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, Josˇ. "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.