]
Credit	3 UG hours [Section TCU]; 4 GR hours [Section TCG]
Description	[Undergrads enroll in Section TCU; Graduate students in Section TCG] This course seeks to provide a broad historical account of a vital producer and consumer service: telecommunications. Its focus is on changing industry structures and public policies, set within the larger historical movement of American society. Experiences of private carrier monopoly, inter-carrier competition, and regulated monopoly are examined; the impact of emergent and sometimes destabilizing technologies, from radio to computer networking, is analyzed; and successive conflicts over the social purpose of telecommunications are scrutinized.
Prerequisites	Junior, senior or Master's student.
LIS490UM	Understanding Multimedia Info [Understanding Multimedia Information: Concepts and Practices]
Credit	3 UG hours [Section UMU]; 4 GR hours [Section UMG]
Description	This course is designed for those with an interest exploiting multimedia information in web and electronic publishing projects. Students will be introduced to the theory behind, and the tools associated with, a wide variety of audio (e.g., MP3, WAV, WM9, RealAudio), graphic (JPEG, GIF, PNG, etc.), music (MIDI, GUIDO, etc.) and text information formats (e.g., PS, PDF, etc.). After taking this course students should be empowered to make intelligent choices in selecting appropriate mulitmedia formats to match particular design requirements. Enrollment is limited to 25 students. Class will be a mix of lectures, demos and hands-on work. Students should have access to a personal computer upon which they can experiment on their own with downloaded multimedia software tools.
Prerequisites	Junior, senior or graduate student.
LIS490W2A	Web Structures & Info Arch [Web Structures and Information Architecture]
Credit	3 UG hours [Section W2U]; 4 GR hours [Section W2G].
Description	This course builds on LIS 390 W1A (or W1B) to explore how Web structures have expanded from simple hypertexts and the informational implications of different Web-enabled activities. Topics covered include: Internet privacy, security/hacking, interactivity on Web pages, Web e-commerce, Web advertising and Web server logs. The course also expands on the issues of Web design introduced in W1A (or W1B). This course will include an introduction to scripting languages (no previous programming experience is assumed).
Prerequisites	LIS 390W1A or LIS 590LW, or consent of instructor.
LIS490WT	Wireless Tech and Society [Wireless Technology and Society]
Credit	3 UG hours [Section WTU]; 4 GR hours [Section WTG]
Description	Focuses on the development of wireless technologies and their uses in society and business. These technologies are rapidly emerging as central to information and communication processes. The course aims at making students aware of these technologies and the novel forms of socio-technical and economic life they make possible. The course looks at new forms of social relations, mobile commercial activities (M-commerce) and organizational structures co-emerging with wireless technologies. Exploration includes critical and ethical perspectives addressing the blurring of private and public spaces and novel forms of convenience and efficiency made possible by these technologies. Throughout, the course explores the meshing of wireless with other technologies, such as the Internet, databases, global positioning systems.
Prerequisites	Junior, senior or graduate student
LIS491	Literacy in the Info Age [Literacy in the Information Age]
Credit	3 UG hours [Section AU]; 4 GR hours [Section AG]
Description	[Same as Comm 491.] [Undergrads enroll in Section AU; Graduate students in Section AG]. A capstone course in the Information Technology Studies minor that draws on students' experience throughout their undergraduate program to discuss a series of themes such as community, the political sphere, and education which have been impacted by the new information technologies.
Skill	basic HTML
Prerequisites	LIS 201 or LIS 202, or consent of instructor. Registration priority: 1) graduating seniors in the ITS minor; 2) other seniors in the ITS minor; 3) juniors in the ITS minor; 4) graduate students; 5) other juniors and seniors who have the prerequisite, but are not ITS minors.

500-Level Courses
LIS501	Info Org and Access [Information Organization and Access]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Emphasizes information organization and access in settings and systems of different kinds. Traces the information transfer process from the generation of knowledge through its storage and use in both print and non-print formats. Consideration will be given to the creation of information systems: the principles and practice of selection and preservation, methods of organizing information for retrieval and display, the operation of organizations that provide information services, and the information service needs of various user communities. Required M.S. degree core course.
Prerequisites	LIS degree student
LIS502	Libraries Info and Society [Libraries, Information and Society]
Credit	2 or 4 GR hours
Description	Explores major issues in the library and information science professions as they involve their communities of users and sponsors. Analyzes specific situations that reflect the professional agenda of these fields, including intellectual freedom, community service, professional ethics, social responsibilities, intellectual property, literacy, historical and international models, the socio-cultural role of libraries and information agencies and professionalism in general, focusing in particular on the interrelationships among these issues. Required M.S. degree core course.
Prerequisites	LIS degree student
LIS503	Use and Users of Info [Use and Users of Information]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Explores information needs and uses at a general level, addressing formal and informal information channels, barriers to information, issues of value, and impacts of technology. Examines information seeking practices of particular communities and within various environments, introducing recent approaches to user-centered system design and digital library development. Provides an overview of methods that can be used to study information needs, information seeking behavior and related phenomena.
Prerequisites	LIS 501
LIS504	Reference and Info Services [Reference and Information Services]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Explores reference and information services in a variety of settings, introduces widely used print and online sources, and develops question negotiation skills and search strategies.
Prerequisites
LIS505	Adm Mgt of Libs Info Centers [Administration & Management of Libraries and Information Centers]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Designed to explore the principles that govern how organizations and institutions work, this course provides a foundation for and introduction to the theories, practices and procedures involved in the management and administration of libraries and information centers.
