Course Title & Textbooks

LIS 2194: INFORMATION ETHICS
The students will order the required texts from a bookseller of their choice, which is the method the instructor has been primarily using the past few terms for some of his courses.

LIS 2214: Library & Archival Preservation
Banks, Paul N. and Pilette, Roberta. Preservation: Issues and Planning. Chicago: ALA 2000. There may be additional books added later.

LIS 2222: Archival Appraisal
Richard J. Cox, Documenting Localities: A Practical Model for American Archivists and Manuscripts Curators (Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1996). 
Richard J. Cox, No Innocent Deposits: Forming Archives by Rethinking Appraisal (Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2004).
John Ridener, From Polders to Postmodernism: A Concise History of Archival Theory (Duluth, MN: Litwin Books, LLC, 2009).
Helen W. Samuels, Varsity Letters: Documenting Modern Colleges and Universities (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1992).
Recommended Books: 
Frank Boles, Selecting & Appraising Archives & Manuscripts (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2005). 
Barbara Craig, Archival Appraisal: Theory and Practice (München: K. G. Saur, 2004). Note: This is an expensive book, and it is recommended that you look for used copies or use the copy on reserve. Given the cost it is a recommended only text.

LIS 2223: Archival Access and Advocacy
Karen Benedict, Ethics and the Archival Profession: Introduction and Case Studies (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2003).
Menzi L. Behrnd-Klodt and Peter J. Wosh, eds., Privacy and Confidentiality Perspectives: Archivists and Archival Records (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2005).
Elena S. Danielson, The Ethical Archivist (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2010).
Verne Harris, Archives and Justice: A South African Perspective (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2006).
Stanton A. Glantz, John Slade, Lisa A. Bero, Peter Hanauer, and Deborah E. Barnes, The Cigarette Papers (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996).
Miles Harvey, The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime (New York: Random House, 2000). 
Deborah Lipstadt, History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving (New York: ECC, 2005).
Alasdair Roberts, Blacked Out: Government Secrecy in the Information Age (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006)
Susan Tucker, Katherine Ott, and Patricia P. Buckler, eds., The Scrapbook in American Life (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2006). 

LIS 2224: Archival Representation
Describing Archives: A Content Standard (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2004) Available online or purchase available only thru Society of American Archivists website.

LIS 2280: History of Books, Printing, Publishing
Altick, Richard D.  The English Common Reader: a Social history of the mass reading public, 1800-1900.  Ohio State University Press, 1998.  ISBN
(PB): 0-8142-0794-4
Battles, Matthew.  Library: an unquiet history.  W.W. Norton, 2004.  ISBN (PB): 0-393-32564-4.
Carter, John and Nicolas Barker.  ABC for book collectors, 8th ed.  New Castle, Oak Knoll Press, 2004.  ISBN: 1-58456-112-2
Chappel, Warren and Robert Bringhurst.   A short history of the printed word.  2nd ed.  Point Roberts, WA, Hartley & Marks, 2000.  ISBN: 0-88179-154-7
Eisenstein, E.  The printing revolution in early modern Europe.Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2nd Edition: ISBN: 9780521607742.
Garrison, Dee.  Apostles of Culture: the Public librarian and American society, 1876-1920.  University of Wisconsin Press, 2003.  ISBN (PB): 0-299-18114-6
Gaskell, Philip.  A new introduction to bibliography.  New Castle, Oak Knoll Press, 2000.  ISBN (PB):  1-884718-13-2
Howsam, Leslie.  Old books & new histories: An orientation to studies in book and print culture.  University of Toronto Press, 2006.  ISBN: (PB):
10-8020-9438-4
Manguel, Alberto.  A history of reading.  New York, Penguin, 1997.  ISBN: PB: 0-1401-6654-8
Petroski, Henry.  The book on the bookshelf.  Vintage, 2000. ISBN (PB): 0-3757-0639-9
Schiffrin, Andre.  The Business of Books: How the International Conglomerates Took Over Publishing and Changed the Way We Read.  Verso, 2001.   ISBN (PB): ISBN-10: 185984362X
LIS 2324: History of Children’s Literature
The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature: The Traditions in English Norton Anthology W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 978-0-393-32776-2.

