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IMS 380 | Introduction to Identity Management | Restricted to students enrolled in the Master of Science in Identity Management and Security program. |
IMS 381 | Identity in Society & Community | Restricted to students in the Master of Science in Identity Management and Security program. |
IMS 382 | Identity & Public Policy | Restricted to students in the Master of Science in Identity Management and Security program. |
IMS 383 | Identity Business Practices & Governance | Restricted to students in the Master of Science in Identity Management and Security |
IMS 384 | Identity Communication | Restricted to students in the Master of Science in Identity Management and Security program. |
IMS 385 | Identity Risk and Benefit Analysis | Restricted to students in the Master of Science in Identity Management and Security program. |
IMS 385T | Special Topics in Identity Management & Security | Restricted to students in the Master of Science in Identity Management and Security program. |
IMS 386 | Identity Security | Restricted to students in the Master of Science in Identity Management and Security program. Identity enrollment and authentication for cyber and physical access and transactions, cryptography, biometrics, device identity security, and security culture. |
IMS 387 | Identity Information Management & Repositories | Restricted to students in the Master of Science in Identity Management and Security |
IMS 388 | Identity & Law | Restricted to students in the Master of Science in Identity Management and Security program. |
IMS 398R | Master's Report | Restricted to students in the Master of Science in Identity Management and Security program. |
INF 181 | Individual Studies - RESTRICTED (1 hour credit) | In-depth study of a problem or topic related to information studies, usually culminating in an examination or a scholarly written report. With consent of the graduate advisor, may be repeated for credit. |
INF 181E | Electronic Portfolio | Creation of a website that displays the student's professional aims, interests, and pursuits, including resume and work samples. Designed to be taken during the final semester of the Master of Science in Information Studies degree program. |
INF 188T | Internship in Libraries & Other Information Agencies - RESTRICTED | Supervised fieldwork. |
INF 281 | Individual Studies - RESTRICTED (2 hours credit) | In-depth study of a problem or topic related to information studies, usually culminating in an examination or a scholarly written report. With consent of the graduate advisor, may be repeated for credit. |
INF 288T | Internship in Libraries & Other Information Agencies - RESTRICTED | Supervised fieldwork. |
INF 303D | Academic Success in the Digital University | Exposure to a wide variety of information and academic resources, tools, and skills. Focus is on the digital landscape of higher education. Subjects include features of the primary learning management system used; communication and organizational tools; library resources; basic online research resources; and ethical and safety concerns. |
INF 304D | Introduction to Information Studies | "Overview of the information field as it relates to the technology-based world culture. Topics may include the idea of information, information in relation to |
INF 304D | Introduction to Information Studies (HCI/UX Emphasis) | "Overview of the information field as it relates to the technology-based world culture. Topics may include the idea of information, information in relation to |
INF 315C | Topics In Human-Computer Interaction | Fundamental concepts, techniques, and questions in human-computer interaction. Topics |
INF 315E | Information and Culture | Examines information as a cultural phenomenon. Topics may include e-commerce, privacy and secrecy, censorship, information as a commodity, Internet culture, access to cultural heritage, and control of the cultural record. |
INF 322T | Children's Literature | Evaluation, selection, and proper and creative use of books and other media with children. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Information Studies 322T and 322W may not both be counted. |
INF 327E | Information and People | Study of how individuals and groups create meaning. Explores research topics concerning people and communication, including information literacy, organizations and innovation, knowledge management, and identifying information needs. |
INF 331C | Beyond Google | A general introduction to information searching and evaluating information in digital, print, visual, and aural formats. |
INF 335C | Information In Cyberspace (HCI/UX Emphasis) | An overview of the history and social impact of Internet, Web, and other network technologies. Students will learn methods and tools of media creation with an emphasis on technological self-sufficiency. |
INF 335C | Information in Cyberspace | An overview of the history and social impact of Internet, Web, and other network technologies. Students will learn methods and tools of media creation with an emphasis on technological self-sufficiency. |
INF 343C | Information Organization and Access | Basic aspects of representing and organizing information resources in digital information settings. Introduces the fundamentals of identifying informational objects, including description, content indication, and metadata. |
INF 350C | Advanced Topics In Human-Computer Interaction | Advanced concepts, techniques, and questions in human-computer interaction. Topics covered may include the design of rich interfaces, evaluation of interactive systems, and visual design. |
INF 350E | Information Technology | Design and use of information technologies, including interface design, trends in information technology development, usability, information retrieval, immersive media, and information architecture. |
INF 350E.01 | Technologies of the Book | Design and use of information technologies, including interface design, trends in information technology development, usability, information retrieval, immersive media, and information architecture. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Information studies 350E and 350W may not both be counted unless the topics vary. |
INF 350G | Information in Society | Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 371C | Projects In Human-Computer Interaction | Hands-on user experience design project. Students examine users' needs; complete an |