Prerequisites
LIS506	Youth Services Librarianship
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Theory and techniques in planning, implementing and evaluating library programs/services for youth (age 0-18) in public and school libraries/media centers; the knowledge base, skills, and competencies needed by the library media professional in the development of all aspects of young people's reading/viewing/listening and information literacy skills.
Prerequisites
LIS507	Cataloging and Classif I [Cataloging and Classification I]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Theory and application of basic principles and concepts of descriptive and subject cataloging; emphasis on interpreting catalog entries and making a catalog responsive to the needs of users; provides beginning-level experience with choice of entries, construction of headings, description of monographs (and, to a lesser extent, of serial publications and nonprint media), filing codes, Dewey and Library of Congress classification systems, and Library of Congress subject headings.
Prerequisites
LIS510	Adult Public Services
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	The literature, history, and problems of providing library service to the general adult user; investigation of user characteristics and needs, and the effectiveness of various types of adult services.
Prerequisites
LIS511	Bibliography
Credit	2 or 4 GR hours
Description	Covers enumerative bibliography, the practices of compiling lists; analytical bibliography, the design, production, and handling of books as physical objects; and historical bibliography, the history of books and other library materials, from the invention of printing to the present. [Elective course for Graduate Certificate in Special Collections]
Prerequisites	Consent of instructor
LIS512	History of Libraries [Same as Comm 512]
Credit	2 or 4 GR hours
Description	[Same as Comm 512] The origins, development, and evolution of libraries and related institutions, from antiquity to the twentieth century, as a reflection of literacy, recognition of archival responsibility, humanistic achievement, scientific information needs, and service to society.
Prerequisites
LIS514	History of Children's Lit [History of Children's Literature]
Credit	2 or 4 GR hours
Description	Interpretation of children's literature from the earliest times, including the impact of changing social and cultural patterns on books for children; attention to early printers and publishers of children's books and to magazines for children. [Elective course for Graduate Certificate in Special Collections]
Prerequisites
LIS522	Info Sources and Svcs Sciences [Information Sources and Services in the Sciences]
Credit	2 or 4 GR hours
Description	Overview of the information needs and practices of researchers, practitioners, and the general public. Detailed consideration of disciplinary literatures and print and electronic reference materials. Advanced training in addressing reference questions and research problems in the sciences.
Prerequisites	LIS 504
LIS523	Info Sources and Svcs Soc Sci [Information Sources and Services in the Social Sciences]
Credit	2 or 4 GR hours
Description	Overview of the information needs and practices of researchers, practitioners, and the general public. Detailed consideration of disciplinary literatures and print and electronic reference materials. Advanced training in addressing reference questions and research problems in the social sciences.
Prerequisites	LIS 504
LIS524	Info Sources and Svcs Arts Hum [Information Sources and Services in the Arts and Humanities]
Credit	2 or 4 GR hours
Description	Overview of the information needs and practices of researchers, practitioners, and the general public. Detailed consideration of disciplinary literatures and print and electronic reference materials. Advanced training in addressing reference questions and research problems in the arts and humanities.
Prerequisites	LIS 504
LIS525	Government Information
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Aims to acquaint students with government publications, their variety, interest, value, acquisition, and bibliographic control, and to develop proficiency in their reference and research use; considers publications of all types and all governments (local, national, international) with special emphasis on U.S. state, and federal governments and on the United Nations and its related specialized agencies.
Prerequisites	LIS 504, or consent of instructor
LIS526	Searching Online Info Systems [Searching Online Information Systems]
Credit	2 or 4 GR hours
Description	Explores the world of online information retrieval (IR) systems, with particular emphasis on conceptual understanding of basic system structures and searching strategies needed to become an effective online searcher. Students will explore three key commercial online systems (Dialog, LexisNexis, Factiva), developing professional level searching skills transferrable to other IR systems. Other topics discussed include database selection and evaluation, end-user interface issues, and the role of information professionals in the online world.
Prerequisites	LIS 504, or consent of instructor.
LIS530	Info Needs of Part[icular] Communities [see sections for topics]
Credit	2 or 4 GR hours
Description	Special topics sections for in-depth study of the characteristics and information needs of specialist users of libraries; goals and objectives, policies, and services; reference and bibliographical aids; and effective services that satisfy these special needs. See individual topics sections for that section's course description.
Prerequisites	LIS 504, or consent of instructor.
LIS530A	Music Libnship & Bibliography [Music Librarianship & Bibliography]
Credit	2 or 4 GR hours
Description	Explores music librarianship and music bibliography. Identifies the different types of music library and the professional organizations that represent them; examines why music materials often demand special treatment in a library, for example in acquisition, cataloging and classification, circulation and conservation; introduces basic music reference tools; surveys the history of music printing and bibliography; examines copyright legislation as it affects the music library; identifies different types of music library patron, and assesses those patrons' varied demands on the music library; introduces the professional literature of music librarianship, and assesses what skills and training are needed by current and future music library professionals; examines the role of digitization and other technologies in the future dissemination of music materials. [Elective course for Graduate Certificate in Special Collections]
Prerequisites
LIS530B	Health Sci Info Svcs & Res [Health Sciences Information Services and Resources]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Provides a general introduction to information services and sources which serve the health-related information needs of health care professionals and the lay public. Provides exposure to the tools and services most often encountered in delivery of health-related information, issues and trends in health science library practice, ethical issues in provision of health-related information, and specialized programs and services for all health information consumers.
