THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

EPITOMES OF COURSES TAUGHT BY PROF. R. E. WYLLYS

LIS 384K.11, Database-Management Principles and Applications

This course provides:

• An introduction to relational databases, text databases, and other types of databases
• An introduction to entity-relationship (E-R) analysis, a tool for analyzing information-system data and processes
• Hands-on experience with a widely used microcomputer-based database-management system (DBMS): Microsoft Access 97
• Experience in constructing an application (i.e., a relational database for an information-system situation of the student's choice) using Access (or, in appropriate circumstances, using another DBMS of the student's choice)

LIS 384K.13, Microcomputers in Managing Information

This course provides:

• An introduction to the current state of, and to trends in, hardware and software used in and on microcomputers
• Emphasis on what managers and supervisors in libraries and other information systems need to know concerning microcomputers and their use (e.g., evaluation of hardware and software for purchase; issues of health, privacy, security, and censorship; and managerial implications of the extraordinarily fast pace of change in microcomputer technology)
• Experience in groupwork to evaluate microcomputer-related technology

LIS 387.5, Systems Analysis and Evaluation

This course provides:

• An introduction to the system-development cycle and to the tools of systems analysis
• An introduction to business re-engineering and to the use of systems-analysis tools in the framework of business re-engineering
• Team-based hands-on experience with these tools through dealing with a project (different each semester) concerning an information-system problem

LIS 397.1, Introduction to Research in Library and Information Science

This course provides:

• An understanding of the nature of scientific research, and of its uses in both the science and the practice of librarianship and information management
• An introduction to the planning of a theoretical or pragmatic research investigation, and practice in preparing outlines of such investigations (e.g., research proposals, project proposals)
• An understanding of how to evaluate reports of research, and practice in such evaluations
• An awareness of a variety of techniques used in research in librarianship and information management
• An introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics

For details on the above courses:
Go to Database-Management Principles and Applications (LIS 384K.11) Webpage
Go to Microcomputers in Managing Information (LIS 384K.13) Webpage
Go to Systems Analysis and Evaluation (LIS 387.5) Webpage
Go to Introduction to Research in Library and Information Science (LIS 397.1) Webpage

For other information:
Go to Wyllys Webpage.
Go to Wyllys's Faculty Page.
Go to GSLIS Faculty Webpage.
Go to GSLIS Webpage.

Last revised 1999 March 15