LIS 2329: Special Education Resources & Service in School Library Media Centers
Turnbull, Ann. Rud Turnbull, and Michael L. Wehmeyer. Exceptional Lives: Special Education in Today’sSchools (with *My Education Lab). 6th Edition. Pearson/Merrill: C2010. Published 12/26/2008. *MyEducationLab! To package this text with the book-specific version of MyEdLab : ISBN-10: 0-136-10141-0; ISBN-13: 9780136101413.

LIS 2335: Library Services for Early Childhood
Required: Diamant-Cohen, Betsy & Ghoting, Saroj Nadkarni. (2009). The Early Literacy Kit: A Handbook and Tip Cards. Chicago: American Library Association.
Ghoting, Saroj Nadkarni & Martin-Diaz, Pamela. (2006). Early literacy storytimes @ your library: Partnering with caregivers for success. Chicago: American Library Association.
Feinberg, S., Deerr, K., Jordan, B. A., Byrne, M. & Kropp, L. (2007). The family-centered library handbook. New York: Neal-Shuman.
Recommended: Reid, Rob. (2009). More Family Storytimes: Twenty-four creative programs for all ages. Chicago: American Library Association.

LIS 2405: Intro to Cataloging and Classification
J.H. Bowman.Essential Cataloguing.2003, London: Facet Publishing, ,ISBN 1 85604 456 4; Chan, Lois Mai. 2007.
Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction. Third Edition. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN-10: 0-8108-6000-7; ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-6000-1 (Required)
LIS 2537: Government Information Resources & Services
Peter Hernon, et.al.: Hui Hua Chua. United States Government Information: Policies and Sources; Journal: Reference Reviews ; 2003; Volume 17; Issue 6; Keywords: Government, USA, ISSN 0950-4125; ISBN 1-56308-978-5 (hardback); ISBN 1-56308-979-3 (paperback please);
LIS 2585: Health Consumer Resources & Services
Consumer Health Manual - http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/
LIS 2600: Introduction to Information Technologies
Gary B. Shelly, Thomas J. Cashman, Misty E. Vermaat. Discovering Computers 2011/Complete Cengage Learning. ISBN-10: 1439079269; ISBN-13: 978-1439079263. © 2010 Required.
Online, no purchase required: Learning Web Design: a Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, Style Sheets, and Web Graphics; 3rd Edition.
CSS Cookbook, 3rd Edition.
Learning XML, 3rd Edition.
Web 2.0 Architectures.
LIS 2674: Digital Preservation
Ross Harvey, Preserving Digital Materials. Munich, K.G. Saur, 2005. ISBN: 3-598-11686-1
LIS 2690: Information Visualization
Spence, Robert. (2007). Information Visualization: Design for Interaction. 2nd Ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited; ISBN 13: 978-0-132-0655-04,  ISBN 10: 0-132-0655-09.

LIS 2700: Managing Libraries & Information Systems & Services in Changing Environments
Evans, G. Edward & Ward, Patricia Layzell. (2007). Management Basics for Information Professionals, 2nd edition; Neal Schuman Publishers; 2nd edition (August 1, 2007); ISBN-10: 1555705863; ISBN-13: 978-1555705862.
Gordon, R. (2004). The accidental library manager. Medford, NJ:  Information Today. ISBN-10: 1573872105; ISBN-13: 978-1573872102
Nye, Jr., J. (2008). The powers to lead. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN-10: 0195335627; ISBN-13: 978-0195335620

LIS 2830: Marketing & Public Relations for Libraries
Alman, Susan Webreck. Crash Course in Marketing for Libraries. Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited, 2007. ISBN:978-1-59158-430-8. Recommended.

LIS 3300: SEMINARS IN RESEARCH METHODS: DESIGN, THEORY & PRACTICES IN LIS
Fisher, Erdelez, and McKechnie (2005). Theories of Information Behavior. ASIST Monograph Series.
Information Today, Inc., 2005. ISBN:157387230X

 

Last Updated: December 10, 2010