Prerequisites
LIS530C	REEES Bibliog Research Methods [Russian, East European & Eurasian Bibliography & Research]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	[Formerly called Slavic Bibliography] This course is designed to provide graduate students in both area and information studies with a comprehensive introduction to research techniques in the Russian & East European field. Depending on enrollment, course content is designed to cover a broad range of interests--for example, Central Asia as well as Russia--while demonstrating that many tools serve more than one specialty. The course will also discuss the resources and skills required for digital scholarship, as well as traditional approaches. It will draw on specialists for various sessions, and will include readings, assignments and a final paper.
Prerequisites
LIS530E	Business Information
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	A study of the literature, information sources and reference aids in the area of business. Introduces the student to the U.S. business information environment. Examines the impact of the national economy and international trade on U.S. industries and companies and the nature of various business functions within a company in an attempt to understand what business information is needed and how it may be used by individuals within an organization. Provides a general mapping of the variety of external information sources.
Prerequisites
LIS530G	Law (Legal Resources)
Credit	2 or 4 GR hours
Description	Introduces legal sources used in a variety of library settings, covering both U.S. and state legal resources. Discusses standard print legal sources such as reporters, digests, statutes, legal encyclopedias, and looseleaf services. Explores the use of legal online services such as LEXIS and WESTLAW through extensive hands-on assignments. Analyzes reference and collection development issues related to legal sources.
Prerequisites
LIS530M	Bibliography of Africa
Credit	2 or 4 GR hours
Description	Covers the available universe of African studies materials in all formats and how to find them. The class begins with evaluating general reference sources and continues with sources by discipline for the study of the continent of Africa. Covers research strategies for the humanities and social sciences. Students will complete a major annotated bibliography on a topic of their choice.
Prerequisites	LIS 504 prerequisite is WAIVED for this section.
LIS544	Library Cooperation & Networks
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Development of library systems, with special reference to public libraries as a norm for the development of library services; detailed treatment of library standards, the growth and development of county and regional libraries, and the role of the state library and of federal legislation.
Prerequisites	LIS 505, or consent of instructor.
LIS548	Library Buildings
Credit	2 or 4 GR hours
Description	Studies the library's physical plant in the light of changing concepts and patterns of library service; analyzes present-day library buildings (both new and remodeled) and their comparison with each other as well as with buildings of the past; examines the interrelationship of staff, collections, users, and physical plant; discussion supplemented by visits to new libraries and conference with their staffs. A two-day field trip is required. An additional $45 non-waivable fee is assessed to the student's tuition & fees bill, plus the student will be responsible for one night's hotel stay.
Prerequisites	LIS student
LIS549	Economics of Info [Economics of Information]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	The various definitions of information in economic and social terms as discussed in library and information science as well as other literatures are related to government public policies and social policies. Issues such as information as a commodity and as a public good are explored. The impact of the economics of information and related public policies on libraries and information centers is discussed from a national and international perspective.
Prerequisites
LIS556	Implement Info Stor and Retr [Implementation of Information Retrieval Systems]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Types of systems for storage and retrieval of documents and references; their characteristics, evaluation, factors affecting their performance, and the mathematical models on which their operations are based are covered. Primary focus is on modern computer-based systems and their implementation. Students will use programming tools to build demonstration systems and install retrieval packages as part of a case study.
Prerequisites	LIS 452, or proficiency in any programming language and consent of instructor. Concurrent or prior registration in LIS 456.
LIS566	Arch Net Info Sys [Architecture of Network Information Systems]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	The principles and practices of designing systems, particularly network information systems. Explores the protocols of the Net, the global information infrastructure. Critical evaluation of current Internet services plus evolution of research architectures towards future Net services, such as the Interspace. Historical survey of functionality of system component. Semester-long design and implementation project required.
Skill	Familiarity with commercial on-line information services assumed.
Prerequisites	CS 411 and LIS 456, or consent of instructor.
LIS577	Cataloging and Classif II [Cataloging and Classification II]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	More complex problems in making and evaluating the changing, modern library catalog; practical and administrative problems in cataloging serial publications, analytics, ephemeral materials, and microforms; deals with various nonprint media, rare books and manuscripts, foreign language materials, and materials in special subject areas.
Prerequisites	LIS 507, or consent of instructor.
LIS578	Technical Services Functions
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Seminar on the principles, problems, trends, and issues of acquiring, identifying, recording, and conserving/preserving materials in all types of libraries and information centers; includes the special problems of serials management; emphasizes service aspects.
Prerequisites
LIS581	Adm and Use Archival Materials [Administration and Use of Archival Materials]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Administration of archives and manuscript collections in various types of institutions. Theoretical principles and archival practices of appraisal, acquisition, accessioning, arrangement, description, preservation, and reference services. Topics will include: records management programs, collecting archives programs/special collections, legal and ethical issues, public programming and advocacy, and the impact of new information technologies for preservation and access. Lectures, discussion, internet demonstration, and field trips to the Special Collections Department and University Archives. [Elective course for Graduate Certificate in Special Collections]
Prerequisites
LIS582	Preserving Info Resources [Preserving Information Resources]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Covers the broad range of library preservation and conservation for book and nonbook materials relating these efforts to the total library environment; emphasizes how the preservation of collections affects collection management and development, technical services, access to materials and service to users. [Elective course for Graduate Certificate in Special Collections]
Prerequisites
LIS590	Advanced Problems in LIS
Credit	2 or 4 GR hours (3 GR hours for most WISE courses)
Description	A variety of newly developed and special courses on selected problems in the four curriculum domains of Design and Evaluation of Information Systems and Services, Information Organization and Analysis, Management and Consulting for Information Systems and Services, and Access--People and Collections. See individual sections for credit hours and course descriptions for each topic section.
