The University of Arizona


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School of Information Resources & Library Science
The University of Arizona
Spring 2008
January 16, 2008 - May 16, 2008

Please note: A section number must always be included in correspondence about a course
NES classes for Spring 2008 are listed after IRLS classes.
Spring Semester 2008 Schedule of Classes
Location
Course
Units
Title
Time
Days
Instr
Room/Bldg
Tucson
506-001
3
6:30-9:00pm
Thursday
Higgins
Mod Lang 314
Virtual
 506-791
3
virtual
Atkinson
Tucson 515-001 3 3:30-6:00pm Thursday Cui Soc Sci 224
Virtual
515-791
3 
virtual

Malone
d2l
Tucson
520-001
3
6:30-9:00pm
Tuesday
Mathiesen
Mod Lang 314
Virtual
520-791
3
virtual
Fallis
d2l
Tucson
 521-791
3
8:00am-5:00pm
Sat. & Sun.
Overall
 Mod Lang 314
This class will be in session January 16-May 7, 2008.
Class meetings will be February 2 & 3, April 5 & 6, May 3 & 4.
There will be course work before and after the weekend face to face class meetings.
Tucson
 524-001
3
3:30-6:00pm
Monday
Edgar
Bio W 237
PHOENIX

525-791
3
Children in Public Libraries
(formerly IRLS588-791)
6:30-9:00pm
Tuesday
Wadham
 PHOENIX
Burton Barr
Central Library
Tucson
 530-001
3
Cataloging and Metadata Management
 IRLS 515 is a pre-requisite for IRLS 530.
5:00-8:00pm
Monday
Helm
Soc Sci 224
Virtual 532-791 3 Virtual Irwin d2l
Virtual 533-791 3
Medical Online Searching
(formerly IRLS588-793)
Virtual Kramer d2l
Virtual 554-791 3
Diverse Cultures, Communities, and Libraries
Virtual Rodriguez d2l
Virtual 557-791
 3
Documenting Diverse Cultures & Communities (formerly IRLS588-797)
Virtual Welburn d2l
Virtual
 560-791
3
Virtual
Edgar
d2l
Tucson
571-001
3
6:30-9:00pm
 Tuesday Smith
Soc Sci 224
Virtual
571-791
3
 Virtual Sun
d2l
Virtual
575-791
3
Virtual
Frické
d2l
PHOENIX 581-791 3 Saturday & Sunday
8:00am - 5:00pm 		Henley

PHOENIX
Carnegie Center

This class will be in session January 16-May 7, 2008.
Class meetings will be January 19 & 20, February 9 & 10, March 8 & 9
There will be course work before and after the weekend face to face class meetings.

Virtual
 585-794
3
Virtual
Malone
d2l
Virtual

588-792

 3
Virtual
 Drake

d2l
Virtual 588-796 3 Virtual Mathiesen d2l
This course is available for graduate students and undergraduate juniors & seniors.
Students not enrolled in the MA program at Information Recourses & Library Science
should email sirls@email.arizona.edu for more information.
This course will be taught virtually through d2l and will be in session January 16- May 7, 2008 .
Virtual
 608-791
3
Virtual
Wilding
d2l
Virtual
&
Tucson		 613-791 3 March
1& 2		 Sat. & Sun.
8am - 5pm 		Fallis SIRLS 15

This class will be in session January 16-May 7, 2008.
Required on-campus weekend will be March 1 & 2.
There will be course work before and after the weekend face to face class meeting.
Virtual
 630-791
3
Virtual
Cui
d2l
Virtual 674-791 3

Preservation of Digital Collections
This class is for SIRLS' students in their 2nd, 3rd,
or 4th semester. There is no pre-requisite.

Virtual Botticelli d2l
Virtual
 688-791
3
Virtual
Wilding
d2l
n/a
 693-001
3
 Internship
n/a
Bell
n/a
n/a
 694-001
3
 Practicum
n/a
Bell
n/a
n/a
 699-001
3
 Independent Study
n/a
Bell
n/a
n/a
 900-001
3
 Research
n/a
Frické
n/a
n/a
 910-001
3
 Thesis n/a Frické n/a
n/a
 920-001
3
 Dissertation
n/a
Frické
n/a
n/a
 930-001
3
 Supplemental Registration
n/a
Frické
n/a
 Near East Sudies (NES) classes listed below count towards SIRLS cultural distribution requirements
Tucson
 NES503
3
 Art & Architecture of the Islamic World 3:30-4:45
Tues & Thurs
Newhall
FCS114
Tucson NES530A
3
 Language & Society of the Middle East
2:00-3:15
 Tues & Thurs
Farwaneh
MRSHL479
Tucson
 NES552
3
 Israeli Women
12:30-1:45
 Tues & Thurs
Fuchs
CHVES109
Tucson
 NES585B
3
 Society, Culture, Politics, & History of the Iranian Plateau
6:30-9:00
 Wed
Bonine
MRSHL490

 

The matrix below will give you an idea of the way we are trying to balance course offerings in terms of format and location. This is a work in progress. Note that the category, "distributed electives," lists courses according to the new 2006 program requirements.

Course Matrix
Tucson Campus
Virtual
Weekends and/or Phoenix
Core
 506: Research Methods for Library & Info. Professionals

515: Organization of Information

520: Ethics for Library & Information Professionals		 506: Research Methods for Library & Info. Professionals

515: Organization of Information

520: Ethics for Library & Information Professionals
Distributed Electives

524: Information Resources & Services

571: Introduction to Information Technology

532: Online Searching

560: Information Resource Development

554: Diverse Cultures, Communities, and Libraries

557: Documenting Dirverse Cultures & Communities

571: Introduction to Information Technology

585: Information Literacy Instruction

608: Planning & Evaluation of Library & Info. Centers

613: Decision Making for Library & Information Professionals

521: Children's and Young Adult Literature in a Multicultural Society
(three weekends in Tucson)
[ 521 is in Eval/Info Res & Cultural Perspectives Distribution ]

581: School Library Administration & Organization
(three weekends in Phx)

Electives



530: Cataloging and Metadata Management


630: Controlled Vocabularies

588: Small & Rural Libraries

533: Medical Online Searching

588: Issues in Information Resources:
The Information Society

674: Preservation of Digital Collections

688: Issues in Information Resources: Marketing library and information services to communities

525: Children in Public Libraries

 

Updated February 18, 2008