Course Descriptions: Master's and Specialist
LIS 5008 Advanced Online Searching (3)
Prerequisite: LIS 5603
Presents the latest tools, resources, and techniques of searching online database systems (such as DialogWeb & LexisNexis) and various Web search tools (such as search engines, directories, & meta-search tools), and of delivering search results for clients.
LIS 5020 Foundations of the Information Professions
This course provides background information about the information profession including librarianship and the discipline of library/information science (LIS) and information technology (IT); the organizations and institutions of the information provision environment; and the applications of technology to information provision. The overall intent of the course is to facilitate optimal information management.
LIS 5105 Communities of Practice (3)
Prerequisite: LIS 5603
Examines historical, contemporary, and emerging communication patterns and knowledge generation and use in the research, scholarly, and professional communities. Studies the development of communities of practice, their literature structures and communication networks, and information behaviors.
LIS 5203 Assessing Information Needs (3)
Provides students with an overview of the user's perspective in the analysis of information needs and preferences. Provides the fundamentals to a broad approach emphasizing a unifying structure to understand human information seeking behaviors.
LIS 5241 International and Comparative Information Services (3)
Explores the political economy of information, including those factors which encourage or discourage free exchange of information within and among inhabitants of countries worldwide. The unit of analysis is an individual country in a comparison to others chosen from along the spectrum of development. Attention is given to the legal, economic, and infrastructural conditions from a culturally sensitive point of view. Practical preparation for work abroad is provided.
LIS 5260 Information Science (3)
A basic introduction to the interdisciplinary field of information science, including its goals, methods, applications in information providing/information managing environments. While some practical skills will be taught, the major emphasis is in understanding information studies and the workings of information retrieval systems and users.
LIS 5263 Theory of Information Retrieval (3)
Prerequisite: LIS 5703
Theory of information retrieval for text, images, and sound. Discussion of various retrieval, query and knowledge representation methods beyond Boolean models including vector, probabalistic, edge-detection 2-D strings, and associative network models. Elaboration of concepts of retrieval performance efficiency and effectiveness beyond precision and recall. Relevant issues of user interfaces and hypertext are explored.
LIS 5270 Evaluating Networked Information Services & Systems (3)
This course introduces the importance and applications of evaluating networked information services and systems. It examines a number of research methods and specific data collection to assess their quality and impact, emphasizing assessment in public and governmental sectors. Descriptions of the development of performance measures also are discussed.
LIS 5271 Research Methods in Information Studies(3)
Examines the principles and methods of systems analysis and research in the context of library and information studies. Considers problem identification and definition, techniques of data collection and analysis including statistical analysis. The course also discusses typical problems studied.
LIS 5275 Usability Analysis (3)
Design, execution, and reporting of tests for usability of information products and services. Includes cost justifying assessments and human cognition concepts required for information processing.
LIS 5313 Design and Production of Media Resources (3)
Techniques for designing, producing and evaluating media sources which meet specific instructional needs.
LIS 5362 Design and Production of Network Multimedia (3)
Examines theory, concepts and techniques for designing, producing, and evaluating network multimedia resources to meet specific information needs. Students engage in collaborative design projects applying theoretical constructs from communication, education, engineering, graphic design and information science to the provision of resources using emerging multimedia network technologies.
LIS 5364 Website Development and Administration (3)
Prerequisite: LIS 5362
Issues and techniques related to the planning, production, and management of large World Wide Web sites, including information organization and design, hardware and software, and cutting-edge development tools. Special emphasis paid to information provision, and the role of Web developers as providers and managers of information resources.
LIS 5367 Advanced Web Applications (3)
Prerequisite: LIS 5362
Examines theory, concepts and techniques for designing, producing, and evaluating World Wide Web applications to meet specific information needs. Students engage in design projects applying theoretical constructs to the provision of Web-based information resources using advanced authoring techniques.
LIS 5402 Human Resource Management (3)
An examination of the basic concepts, practices, and problems of human resource management in information organizations.
LIS 5405 Leadership in Technology
This course provides students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to promote organizational leadership and the effective diffusion of technological innovations in school library media centers and school districts. Focus is given to technology-based instruction and curricular improvement and incorporates National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in Library Media.
LIS 5408 Management of Information Organization (3)
Prerequisite: LIS 5411
This course is designed to develop a conceptual framework for integrating fundamental management concepts, principles, theories, and practices into an effective personal management process that relates to information organizations of the 21st century.
LIS 5411 Introduction to Information Policy (3)
Course examines selected fundamental policy questions relating to information use, access, and dissemination. Particular attention is given to complex policy issues that involve value conflicts among information ownership rights, personal privacy rights, and public access rights to information in a societal context.