Prerequisites	Individual topics sections may have a prerequisite.
LIS590AA	Archival Arrang and Descrip [Arrangement and Description for Archives and Museums]
Credit	2 GR hours
Description	The course will provide seminar discussions and a hands-on processing experience applying current theories and practices to solve the most common problems encountered by today's archivists and curators when arranging and describing historical records, papers, and artifacts. Discussions will focus predominantly on issues of intellectual and physical arrangement, description, and access. [Elective course for Graduate Certificate in Special Collections]
Prerequisites
LIS590AB	20th Cent Amer Best Sellers [20th Century American Best Sellers]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Students in this course will use bestselling 20th-century American literature as a means of understanding publishing, bibliography, and popular culture in 20th-century America. Students will read best-selling novels and analyze the causes and components of their popularity. Supplementary reading will focus on the publishing industry and the profession of authorship in America. Students will choose a title from the bestsellers database at the beginning of the semester, read that book, and contribute into the database five assignments: a bibliographic description of a first edition, a publishing history, a reception history, a biographical sketch, and a critical essay. In addition, class members will read a number of other titles, and these will be the subject of a midterm and a final exam. The bestsellers database is at: http://www3.isrl.uiuc.edu/~unsworth/courses/bestsellers/
Prerequisites
LIS590BDI	Biodiversity Informatics
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	In this course we will examine the history and current state of biodiversity informatics with the objective of understanding the impact of this information on national and global policy. The taxonomic and functional diversity of organisms is an essential element of biodiversity that has been represented in14th century herbals to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Biodiversity informatics is the organization and study of information about biodiversity. In this course, we will examine how different constituencies gather and present this information to meet their own, sometimes conflicting objectives. The creation and dissemination of Biodiversity Information will be compared information practices in other fields such as genomics.
Prerequisites
LIS590BI	Intro to Bio Info Probs & Res [Introduction to Biological Informatics Problems and Resources
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Explores the current landscape of biological informatics from the LIS perspective, including: types of problems studied by biological scientists, methods and instruments used, and which problems have informatics components; the range of data that exist; the uses of metadata, ontologies, and controlled vocabularies; data manipulation tools; application software; specific tasks and workflows; and data-driven science. Lecture, discussion, and hands-on components.
Prerequisites
LIS590BT	Special Topics in Book Arts
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	The traditional book is a combination of a physical form (the codex) and a text (literary/visual), but despite their intertwined histories, courses rarely focus on both book arts and book history. In this course students will explore these histories through both traditional (reading/viewing/listening) and nontraditional (book arts projects) means. Book arts projects will include (but are not limited to) the following (the accordion and variations; flexagon and hexagon; the vovelle; letterpress chapbooks; pop-up and other 3-dimensional constructions). Book history areas will include the rise of the codex, the history of illustration, 19th and 20th century children's literature, and other historical contexts relevant to that week's structure.
Prerequisites	Permission of instructor(s)
LIS590BTW	Serving Child in Schools/Comm
Credit	2 UG hours
Description	This community engagement course is designed for students interested in working with children (defined as birth through high school), careers serving children, and/or parenthood. The focus for this course is tutoring and mentoring children (elementary through middle school). A minimum of two hours per week of approved community service related to children is a requirement of the course. Placements will be at Booker T. Washington Elementary School in Champaign, with other sites added as needed by the instructors. Students must be able to tutor at least one of following times: Tu, Wed, Th from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Students available for more than two hours per week will be eligible to serve as room leaders in the BTW program. Class content focuses on relating to children, motivating and engaging children in learning, community institutions and agencies serving children, and social issues affecting the lives of American children today. This graduate course meets with undergrad sections CI 260 BTW and LIS 390 BTW. Students enrolled in the graduate section will have some assignments that vary from the undergraduate assignments.
Prerequisites	LIS or CI graduate students. Graduate students from other departments must have instructor's permission to enroll.
LIS590C1	Comm Informatics Res&Theory I [Community Informatics Research & Theory I]
Credit	2 or 4 GR hours
Description	Introduction to research and theory in community informatics. Explores contemporary research and theory in the use and application of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in geographically based communities. Topics may include: differences in access and use of ICTs by region and sectors of the population; use of ICTs for information dissemination and distributed knowledge; social capital and social networks; e-learning in the community; co-evolution of technology and use; cultural differences in attitudes to and use of technology; analysis, design and evaluation of community systems.
Prerequisites
LIS590C2	Comm Informatics Res&Theory II [Community Informatics Research & Theory II]
Credit	2 or 4 GR hours
Description	Advanced topics in research and theory in community informatics. See course description for LIS 590 C1.
Prerequisites
LIS590CD	Collection Development
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Examines issues affecting the development and management of collections for academic, public, special and school libraries: the marketplace, publishing, legal issues, and budget allocation; document delivery; collaboration and cooperation.
