Midwest

   Illinois

   DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY

Graduate School of Library and Information Science
7900 West Division Street, River Forest, IL 60305-1066
Contact:  Phyllis M. Wilson, Assistant to the Dean, phone: (708) 524-6844, fax: (708) 524-6657

LIS713: Preservation and Conservation

Preservation and conservation of library materials, preventing damage, planning for disaster, restoration, equipment and supplies, environmental controls, storage, and sources of information. Prerequisite: 701.

Required for Graduation: No   
Frequency: Annually   
Credit Hours:  3

LIS701: Introduction to Library & Information Science

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: ?    
Credit Hours:  ?

   UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

Graduate School of Library and Information Science
501 East Daniel, Champaign, IL 61820
Contact: Kathryn Luther Henderson, Professor, phone: (217) 333-3280 or William T. Henderson, phone: (217) 333-6191, fax: (217) 244-3302

LIS447: Preservation of Library Materials

Covers the broad range of library preservation and conservation for book and non-book materials, relating these efforts to the total library environment; emphasizes how the preservation of collections affects collection management and users, technical services, access to materials, and service to users.  Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: Fall semester annually   
Credit Hours:  1 unit

LIS450ZA: Issues in Preservation Management

Deals with management of preservation activities.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: Occasionally   
Credit Hours:  1/2 unit

LIS360: Practicum

Supervised field experience of professional-level duties in an approved library or information center. Prerequisite: Completion of 3.5 units of library and information science courses. A maximum of 1/2 unit may be applied toward a degree program. May concentrate on preservation by arrangement with advisor.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: Every semester   
Credit Hours:  1/2 unit

Preservation is also included in: 

LIS380: Information Organization and Access

Core course required of all M.S. degree students.

Required for Graduation: Yes   
Frequency: Fall and spring semesters, occasionally summer term   
Credit Hours:  1 unit 

LIS437: Technical Services Functions
Every year. 
Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: Spring semester   
Credit Hours:  1 unit

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   Indiana

   INDIANA UNIVERSITY
School of Library and Information Science
1320 East 10th Street, Main Library 011, Bloomington, IN 47405
Contact: Director of Admissions, phone: (888) 335-7547 or (812) 855-201,
fax: (812) 855-6166

L514: Preservation of Library and Information Resources
Examines causes of library and archival materials deterioration. Develops conceptual framework and management perspective for preservation programs using technical standards, program development tools, scientific and administrative research reports, and advocacy literature. Explores the new information technologies and media as both preservation tools and challenges.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: ?  
Credit Hours:   3

L515: History of the Book
Survey of the functions and history of writing and the various methods and styles of bookmaking from earliest times through the nineteenth century.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: ?  
Credit Hours:   3

L516: Introduction to Archives and Records Management
Introduces basic theories, methods, and significant problems in archives and records management. The course also discusses how archivists are responding to the challenge of managing and preserving electronic records.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: ?   
Credit Hours:  3   

L528: Collection Development and Management
Theoretical and pragmatic aspects of the selection, evaluation, and management of collections in all types of libraries. Acquisitions, publishers and publishing, policy making, and intellectual freedom and censorship are also covered.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: ?   
Credit Hours:  3   

L585: Descriptive Bibliography
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. The development of the practice of printing, type founding, and papermaking; the principles and practice of the bibliographical description of printed books, with emphasis on the period to 1880.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: ?   
Credit Hours:  3

L587: Rare Book Libraries and Librarianship
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. Introduction to the development, organization, and operation of rare book libraries and special collections. Includes an overview of the fundamentals of book collecting, both private and institutional, the antiquarian book trade and auction market, and the profession and practice of rare book librarianship.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: ?   
Credit Hours:  3   

L596: Internship in Library and Information Science
Prerequisite: Permission of faculty advisor. Supervised internship in an information management environment. Professionals in library and information management mentor each graduate student. Sixty on-site hours must be completed for each credit earned. Students document their experiences through journals, abstracts of related publications, and a final presentation.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: ?   
Credit Hours:  2–6   