LIS 5416 Introduction to Legal Informatics (3)
An introduction to the role of information technology in the creation, management, and retrieval of legal information, in the legal work environment, such as the law office and the law library. Examines the use of information technology in judicial administration and other legal contexts. Also introduces the student to legal informatics as variously defined, and explores the detailed structure of legal information database retrieval systems such as LEXIS and Westlaw, as well as other storage and automatic retrieval of law sources.
LIS 5417 Introduction to Legal Resources (3)
Provides an introduction to legal literature and to the tools of legal research to create an understanding of how legal information is organized, structured and accessed in various settings.
LIS 5426 Planning, Evaluation, and Financial Management (3)
Basic skills in planning, evaluation, and financial management are developed; application of these aspects to the overall management task in the information organization.
LIS 5441 Leadership in Reading
This course focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary for informational professionals to provide collaborative leadership in reading across the K-12 spectrum. Special emphasis is placed on how reading for achievement and reading motivation, a traditional focus of the information professional, can be successfully reconciled as essential components of information literacy.
LIS 5442 Information Leadership (3)
This course allows us to explore the changing context of leadership in contemporary society. We will examine the implications of new communication and information technologies on organizations and the role of information leadership in the Information Age.
LIS 5472 Digital Libraries (3)
Prerequisite: LIS 5362 Design and Production of Network Multimedia
The course offers a comprehensive overview of digital libraries, beginning with the conceptual underpinnings of digital libraries and broadening to include issues in design, management and evaluation of digital libraries, such as: collection management and digitization; knowledge representation; access and user interfaces; archiving and digital preservation; and evaluation. The research literature addressing digital library development will also be discussed.
LIS 5474 Business Information Needs and Sources
The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with print and electronic sources of business information; to introduce effective methods of access and evaluation of this information; and to provide skills in problem solving and collection development techniques in business and related disciplines.
LIS 5484 Introduction to Data Networks for Information Professionals (3)
A introductory course concerned with networking and telecommunications, as a means of providing information services to users. From LANs to the Information Superhighway, it includes an introduction to voice, data, and video telecommunications concepts, technical requirements, and application issues, to include techniques and management of such systems.
LIS 5487 Information Systems Management (3)
An introduction to the role of information systems in organizations and how this relates to organizational objectives and structures. Covers the basics of management and information as they relate to each other in the operation of an information center.
LIS 5489 Network Administration (3)
Prerequisite: LIS 5484
Introduces students to the design, operation, and management of networked systems from local area networks (LANs) to the Internet. Includes communications concepts, technical and application issues with a focus on managing a network.
LIS 5511 Management of Information Collections (3)
The principles of collection development and intelligence gathering, including selection, acquisition, distribution, circulation, preservation and deselection of information resources. This course provides the principles of collection development and intelligence gathering, including selection, acquisition, distribution, circulation, preservation and deselection of information resources in academic, public and special library environments.
LIS 5512 School Collection Development and Management (3)
The course is designed to provide an understanding of the attitudes, knowledge and skills necessary to manage human resources and provide effective leadership in a school library media program. Covers collection development and management in school libraries. Required for school media certification. Recommended to take the semester before taking the State of Florida media specialist exam.
LIS 5524 Instructional Role of the Information Specialist (3)
The instructional role of the media specialist and methods of participating effectively in curricular planning, implementation and evaluation.
LIS 5564 Information Needs of Children (3)
Materials for children in relation to their needs, interests, and abilities. Evaluation and use of printed and audiovisual materials.
LIS 5565 Information Needs of Young Adults (3)
Study of media for young adults in relation to their characteristics, needs, interests and abilities. Evaluation and use of printed and audiovisual materials.
LIS 5566 Multicultural Literature & Information Resources for Youth (3)
Course identifies and evaluates multicultural literature and information resources for children and young adults in relation to ethnicity and cultureof ethnic minorities in the United States. Students will locate, access, read, evaluate, and develop strategies to use multicultural literature and other resources to meet information needs of children and young adults.
LIS 5567 International Literature for Youth (3)
Course provides graduate students an opportunity to read and evaluate literature for children and young adults from an international perspective, that is, literature originating in a nation other than the United States.
LIS 5576 Information Needs of Adults (3)
Selection criteria, aids in selection and evaluation of materials relative to adult needs, publishing and production trends. Emphasis is on contemporary print and non-print materials for public library collections.
LIS 5590 Museum Informatics (3)
Provides an introduction to Museum Informatics, the study of how technical innovations influence the social world of museums, by exploring the nature of information technology in museums and the way modern information systems have shaped the museum environment.
LIS 5602 Marketing Library & Information Services (3)
The purpose of this course is to provide (you) the motivated audience of students with the concepts, techniques and illustrations needed to develop first-rate nonprofit marketing skills. These skills will facilitate strategic planning that is cost effective and customer centered in its approach.
