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WISE Course
Electives for Pitt MLIS Students - Spring 2008
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WISE courses available for Spring
2008 Term:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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For more information
about the Library and Information Science Program,
please call 412.624.9420 or e-mail Debbie Day
School of Information
Sciences, University of Pittsburgh,
135 North Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Tel: 412.624.3988 | Fax: 412.624.5231
For information about Admissions & Financial Aid, please
contact
Shabana Reza at 800.672.9435
Information Science & Technology Email: isinq@sis.pitt.edu
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