Course Descriptions
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Library and Information Science Program Course Catalog (This link will take you out of the SLIS site)
All courses are worth 3 credits unless otherwise noted. Prerequisites may be waived by instructor in exceptional circumstances.
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Non-MLISc degree courses.
LIS 500 Master's Plan B/C Studies (1)
LIS 591 Library & Information Studies Workshop (1-3)
Designed for in-service librarians and other information specialists
needing to update their professional skills, focus on a particular
topic, or learn new approaches and concepts. Repeatable for credit.
Credits cannot be applied for graduate degrees.
Courses for the MLISc degree; all courses are worth 3 credits unless otherwise noted.
LIS 601 Introduction to Reference & Information Services
MLISc degree required course
Recommended as first course in degree program.
Syllabus Bell
Syllabus Kamiya
Syllabus Nahl
Syllabus Campbell-Meier
Philosophy, principles and practice of reference services in libraries,
information centers and information literacy. Bibliographic control,
reference research, reference interview, online searching, evaluation
of bibliographic and Webliographic material. Field component.
LIS 605 Basic Cataloging & Classification
MLISc degree required course
Recommend early in program.
Syllabus Bair-Mundy
Syllabus Horie
Syllabus Yan Ma
Introductory cataloging and classification covering AACR2, Library of
Congress and Dewey Decimal classification systems, LC Subject Headings,
use of OCLC.
LIS 606 Advanced Cataloging & Classification
Syllabus Chopey
Continues LIS 605 with study of authority work, and further study of
non-book materials cataloging, including electronic and Internet
resources. Extensive use is made of OCLC Connexion cataloging client. Pre:
LIS 605.
LIS 610 The Information Environment
MLISc degree required course
Syllabus Asato
Syllabus Bair-Mundy
Syllabus Gazan
Syllabus Nahl
Syllabus Wermager
Syllabus Wertheimer
Syllabus Weingand
Syllabus Yukawa
extended syllabus (online) Yukawa
Lecture/discussion course on role of libraries, their social utility in
information societies. History and future of libraries in changing
technological world. Information professions, information ethics,
intellectual freedom, intellectual property, information access,
national/international library developments.
LIS 611 Intellectual Freedom
Syllabus Knuth
Seminar course surveying the core philosophical principles of
intellectual freedom with special application to librarianship and
information science. Covers key areas of controversy, patron rights,
and ALA resources.
LIS 612 History of Books & Libraries
Syllabus Knuth
Syllabus Wertheimer
History of written communication: the recording, preservation, and
transmission of knowledge. Development of libraries from earliest times
through the 20th century as instruments of cultural transmission.
LIS 615 Collection Management
MLISc degree required course
Syllabus Richardson
Syllabus Wertheimer
Syllabus Kowalsky
Principles and issues of collection management and care. Criteria and
tools for selecting and deselecting materials. Relationships with
publishers/producers.
LIS 618 Government Documents
Syllabus Sinclair
Syllabus Suzuki
Survey of government documents at the federal, state/local and
international levels in all formats. Covers methods of their
acquisition and organization, including depository arrangements.
Current issues of government information policies and practices
discussed. Pre: LIS 601
Note: The numbers for LIS619 and LIS620 have been switched recently, so the syllabi still refer to the older number system. The course numbers shown below are correct.
LIS 619 Preservation Management
Syllabus Davis
Syllabus Dunn
Introduction to preservation management. Focuses on management
strategies for preservation of materials in libraries and archives.
Covers preservation planning, condition surveys, disaster planning,
grantsmanship, and basic issues relating to deterioration.