INF 371E | Projects In Information Studies | Study of a current practical question, phenomenon, or controversy involving information. Includes designing, evaluating, and testing an information system or producing a project report. |
INF 380C | Information in Social and Cultural Context | Examines the role of information in human activities, particularly in relation to particular social and cultural contexts. Examines how individuals, groups, organizations, institutions, and society at large create, find, use, understand, share, transform, and curate information. |
INF 380D | Designing Dynamic Web Pages | Principles and practices for designing, developing, and evaluating interactive desktop and mobile Web pages. Theories and models for color, styles, and interactive page elements, such as forms. Students create and evaluate Web pages using current technologies, such as XHTML/HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, and Adobe Flash. |
INF 380E | Perspectives on Information | A multi-disciplinary and historical examination of information as a primary and foundational concept. Contrasts key literature from information studies with perspectives from other fields. |
INF 380K | Internet Applications | Introduction to Internet concepts, protocols, applications, and services. Examines the impact of policy and management decisions on current and future developments, and studies the design and implementation of Internet applications, including HTML, CSS, and related tools. |
INF 380P | Introduction to Programming | Introduction to problem solving and structured thinking, with an emphasis on design and implementation. Concepts and constructs underlying modern programming languages, such as data types, variables, operators, procedures, functions, classes, and objects. Includes significant hands-on programming opportunities in designing Web, mobile, or desktop applications. |
INF 381 | Individual Studies - RESTRICTED (3 hours credit) | In-depth study of a problem or topic related to information studies, usually culminating in an examination or a scholarly written report. With consent of the graduate advisor, may be repeated for credit. |
INF 381W | Advanced Problems in Information Studies - web-based - RESTRICTED | Study of a problem or topic related to information studies. |
INF 382C | Understanding and Serving Users | Overview of human-computer interaction, understanding client groups, information filters, information literacy and information-seeking behavior, as well as user studies and usability testing. |
INF 382D | Introduction to Information Resources and Services | Major reference resources and strategies useful in providing information services in libraries and other information agencies. |
INF 382E | Materials for Children | A survey of children's literature; materials in various formats suitable for use by and with children. Evaluation tools, application of selection and evaluation criteria, and planning for the use of materials.
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INF 382F | Materials for Young Adults | Evaluation, selection and use of books and other media to meet the needs of young adults of middle-school and high-school age. |
INF 382G | Information Resources and Services for Children and Young Adults | Examines the evaluation, selection, and use of books and other media for young adults of junior and senior high school age. Briefly surveys the reading experience, psychology of adolescence, and reading interests of young adults. Includes extensive reading and viewing. |
INF 382H | Legal Information Resources | Identification of relevant legal information resources, efficient retrieval of legal information, and the role of technology in legal information access. |
INF 382K | Information Resources in the Health Sciences | Evaluation of conventional and online health information resources used by consumers and health care professionals for health promotion and disease and disorder prevention, diagnosis, treatment, ad management. Includes traditional and alternative approaches, genetic clinical information approaches, and evidence-based approaches to the use of resources. |
INF 382L | Information Resources and Services | Evaluation and use of printed online information resources and services in specialized areas, with emphasis on new information technologies. Information-seeking behavior of users, document delivery, new roles of the information specialist in user support, and information needs of a variety of clients. |
INF 382N | Information Resources in Business | Communication patterns, bibliographic organization and information resources in business and industry. |
INF 382P | Competitive Intelligence Resources and Strategies | Resources and strategies for market and competitive analysis. Research and analysis of market trends and financial, technical, and cultural strengths and weaknesses of companies. Online, print, and primary research and analytical techniques. Ethics, process, and presentation are emphasized. |
INF 382R | Introduction to Scientific Data Informatics | Introduction to the characteristics of scientific data and the emerging practices applied |
INF 382S | Library Instruction and Information Literacy | History of instruction in information service settings; learning theory, including learning styles; professional organizations involved in supporting instruction; instructional delivery modes and materials; and evaluation. |
INF 382T | Information Services: Theory, Techniques, and Subject Areas | Exploration of reference services; and evaluation and use of printed and online information resources and services, with emphases on interpersonal communication and new information technologies. Information needs and information-seeking behavior or users; and new roles of the information specialist in user services. Includes information resources an services in the humanities and social sciences. |
INF 382U | Electronic Resources for Children and Youth Seminar | Exploration of digital information resources available for children and youth, including the range of content and availability, how information resources are conceived and created, and the implications of these resources for school and public libraries. |
