Introduction to Library and Information Studies

Reading Assignments

9/2 Assigned Readings (from reading packet):

• "LITA Top Tech Trends," January 2000, p. 1-7.
• Abbott, Andrew. "Professionalism and the Future of Librarianship" Library Trends, vol. 46, no. 3, Winter 1998, pp. 430-443.
• American Library Association. "Intellectual Freedom: An All-Embracing Concept" Intellectual Freedom Manual, 5th ed., p. 257-296.
• Quinn, Brian A. "The McDonaldization of Academic Libraries?" College & Research Libraries, vol. 61, no. 3, May 2000 p. 248-61.
• Chernik, Barbara E. Introduction to Library Services, 1992. Chapter 1, "The Development of Libraries", p. 1-12 & Chapter 7, "Academic Libraries" p. 104-115.

9/16 Assigned Readings (from reading packet):

• Ortega y Gasset, JosŽ. "The Mission of the Librarian" Address to the International Congress of Bibliographers and Librarians, Paris, 1934.
• Chernik, Barbara E. Introduction to Library Services, 1992. Chapter 5, "Public Libraries", p. 75-90.
• Sullivan, Michael. "Giving Them What They Want in Small Public Libraries", Public Libraries, May/June 2000 p. 148-155.

9/30 Assigned Readings (from reading packet and UT Library Online):

• Kautzman, Amy M. "Virtuous, Virtual Access: Making Web Pages Accessible to People with Disabilities." Searcher, 6. http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jun98/story3.htm
• Clay, Edwin S.; Bangs, Patricia C. "Entrepreneurs in the public library: reinventing an institution." Library Trends, v. 48 no3 (Winter 2000) p. 606-18.
• Ensor, Pat L. "What's wrong with cool?" Library Journal, Spring 2000 supp., p. 11-14.
• Lynch, Clifford A. "Electrifying the book." Library Journal, v. 124 no17 (Oct. 15 1999 supp) p. 3-6
• Rowbotham, Julie. "Librarians--Architects of the Future?" Aslib Proceedings, vol. 51, no. 2, February 1999, pp. 59-63.

10/14 Assigned Readings (from reading packet and UT Library Online):

• Borko, H. "Information Science: What Is It?" American Documentation, January 1968, pp. 3-5.
• Glick, Andrea. "A recipe for success." School Library Journal, v. 46 no. 5 (May 2000) p. 16.
• Gniewek, Debra Lyman. "The power of school libraries: tales from two cities; in the Philadelphia story, the key word is collaboration." American Libraries v. 31 no. 6 (June/July 2000) p. 75-6.
• Hamburg, Doris A. Caring for your collections. "Library and Archival Collections", pp. 53-63.
• Levitov, Deborah; Schmidt, Trixie. "The power of school libraries: tales from two cities; Lincoln initiative shows how far libraries really reach." American Libraries, v. 31 no. 6 (June/July 2000) p. 74-5.
• Nardi, B.A. & OÕDay, V.L. Information ecologies. (MIT Press, 1999.) Chapter 7, "Librarians: A Keystone Species," pp. 81-103
• Smith, Abby. The Future of the Past: Preservation in American Research Libraries. (Council on Library and Information Resources, 1999.)

11/18 Assigned Readings (from reading packet and on the Web):

• Coffman, Steve. "Building EarthÕs Largest Library: Driving into the Future." pp. 1-11. Information Today, March 1999.
• Council on Library and Information Resources. "Addressing Our Digital Memory Crisis." [Brochure.]
• Miller, William. "Troubling Myths About On-Line Information." The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 1, 1997.
• Penzias, Arno. Harmony. (HarperBusiness, 1995.) Chapter 1, "Revolution", pp. 1-15.
• Wilson, Pauline. "Mission and Information: What Business Are We In?" The Journal of Academic Librarianship, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 82-86.