LIS 620 Conservation of Library and Archival Materials
Syllabus Davis
Syllabus Dunn
In-depth exploration of the nature of library and archival materials
and factors that cause deterioration. Hands-on approach provides
practical experience testing and analyzing basic conservation
treatments, and understanding the role of conservation in preservation
planning. Pre: LIS 619 or consent
LIS 647 Systems Analysis for Information Management
MLISc degree required technology course option
Syllabus Quiroga
Overview of systems analysis, its techniques, benefits, and
limitations. Focus on libraries and information agencies, although
concepts are applicable to other settings. Structured, top-down
solutions stressed throughout. Object oriented techniques and data
modeling tools are reviewed. Pre: LIS 670
LIS 650 Management of Libraries & Information Centers
MLISc degree required course (except
School track)
Syllabus Wertheimer
Summer 2010 Syllabus Wertheimer
Syllabus Gazan
Syllabus Geary
Basic theories and principles of administration for effective
management of public, academic, and special libraries and information
centers, with emphasis on planning, organizing, staffing, directing,
and control. Administrative aspects of public and technical services,
facilities, planning, evaluation, public relations, interagency
cooperation, and the management of change in bureaucratic organizations.
LIS 652 Introduction to Archival Management
Syllabus Clark, Skeem, & Sueoka
Syllabus Wertheimer
Study of archival principles and management theories applicable to all
types of repositories. Includes policy, appraisal, and digital
applications, as well as ethical and legal issues.
LIS 653 Seminar in Archival Studies
Syllabus Wertheimer
Syllabus Jansen
Theory of archival studies from historical and contemporary
perspectives. Includes public administration, legislation, and
relationship to other repositories. Includes field component. Pre:
LIS 652 or consent.
LIS 660 Information Sources & Systems in Science
Syllabus Anderson
Syllabus Rutter
Bibliographical structure and sources in the basic and applied
sciences, including physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, agriculture,
engineering. Includes field component. Pre: LIS 601 or consent
LIS 663 Basic Database Searching
MLISc degree required technology course option
Syllabus Gazan
Syllabus Jacso
Syllabus and Reading List Pagell
Introduces use of commercial online databases for interactive retrieval
of bibliographic, full-text and directory information, the development
of search strategies using controlled subject vocabularies and free
text searching. Pre: LIS 601
LIS 665 Teaching Information Technology Literacy
Syllabus Nahl
Introduction to the history, theories, principles, and concepts of
library and information literacy instruction, including learning theory
and user-based research methods. Examines program design,
administration, and evaluation. Provides practical experience in
instructional design and implementation. Includes field research
component. Pre: LIS 601
LIS 667 Advanced Database Searching
Syllabus Jacso
Lecture course with demonstrations of advanced features of online
information retrieval systems and search engines, including natural
language searching, citation-based searching, term mapping, similarity
searching, result ranking and clustering for power search Web
databases. Pre: LIS 663
LIS 670 Introduction to Information Science & Technology
MLISc degree required technology course option
Syllabus Bair-Mundy
Survey of topics. Lectures and discussions emphasize practice, problems
and theory relating to information storage, retrieval and dissemination
provision technology in libraries and information centers.
LIS 671 Digital Librarianship
MLISc degree required technology course option
Syllabus Jacso
Summer 2010 Syllabus Jacso
Lecture course with demonstrations to introduce the essential types of
digital resources and the software tools for finding high quality and
relevant information efficiently form digital journal archives and
reference databases. Pre: LIS 601 or LIS 670
LIS 672 Technology for Libraries & Information Centers
MLISc degree required technology course option
Syllabus Quiroga
Survey of theories, concepts, methods and practices relating to the
application of information technology to support the administration and
use of information resources. Includes digital, printed and audiovisual
materials. Pre: LIS 670 or LIS 605 or consent.
LIS 674 Database Design & Creation
Syllabus Jacso
Syllabus Quiroga
Syllabus Richardson
Designing and creating textual and/or directory databases from the
viewpoint of information specialists and content providers. Needs
analysis, file design, record content and structuring, software
choices. Students implement a prototype database. Pre: LIS 670 or
consent.
LIS 675 Database Content Evaluation
Syllabus Jacso
Lecture course discussing and demonstrating the principles and methods
of using criteria in evaluating databases used by librarians and
information professionals, such as database coverage, source base,
currency, accuracy and quality of information. Pre: 601 or 670 or
consent.