L620: Topics in Information, Literature, and Bibliography
The purpose of this course is to provide the opportunity for greater in-depth study of the information and literature sources related to area studies, specific academic disciplines, and/or specific library patron audiences. Examples include Slavic materials, Latin American bibliography, and international legal bibliography. Depending on the potential market, the demand for knowledge concerning the specific information, literature, and material, and the expertise of available faculty, there is a wide range of possible topics.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: ?   
Credit Hours:  3

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   Iowa

   UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
School of Library and Information Science
3087 Library, Iowa City, IA 52242
Contact: Ethel Bloesch, Assistant to the Director, phone: (319) 335-57070,
fax: (319) 335-5374

21:282: Practicum in Libraries & Information Centers
A practicum is available under the supervision of either the University Conservator or the University Preservation Librarian.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: Fall, Spring   
Credit Hours: 3

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Kansas    

   EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY
School of Library and Information Management
1200 Commercial Street, Emporia, KS 66801
Contact: Robert Grover, Dean, phone: (620) 341-5203, fax: (620) 341-5233

LI 859: History of Books and Printing 

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  Occasionally   
Credit Hours: ?

LI861: Current Issues: Preservation 

Required for Graduation: No   
Frequency:  Annually   
Credit Hours: 2

LI 863: Preservation of Library and Archival Systems

Required for Graduation: No   
Frequency:  Annually   
Credit Hours: 2

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   Michigan

       WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
Library and Information Science Program
106 Kresge Library, Detroit, MI 48202
Contact: Joseph J. Mika, Interim Director, phone: (313) 577-6196, fax:(313) 577-7563. 

LIS7730: Conservation and Administration of Photography Collections
Basic course in the fundamentals of photographic conservation procedures for the organization and control of photographic collections used for research and historical documentation in archives, libraries, historical agencies, and museums.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  Yearly   
Credit Hours: 3

LIS7750: Introduction to Archival and Library Conservation
Fundamentals of archival and library conservation problems and methods essential for effective preservation management of paper and associated materials.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: Annually   
Credit Hours: 3

 

   UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
School of Information
550 East University, 304 West Hall Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1092
Contact: Elizabeth Yakel, Assistant Professor, phone: (734) 764-9376,
fax: (734) 964-2475

SI580: Understanding Records and Archives: Principles and Practices
Provides an understanding of why societies, cultures, organizations, and individuals create and keep records. Presents cornerstone terminology, concepts, and practices used in records management and archival administration. Examines the evolution of methods and technologies used to create, store, organize, and preserve records and the ways in which organizations and individuals use archives and records for ongoing operations, accountability, research, litigation, and organizational memory. Participants become familiar with legal, policy, and ethical issues surrounding records and archives administration and become conversant with the structure, organization, and literatures of the archival and records management professions.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  Fall term   
Credit Hours: 3

SI581: Preserving Information
Preservation is commonly defined as the acquisition, organization, and distribution of resources (human, physical, monetary) to ensure adequate protection of information with continuing value for access by present and future generations. Preservation encompasses planning and implementing policies, procedures, and processes that together prevent further deterioration or renew the usability of selected materials. Preservation management is most effective when planning precedes implementation and when prevention activities have priority over renewal activities. This course teaches the basic principles, policies, and procedures for protecting information resources from loss, damage, deterioration, destruction, and obsolescence. The course introduces current methods and best practices for extending the useful life of information in a wide variety of media. Considerable emphasis is on management and decision-making and current preservation issues, particularly preservation of digital information and the use of digital technologies for preservation reformatting.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  ?   
Credit Hours: 3

SI632: Appraisal of Archives
Begins with the theoretical foundations of appraisal and the controversial responsibility of assigning cultural value to some documentary artifacts and not others, within a broader content of history and memory, sessions on the evolution of appraisal thinking and different appraisal experiences. With this background, the course focuses on examples from the real world of appraisal strategy and methodology, including electronic records. Attention will be paid to personal and private records as well as government and institutional ones. The class will end by trying to apply, through group projects, the theories and methodologies to various recording media and functional areas of records creation, these reflecting student interests.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  ?   
Credit Hours: 3

SI637: Problems in Archives Administration
Thematic focus of this research seminar is collective memory and the role of archives as "memory institutions." In the seminar, students examine the role of archives and archivists in shaping memory through appraisal and selection, creation and collection of oral history, and interpretation and display of documentary evidence. Most of the readings place archives in the context of a broader literature on memory and interpretation of the past, including comparisons between archives and other memory institutions, such as museums.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  ?   
Credit Hours: 3

