WISE Course Electives for Pitt MLIS Students - Summer 2007

  WISE courses available for Summer 2007 Term:

1. International Librarianship – Issues and Innovations
   The University of British Columbia
   Summer 2007 Shirley Giggey
   The goal of this course is to provide students with a broad understanding of library development and services throughout the world. Students will learn the issues and problems facing the development of libraries within their socio-economic and cultural contexts and will become acquainted with the successes and/or failures of various approaches to these issues. As North American librarianship is addressed in other SLAIS courses, most attention will be given to library development in other regions.

2. Managing Information in the Academic Environment
   The University of Maryland
   Summer 2007 Ann Prentice
   Using the college/university environment as an example, the purpose of this course is to identify the many information resources needed to support each of these areas, to review existing organizational structures developed to manage these resources, and within this review to examine the role of the CIO. Students will identify and explore management issues within the context of the academic enterprise. Pre-Requisite: A basic management course. Topics to be Covered (Tentative List) Information technology and how it has changed the campus information structure Information communities and cultures within the academic setting and how they interact The evolving role of the CIO The roles of the campus information leaders; the library director, computer center director, administrative information director, etc. The role of central administration in planning and structuring information Impact on students, faculty, and staff of the organizational structure of information and the ease of access. Looking beyond the campus to information connections regionally, statewide, and beyond. Evaluation and assessment of academic information systems as part of overall college/university assessment. The role of accrediting agencies. Problems and issues in managing information in academia e.g. privacy How can new ways of thinking about academic information transform current structures?

3. Research Methods in Library and Information Studies
   The University of Maryland
   Summer 2007 Peter Liesbcher
   Techniques and strategies of research as applied to the definition, investigation, and evaluation of information problems.
   
   
4. Information Environments
   The University of Maryland
   Summer 2007 Bruce Dearstyne
   Role and function of information in organizations.  Organizational environment and its influence on internal and external communication, organizational structure and management, organizational culture, information flow, organizational identity.  Shared mental models and group decision making.  Differences among types of organizations. Information policy.