Undergraduate Library Media
Undergraduate Library Media
2024 Fall Term
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TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHERS
LIBMEDIA 201
This course is designed to provide explanatory and hands-on practical experiences at the introductory level with digital, print, and web-based technologies for collaboration, information gathering, analysis and management, communication and creation in teaching and learning.
FINDING AND USING INFORMATION
LIBMEDIA 350
Support the inquiries, interests and investigations of the community by identifying questions, connecting library members with the information they seek and providing services associated with it's use. The course introduces basic reference theory and professional practice, and the tools, information resources and problem solving strategies used by professionals.
LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN
LIBMEDIA 362
Designed primarily to acquaint the student with books and nonprint media which will support the reading interests of children at multiple levels, representing multiple cultures and backgrounds. Students will also become familiar with review publications, strategies for building and promoting a children's collection, and how to support intellectual freedom.
ORGANIZING INFORMATION
LIBMEDIA 451
Learn to describe information resources clearly, assess their information potential, and use strategies and procedures that will help somebody seeking information find what they need. Become familiar with formal and informal strategies for facilitating subject access, such as MARC records, tagging, metadata, controlled vocabularies, abstracting and classification. Address intellectual and practical issues related to creating structured access to information in all formats.
COMBINED SCHOOL LIBRARY PRACTICUM
LIBMEDIA 493
This course provides students in the school library program with the opportunity to fully develop, practice, and reflect upon skills acquired through coursework in a supervised field experience in school libraries. Students create a portfolio demonstrating mastery of program competencies. In the combined practicum, students complete fieldwork hours at the school at which they are employed and at another school of a different level (elementary, middle, high).