Distributive Electives

Distributed Electives: Current List

Effective for students matriculating starting in spring 2006, the SIRLS degree requirements include 18 credits of SIRLS electives, distributed across five categories, including a free-choice category. Courses currently approved in each of these areas appear below.

Management of Information Services
(3 credits)

Focuses on issues related to the management of information resources, services, organizations, and environments, with an emphasis on planning, evaluating, and strategizing

• IRLS 502 Management and Security of Public Non-Profit Information Systems (cross-listed with PA)
• IRLS 561 Academic Library Practice and Administration
• IRLS 562 Public Library Practice and Administration
• IRLS 564 Corporate Library Administration and Organization
• IRLS 565 Health Sciences Library Practice and Administration
• IRLS 581 School Library Administration and Practice
• IRLS 608 Planning & Evaluation of Library & Information Centers
• IRLS 613 Decision Making for Library and Information Professionals
• IRLS 681E Law Library Practice and Administration (cross-listed with Law)

Evaluation of User Needs & Information Resources
(3 credits)

Focuses on issues related to intermediating information needs and uses, with an emphasis on the identification and evaluation of information-bearing objects singly and in collections

• IRLS 524 Information Resources and Services
• IRLS 560 Information Resource Development
• IRLS 622 Verifiable Information (Information Quality)
• IRLS 521 Children's and Young Adult Literature in a Multicultural Society
• IRLS 532 Online Searching
• IRLS 533 Medical Online Searching
• IRLS 572 Government Information
• IRLS 585 Information Literacy Instruction
• IRLS 587 Information Seeking Behaviors
• IRLS 589 Scholarly Communication
• IRLS 660 Business Information Resources
• IRLS 696B Information Resources Seminar

Information Technology and Networked Digital Information (3 credits)

Focuses on issues related to information and communication technologies and networks, with an emphasis on impacts on individual users, groups, organizations, and society

• IRLS 570 Data Base Development and Management (588 to be re-numbered)
• IRLS 571 Introduction to Information Technology
• IRLS 573 Information Technology in Libraries
• IRLS 574 Digital Libraries
• IRLS 575 User Interface and Website Design
• IRLS 596B Organizations, Privacy & Security (cross-listed with MIS)
• IRLS 614 Information Technology and Transfer
• IRLS 634 Data Management in Health-Care Systems (cross-listed with Nursing)
• IRLS 646 Health Care Information Systems (cross-listed with Nursing)
• IRLS 650 Theory of Information Systems (cross-listed with Nursing)

Cultural Perspectives on Libraries and Information (3 credits)

Focuses on issues related to equity and diversity, with an emphasis on the values and service orientation of the library and information professions

• IRLS 521 Children's and Young Adult Literature in a Multicultural Society
• IRLS 542 Issues in Special Collections (only selected versions of this course fulfill the cultural requirement, check with your adviser office prior to enrolling)
• IRLS 550 Information Environments from Hispanic and Native American Perspectives
• IRLS 551 Equity of Access
• IRLS 552 Instructional Methods for Librarians
• IRLS 553 Issues in Culture and Information Technology
• IRLS 554 Diverse Cultures, Communities, and Libraries
• IRLS 555 Issues in Indigenous Information Services (588 to be re-numbered)
• IRLS556 Adult Services in Public Libraries: Theory & Practice from Cultural Perspectives (588 to be re-numbered)
• IRLS557 Documenting Diverse Cultures & Communities
• IRLS 651 Information Policy and Cultural Perspectives