LIS 5603 Introduction to Information Services (3)
Introduction to reference work using both print and online sources; relationship of reference work to other information services in libraries and other information-providing agencies.
LIS 5661 Information Needs & Services in Government Information
This course provides an introduction to government information sources and research with a primary focus on U.S. government information. Students will learn about the structure of government and the dissemination of government information resources to the public, including techniques for locating and using government information sources.
LIS 5703 Information Organization (3)
Principles and techniques of bibliographic organization, including the description, subject analysis, and retrieval of recorded knowledge and information in bibliographies, catalogs, and machine-based systems. Emphasis is on the application of AACR2, Sears, and L.C. Subject Headings and the Dewey Decimal classification in the organization of library catalogs.
LIS 5711 Cataloging and Classification (3)
Prerequisite: LIS 5703
An examination of problems of entry, description and subject analysis including L.C. classification. Also an analysis and evaluation of problems relating to the organization, operation and management of a cataloging department.
LIS 5736 Indexing and Abstracting (3)
Takes a practical approach to indexing and abstracting. It covers manual and automatic processes and methods of abstracting and indexing, database organization and design. Emphasis on indexing and abstracting in an online environment with attention to production rules, standards, markup languages and file organization.
LIS 5782 Database Management Systems (3)
Examines the basic principles, elements and concepts of design, implementation, and utilization of database management systems. Within database management systems, treats various models of data and databases. Also considers the administrative tasks associated in the database management environment.
LIS 5900r Directed Individual Study (1-3) - may be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours
(S/U grade only.) Guided studies for individual professional and subject needs.
LIS 5916 Health Informatics (3)
Course Decription
Health Informatics is an emerging specialization in the health care industry that combines expertise in health care, information technology, and communications. The growth of healthcare in the economy has created an infusion of technology and has generated the need for information specialists specifically knowledgeable about various medical and health care issues as well as emerging technical solutions that can help improve health care delivery and health decision making. As electronic health records and advanced clinical and patient management systems become the norm, the need for skilled and trained professionals (Health Care Informaticists) will increase. This course provides students with a solid foundation of the concepts, both theoretical and practical, and the applications within the health industry.
Course Objectives
This course is designed to introduce students to how theory and practice in health care, strategy, information technology, communications, and law are integrated in the management and delivery of health care in various situations.
LIS 5916 Information Security (3)
Recommended prerequisite: LIS 5487 Information Systems Management and LIS 5489 Network Administration
Examines theory, concepts and techniques involved in information security to meet specific needs as viewed from an information system manager's perspective.
LIS 5916 Introduction to Information Architecture (3) (offered as 5916 until a unique course number is assigned)
Prerequisite: LIS 5703
Building on the foundation provided in Information Organization (LIS 5703), this course applies the theories, methods, and tools for designing and managing collections, focusing on the design and management of information objects, as well as their representation and interaction.
LIS 5916 Metadata (3)
Prerequisite: LIS 5703
Metadata is critical in accessing, managing, and exchanging electronic resources. This course will introduce students to the basic theories and principles of metadata design and creation using ER modeling, XML and RDF. Students will gain an understanding of current metadata standards and ability to evaluate these critically. They will also develop concrete experience and accomplishment in encoding metadata using current standards as well as designing new metadata schemas for different kinds of electronic resources and uses. Real-life scenarios and metadata collections will be used to highlight and gain understanding of the issues related to metadata aggregation and reuse.
LIS 5916 Project Management (3)
Recommended prerequisite or co-requisite: LIS 5408 Management of Information Organization and LIS 5271 Research Methods in Information Studies
With an emphasis on projects in information organizations, services and systems, students in LIS 5916 will be able to describe roles, contexts, and processes of project management, identify organizational structures, examine the pertinent literature, acquaint with skills and selected tools necessary to manage, run, and maintain projects successfully, and propose a project of their own by developing a detailed description of key project tasks, processes and responsibilities.
LIS 5916r Issues in Information Studies (1-3) - may be repeated
Consideration of selected topics and issues in information studies not included elsewhere in the curriculum. Credit and enrollment may be determined by the instructor. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours when content changes. Different sections may be taken in the same semester, with consent of the instructor.
LIS 5945r Internship in Information Studies (1-6) - may be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours
(S/U grade only.) An opportunity to learn how library and/or information studies principles and techniques are applied in a professional setting. A minimum of 45 hours on the job per credit hour earned is required. May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours as agreed upon by faculty supervisor.
LIS 5971r Thesis (2-6) - may be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours
(S/U grade only.)
LIS 8976r Master's Thesis Defense (0)
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