LS 5573. The Internet. Concepts, principles, and techniques
associated with identifying and using information resources via the Internet; standards and protocols; browsers and serach engines;classification and indexing issues; distribution of information.
LS 5013. Information Storage and Retrieval Systems. Identification and analysis of components of information systems; principles and techniques for classifying and representing items; information storage models; questions and information need analysis; operation of manual and automated systems; evaluation of information systems.
LS 5143. Technical Services. Budgeting, acquiring, organizing, recording and servicing material of all types; investigation of current practices and future possibilities.
LS 5403. Automation in the Library. Uses of computers for managing library data bases and information systems; comparison of approaches to library automation; design, evaluation, and selection of automated systems.
LS 5813. The Information Professions. Information and the communications model; communications technologies, past, present, and future; the professions and professional development; cultural change and the history of information transfer; preserving freedom of access to information.
LS 5003. Collection Development. Introduction to collection development, evaluation, selection criteria, and tools. Discussion of community analysis, censorship, library standards, and thepublishing industry.
LS 5263. Reference. Survey of reference tools; terminology, techniques, and concepts of modern reference service; utilization of databases in the reference process.
LS 5903. Special Topics: Book Reviewing with Dr. Betty Carter. Investigation under faculty direction of special topics of particular interest to the individual student.
LS 5843. Practicum: [Dallas Museum of Art] Professionally supervised work experience in approved school, public, university, or special libraries. One hundred and twenty hours of work experience in the Mayer Library of the Dallas Museum of Art.
LS 5983. Thesis. "Gender & Communication on the Web". Full text available on the Web here. This paper will be presented at the annual American Library Association Conference on June 28, 1999 in New Orleans.
LS 5383. Library Management. Administrative theory, organizational planning, leadership styles, decision making, problem solving, operations research, management information systems, other aspects of the management process applied to libraries.
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