LIS 677 Human Dimension in Information Systems
Syllabus Nahl
Lecture/discussion course on human element in information systems,
including physical, cognitive and affective behavior in interaction
with information systems. Information retrieval, human computer
instruction and cognitive science research, quantitative and
qualitative research methods. Research component. Pre: LIS 670
LIS 678 Personalized Information Delivery: Information
Filtering
MLISc degree required technology course option
Syllabus Quiroga
Study of the components of personalized information systems,
information filtering systems with emphasis on modeling and
representation of documents, queries, user information preferences, and
user-system interaction. Topics covered include advanced information
retrieval (IR) models, metadata and markup languages, query operations,
thesaurus based IR, acquisition of user profiles, and user/system
performance evaluation. Pre: LIS 647 or LIS 663 or LIS 670 or LIS
674 or ICS 321 or ICS 421 or ICS 624
LIS 680 Seminar for Beginning School Librarians (1)
Syllabus Harada
Opportunities for school librarians in their first two years to analyze
and apply strategic planning processes in various facets of their work
as teacher, instructional consultant, information specialist, and
manager.
LIS 681 Books & Media for Children
Syllabus Knuth
Syllabus Naluai
Summer 2010 Syllabus Naluai
History and criticism of children’s literature; contemporary books and
media; trends in book publishing and media production; developmental
needs and interests of children; selection and evaluation, and research
studies.
LIS 682 Books & Media for Young Adults
Syllabus Knuth
Syllabus Kamiya
History and criticism of literature for young adults. Contemporary
books and media. Trends in media for young adults. Developmental needs
and interests of adolescents. Selection and evaluation. Research
studies.
LIS 683 Services for Libraries
Syllabus Knuth
Planning and implementing services and programming in public and school
libraries. Trends, issues, networking, public relations, outreach,
competencies, services for the disabled and other special groups.
LIS 684 Administration of School Library Media Centers
Required for HDOE school library media licensure
Syllabus Harada
Effective management of school library media centers. Philosophy and
objectives, standards, personnel, facilities, resources, budget,
services, library instruction, public relations, program planning and
evaluation.
LIS 685 Traditional Literature & Oral Narration
Syllabus Fujii-Babb
Analysis of traditional literature including Asian and Pacific Island
resources. Selection and evaluation of traditional literature materials
emphasizing cultural values. Introduction to oral tradition, history
and techniques of storytelling.
LIS 686 Information Literacy & Learning Resources
Required for HDOE school library media licensure
Syllabus Ogawa and Harada
Study of information literacy models. Integration of information
literacy with K-12 curriculum units and lessons. Evaluation of print
and multimedia resources to meet needs of curriculum and studentsE
personal interests. Use of selection aids. Cross-listed with ETEC 686
and EDCS 686.
LIS 687 Hawaiian Studies Information Resources
Syllabus Hori and Minatodani
Survey of reference and research materials in Hawaiian studies.
Includes historical and contemporary works, arts, humanities, social
and natural sciences, media. Covers approaches to reference service,
collection building and management. Pre: LIS 601 or consent
LIS 688 Pacific Islands Information Resources
Syllabus Dawrs and Kleiber
Introduces students to Pacific Islands resources with an emphasis on reference works,
databases and web sites. We examine area focus and subject bibliographies, handbooks,
directories, indexes, statistical sources and serials. Through lectures and guest speakers
we cover special topics: current issues in the contemporary Pacific, regional organizations,
island biography, publishing, acquisitions sources, library development in the Pacific
setting, science sources, the nature of archival research, Pacific Islands film, indigenous
literature, and others.
LIS 689 Asian American Resources for Children & Youth
Syllabus Harada
Syllabus Fujii-Babb
Study of Asian-American resources for young people, including an
overview of socio-historical roots of these ethnic groups. Evaluation
of resources; examination of curriculum and program uses in a
multicultural context.
LIS 690 Library Internship Program
Syllabus Asato
Summer 2010 Syllabus Asato
Field experience in library or information agency settings with
supervision of professional librarians or information specialists.
