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WISE Course Electives for Pitt MLIS Students - Spring 2008

 
   
   

WISE Logo  WISE courses available for Spring 2008 Term:

  1. Advanced Info.Technology Tools: Building the Social Library Online
    from San Jose State University

    This class will explore popular social (Web 2.0) technologies and how libraries can capitalize on these tools to improve communication between the library and its patrons, build online communities, and better share information professionally.

  2. Children's Literature Goes to the Movies
    from Rutgers University

    This course will examine the interpretive structures of American children's movies based on children's literature. Discussions will center on a variety of contemporary issues, including how literal fidelity relates to creative license (i.e., adaptation versus translation); how evolving understandings of race, gender, ethnicity and age affect filmic interpretation and presentation; and whether a book's theme or core narrative can be divided from the vast body of cultural, ideological and political influences that constitute its identity. We will also examine questions such as how successful children's films of the past impose upon the presentation of new works. Children's Literature Goes To The Movies will also ask students to decide whether knowledge of the original book enriches the experience of going to the movies (and the movie enriches one's understanding of the original book), or whether movie and book are essentially separate. Films we will study will include: The Little Mermaid , Snow White, Cinderella, Aladdin, Pinocchio, I Am the Cheese, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Matilda, Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, The Fellowship of the Ring, Jumani, Shrek, and several versions of Little Women. Note that you will be required both to read the literature and view the films; all required films will be readily available from popular video outlets.

  3. Gender and Culture in Children's Picture Books
    from Rutgers University

    In this course you will work online to develop an understanding of: criteria for evaluating children's picture books for their cultural authenticity; different illustrative techniques and their effectiveness for particular texts; problems of translating children's books from one language and culture to another; and the variety of materials available and publishing trends in multiculturalism. Coursework will emphasize books that use powerful verbal and visual images to promote self esteem and cultural awareness among young children. You will participate in online discussions with your colleagues in the course and with various experts in other parts of this country and abroad.

  4. Globalization and the Information Society: Information, Communication and Development
    from Syracuse University

    The Globalization Seminar is an advanced graduate seminar, developed and conducted by Professor Derrick L. Cogburn. It is an initiative of the Collaboratory on Technology Enhanced Learning Communities (http://cotelco.syr.edu) at the Syracuse University, School of Information Studies. The seminar consists of thirteen weekly sessions and currently involves participants registered at universities in the United States, South Africa, and around the world. The approach to the seminar is to use synchronous and asynchronous learning techniques to break the boundaries of space, time and distance. Using a geographically–distributed computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) pedagogical model, the seminar employs a suite of web-based tools to create a highly interactive, globally networked collaborative learning environment. Within this learning environment, seminar participants explore the socio-economic, political and cultural implications of globalization and the on-going development of a knowledge-based Information Society. The seminar takes a global multi-stakeholder approach, with particular emphasis on the responses to these issues from the perspectives of Africa, the developing world, and the civil society sector. At SU, students may participate in the live seminar session held on campus in the iLab, or in the synchronous online sessions held simultaneously in the Cotelco Webconferencing room http://cotelcocave.syr.edu

  5. Information Services for Specific Populations
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Service, professional, and administrative issues related to information access by nontraditional information service users; the course examines trends, public policy, ethical issues, programming, and evaluation of services. Prerequisite: Students are admitted if completed a basic reference course or by permission of instructor.

  6. Librarianship for Latin American, Iberian and Latina Studies
    from The University of Illinois
    This course will include coverage of reference and resources; collection development; and professional activities in librarianship with a focus on Latin American, Iberian, and Latina Studies.

  7. Library Services for Racially & Ethnically Diverse Communities
    from San Jose State University
    This course focuses on developing skills for planning, implementing and evaluating programs for addressing the information needs of racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse communities. Reviews the major national, state and local studies.

  8. Music Librarianship & Bibliography
    from The University of Illinois
    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.

  9. Seminar in Information Science: Immersive Worlds including Second Life
    from San Jose State University
    This class explores the intersection of Multi-User Virtual Environments and the new social web. It is a survey course in that it will review milestones in MUVEs and examine historical trends leading to the current rapid expansion of non-game 3D environments. It is also a design studio for students who want to build 3D immersive settings, clothing, vehicles, objects, etc. Students will see several virtual worlds but will delve deeply into the Second Life platform.

  10. Applied Economics for Information Managers
    from Syracuse University
    The purpose of this course is to gain an understanding of economic theory as it is applied to situations that information managers face. The catalog description is as follows: Economics principles relevant to management of information functions in organizational contexts. Core microeconomic concepts applied to the marketplace for information products and services. Financial tools used for managing information systems and networks.

  11. Civic Entrepreneurship and Public Institutions
    from The University of Illinois
    This course will prepare students to be civic innovators in libraries, other public institutions and community-based organizations. This course content will come primarily from the civic and social entrepreneurship literature and case studies of innovative and entrepreneurial librarians who are redefining the role of libraries in relation to the civic and social life of their communities. Students will gain a new understanding of how entrepreneurial public institutions can build the civic capacity needed to develop new approaches to public problems. Students will contribute to a new stream of research on civic entrepreneurship within the professions of the library, nonprofit, community-based, and public institutions, and civic-minded individuals.

  12. Data Administration Concepts and Database Management
    from Syracuse University
    Definition, development, and management of databases for information systems. Data analysis techniques, data modeling, and schema design. Query languages and search specifications. Overview of file organization for databases. Data administration concepts and skills. Credit cannot be given for both IST 659 and IST 658.

  13. Human Information Interactions
    from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    The behavioral and cognitive activities of those who interact with information, with emphasis on the role of information mediators. How information needs are recognized and resolved; use and dissemination of information.

  14. Info Sources and Svcs Sciences
    from The University of Illinois
    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.
 

 

 

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