Prerequisites
LIS590CD2	Current Topics in Coll Dev [Current Topics in Collection Development]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Explores current topics and problems related to the development and management of library collections. Addresses changes in scholarly communication and the production and distribution of information resources that impact planning and policy for building, budgeting, and providing access to collections. Examines issues related to developing libraries that blend traditional and digital materials, including economic challenges, cooperative strategies, and specific selection and evaluation practices. Provides an overview of current digital library projects and products. Conducted as a seminar, will revolve around discussion of readings and case material collected by students. Class sessions will cover contemporary problems and trends in the field.
Prerequisites
LIS590CH	China Soc Sci&Hum Info Access [Information Access and Library Resources in the SS & Hum in China]
Credit	2 or 4 GR hours
Description	The course provides students with an opportunity to gain knowledge and understanding of social science and humanities information access protocols and library operational procedures in China. Cross-cultural awareness issues and challenges that result from the globalization of information will also be explored. Topics covered will include the history and philosophy of developing and maintaining library collections in the Social Sciences and Humanities in China, cooperation among libraries, digital libraries, professional training, leadership, management and facilities issues. A variety of case studies will be presented. Virtual library tours to key Chinese academic libraries will be presented by utilizing electronic access on the web. The team teaching course format involves the Freeman partner universities and other key players participating through guest lectures via Internet/teleconferencing. Students will conduct research projects on comparative studies among Chinese and American libraries.
Skill	Does not require Chinese language/culture class, although some background is preferred.
Prerequisites
LIS590CI	Community Info Systems [on-campus section, SAME AS 590 CIO (off-campus section)]
Credit	2 or 4 GR hours
Description	Introduces community information systems, with an emphasis on community networks. Provides an opportunity to develop knowledge about community information and current issues in its creation, transfer and use. In this course, "community information system" is used broadly to designate any set of technologies, services, and content whose purpose is to supply information, primarily of a local nature, to members of a given geographic community.
Prerequisites	Graduate student standing. Students can not enroll in more than one section of 590 CI, CIL and CIO.
LIS590CM	Change Management
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Provides students with the opportunity to deepen the knowledge and skills they gained in LIS 505, and to acquire new tools for understanding and managing the impact of a rapidly changing environment. Emphasis will be on tools and skills that prepare students for the practical challenge of managing library and information management agencies through turbulent times of change that comes from within the organization and in response to a rapidly changing environment.
Prerequisites	LIS 505 or consent of instructor.
LIS590CMC	Computer Mediated Comm [Computer Mediated Communication]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	This course traces issues and research in computer-mediated communication (CMC) that have accompanied the use and acceptance of new electronic media and their support through the Internet. Selecting from literature from the many fields that examine CMC (including computer science, communications, information science, management, psychology, and sociology), the course discusses the impact of CMC and its use on individuals, groups, communities, and society.
Prerequisites	Doctoral student; other graduate students may enroll with consent of instructor.
LIS590CO	Community Informatics Concepts
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	A survey of key concepts in an emerging field that studies how local, historical communities are using information and communications technologies. Covers key principles for work in the non-profit/public sector as people harness new technologies and media as individuals, students, families, community organizations, and so on. Overarching ideas prepare both professionals and researchers to understand and master this environment, whatever their technology background. Especially useful for those interested in public or community libraries, youth services, social work, education, and anyone interested in working with or studying underserved communities. [One of three required courses for the community informatics specialization.]
Prerequisites	Graduate student standing or permission of instructor.
LIS590CP	Rare Books, Crime & Punishment
Credit	2 GR hours
Description	Explores crimes against culture in the form of rare books, maps, manuscripts and archival documents. From theft for profit to counterfeiting and vandalism, this class will focus on the myriad ways that unique and irreplaceable cultural heritage items are taken from us. The professional librarian and archivist communities, the general public and law enforcement have all treated these crimes very differently. This class will look at the ways that each of these communities reacts to these crimes and the reasons for these varied reactions. The class will also trace the evolution of the way these crimes have been viewed by various communities and what recent, positive changes might mean for the future. Aside from the historical and theoretical, this class will also discuss the practical: how these crimes are committed and by whom as well as how they can be (and are being) prevented. [Elective course for Graduate Certificate in Special Collections]
Prerequisites
LIS590CS	Classif Sys for Organiz Knowl [Classification Systems for the Organization of Knowledge]
Credit	2 or 4 GR hours
Description	Efficient and effective libraries and information services need structures for the organization of collections of knowledge and information items. Classification schemes, thesauri, and indexing systems attempt to provide such structures. The similarities and differences of various schemes, and their strengths and weaknesses for physical arrangement, knowledge organization, and computer-based information systems will be the prime foci of this seminar. Traditional and innovative schemes and systems will be examined and compared using normative principles, cognitive approaches to categorization, and disciplinary approaches as evaluative criteria.
Prerequisites
LIS590CTI	Competitive Intelligence
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	With the rapid proliferation of information communication technologies (ICTs), especially those that facilitate (positively and negatively) the transfer and management of information assets, an understanding of both competitive and strategic intelligence seems de rigeur. This course seeks to provide an overview of the principal theories of both competitive and strategic intelligence as well as methods for applying these theories to organizations that disseminate, manage, analyze, and/or archive information such as libraries, corporate information centers, dotcoms, and media or research firms. Furthermore, this course will introduce students to various organizational metaphors so that they can better understand which theories best apply to specific organizations and situations. Lastly, this course will teach students how to analyze an organization using the SWOT technique (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) in order to develop solutions that will make that organization more competitive, strategic, and less vulnerable in the short and near term.
