The digital library concentration offers courses to train students who can
- Explain the design and operation of digital libraries from a socio-technical perspective, including creating, organizing, perserving, and accessing digital information.
- Describe principles supporting the development and implementation of metadata standards for various digital library settings, focusing on interoperability issues, internal and external standardization, and evaluation.
- Demonstrate the basics of web usability, navigation, and accessibility, and how to organize and present digital information on the web.
- Delineate issues involved in the human use of information technologies, and the intellectual basis for user interface design, usability evaluation, user-centered design methods, and human information usage.
- Identify social, cultural, economic, and legal issues related to digital libraries and communication technologies.
MLS Corse Courses (Take in the order of listed or concurrently):
LSIS 5000 - Foundations of Librarianship and Information Services
LSIS 5225 - Selection and Use of Information Sources
LSIS 5120 - Management & Leadership of Information Organizations and Libraries
LSIS 5425 - Organization of Information
LSIS 5325 - Uses and Users of Information
LSIS 5810 - Research Methods
Concentration Core Courses (Take all three):
LSIS 5420 Introduction to Digital Libraries
LSIS 5830 Metadata Applications for Digital Libraries
LSIS 5450 Digital Preservation
One MIS Course (choose one):
LSIS 5115 Information Technology and Intellectual Property
LSIS 5835 Seminar in Human Factors in System Design
One type of library course (choose one):
LSIS 5140 The Special Library/Information System
LSIS 5160 The Academic Library
LSIS 5180 The Public Library
LSIS 5130 Administration of the School Media Center
One elective courses to complete 36 hours
The following courses are highly recommended as a elective.
LSIS 5620 Practicum
LSIS 5451 Database Systems
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