Available to classified students only. Selection based on academic
advisor approval, application form, interview and possession of
required competencies. Students must apply and be accepted before
registration. Selection is by agency. CR/NC only. Pre: LIS 601;
LIS 663 ( or concurrent)
List of internships,
frequently asked questions, and application forms.
LIS 693V Special Topics in Librarianship (V)
Includes issues of topical interest in the profession. Each course
concentrates on one major topic of current interest, such as library
service to the aged, reprography, medical librarianship, knowledge
management, art librarianship, cartography.
- Academic Librarianship
Syllabus Tucker
- Assessment: From Learning Outcomes to Program Improvement
Neuman
Today’s focus on accountability has led to renewed interest in assessment at all grade levels—from elementary school through graduate education—and at libraries that serve the full spectrum of the population—school, public, and academic. This course focuses on assessment as a tool for improving programs, particularly those related to learning. It introduces the nature and purpose of assessment, techniques and tools for conducting assessments, and strategies for using the results of assessments to improve programs and services.
This course is grounded in the theories and practices of instructional systems design (ISD)—the discipline that pioneered criterion-referenced assessment over forty years ago. Drawing upon ISD research and theory, the course begins with an exploration of learning assessment and extends into assessment options for informal learning environments that provide programs and services but not necessarily traditional classroom instruction. The course encompasses both quantitative and qualitative tools and strategies for assessing a variety of outcomes important in library media centers, academic libraries, and public libraries. - Business Information Sources and Services
Syllabus Flynn
- Business Librarianship: An Introduction to Resources, Concepts and Services
Summer 2011 Syllabus and Reading List & URLs Pagell
- Cartographic and Geographic Issues for Librarians
Syllabus Fitzpatrick
The course focuses on the geographic elements of information and the ways in which new geographic technologies offers new opportunities and challenges for librarians and information specialists. Students will be introduced to a data model that can be applied to objects, persons, and events in a way that facilitates geographic analysis. - Copyright and Libraries
Syllabus Perushek
Examines issues in copyright and intellectual property pertaining to libraries of all sorts from the perspective of both theory and praxis. Beginning with a history of copyright, we will analyze theories of copyright and its application, especially in the digital age. The practical aspects of copyright as it applies to licensing contracts for electronic resources will be explored, including the economics of licensing. Attention will be given to interpretations of copyright law, fair use, liability and the responsibility of the individual librarian to introduce copyright concepts to library users. The approach will be worldwide, but case studies and current issues in copyright and intellectual property in the United States will predominate. - English Children’s Literature
Syllabus Knuth
- Film Collections in Libraries
Syllabus Kellett & Paseng
- Indigenous Librarianship
Syllabus Roy
The course provides a forum for introducing and discussing issues, activities, philosophies, and orientation to working with and for indigenous populations in providing library services. Students will discuss protocol, policies, issues, communities, key organizations and events, library services, resources/reference titles, and settings. Along the way, students will prepare and deliver presentations on tribal settings and issues, abstracts of prospective research papers, abstracts of fundable services, and a mini-pathfinder of resources on selected topics. - Information Resources in the Health Sciences
Syllabus Trafford
- Library Architecture & Planning
Syllabus Curry
- Reader's Advisory
Syllabus Knuth
- Reader's Advisory for Adult Popular Fiction
Syllabus Wiegand
An examination of the nature and societal functions of a variety of mass media-generated adult reading materials and their relationship to the contemporary field of library and information studies. - Serials and Electronic Resources Librarianship
Syllabus Saeki and Carlson
An introduction to challenges and issues of Serials and Electronic Resources Librarianship. Coverage areas include budgeting, licensing, acquisitions and the management of resources as well as staff. - Young Voices in Times of War: Literature for Children and Young Adults
Syllabus Kamiya
During times of war, children and teens are forced to grow up more quickly than they would during times of peace. Many will have to make difficult choices and face adult issues. This course will focus on stories told through the unique voices of children and young adults who happened to grow up while th world they knew around them was radically changing. When contemporary children and teens read about the impact war has on fictional characters (especially those of similar ages) as well as the true stories of people who grew up in the midst of war, they will inevitably form a literary relationship with and develop empathy for the characters they read about. By humanizing "the other" through reading, we can hope to instill in upcoming generations the importance of cultural understanding and the necessity of teaching peace inan increasingly globalized world.