INF 382V | Visual Resources for Youth Seminar | The history and selection criteria of the Caldecott Award; the history of picture books and publishing; academic and professional literature about children's materials; and selection criteria for picture books, including evaluating children's literature and developing the tools to analyze picture books for narrative, artistic, and compositional elements. Illustrative techniques and their effectiveness in relation to particular texts. |
INF 383D | Mathematical Foundations of Information Studies | Introduction to traditional finite mathematical concepts, including probability distributions and models, linear equations, matrix algebra, linear statistical models, basic information theory, and the use of mathematical and statistical software for modeling and data analysis. |
INF 383E | Interpreting Implicit Information on the Web | Theories and methods of Internet language and image interpretation. Examines persuasion, group and individual identity projection, and group-value demonstration. Focuses on how discourse is shaped by ideology, social forces, and the knowledge and beliefs of its producers within several information contexts, such as online communities, education, science, and healthcare. |
INF 383H | Introduction to Digital Humanities | A hands-on introduction to guiding infrastructural and institutional developments involved in digital scholarship. Areas of focus include archives, collection, and scholarly editions; data curation; funding; text encoding; tool building; scholarly publishing; and visualization. |
INF 383S | Library Information Science, Espionage, and Intelligence Gathering | Examines the historical and conceptual linkages between the field of library information science and the practices of intelligence gathering and espionage. Explores the role and structure of the intelligence community, the similarities and contrasts between intelligence practitioners and other information professionals, and historical case studies that illuminate areas of overlap and cooperation between the disciplines. |
INF 384C | Organizing Information | Introduction to the concepts of information organization, representation, and classification. Consideration of different traditions of practice and user concerns. |
INF 384D | Collection Management | Philosophical and social context, objectives and methodology of evaluating and selecting library materials. |
INF 384F | Seminar in Information Organization | Critical, in-depth examination of significant concepts in information organization. |
INF 384H | Concepts of Information Retrieval | Foundations and emerging areas of research in information retrieval and filtering, including system evaluation, major underlying models in the field, empirical methods of document classification, and applications of data mining techniques (such as clustering and dimensionality reduction) for information management. |
INF 384M | Topics In Description and Metadata | Principles and practices for describing information resources. |
INF 384R | Digital Repositories | Introduction to issues in selecting, managing, and using digital repositories in diverse institutional settings. Covers repository models, collections, metadata, interoperability, preservation, policies, work flows, interfaces, |
INF 384W | Descriptive Cataloging and Metadata | Descriptive Cataloging and Metadata. Standards, rules, and metadata formats for representing information entities in library catalogs and other bibliographic systems. Emphasis on the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules and the MARC metadata format. Web-based instruction; no class meetings. Information Studies 384E and 384W may not both be counted. |
INF 385C | Human Computer Interaction | The history and importance of human-computer interaction (HCI), theories of HCI design, modeling of computer users and interfaces, empirical techniques for analyzing systems and interfaces, interface design, and styles of interaction. Emphasis on reviewing research papers, current works, and future directions in HCI research. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 385E | Information Architecture and Design | The theory and design of information architecture: models that provide structure and context for information to shape meaning, purpose, and utility toward understanding. Students present theoretical reviews; map and design; and develop novel information architectures using a variety of methods and software applications. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 385G | Advanced Usability | Designed to build upon the skills covered in Information Studies 385P. Individual project evaluating a Web site or other software user interface. Students devise a plan for testing, secure IRB approval to test human subjects, conduct study, analyze date, write a report, and present the results and conclusions. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 385H | Digital Media Design | Design and production of graphic, audio, video, and multimedia materials, with emphasis on aesthetics and usability. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 385K | Projects in Human-Computer Interaction | Projects based on theories of human-computer interaction design, modeling of computer users and interfaces, empirical techniques for analyzing systems and interfaces, interface design, and styles of interaction. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 385L | Information Networks | History, design, and use of digital information networks. Emphasis on origins of the Internet in the United States, varied technical models for networked information services, and social analysis of networked communication from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Includes close review of classic papers in networked communication as well as current works. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 385M | Database Management | Principles and practices of database management and database design. Discussion and implementation of a database. Application life cycle, data dictionaries, relational database design, SQL queries, reports and other interfaces to database data, and documentation. Students work on individual and group projects. |
