Undergraduate Bulletin - Academic Programs and Courses

Library Department

Faculty
Field Description
Minor in Information Studies
Department of the Library Web Site

The Faculty

Chief Librarian: Arthur Downing

Professors:

Stanton Biddle
Sheau-Yueh Chao
Arthur Downing
Qun G. Jiao
Sandra Roff

Associate Professors:

Jerry Bornstein
Diane DiMartino
Lewis Liu
Bobbie Pollard
Katherine Shelfer
Michael Waldman

Assistant Professors:

David Brodherson
Lisa Ellis
Harold Gees
Louise Klusek
Jin Ma
Eric Neubacher
Rita Ormsby
Aisha Peña

Instructors:

Stephen Francoeur
Joseph Hartnett
Linda Rath

Field Description

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.

The Minor

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 (PDF)