LIS 694V Special Topics in Information Technology (V)
Includes issues of topical interest in information technology. Each
course concentrates on one major topic of current interest, such as
information transfer, networks, library information systems, artificial
intelligence applications.
- Information, Technology & Society: Philosophical Dimensions
Syllabus Richardson
- Introduction to Multimedia Technology & Resources
Syllabus Kellett - Seminar on Information Communication Policy Issues
Syllabus Bair-Mundy - Virtual Librarianship
Syllabus Nahl - Visual Information Science
Syllabus Ma
An introduction to the interdisciplinary study of visual information science related to visual information (data) collection, analysis, processing, transmission, utilization, and communication with emphasis on psychological, social, and cultural aspects of visual information in modern and digital libraries and information centers. - Web 3.0 for Librarians and Information Professionals
Syllabus (DRAFT) Bell - Mobile Library Services
Syllabus Bell - Medical Information Retrieval
Syllabus Young
LIS 696V Practicum in School Librarianship
Required for HDOE school library media licensure
Syllabus Harada
Skill development and application of academic study through observation
and practice in a fieldwork setting under the supervision of a
cooperating professional librarian. Seminar sessions are required. May
be repeated once, 3 credits each time. Pre: 12 credits in LIS
degree program; consent of practicum coordinator
LIS 699V Directed Reading and/or Research
(V)
Individualized program of directed reading and/or research outside the
scope of regularly titled courses. Enrollment requires approval before
end of previous semester, with specification of goals, work
requirements, number of credits, rationale. Variable credits. Pre:
12 credits in LIS degree program
LIS 700V Thesis Research (V)
Research for master's thesis. Variable credits. Pre: LIS 695
LIS 701 Seminar in International Librarianship
Syllabus Olden
International and comparative librarianship; professional
organizations; comparative methodology; research; periodicals;
international agencies; influence of literacy and social, cultural,
political factors.
LIS 705 Asian Research Materials & Methods
Syllabus Asato
Bibliography, reference tools, and research methods in sources on Asia
in Western and Asian languages. Discussion of published and archival
repositories. (Cross-listed as ASAN 705 and HIST 705.)
Courses in Information and Computer Science
The following ICS courses may be taken as elective courses for the MLISc degree. It is understood however, that students would need to satisfy all the prerequisites for the respective courses.
ICS 421 Database Systems
Syllabus Quiroga
Principles of database systems, data modeling, relational models,
database design, query languages, query optimization, concurrency
control data security. Pre: ICS 311 and 321, or consent.
ICS 451 Data Networks
Network architecture, digital signal analysis and design, circuit
switching, packet switching, packet broadcasting, protocols and
standards; local area networks; satellite networks, ALOHA channels;
examples. Pre: ICS141 and 212 or consent.
ICS 463 Human Computer Interaction
Syllabus
Application of concepts and methodologies of human factors, psychology
and software engineering to address ergonomic, cognitive, and social
factors in the design and evaluation of human-computer systems. Pre:
311 or consent.
ICS 464 Introduction to Cognitive
Science
Introduces basic concepts, central problems, and methods from cognitive
science. Identifies contributions from disciplines such as cognitive
psychology, linguistics, artificial intelligence
ICS 465 Introduction to Hypermedia
Basic issues of interactive access to information in various formats on
computers. Available hardware and software; editing, integration,
programming. Implementation of a sample information system. Pre: ICS
311
ICS 616 Information Architecture and Web Design
MLISc degree required technology course option
Syllabus Quiroga
User-centered design of websites; survey Information Architecture (IA) systems (organization, navigation, labeling, searching); gain experience in methodologies for creating IA, tools for IA, web standards and usability tests.
ICS 623 Data Security
Classical ciphers, current encryption standards, public key
cryptography, authentication, digital signatures, security in operating
systems and databases. Pre ICS 321 and 412 or consent.