Prerequisites
LIS590CW	Computer Supported Coop Work [Computer Supported Cooperative Work]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	This doctoral level seminar will explore research issues related to collaborative computing. The focus will be mostly on issues of usability and acceptance of technologies into the work setting, and the design process to achieve that. This includes aspects of analysis, requirements specification, tailoring, usability, learnability, and their incorporation into applications development. Issues to be covered include: synchronous and asynchronous; remote and co-located collaboration; workplace use of systems including workflow systems; computer supported collaborative learning; home and leisure use of collaborative applications, barriers to technology adoption and how to overcome them; evaluation of collaborative systems; ethnographic techniques to inform systems analysis and design; interfaces to support human-human interaction; ubiquitous computing; mobile computing; lightweight interactions; roomware; very large and very small displays.
Prerequisites	Doctoral student; other graduate students may enroll with consent of instructor.
LIS590DA	Data Analysis for LIS Research
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	A survey of data analysis issues, tools, and techniques for research in Library and Information Science. Students will locate and work with a data set of their choice, review the literature of recommended analysis methods, and prepare an analysis appropriate to the data set they have chosen.
Prerequisites	Doctoral student; other graduate students may enroll with consent of instructor.
LIS590DC	Foundations of Data Curation
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Data curation is the active and on-going management of data through its lifecycle of interest and usefulness to scholarship, science, and education; curation activities and policies enable data discovery and retrieval, maintain data quality and add value, and provide for re-use over time. This course provides an overview of a broad range of theoretical and practical problems in this emerging field. Examines issues related to appraisal and selection, long-lived data collections, research lifecycles, workflows, metadata, legal and intellectual property issues. [Required course for Data Curation Concentration]
Prerequisites	Students enrolled in the Data Curation concentration; others with permission of the instructor
LIS590DE	Design Digit Mediated Info Svs [Design of Digitally Mediated Information Services]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Covers the design and analysis of services and intermediaries, specifically those that are automated and/or occur through digital channels. Includes the role of people in those services from both the designer and user perspectives. The course will help train leaders to design and manage digitally mediated information services in digital libraries. Students will use formal methods for technology evaluation and selection. This class is presented in a dual mode delivery format which simultaneously combines both on-campus and LEEP participants. Students in both groups are required to have administrative access to personal computing resources for the installation of, and experimentation with, design and modeling tools.
Prerequisites
LIS590DH	Digital Humanities
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	This course will examine the impact of information technology in a number of humanities disciplines, from history and literature to architecture and music. Readings will focus on the experience of particular disciplines in applying computational methods to research problems; the basic principles of humanities computing; specific applications and methods; and production, dissemination and archiving. Assignments will include brief writing assignments on the reading, a mid-term and final exam, and a semester-long in-depth review of an existing digital humanities project, with attention to knowledge representation as practiced in the project, intellectual property problems (and solutions), technical impediments to library collection and preservation, and other issues.
Prerequisites
LIS590DI	Digital Libs Research & Pract [Digital Libraries: Research and Practice]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	[Required course for the CAS in Digital Libraries concentration.] A comprehensive examination of the history and state-of-the-art in digital library research and practice. This course focuses upon the theoretical, technological, human factors and evaluative components of digital library research and practice. Course includes an intensive reading of the literature, review of existing technologies and proof-of-concepts implementation projects. This course is foundational for students wishing to engage seriously in the world of digital librarianship.
Prerequisites	LIS 501 (or consent of instructor in extraordinary circumstances); LIS 452 and LIS 456, or equivalent course background.
LIS590DK	Distributed Knowledge
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	This course explores current thinking on what "knowledge" means, how we create new knowledge and transfer knowledge across disciplinary and organizational boundaries, and what social and technological processes support knowledge development for individuals and groups. The course will draw from research and methods from a number of disciplines, including social science, computer science, history, business, psychology, philosophy, and information science to explore the social processes that are involved in virtual collaborative work.
Prerequisites	Doctoral seminar -- but open to graduate students of all levels campuswide.
LIS590DL	Digital Libraries
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	The principles and practices of building digital libraries. Intended for MS students who wish to take a single technology course to get practical experience. Students will build their own digital libraries, using existing systems for database management and for information retrieval. Principles will cover the basic issues of placing a collection into digital format and indexing the contents for subsequent retrieval. Emphasis placed on trade-offs between manual indexing by humans and automatic indexing by computers. No prior knowledge of technology required, but general LIS knowledge is assumed.
Prerequisites	LIS 501. This course is intended for general LIS students; those wishing to specialize in information technology should take LIS 456 Info Storage and Retrieval.
LIS590DM	Document Modeling
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	An introduction to information modeling for text and documents emphasizing fundamental modeling principles and XML-related information processing standards. Specific topics include document analysis, modeling problems and techniques, markup metalanguages and schemas (including XML Schema and RelaxNG, as well as XML DTDs), and markup semantics. Several important markup systems in a variety of domains will be examined in detail, including TEI (for humanities texts), the National Library of Medicine's journal DTD (for STM publishing), and DocBook and Dita (for technical documentation). We draw on perspectives from formal language theory, data structures, and knowledge representation, and explore the relationships between grammar-based document modeling and other data modeling disciplines, such as the relational model and the entity-relationship model. Students will undertake a hands-on document modeling project.