INF 385N | Informatics | Investigation of informatics movements around the world and in various disciplines and professions, such as biomedicine, nursing, public health, education, business, law, and public affairs. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 385P | Usability | The basics of user-centered design through the lifecycle of a software product. Includes perceptual, psychological, and other scientific underpinnings of usability and the justification for the application of usability engineering in software development. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 385Q | Knowledge Management Systems | Survey of knowledge management systems that enable the access and coordination of knowledge management systems that enable the access and coordination of knowledge assets, including intranets, groupware, Weblogs, instant messaging, content management systems, and e-mail in both individual and organizational contexts. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 385R | Survey of Digitization | Introduction to the issues and trends in digitization initiatives and management, including project planning and management, asset delivery and management systems, interoperability and the importance of standards, copyright and other legal issues, metadata basics digital preservation, and specific digitization processes for documents, images, video, and sound. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 385S | Digital Libraries | Research, development, and evaluation issues in digital libraries, including collection development and digitization; provision of access to multimedia materials; access strategies and interfaces; metadata and interoperability; and the implications of digital libraries with respect to policy and social issues. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science | Study of the properties and behavior of information. Technology for information processing and management. |
INF 385T.1 | Presenting Information | Visual, numerical, textual, and verbal presentation of information based on fundamental theories of human information perception and communication. Examples may include tables, graphs, dashboards, infographics, and reports. |
INF 385T.2 | Visualization | Concepts, principles, strategies, techniques, and tools for the visual presentation of large, high-density, or complex information resources from a variety of disciplines such as the sciences, humanities, law, arts, and business. |
INF 385T.3 | Human Computation & Crowdsourcing | Introduction to the theory, methods, and applications of human computation and crowdsourcing; covering a breadth of key concepts as well as more specialized depth in one or more key sub-areas. |
INF 385T.4 | Mobile Interaction Design | Introduction to the design of mobile interactions with emphasis on research and analysis, conceptual design, mobile interface prototyping, and the basics of interface evaluation and usability testing. |
INF 385T.5 | Data Mining | A hands-on introductory overview of the applications, methods, tools, and technologies that constitute data science and data mining. Fundamentals of Python and R programming languages and relevant libraries. A semester project applying the learned methods and technologies to a specific dataset. |
INF 385T.6 | Information Modeling | An introduction to fundamental information modeling methods such as relational database design, conceptual modeling, markup systems, and ontologies. |
INF 385T.7 | Information Science in the Intelligence Community | Introduction to the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) and the world of espionage from a Library and Information Science perspective: how intelligence agencies collect, manage, and analyze data and information to produce actionable insights for policymakers. |
INF 385U | Digital Media Collections | Collection design, resource selection, description and organization, development of user access mechanisms. May include collection considerations in regards to various media, workflow and project management, audience analysis, and notions of authorship in the collection context. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Information Studies 385T (Topic: Creating and Using Digital Media Collections) and 385U may not both be counted. |
INF 385V | Health Informatics | Introduction to health informatics; includes fundamentals of information in biomedicine, nursing, public health, bioinformatics and genomics, electronic records, and integrated systems. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 385W | Security Informatics | Explores information, computer, and network security in several contexts. Examines business impacts of security, societal implications of the protection of information resources, and technical aspects of securing information technology systems and data. |
INF 386 | History of Information and Society | Topics on the histories of information; libraries; archives; information science, technology, and businesses; conservation; and museums. |
INF 386C | Archives, Records, and Preservation in the Modern World | Progress of archival enterprise, records management, and preservation administration from the Renaissance to the present. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 386E | Information and Culture | Examines information as a cultural phenomenon; may include e-commerce, privacy and secrecy, censorship, information as a commodity, Internet culture, access to cultural heritage, and control of the cultural record. |
INF 386G | Gender, Technology, and Information | Definitions of and metaphors for technologies; in-depth analysis of feminism and science and technologies studies, masculinities and technologies, woman's underrepresentation in technology, reproductive and sexual technologies, domestic technologies, design and architecture, book clubs and reading, and gender and (information) articulation work. |
INF 386H | Theory and Methods of Oral History | Theories of oral history; practical methods for producing, recording, annotating, and searching oral and video histories; archival issues related to documentation of oral histories; use of oral histories in various scholarly fields. |
INF 387 | Administration | Theory and practice in the design, behavior, evaluation, and administration of libraries and other information agencies and systems. Marketing of information organizations and resources. Administrative applications of technology. |
INF 387C | Managing Information Organizations | Management theory, concepts, processes, and practices as applied to information agencies and systems.
Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 387E | Evaluating Information Programs | Use of evaluation in support of decision making, setting priorities, allocating scarce resources, and improving programs. Students study how to conceptualize, design, implement, and report on evaluation in the context of working with a local client. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 387M | Information Marketing | Marketing of information agencies, systems, services, publications, and software and hardware products to consumer clientele. Includes marketing research, planning, user studies, product development, communication, pricing and distribution for profit and nonprofit organizations. Study of the information brokerage function. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 387T | Information Technology and Work | Examines the role information technology plays in modern work. Case studies of historical and modern examples of technology implementation and work transformation. Includes qualitative techniques, such as interviewing and observing, for data collection; data analysis; and presentation of data. |
INF 388C | School Library Management | Philosophy, objectives, and management of the school library; emphasis on facilities, staff resources, administrative procedures, and programs and services. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Information Studies 388C and 388W may not both be counted. |
INF 388D | Planning and Management of Programs for Children and Young Adults | Designing and planning effective services and programs for children and young adults: technologies, information need analysis, and trends. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 388E | Historical Museums: Context and Practice | The process of exhibit creation in historical museums, from planning through development to opening and maintenance, as a negotiation among stakeholders for influence on the story that is told. Students visit local historical museums and examine how presentations are influenced by the institutional position of the museum, including its history and resources; the concerns of museum employees; the influence of the audience and of those who are directly affected or represented by an exhibit; and the role of contractual professionals. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 388K | Organizational Environments | Mission, goals, and objectives of specific information settings. |
INF 388K.01 | Public Libraries | History, missions, values, governance, funding, services, user communities, architecture, leadership, and issues in public librarianship. |
INF 388K.02 | Academic Libraries | The relationship of academic library management to trends in postsecondary education, to the institution the library serves, and to the research community at large. |
INF 388K.03 | Special Libraries | Development and management of special libraries and information centers. |
INF 388K.05 | Rare Book and Special Collections | Administration of rare book and manuscript collections. Introduction to analytical bibliography. |
INF 388K.06 | Law Libraries | Overview of law librarianship, the discipline of law, and the culture of the legal environment, including the context in which law librarians, legal publishers, and other legal information professionals work. |
INF 388L | Professional Experience and Project | Study of a practical problem, current phenomenon, or professional issue in an institutional setting. Students prepare a final project intended for publication. |
INF 388R | Practicum in School Libraries | Fieldwork in varied school library settings under the supervision of |
INF 388T | Internship in Libraries and Other Information Agencies - RESTRICTED | Supervised fieldwork. |
INF 389C | Archival and Records Enterprise | Theory and practice of archival administration and records management. Problems in acquiring, organizing, and providing for use of archives and office records; issues in deterioration and care of paper, books, photographic material, magnetic records, and other media through preservation programs for libraries and archives. |
INF 389E | Introduction to Records Management | Systems for controlling recorded information in an organizational setting.
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INF 389G | Introduction to Electronic and Digital Records | Examines personal recordkeeping and information management to explore the creation, management, and preservation of digital information. Includes current developments in digital technology that affect recordkeeping. |
INF 389J | Appraisal and Selection of Records | Investigates the history, theory, and practice of selecting and appraising records information for permanent or quasi-permanent retention in an archival environment. Explores influences of other stakeholders on the selection and appraising process. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 389K | Life Cycle Metadata for Digital Objects | Constructing the "metadata continuum" in order to understand how metadata may function as an authenticating wrapper for an electronic record. Analysis of the elements of the continuum, including records surveys and inventories, creation metadata, active management metadata, records schedules, accession records, cataloging and description metadata, maintenance records, and usage records. Three lecture hours a week for one semester |
INF 389M | Introduction to Issues in Records Information | Exploration of the fundamentals of records information and their role in society. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 389N | Seminar in Archival Enterprise | Theory and practice of archival administration and records management. Problems in acquiring, organizing, preserving, and providing for use of administrative and collected archives. |
INF 389R | Introduction to Archival Enterprise I | Introduction to the records aspect of archival enterprise, from acquisition to use, with emphasis on arrangement and description.
