ILS 560 

Academic Libraries

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Organization and administration of academic libraries. The role of libraries in research and the relationship of academic libraries to curricula, students, faculty, and administration. Prerequisites - corequisites: ILS 501 and 503. Three credits.

COURSE OBJECTIVES/STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Student will be able to explain the various types of academic libraries and their roles in higher education.
2.  Student will recognize the functions of the library as place including Information Commons and other aspects of academic library facilities.
3.  Student will know the legal status and governance of colleges and universities and the relationship to academic libraries.
4.  Students will be able to relate the history, context, values and ethics of academic libraries in higher education systems.
5.  Students will understand the role of faculty status and other personnel issues affecting academic libraries.
6.  Students will be able to relate the importance of service in college and university libraries in providing reference service, technical services, and access services.
7.  Students will explain the changing role of collection development and serials management in academic libraries.
8.  Students will apply assessment methods including benchmarking to evaluate a peer group of academic libraries.
9.  Students will be able to explain the function of departmental liaison and information literacy programs in colleges and universities. 

 

COURSE OUTLINE

   I.        Introduction 

   II.       Facilities and library as place

   III.     Legal Status and Governance

   IV.      History and Context

   V.       Standards

   VI.     Faculty Status; Personnel Issues

   VII.    Technology and Tech Services 

   VIII.   Access Services and Security

   IX.     Reference

   X.      Collection Management

   XI.     Serials and the Serials Crisis

   XII.    Management and Budgeting

   XIII.   Information Literacy 

 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

     Readings
     Preparation of annotated bibliography
     Benchmarking assessment exercise
     Term paper
     Final exam

SUGGESTED TEXTS / TEXTS USED IN THE PAST

Currently no textbook is used;  students prepare units in seminar format.  Formerly used textbook was Guy Lyle's The Administration of the College Library 

 

Approved by the ILS Department Curriculum Committee and Faculty, Spring 2009.