Prerequisites	LIS 501 or consent of instructor
LIS590DP	Document Processing
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	An introduction to XML-based document processing technologies and standards appropriate to electronic publishing. Leveraging descriptive encoding in standard formats (XML, SGML, HTML), industry-standard styling and transformation technologies (XSLT, CSS) can be deployed within layered systems to create and maintain formatted publications on and off the web (in HTML, PDF and print). Course participants will build such a system on an open-source platform. Issues to be covered include processing architectures (batch, server-and client-side processing); "vertical" publishing formats such as Docbook, DITA, NLM/NCBI, TEI; validation and quality-assurance methods and technologies; ancillary production pipelines (SVG graphics, RSS/Atom feeds, "galley proof" versions); document metadata and aggregation; and the role of proprietary publishing applications.
Prerequisites	LIS 452 or other programming experience
LIS590DRM	Doctoral Research Methods
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	This course offers a substantial introduction to research methods relevant to doctoral work in library and information science. This course progresses as a series of seminars, each presenting a different method of research. It prepares students to review studies of others that use such methods, and allows them to become more knowledgeable about methods appropriate to their dissertation research. Quantitative, qualitative, and multi-method approaches will be included in the course.
Prerequisites	LIS doctoral student
LIS590DS	Implement of Distrib Info Sys [Implementation of Distributed Information Systems]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Examines the effective implementation of distributed information systems, focusing on retrieval and display of information from relational databases over the World Wide Web. Students will gain conceptual and practical knowledge of web-based data creation, organization, implementation, and retrieval, with a focus on library textual databases and solutions.
Prerequisites	LIS 452, LIS 454, or permission of the instructor. Programming skills (e.g., in 'C') are desirable but not required. Some UNIX expertise is required.
LIS590EB	Enum Desc Hist & Text Bibliog [Enumerative, Descriptive, Historical and Textual Bibliography]
Credit	2 GR hours
Description	Scholars, librarians, archivists, students, and others interested in the book as an artifact (for any purpose: buying or selling, cataloging, acquiring, deaccessioning, collecting, publishing, editing, or other tasks) must have a firm grasp of the four main branches of bibliography: Enumerative, Descriptive, Historical, and Textual. The course will elucidate what these related fields focus on, showing their interrelationships, and preparing practitioners of all kinds to speak authoritatively about books as bearers of texts and as artifacts. The course looks at such things as how to compile and focus, design and present an enumerative bibliography; how to describe books (especially those from the hand-press period--up through about 1800) for cataloging, buying, selling, and doing scholarly research; the book as a historical artifact, with respect to its creation, dissemination, and the effect it had on the culture (along with the effect the culture had on the world of publishing); the development of authoritative, accurately and definitively edited texts; and more. [Elective for Graduate Certificate in Special Collections]
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LIS590ED	Intl Perspectives on LIS Educ [International Perspectives on LIS Education]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	This seminar focuses on current issues in Library and Information Science education, ranging from professional education of librarians to alternative career paths for information professionals. A survey of the development and history of education of information professionals throughout the world is presented as background. Continuing education issues are also explored. Students will review the literature and present a research based paper on a topic relating to LIS Education from an international perspective.
Prerequisites	doctoral student; other graduate students may enroll with consent of instructor
LIS590EL	E-Learning [E-Learning: Social and Technical Issues in E-learning Research and Practice]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	This seminar addresses social, technical, administrative, and pedagogical aspects of online education and learning. The course will primarily address e-learning in higher education, and but will also consider e-learning in non-educational settings. We will discuss technical and social challenges and new practices associated with teaching and learning online, as well as theoretical perspectives on e-learning, methods of researching e-learning, and research progress and agendas. Attention will be given to examining the online environment as a whole, including how computer-mediated communication affects interaction between students and instructors, and among instructors; how learning communities are built and sustained online; how students learn how to learn online; and social and technical aspects of sustaining online programs.
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LIS590EP	Electr Pub: Techs & Practices [Electronic Publishing: Technologies and Practices]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	This course offers an introduction to electronic publishing with a focus on the practices, standards, and issues affecting digital librarians and information managers working in the academic sphere. After an introduction to basic concepts and issues, the course presents a set of essential technical concepts and approaches, including metadata standards, XML encoding languages and schema design, and publication tools. We will also examine the social and institutional issues that are shaping electronic publishing practices, including preservation and data curation, open access, and accessibility. Guest lectures and case studies in the final segment of the course provide an opportunity to look at real-world implementations and practical tradeoffs. Assignments are organized around a student-designed electronic publishing project in which students combine hands-on practice with analysis. No technical knowledge is assumed but students having no prior exposure to XML publishing should be prepared for a fairly swift initial immersion.
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LIS590ER	Electronic Records Management
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	This course addresses the major issues and challenges facing the archival/records management professions in their quest to effectively manage electronic records. Students will study and evaluate the impact automation has had on archival theory and practice, and will analyze various models and strategies archivists have developed to manage electronic records.
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LIS590EV	Eval Programs and Services [Evaluating Programs and Services]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	This course provides both a theoretical base and an application base for the design and conduct of evaluations. The course includes an introduction to evaluation by reviewing history. It also provides a review of several landmark events and theoretical foundations of evaluation. The remainder of the course is focused on designing evaluations that can be applied to real needs that exists in the LIS context. This course will view the LIS context very broadly to include libraries, museums, retrieval system, and other technology based processes. Students will be able to fit the content of this course to their own specialization or work context. Outcome evaluation will be emphasized in the course, but other forms of evaluation will be included.
