I’ve made a new video talking about some of the Fall 2008 electives that LIS students might be interested in:
Here are the courses I discussed:
Campus Courses:
IST500 M001 19466 3 Graphic Design for the Web
IST565 M001 19469 3 Data Mining
IST600 M001 23926 3 Information Analysis, Presentation and Interpretation
IST619 M001 19390 3 Applied Econ. For Info. Mgrs.
IST641 M001 19401 3 Behavior of Information Users
IST645 M001 19432 3 Managing Information Systems Projects
IST649 M001 19425 3 Human Interaction with Computers
IST657 M001 24912 3 Basics of Computerized Retrieval Systems
IST662 M001 24818 3 Instr. Strategies and Tech. for Info. Prof.
IST676 M001 19395 3 Digital Libraries
Online
IST500 M002 19467 3 Multimedia Technology
IST600 M002 23929 1 Second Life and Librarianship
IST600 M023 25200 3 WISE+: Contemporary Academic Librarianship
IST604 M001 19471 3 Cataloging of Information Resources
IST606 M001 24815 3 Legal Information Resources and Services
IST617 M001 24846 3 Motivational Aspects of Information Use
IST635 M001 24307 3 Collection Development and Access
IST645 M003 19434 3 Managing Information Systems Projects
IST659 M003 19438 3 Data Admin. Concepts and Database Mgmt.
IST676 M002 19428 3 Digital Libraries
IST681 M001 19493 3 Metadata
IST759 M001 24821 3 Planning and Designing Digital Library Services
IST 511, the first class in the MSLIS course sequence, is a week-long experience for online students where they travel to Syracuse for an introduction to the program.
One of the assignments is to do a poster session on an issue in the profession where librarians disagree.
If you would like to come and see the posters and talk with the new students, join us on Friday, July 25th, from 2-4pm in the Bird Library lobby.
This year, Syracuse will have a table at Cooperative Library & Information Science School/Program reception. Come and meet faculty, alums, and other students at this joint reception. It will be Sunday, June 29th from 5:30-7:30 at the Disneyland Hotel.
We’ve created a Mashup RSS feed that contains this blog as well as other rss feeds from Syracuse university LIS faculty, alumni, and students. This feed lives at
If you have a feed that you would like to make part of this mashup, send your feed information to Scott Nicholson at srnichol@syr.edu, and let him know your connection to the school.
The idea that came out of the conversation was a single merged RSS feed of Syracuse LIS alumni and faculty. So, if you have a professional blog and would like us to mash-up your RSS feed with feeds from other members of the Syracuse LIS community, please send me the RSS feed at srnichol@syr.edu . We want to avoid personal blogs; the goal is to create a professional resource for other alumni and students to become award of the great stuff Syracuse LIS folks are doing.
This Saturday, May 10th, is the opening of our new building, Hinds Hall. There’s going to be many activities going on surrounding it. It’s also the day of our convocation over at the Schine Student Center at 11. The iopening starts at 1pm, and the LIS folks will be on the Ground floor. If you’re in the area, join us for the festivities!
I’ve done a short video where I highlight some of the electives for Summer and Fall 2008.
Here are the classes that I talk about:
Summer 2008 - Local
IST600 Gaming for Libraries
IST600 Grant Writing and Fund Development
IST600 Second Life and Librarianship
IST600 Vendor Negotiation and Licensing for Electronic Resources
IST600 Archives
IST612 Youth Services in Libraries and Information Centers
Summer 2008 - Online
IST553 Info Architecture for Internet Services
IST600 New Directions in Public Librarianship
IST645 Managing Information Systems Projects
Summer 2008 – Digital Libraries
IST677 Creating and Managing Digital Assets
IST 759 Planning and Designing Digital Library Services
IST676 Digital Libraries
Fall 2008 - Local
IST553 Info Architecture for Internet Services
IST565 Data Mining
IST619 Applied Econ. For Info. Mgrs.
IST641 Behavior of Information Users
IST645 Managing Information Systems Projects
IST649 Human Interaction with Computers
IST659 Data Admin. Concepts and Database Mgmt.
IST662 Instr. Strategies and Tech. for Info. Prof.
Fall 2008 - Online
IST553 Info Architecture for Internet Services
IST558 Technologies in Web Content Management
IST600 Second Life and Librarianship
IST604 Cataloging of Information Resources
IST606 Legal Information Resources and Services
IST612 Youth Services in Libraries and Information Centers
IST635 Collection Development and Access
IST645 Managing Information Systems Projects
IST659 Data Admin. Concepts and Database Mgmt.
IST681 Metadata
Fall 2008 – Digital Libraries
IST676 Digital Libraries
IST759 Planning and Designing Digital Library Services
Margaret Costello, our communications manager, blogged from the iConference in California where many of the Syracuse faculty and PhD students were involved. You can see what we were up to at the school’s new blog at http://ischoolsyracuse.blogspot.com
Library Student Journal believes that LIS students have new and exciting
ideas. We see information needs in new places (and new worlds). We can,
and should, make a vital contribution to the LIS field while we are
still students.
Do you have a colleague who is doing innovative research? Have you met
someone at a conference whose blog you read daily because it inspires
you to think in new ways? Has a classmate come up with a creative
solution to address a current problem in your local library?
If so, we want to hear about these people!
The deadline for submission is March 31, 2007. (Sorry - current LSJ
staff members are not eligible for this award.)
To nominate an emerging leader, please send us the following:
1. Full name, school affiliation and email address, of nominee.
2. Reason for nomination. Try to be as specific as possible - which
project, event, concept makes this person an emerging leader.
3. Your full name, affiliation and email address.
Send your nomination to librarystudentjournal [at] gmail [dot] com, and
be sure to put “Nomination” in the subject line.
The special issue will appear in April 2008.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.