ICS 624 Advanced Data Management
MLISc degree required technology course option
Exploration of information retrieval and object-relational tools and methods
for the management of distributed multimedia database systems. Pre: 321 or
421 or LIS 670, or consent.
ICS 651 Computer Networks
Elementary principles of modern computer networking. Detailed coverage
of overall architecture and the physical data link, and network layers,
with emphasis on the network layer. Pre: ICS 451
ICS 664 Human-Computer Interaction
Studies of human performance in designing and using information
systems. Emphasizes concepts and methodologies from human factors,
psychology, and software engineering relating to human performance.
Pre: ICS 413
ICS 665 User Interfaces and
Hypermedia
Advanced concepts in construction of interfaces between computers and
their uses. Hypermedia information structures, guidelines, and
tradeoffs. Discussion of selected readings, implementation of
prototypes. Pre: ICS 413
ICS 667 Advanced HCI Design Methods
Syllabus
Advanced analytical and empirical methods for the design and evaluation
of usable, useful, and robust human-computer interfaces. Students will
apply selected methodologies to a major system design project. Pre: 463
or 465; or consent.
ICS 668 Technology Supported
Collaboration
Syllabus
An advanced introduction to the design of human-computer systems and
other technological artifacts for supporting human collaboration in
learning, work and social contexts, and to theoretical perspectives and
empirical studies of collaboration that inform such design. A-F only.
Pre: 463 or 465 or 664 or 665 or 667 or LIS 677; or consent.
ICS 686 Digital Video Information
Syllabus Gazan
Digital video information is being produced, distributed and consumed at
an accelerating pace throughout the world. The goal of this course is
to analyze how the medium of digital video influences the information
communicated through it. Topics include:
- how sequencing, narrative structure and juxtaposition of multimedia elements influence information perception
- visual culture
- the roles of digital video producers and rights holders
- implications for people's interactions with information systems and services
- basic mechanics of digital video creation
ICS 691 Social Computing
Syllabus Gazan
Social computing is an umbrella term for technologies and virtual spaces that allow users to create, describe and share content, and for the communities that arise around them. The goal of this course is to survey theoretical and practical instances of social computing such as blogs, social bookmarking, classification and recommendation systems, compare them with traditional professional equivalents, and evaluate how these diverse perspectives can inform one another.
Elective Courses in Other Departments
Students may take up to 6 credit hours from other departments or colleges as part of the MLISc degree requirements if they are relevant to their area of interest and are approved in advance by an adviser. Students would need to satisfy all the prerequisites for the respective courses.
Not all courses are appropriate; some useful courses may not be available because departments usually give priority to their own students within the limits of available faculty and facilities.
The following are representative of courses considered relevant for some specializations in librarianship:
Communications 611 Communications Theories
Communications 612 Comm Research Methodologies
Decision Sciences 684 Decision Support Systems
Decision Sciences 687 End-User Computing
History 602 Seminar in Historiography
Music 661 Bibliography & Library Research in Music
Field Study
Students can earn academic credits for field study under LIS 690 Library Internship Program, and LIS 696 Practicum in Librarianship. Students pursuing the school library media specialization are required to take LIS 696; those interested in careers in public or special libraries have the option of field placement under LIS 696 or an elective. Students interested in a career in college or university libraries are encouraged to take LIS 690. The program is dependent on the dedication and professional commitment of the many working librarians in the state and the University of Hawaii who provide the necessary supervision and guidance of students in their field placements.
LIS Curriculum & Professional Development Committee
Deleted Courses
The following classes are no longer offered. Click on the names for further information.
LIS 100 Using Information Critically
LIS 602 Introduction to Multimedia Technology & Resources
LIS 661 Introduction to Information Sources & Systems in the Humanities
LIS 662 Introduction to Information Sources & Systems in the Social Sciences
LIS 664 Abstracting & Indexing for Information Services
LIS 695 Seminar in Research in Library & Information Science
LIS 715 Seminar in Information Policy & Planning