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LIS590FCC	Federation of Community Colls [Federation of Community Collections]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Examines future technologies and models for federating collections. Community collections are small specialized sources on a particular topic for a particular group. Such collections will form the great bulk of items on the Net in the future. Federating across such collections involves mapping similar objects across distributed collections to enable searching as a unified whole. A broad range of disciplines will be examined for different levels of federation, including schema integration in computer science, vocabulary switching in information science, cross-cultural universals in anthropology and psychology, cross-population lifestyles in healthcare and architecture. Students will read and present current papers from the research literature. A semester-long project will be required, which could lead to a PhD dissertation, involving design or implementation of new models or new systems.
Prerequisites	Doctoral student; other graduate students may enroll with consent of instructor.
LIS590FL	Folklore: Fireplace Cyberspace [Folklore: From Fireplace To Cyberspace]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	This course is an advanced introduction to the interdisciplinary practice of research in folklore, defined here as a special but pervasive mode of informal communication: expressive culture framed as tradition. We will explore some of the history of folklore scholarship and look at its relationship to anthropology and literature; its subject matter, methods of study, analysis and interpretation. We will be examining work by folklorists that ranges from the collection of "folklore texts" to the ethnography of communities, including dispersed and diasporic communities. Special concerns of the course include folklore as an entr?e to community documentation and self-documentation, cultural preservation in the wake of disasters, and problems of intellectual freedom and cultural ownership. This is a doctoral seminar that involves both extensive reading and a semester-long research project, culminating in a paper. [revised 2/13/08]
Prerequisites	Doctoral student; other graduate students may enroll with consent of instructor.
LIS590FM	Financial Management
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	Provides an orientation to the variety of financial management techniques appropriate for libraries and information centers, with an emphasis on sources for obtaining financial support from grants, contracts, and other alternative sources.
Skill	basic spreadsheet
Prerequisites	LIS 505 or consent of instructor.
LIS590GC	Pol Econ Global Comm Info [The Political Economy of Global Communications and Information]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	The structure and control of global communications and information are of commanding importance in today's world. The rise of vertically integrated, transnational corporations in this sector, alongside the characteristically recent emergence throughout much of the world of national and regional units of capital, are transforming the earlier system based on cultural/informational exports and imports. The continuing transnationalization of production and distribution systems; institutionally stratified opportunities to influence the informational environment; access to communications systems and services; intellectual property issues; propaganda in the contemporary world; and evaluation of the economic importance of the sector are vital questions for research. We will analyze basic texts and recent scholarship on these topics to acquaint graduate students with leading themes and breaking research in the field, so as to assist them in designing and implementing their own research programs. Students will read a series of scholarly monographs, and write major research papers.
Prerequisites	PhD student; other graduate students may enroll with consent of instructor.
LIS590GI	Globalization & Info [Globalization and Information]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	This seminar is an exploration of globalization. It will examine the emergent shift from a world organized around the political space of the nation-state to one organized around the informational, communicational and bio-political space of the whole planet. The focus of the course will be on how "the global" comes about, as information technologies, humans, nature, and discursive regimes are assembled in novel ways. Rather than using "globalization" as a description and explanation of our world, the course focuses on globalization as something to be explained. Readings will draw from scholarship on social studies of science, anthropology, sociology of finance, biosciences and information studies.
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LIS590GP	Great Printers and Their Books
Credit	2 GR hours
Description	The intellectual, economic, social, and cultural impact of printing was--and continues to be--enormous. In this course students will study the makers of books that have influenced Western culture since the invention of printing and will survey the monuments of printing history and the printers, authors, and texts behind them, as well as reception history. The scholar printer of the Renaissance, polemical printers, court printers, aesthetic printers, cheap printers, and pirate printers will be discussed, along with the political, religious, literary, scientific, and artistic influences of their books on society. Items from the UIUC Rare Book & Manuscript Library collection will be examined during each class meeting. [Elective course for Graduate Certificate in Special Collections]
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LIS590HB	History of the Book
Credit	Varies--see description.
Description	This course will cover a wide variety of topics concerned with the history and development of the book, both as a physical object and as the bearer of intellectual content. Discussions will explore different aspects of written materials, including the physical properties of the objects that carry text and image (e.g., papyrus, paper, parchment, etc.) and their cultural and intellectual function. [Elective course for the Graduate Certificate in Special Collections]. [Note: The course could be offered for 2 hours credit only, or 4 hours credit only, or variable (2 or 4 hours) credit with the coursework requirements in any given semester in proportion to the number of credit hours for that term. The amount of credit offered may vary in any given term. For example, the course is being offered for just 4 hours of credit in Fall 2008.]
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LIS590HF	History & Foundations of LIS [History and Foundations of Library and Information Science]
Credit	4 GR hours
Description	This course introduces students to the historical foundations of library and information science and provides a basis for exploring more recent theoretical and experimental developments. The course examines the complex interactions of socio-cultural, technological and professional factors underlying the emergence and current status of LIS as a field of investigation and practice. It also suggests the relevance of historical study to fundamental and continuing problems of information management, despite the technological and organizational developments that have occurred over the centuries. The required reading is wide ranging but highly selected given the course's scope. This course is required of all first semester PhD students.
Prerequisites	Required of first-semester LIS doctoral students
LIS590HI	Healthcare Infrastructure