LS 451 Academic Libraries
Course Objectives
Relevant learning outcomes
The GLSIS faculty have identified ten student learning outcomes, and each course addresses one or more of these.
- This Course adheres to GSLIS Objectives 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 10
Course-specific learning outcomes
By the end of the course, the student
- Understand the role of academic libraries in higher education
- Learn about broad issues affecting academic libraries
- Gain a service perspective of academic libraries
Course information
Handouts, etc.
- Introduction
- Week Two
- Culture, Week Three
- Change Management, Week Three
- Staff, Week Four
- Information & Scholarly Communication, Week Five
- Library Directors, Week Six
- Facilities, Week Seven
- Technology, Week Eight
- Financial Management, Week Nine
- Customer Service, Week Eleven
- Advocacy, Week Twelve
- Assessment and Evaluation, Week Thirteen
Useful Links
Professional Organizations- ASERL
- ARL
- ACRL
- Educause
- American Association of Higher Education
- Coalition for Networked Information
- Council on Library and Information Resources
- Digital Library Federation
- National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
Publications
- Inside Higher Ed
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
- College & Research Libraries
- Journal of Academic Librarianship
- portal: Libraries and the Academy
- Journal of Library Administration and Management
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