Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletins
Library Department
Chief Librarian: Arthur Downing
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Professors:
- Stanton Biddle
- Sheau-Yueh Chao
- Arthur Downing
- Randy Hensley
- Gerry Jiao
- Lewis Liu
- Sandra Roff
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Associate Professors:
- Lisa Ellis
- Louise Klusek
- Rita Ormsby
- Aisha Peña
- Bobbie Pollard
- Michael Waldman
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Assistant Professors:
- David Brodherson
- Francis Donnelly
- Stephen Francoeur
- Harold Gee
- Jin Ma
- Eric Neubacher
- Ryan Phillips
- Linda Rath
- Christopher Tuthill
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Instructors:
- Joseph Hartnett
The courses offered by the Library Department prepare students for successful participation in the emerging information society of the 21st century. Students develop skills in identifying information needs, retrieving information effectively and efficiently, evaluating information, creating information products, and understanding the social, economic, political, and ethical aspects of information.
Students pursuing a minor in information studies will:
- Develop advanced skills in information literacy, including
the ability to identify information needs, formulate precision
searches for efficient information retrieval, evaluate information and reformulate searches for greater precision, and
employ retrieved information in the creation of new products
(research papers, presentations, Web pages), and the ethical
and legal use of information.
- Gain an understanding of the guiding principles of the production, organization, and dissemination of information in contemporary society, including the production of knowledge, the information publication cycle, and the construction and design of information storage and retrieval systems.
- Gain a theoretical understanding of key information policy issues in a rapidly evolving information environment, including governance of the World Wide Web, digital divide, censorship, privacy, plagiarism, intellectual property, and e-commerce.
The requirements of the minor in information studies can be fulfilled by completing two courses at the 3000 level followed by the 4000-level capstone course.
Minor in Information Studies