SI655: Management of Electronic Records
Records are the corporate and cultural memory that provide proof of actions and decisions, build a knowledge-base for reflection and learning, and form a perspective on today's society that we will pass on to future generations. As organizations create and maintain more of their records electronically, they are struggling to develop effective policies, systems, and practices to capture, maintain, and preserve electronic records. This course examines the ways in which new information technologies challenge organizations' capacities to define, identify, control, manage, and preserve electronic records. Students learn how different organizational, technological, regulatory, and cultural factors affect the strategies, practices, and tools that organizations can employ to manage electronic records. Problems of long-term preservation and continuing access to electronic records will be analyzed and addressed.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  ?   
Credit Hours: 3

SI690: Directed Field Experience
Selected opportunity for skill development and problem-solving through observation and practice in a particular information environment. One credit hour is granted for approximately 60 hours of work in an assigned situation under the supervision of a full-time faculty member and a cooperating professional.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  ?   
Credit Hours: 1-6

SI692: Archives Practicum
Focuses on developing applied archival skills. Student experiences are reinforced by regular meetings with skilled practitioners in a variety of areas who share their knowledge in a structured environment.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  ?   
Credit Hours: 3

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   Minnesota

   COLLEGE OF ST. CATHERINE
2004 Randolph Avenue #4125, St. Paul, MN 55105
Contact: Mary Wagner, Chairperson, phone: (651) 690-6802, fax: (651) 690-8724

LIS713: Preservation and Conservation
Preservation and conservation of library materials, preventing damage, planning for disaster, restoration, equipment and supplies, environmental controls, storage, and sources of information. Prerequisite: LIS701.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  ?   
Credit Hours: 3

LIS775: Archival Administration and Service
The collection, servicing, and arrangement of archives and manuscript holdings. Prerequisite: LIS701, 703, and 704.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  ?   
Credit Hours: 3

LIS799: Practicum
Supervised experience (120 hours) in an approved library or information center under the direction of a GSLIS faculty member. In addition, a course research report, including bibliography, will be required. The library supervisor, the faculty member, and the student meet periodically to review the student's progress. Prerequisites: Four core courses.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  ?    
Credit Hours: 3

LIS881: Advanced Archival Management
Archival practice is the profession of advocacy for historical memory. Consider and explore theories, policies, and procedures of archives in this seminar-style course. Emphasis will be on appraisal/acquisition, description, and reference/outreach, including topics on donor relations, legal and ethical issues, automation, and electronic records. Current research in these topics will be presented for analysis. Prerequisites: Four core courses, LIS775, or permission of the instructor.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: ?   
Credit Hours: 3

LIS883: Digital Image Storage and Retrieval
An introduction to the topic, including digitization, storage, and retrieval of drawings, art, pictures, films, videos, maps, objects, prints, slides, and X-rays. Students will perform hands-on digitization, database creation, cataloging, storage, and retrieval of student-selected objects. A discussion of necessary hardware and software will be presented. Prerequisite or co-requisite: LIS701.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: ?   
Credit Hours: 3

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   Missouri

   UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA
School of Library and Informational Science
303 Townsend Hall, Columbia, MO 65211
Contact: John M. Budd, Professor and Associate Director, phone: (573) 882-3258,
fax: (573) 884-4944

Q313: Managing Collections and Access
General information on selection, acquisitions, intellectual freedom, serials management, access to electronic information, and preservation.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  Twice a year    
Credit Hours: 3

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   Ohio

   KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
School of Library and Information Science, Kent, OH 44242
Contact: Dr. Richard E. Rubin, phone: (330) 672-2782, fax: (330) 672-7965

LSCI 60693: Preservation Management
The course addresses the problems that libraries are facing because of the deterioration of their collections and presents practical solutions, including decision-making, disaster planning, commercial library binding contracts, and the collection condition survey. 

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  ?   
Credit Hours: 1

Preservation is included in the following courses: 

LSCI 60661: Technical Services

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  Annually   
Credit Hours:  ?