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INF 389S | Introduction to Archival Enterprise II | Administrative and professional issues, including organizing the work of a repository, management issues, marketing, space, law, and ethics. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Information Studies 389D and 389S may not both be counted. |
INF 390C | Copyright: Legal and Cultural Perspectives | Digital and other important communication technologies; how copyright in the U.S. developed and has evolved; and copyright seen from a number of disciplinary points of view, such as legal studies, cultural history, and public policy. Other subjects may include the culural commons; natural rights arguments for copyright versus social bargain and statutory arguments; identifying and protecting th epublic interest in information; the law of copyright and cultural categories such as the author, the work, intellectual property, and creation; and important federal court cases. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Information Studies 390C and 390N (Topic: Copyright: Legal and Cultural Perspectives) may not both be counted. |
INF 390N | Information Policy | Critical examination of conflicts and trends in information policy in private organizations and in federal, state, and international public-sector organizations. |
INF 390N.01 | Federal Information Policy | Exploration of major information-policy conflicts around topics such as privacy, surveillance, and freedom of information; in-depth analysis of the implications of digital technologies in the post-9/11 United States. Designed to help students develop skill in policy analysis as a research method and familiarity with many kinds of sources of information about federal information policy. |
INF 390N.02 | Seminar in Information Policy | Analysis of issues and trends in information policy in various environments. |
INF 390P | Topics in Privacy | Policy, value systems, and critical theory regarding privacy, studied from historical, sociological, feminist, or other perspectives. |
INF 391D | Doctoral Inquiry in Information Studies | Topics in the theoretical, methodological, and practical aspects of information studies. |
INF 391D.06 | Directed Readings - RESTRICTED | The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the graduate coordinator for registration. |
INF 391D.07 | Directed Research - RESTRICTED | The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the Graduate Coordinator for registration. |
INF 391D.08 | Introduction to Doctoral Research and Theory I - RESTRICTED | Foundations of inquiry in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, and review of theories and methods of inquiry in Information Studies in particular. |
INF 391D.09 | Introduction to Doctoral Research and Theory II - RESTRICTED | Epistemological concepts and processes of theory generation and testing in Information Studies, with special attention to explicit problems of interest to the student. |
INF 391D.10 | Survey of Information Studies - RESTRICTED | An overview of the major ideas, concepts, and theories of Information Studies. |
INF 391D.11 | The Research Enterprise - RESTRICTED | An overview of the nature and purposes of research, and common methods and methodologies in information studies. |
INF 391D.12 | Disciplinary Foundations For Information Studies - RESTRICTED | An overview of concepts, results, and perspectives from philosophical, social science, humanistic, design, and technological disciplines that provide important underpinnings for Information Studies. |
INF 391E | Advanced Topics in Information Studies - RESTRICTED | Advanced study of specific topics in Information Studies. Intended primarily for doctoral students in the School of Information |
INF 391F | Advanced Topics in Research Methods, Methodologies, and Design | The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. |
INF 391G | Doctoral Writing Seminar | Intensive writing, critique, and rewriting to assist senior doctoral students with refining their research writing in preparation for qualifying papers, dissertation proposals, and formal publications. |
INF 392C | Preservation Administration and Services | Theory and practice of preservation administration and services. Problems in planning, |
INF 392D | Preservation Basics | Fundamental issues and problem solving in the preservation of cultural heritage collections in libraries and archives. Topics include the development and ethics of preservation and conservation, types and causes of deterioration, preventive care and stabilization, monitoring and controlling interior environments, reformatting, and performing preservation-needs assessments. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums | Underlying factors in the physical nature of materials; concepts of permanence, durability, and deterioration; challenges of both traditional and modern collections; emphasis on print and photographic collections. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 392F | Risk Assessment and Collections Management | Agents of deterioration, including physical forces, security, disaster, and environmental conditions; risk assessment, strategies to reduce risk, and personal safety. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 392G | Management of Preservation Programs | Management of specific preservation strategies for cultural record; preservation policy; the selection process for preservation; minor mending and repair operations; library binding and conservation treatment; preservation assessments; emergency preparedness; contracting for services; and budgeting, grant writing, and fundraising for preservation. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 392H | Creating Sustainable Digital Collections | Hands-on activities that focus on building sustainable collections of digitized resources. Designed to help students gain curatorial understanding of the media to be digitized and knowledge of and experience with the technical and managerial aspects of the digitization process. Includes creation of metadata and digital preservation strategies for long-term access. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 392K | Digital Archiving and Preservation | Examines the permanent archiving of digital information. Covers media refreshment, emulation, migration, and electronic records repository construction and administration. Case study projects involving campus repositories and off-campus institutions. Students use legacy hardware and software and digital forensics tools to preprocess digital collections for repository storage. Also explores issues in long-term electronic records preservation. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 392L | Introduction to Audio Preservation and Reformatting | Study of audio recording through a chronological examination of the development of recording; basic care and preservation of recordings; economics of audio preservation; and stability concerns of modern media. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 392M | Advanced Audio Preservation and Reformatting | Exploration of changing concepts in the nature of audio information in different formats, issues of access within the context of preservation, criteria for prioritization of materials to be reformatted, considerations in invasive versus minimal restoration, and study of rare formats. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 392P | The Politics of Preservation | Introduction to the components of the media industries, using the available literature as well as the University's film and video resources. The course employs both a theoretical and a practical approach to the archival media product. Debate over defining historical media material as artifact complements discussion of the realities of digitization and physical deterioration. |
INF 393C | Conservation Laboratory Techniques | Analysis, housing, and treatment of physical objects. |
INF 393C.08 | Conservation Science I | Introduction to physical and chemical properties of materials used in fabrication, identification and repair of books, photographs, manuscripts and related objects. |
INF 393C.09 | Conservation Science II | Advanced exploration of the physical and chemical properties of materials used in fabrication; and identification and repair of books, photographs, manuscripts, and related objects. Includes a research investigation of a typical conservation problem. |
INF 393C.10 | Treatment Techniques for Flat Paper | Basic techniques for care and handling of paper materials including but not limited to mending; dry cleaning; humidification and flattening; exhibit design and installation; enclosures; documentation. |
INF 393C.11 | Treatment Techniques for Bound Materials | Basic techniques for care and handling of bound materials including but not limited to sewing structure, minor mends, and enclosures. |
INF 397 | Research in Information Studies | Methods and subjects of research in information studies. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. |
INF 397.1 | Bibliography and Methods in Historical Research | Sources of information for, and techniques of conducting, investigations in history. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 397.2 | Practicum in Research - RESTRICTED | The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the graduate coordinator for registration.
Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 397.3 | Digital Libraries Research | Exploration of theoretical and practical research on creating digital collections and making them available. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 397.4 | Seeking Funding for Information Studies | Designed to help students gain an understanding of, and hands-on experience with, the pursuit of funding for information studies. Students will spend some time considering their five-year plan, will investigate a wide variety of possible funding sources, and then submit at least one grant or contract application. |
INF 397C | Understanding Research | Survey of the goals, methods, processes, and products of systematic inquiry. Designed to prepare students to critically evaluate information studies research. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. |
INF 397D | Bibliography and Methods in Historical Research | Sources of information for and techniques of conducting investigations in history. |
INF 398R | Master's Report - RESTRICTED | Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option. |
INF 398T | Supervised Teaching in Information Studies - RESTRICTED | History and present status of education for librarianship and information studies. Curriculum design, systematic course design and management, teaching methodologies and evaluation of learning. |
INF 399R | Dissertation - RESTRICTED | Research for the dissertation. The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the graduate coordinator for registration. |
INF 399W | Dissertation - RESTRICTED | Writing of the dissertation. The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the graduate coordinator for registration. |
INF 698A | Thesis - RESTRICTED | The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the graduate coordinator for registration. |
INF 698B | Thesis - RESTRICTED | The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the graduate coordinator for registration. |
INF 699R | Dissertation - RESTRICTED | Research for the dissertation. The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the graduate coordinator for registration. |
INF 699W | Dissertation - RESTRICTED | Writing of the dissertation. The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the graduate coordinator for registration. |
INF 999R | Dissertation - RESTRICTED | Research for the dissertation. The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the graduate coordinator for registration. |
INF 999W | Dissertation - RESTRICTED | Writing of the dissertation. The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the graduate coordinator for registration. |