Courses
Spring 2021
LIS 619: Storytelling
Dr. Heather Moorefield-Lang
Elective course
"At the end of this course students will be able:
1. To understand the scope of the oral sharing of literature with users of all ages.
2. To become acquainted with the professional literature of storytelling.
3. To develop the skill of discernment in the selection of stories.
4. To begin to understand and master the technique of storytelling.
5. To build a small repertoire of tales for telling.
6. To become acquainted with the body of literature associated with storytelling e.g. folktales, fairytales, legends, myths, along with modem literature such as picture books, poetry and holiday materials."
LIS 665: Information Literacy
Dr. LaTesha Velez
Elective course
"Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Determine the extent of information needed
2. Develop search strategies to locate and access information effectively and efficiently
3. Evaluate a variety of information types and their sources critically
4. Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose
5. Understand the economic, legal, and social ramifications surrounding the use of information
6. Access and use information ethically and legally, including the proper use of citations."
LIS 698: Capstone (Field Experience)
Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University
Core course
Working closely with WFU's Learning & Instructional Services Librarian, Amanda Kaufman, I will:
1. Design, implement, and assess instruction for credit-bearing information literacy course; redesign existing asynchronous online course to mixed-synchronous; guest lecture
2. Develop anti-racist pedagogy LibGuide for WFU faculty and Education students
Fall 2020
LIS 631: Emerging Technological Trends in Information Access
Dr. Fatih Oguz
Elective course
"Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Develop a knowledge of technological tools, costs, and issues raised by the use of technologies in libraries and schools
2. Examine the ethical and legal issues related to the technologies discussed.
3. Develop strategies for assessing user needs in relation to such technological systems in terms of knowledge seeking behaviors, training needs, and format conversions
4. Review ongoing research and standards development related to current technological trends in libraries and information agencies
5. Study current and developing implementations of such systems locally, regionally, nationally and internationally"
LIS 635: Media Production Services for Library Programs
Dr. Heather Moorefield-Lang
Elective course
"At the completion of the course, the student should be able to:
1. Select, use, and evaluate various types of media and technology
2. Apply design principles in the production of various forms of educational media
3. Produce products that meet diverse learning styles, physical, and intellectual abilities and needs
4. Create products suitable for use in group, class, and individual instruction
5. Demonstrate ability to design and adapt relevant learning experiences that engage students in authentic learning through the use of digital tools and resources
6. Utilize technology to develop plans for the advocacy of information programs, resources, and services"
LIS 640: Information Organization and Access
Dr. Sonia Archer-Capuzzo
Core course
"Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Describe the development and principles of the organization of recorded information.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the standards, methods, and concepts related to information organization.
3. Explain principles of access and retrieval tools such as inventories, bibliographies, catalogs, indexes, finding aids, registers, and other organizing entities.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of cataloging, authority control, controlled vocabularies, indexing and abstracting, and classification.
5. Articulate the importance of information organization and the roles of metadata in information organization.
6. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of organizational tools.
7. Examine current library issues and their impact on the organization of collections."
Spring 2020
LIS 650: Leadership & Management in Information Organizations
Dr. Joanna DePolt
Core course
"Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Apply current research to complex leadership, management, and planning issues
2. Articulate theory and applications of user services
3. Implement principles of budgeting, technology, and marketing
4. Develop feasible and ethical solutions based on reasoned judgment and knowledge of
management techniques for various work situations
5. Demonstrate advanced communication, organizational, relationship, and personnel
management skills across diverse populations and settings"
LIS 656: The Academic Library
Professor Michael Crumpton
Elective course
"Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Understand the important role that academic libraries perform in institutions of higher learning
2. Understand the different components of an academic library and how the parts work together to make an organization supporting students, faculty, and staff
3. Recognize the professional issues associated with academic libraries and how they might differ from other library types
4. Know the challenges being faced by academic libraries as well as parent higher education institutions and how solutions are found"
LIS 672: Instructional Design
Dr. April Dawkins
Elective course
"These are the skills, processes, and concepts taught and practiced in LIS 672 assignments:
Actively participate in peer teaching, critiquing, and learning cycles:
1. Describe how instructional, training, and learning theories are applied to specific instructional situations
2. Apply models of instructional design in creating, developing, disseminating, and evaluating effective, efficient, and appealing instructional materials
3. Connect discrete skills conceptually to their application in appropriate professional situations
4. Evaluate and design instructional materials
5. Select and apply instructional materials
6. Apply technology tools and techniques to the production and delivery of instructional materials
Create and deliver high quality, effective, engaging instructional activities:
1. Utilize standards related to information, technology, or media literacy in various instructional and training settings related to the library and information professions
2. Design learning experiences to address the varied needs, preferences, and learning styles of a target audience
3. Use the USER model (adapted from ADDIE) to design effective instructional sessions
4. Demonstrate effective professional instructional delivery skills"
Fall 2019
LIS 600: Foundations of Library & Information Science
Dr. Noah Lenstra
Core course
"Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Analyze the concepts of ethics in relationship to information organizations
2. Evaluate the policies and trends, including legal issues, of information organizations
3. Analyze types of information organizations, professional jobs, and specializations
4. Examine the impact of multicultural and diverse populations on the profession
5. Analyze and apply basic research methods in LIS"
LIS 610: Collection Management
Dr. Joanna DePolt
Elective course
"Successful completion of the course requirements will allow the learner to be able to:
1. Define the parameters of a collection in information organization
2. Describe the processes and procedures used to select, obtain, and deselect materials of all types
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the lifecycle of recorded knowledge
4. Create a comprehensive collection management policy matched to a selected community that details selection, acquisition, management, and conservation of the collection constituents
5. Evaluate, critique, and organize a collection of materials on a topic that is based on the needs of certain constituents
6. Practice professional attitudes in collaboration, presentation, and participation"
LIS 620: Information Services & Sources
Dr. LaTesha Velez
Core course
"Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Describe the dynamic nature of information technology and anticipate its application to meet user needs
2. Describe forms of information available for use and analyze the relevance, authenticity, authority, and credibility of information sources
3. Identify the information needs and behaviors of diverse groups through collection of evidence
4. Formulate and execute search strategies
5. Curate a collection of resources to meet the needs of a specific user group
6. Design instruction to meet the needs of a specific user group
7. Assess the effectiveness of information provision in information organizations through user experience analysis
8. Apply ethical principles to information provision"