LSCI 60665: Rare Book Librarianship

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  Biennially   
Credit Hours: ?

LSCI 60652: Foundation and Administration of Archives

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  Every two years   
Credit Hours: ?

Continuing education programs and workshops are offered.

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   Wisconsin

   UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN–MADISON
School of Library and Information Studies
600 North Park Street, 4217 Helen White Hall, Madison, WI 53706
Contact: Barbara Arnold, Admissions Advisor, phone: (608) 263-2909,
fax: (608) 263-4849. 

LIS678: Conservation and Preservation of Library and Archival Materials
Basic concepts, principles, and approaches to protection and care of library and archives material, including nature and structure of paper-based and plastic-based materials, deterioration, preservation management, disaster prevention, reformatting, and repair. Prerequisites. Laboratory experience offered.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  Annually   
Credit Hours: 3

Preservation is included in:

LIS620: Field Project in Library and Information Agencies

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  ?   
Credit Hours:  3

LIS855: Topic in Information Management: Collection Management

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: ?   
Credit Hours:  3

LIS875: Topic in Information and Retrieval

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: ?     
Credit Hours:  3

Courses leading to an archives specialization:

LIS734: Modern Archives Administration

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: ?   
Credit Hours: 3

LIS976: Special Problems in Archives—Manuscripts Administration

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: ?     
Credit Hours:  3  

LIS977: Practice of Archives—Manuscripts Administration

Required for Graduation: ?     
Frequency: ?   
Credit Hours: 3

   Continuing Education

The School's Continuing Education Service offers a number of workshops that include a preservation component, such as "The Care and Management of Photographic Collections."  In addition, the series of workshops in archival administration that lead to a Certificate of Professional Development cover preservation administration for archives and special collections.  For further information, contact Jane Perlmutter, Director of Continuing Education, phone: (608) 262-6398.

 

   UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN–MILWAUKEE
School of Library and Information Science
2400 East Hartford Avenue, Enderis Hall 1110, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53211
Contact: Mohammed Aman, Dean and Professor, phone: (414) 229-4709, fax: (414) 229-4848 

540-480:  Books, Paper, and Their Preservation
History, theory, and practical application of conservation solutions currently practiced by professional conservators.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  Annually   
Credit Hours: 1 

540-683: Cartographic Resources in Libraries
The nature, variety, and history of cartographic resources. How these fit into the world of information and how they differ from traditional library materials.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  Annually   
Credit Hours: 3  

540-691: Special Topics in Information Science: Book Repair and Binding
This course is designed to prepare the student to set up a simple repair lab and oversee the rebinding and repair of 20th-century, cloth-bound volumes. This will be accomplished through lecture, demonstration, and a tour. The course will also touch upon other aspects of book preservation.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  Annually   
Credit Hours: 1

540-775: Modern Archives Administration
For students particularly interested in archives administration, library science, historical agencies administration, or the teaching of history the theory and practice of modern records administration. Prerequisites. May not be repeated by students who have taken History 775.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  Annually   
Credit Hours: 3

540-777: Seminar in Modern Archives Administration
Provides students an opportunity to explore in-depth several aspects of archival work through extensive readings, discussions, practical exercises, and a major seminar paper. Not open to students who have credit in History 777, which is identical to L&I Sci 777. 

Required for Graduation: ?  
Frequency:  Annually   
Credit Hours: 3

540-790: Fieldwork in Archives and Manuscripts
Field experience of 50 to 150 hours in an archives or manuscript repository under faculty and field supervisor guidance. Student must also complete a supervised field project. May be repeated for a total of 3 credits. 

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency: ?   
Credit Hours:  ?

540-891: Advanced Topics in Library and Information Science: Seminar on Automated Archival Techniques
This course reflects both the traditional and emerging uses of archival automation. It is designed as a hands-on, practical seminar to provide students an opportunity to explore, apply, and discuss in depth various aspects of automated techniques in archives.

Required for Graduation: ?   
Frequency:  Annually   
Credit Hours: 1-3

The school offers a double Master’s degree in Library and Information Science and History, with emphasis on archives management, and in Geography, with an emphasis on cartographic materials. Students are introduced to preservation in greater detail in this program.

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