All Courses

All required courses are offered every term. Elective courses normally are offered frequently and those that have not been taught within a three-year period are removed from the list of offerings. For a list of anticipated electives for the coming term, see the Schedule of MLIS Elective Courses.

Please note that the courses below are listed using the new course numbering system (in place campus-wide as of Summer 2008). The previous course number is included in parentheses following the new number.

[T] = Designated Technology course.

  • 9001 Perspectives on Library and Information Science
  • 9002 Organization of Information
  • 9003 Information Sources and Services
  • 9004 Research Methods and Statistics
  • 9005 Managing and Working in Information Organizations
  • 9006 Online Searching
  • 9100 Philosophy of Library and Information Science
  • 9101 The Shaping of News and Information Through Technology
  • 9102 Professing the Popular: A Midbrow Introduction
  • 9104 Publishing, Media and Librarianship
  • 9106 History of Libraries from Ancient Times to the Present
  • 9107 Special Topic - Libraries and Democracies: History, Rhetoric, Action
  • 9130 Information Policy
  • 9133 Information Equity
  • 9134 Surveillance and Freedom in the Age of Control
  • 9135 Political Economy of Information
  • 9152 Instructional Strategies for Information Professionals
  • 9153 Professional Communication
  • 9154 Advocacy and Library Issues
  • 9157 Information Entrepreneurship
  • 9158 Legal Issues for Information Professionals
  • 9200 Descriptive Cataloguing Theory and Practice
  • 9201 Classification and Indexing
  • 9202 Subject Analysis and Thesaurus Construction
  • 9203 Records Management
  • 9204 Enterprise Content Management
  • 9301 Advanced Information Sources and Services
  • 9312 Exploring and Understanding Comic Books and Graphic Novels in Libraries
  • 9314 The Place of Folktale/Myth Collections in Public, School, and Academic Libraries
  • 9315 Collection Development
  • 9316 Government Information
  • 9318 Legal Information Sources and Services
  • 9319 Information Sources and Services in Science, Technology and Medicine
  • 9320 Consumer Health Information Sources and Services
  • 9322 Evidence-Based Health Care for Information Professionals
  • 9323 Information Sources for Business and Industry
  • 9326 An Introduction to Genealogy and Local History Reference Services
  • 9345 Information Use and Usable Information
  • 9350 An Introduction to Information Behaviour
  • 9351 Library and Information Services for a Diverse Society
  • 9352 Reading Theory and Practice
  • 9353 International Librarianship: Issues and Innovations
  • 9355 The Art of Oral Storytelling
  • 9356 Storytelling in Modern Librarianship: "Beyond the Childrens Room"
  • 9357 Community Development: Libraries Building Community
  • 9361 Children's Materials (Birth - 7 years): Evaluation and Use
  • 9362 Materials for Older Children (8-12 years)
  • 9363 Youth, Information and Library Services
  • 9364 Young Adult Materials
  • 9365 Services for Children
  • 9380 Genres of Fiction, the Reader and the Public Library
  • 9381 Literary Appreciation
  • 9382 Readers' Advisory Service in the Public Library
  • 9410 Individual Study
  • 9411 Guided Research I
  • 9412 Guided Research II
  • 9413 Major Research Project Part 1
  • 9414 Major Research Project Part 2
  • 9415 Major Research Project Part 3
  • 9416 Major Research Project Part 4
  • 9501 Human Resource Management
  • 9502 Financial Management
  • 9503 Knowledge Management
  • 9504 Strategic Planning
  • 9505 Understanding Program Success: How to Plan and Evaluate Library Programs
  • 9506 Managing Vendor Relations
  • 9508 Marketing and Public Relations for Information Professionals
  • 9509 Prospect Research In Fundraising
  • 9512 Professional Leadership and Libraries
  • 9513 Organizational Behaviour: Theory and Practice
  • 9514 Information Management
  • 9515 Project Management
  • 9516 Library Design and Planning
  • 9610 The Public Library in the Community
  • 9630 Academic Libraries
  • 9631 Introduction to Collection Development Practices in Academic Libraries
  • 9650 Management of Special Libraries and Information Services
  • 9670 Introduction to Archives Administration
  • 9671 Conservation and Preservation Management in Libraries and Archives
  • 9672 Archival Reference Services and Outreach
  • 9673 Archival Description
  • 9701 Information Retrieval: Research and Practice [T]
  • 9705 Information and Communication in a Digital Age [T]
  • 9706 Human-Computer Interaction: The User and Technology [T]
  • 9710 Managing Internet Information Services [T]
  • 9712 Evolution of the Internet [T]
  • 9713 Internet Broadcasting for the Public Sector [T]
  • 9720 Digital Libraries [T]
  • 9721 Information Visualization [T]
  • 9723 Web Design and Architecture [T]
  • 9724 Web Usability: Theory and Practice [T]
  • 9725 Markup and Metadata [T]
  • 9726 Second Life and Other Virtual Worlds: Critical Perspectives and Applications [T]
  • 9731 Database Management Systems [T]
  • 9732 Language and Computer Technologies for Libraries and Beyond [T]
  • 9741 Programming for Library and Information Science Applications [T]
  • 9751 Issues in Distance Learning for Academic and Public Libraries [T]
  • 9761 Managing Information Technology in Libraries [T]
  • 9762 Open Source Software in Libraries [T]
  • 9763 Social Software and Libraries [T]
  • 9764 GIS in Academic Libraries [T]
  • 9765 Geodigital Libraries [T]
  • 9766 eBooks for Libraries [T]
  • 9790 Placing Users First: Designing for Real People
  • 9791 Information and the Human Factor in a Technological Society