Development of public service-oriented attitudes. Exploration of community structure, dynamics, and attitudes towards the public library and its potential to serve the whole community, including special client groups. The organization of public libraries, the role of library boards in their management, and the effect of organizational structure on their services.
Academic libraries in institutions of higher learning. Strategic issues and trends, including scholarly communication; publishing, funding and access models; and evolving technologies. User populations, their needs and information-seeking behaviour. Impact of digital resources on collections, access, services and instruction. The academic librarian as information specialist, educator; scholar and leader.
To introduce students to special libraries and information services, including: information needs, collection development, services, budgeting, marketing, and management. Students will examine the literature, design a specific library, and write a consulting report in order to gain a general knowledge and practise the skills needed in running special libraries
Corequisites: MLIS 9005
A survey of the nature and role of archival studies as a field of information science. Comparison of archival principles and practice with those of related disciplines. Study of core archival functions, the theory and methodology for carrying out these functions, and the implementation of archival principles and methods in archival institutions.
Explores preservation management issues in libraries and archives and examines the responsibilities of librarians, archivists and conservators. Modern preservation principles and current conservation techniques are examined as well as the durability and permanence of various media, both historical and modern, that are common to libraries and archives.
Utilizing both theory and practice, this course introduces students to the purpose of a sustainable, ongoing archival program committed to public service.
The course covers the theory and practice of archival description and descriptive tools designed to improve retrieval for patrons as well as management of archival holdings. Review and application of the Canadian archival descriptive standard, Rules for Archival Description (RAD), will form the focus of the course.