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• INFO 5040: Develop Library Collections

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Acquiring familiarity with basic bibliographical tools, current reviewing media, and acquisitions procedures. Establishment of policies and criteria for the selection and evaluation of book and non-book materials. Graduate students taking this course will be required to do additional work. Offered yearly.
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• INFO 5100: Reference Sources and Services

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Philosophy and techniques of information services in libraries, with the sources, tools, and technology essential to the reference process. Specific reference problems and research studies, the reference interview, bibliographic instruction, and search strategies are considered. Recommended as an elective for nonlibrary science students in other graduate programs.
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• INFO 5110: Genre Fict & Reader's Advisory

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Course introduces students to the readers' advisory process as a means of assisting library users in identifying appropriate reading materials to meet recreational reading needs. Major genres of fiction (e.g., romance, mystery, adventure, etc.) are examined. Bibliographic tools to support the reader's advisory process are identified and examined.
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• INFO 5120: Ins Strat for Libs & Info Pros

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Prepares students with various approaches for integrating information literacy and resources into instruction in libraries and information centers; examines information literacy standards and guidelines, such as those from AASL and ACRL, for application in all types of libraries and centers; reviews various instructional strategies, techniques, and resources, such as Web-based tutorials and thematic web pages, for implementation in programs.
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• INFO 5130: Business Reference

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Surveys the information sources and services typically found in corporate libraries, public library business information centers, and other specialized libraries with a business clientele. Includes in-depth examination of major business reference tools, as well as in-depth examination of the special operations, organization, and management of business libraries and departments of business information.
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• INFO 5140: Multicultural Source & Svc

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course provides an opportunity for students to explore, understand, and develop library and educational resources and services for multicultural, diverse, and other special populations. Resources and services are examined particularly as they relate to ethnicity, race, gender preference, and disability. Students will develop a sensitivity to the learning and informational needs of various cultural and ethnic groups and will develop techniques for selecting and using materials relevant to a multicultural society.
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• INFO 5200: Public Libs in Rural America

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Introduction to the public library in the United States, with special concern for the small rural library. Particular emphasis on the problems and limitations of such libraries and approaches for overcoming them.
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• INFO 5210: Issues in Urban Libarianship

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  A survey of issues facing all types of libraries located in urban settings. School, public, and academic libraries will be discussed in the context of how the urban environment presents special challenges in designing, implementing, and managing library services.
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• INFO 5220: Adult Programming for Pub Libs

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  An introduction to the literature, history, principles, strategies and competencies of providing library service to adults as individuals and in groups; such as: readers of genre fiction; the independent learner; to populations of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds; older adults; educationally disadvantages or less literate; occupational (business, labor, etc.); institutionalized, etc. Examines the research based knowledge of adulthood and adult learning, the assessment of a community, elements of program planning, the diverse advisory roles of librarians and their implications for the organization of informational, educational, and cultural programs and activities.
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• INFO 5230: Informal Learning in Info Orgs

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Students will examine how learning takes place in various settings outside of school, especially in information-rich institutions such as public libraries. Students will also explore best practices to design informal learning environments and programs to foster learners' growth and strengthen the relationship between learning in and out of school.
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