West

   California

   SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY 
School of Library and Information Science
One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192-0029
Contact: Blanche Woolls , phone: (408) 924-2491, fax: (408) 924-2476

LIBR230: Issues in Academic Libraries
This course will investigate current issues that impact the functioning of the academic library. Topics covered will include issues related to social and political environments, clientele, services, collections, physical settings, financing and staffing, and future trends in the academic library sector.

Prerequisites: LIBR 200, 204.
Required for Graduation:  No    
Frequency: Annually   
Credit Hours: 3

LIBR232: Issues in Public Libraries
This course will investigate current issues that impact the functioning of the public library. Topics covered will include issues related to social and political environments, clientele, services, collections, physical settings, financing and staffing, and future trends in the public library sector.

Prerequisites: LIBR 200, 202, 204.
Required for Graduation: No   
Frequency:  Every other semester   
Credit Hours: 3

LIBR256: Archives and Manuscripts
An introduction to the theory and practice of managing archival documents, such as personal papers, institutional records, photographs, electronic records, and other unpublished material. Topics covered include manuscript and records acquisition and appraisal, arrangement and description, conservation and preservation, reference and access.

Prerequisites: LIBR 200, 202, 204.
Required for Graduation: No   
Frequency: Annually   
Credit Hours: 3

LIBR259: Preservation Management
An introduction to the philosophies and techniques used to preserve manuscript, printed, and electronic materials. Examination of different preservation techniques and their attendant philosophies, used over the ages, from chaining materials to desks to the current practice of digital imaging.

Prerequisites: LIBR 200, 204.
Required for Graduation: No  
Frequency: Every fourth semester   
Credit Hours: 3

LIBR266: Collection Management
Study of collection management in all types of libraries and information centers. Includes analysis of information needs, criteria for selection, collection use evaluation, and resources for collection development.

Prerequisites: LIBR 202, 204.
Required for Graduation: No   
Frequency: Every Semester   
Credit Hours: 3

LIBR280: History of Books and Libraries
This class examines the role of the book and the library in expressing and fostering culture throughout history. It traces the development of the book through its many stages—cuneiform fragments, illuminated manuscripts, printed books, and electronic journals—and explores how the creation, use, and storage of information are affected by social and technological change. The development of libraries and librarianship and how they have accommodated themselves to the changing form of the book will also be considered.

Prerequisite: LIBR 200.
Required for Graduation: No   
Frequency: Every fourth semester   
Credit Hours: 3

LIBR284: Seminars in Archives and Records Management
In-depth study of current issues and practices in archives and records management. The course addresses new areas of research and application, such as oral history, sound and visual archives, archival automation, archival security, and more.

Prerequisites: none.
Required for Graduation: No   
Frequency: Irregular   
Credit Hours: 3

   UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA–LOS ANGELES
Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
2320 Moore Hall, Box 95-1521, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521
Contact: Michele V. Cloonan , phone: (310) 825-8799, fax: (310) 206-3076

432: Issues and Problems in Preservation of Heritage Materials
Provides an introduction to the fields of archives and library conservation and preservation, with an emphasis on preservation administration. Offers students an opportunity to learn more about the complex issues involved in providing access to information materials while maintaining those materials of long-term value and also providing adequate safety and working environments for users and staff. The course covers the composition of and treatment options for library materials; environmental standards; the handling and use of library materials; disaster preparedness; preservation self-studies and surveys; security; collection maintenance and management; fund-raising; and regional, national, and international programs. Students who want to specialize in preservation will also take 430, 431, and 435, as appropriate. They also take 498 and 596.

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

200: Information in Society
Core course. Examination of processes by which information and knowledge are created, integrated, disseminated, organized, used, and preserved. Topics include history of communication technologies, evolution of literacy, development of information professions, and social issues related to information access.

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Frequency: ?    
Credit Hours: ?

203: Design of Library and Information Services
Core course. Investigation of concept of intellectual freedom, information policy issues, civil liberties and civil rights, censorship, and other restraints on access to information.

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237: Analytical Bibliography
The book as a physical object and its relationship to transmission of text. History and methods of analytical bibliography, with particular emphasis on hand-press books. Printing processes as related to bibliography and librarianship. Discussions, demonstrations, and experiments in design, composition, and presswork.

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Frequency: ?    
Credit Hours: ?

240: Management of Digital Records
Introduction to long-term management of digital administrative, information, communications, imaging, and research systems and records. Topics include electronic record-keeping, enterprise and risk management, systems analysis and design, metadata development, data preservation, and technological standards and policy development.

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

430: Collection Development and the Acquisition of Library Materials
Background of publishing and the book trade (new and antiquarian) pertinent to collection development in public, school, academic, and special libraries. Theory and practice of collection development and management. Organization and administration of acquisitions departments.

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

431: American Archives and Manuscripts
Identification, description, subject analysis, and organization of records contained in archives and manuscript collections. Administration. User requirements. Problems of acquisition, legal title, literary property, preservation, accessibility, and use.

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Frequency: ?   
Credit Hours: ?

435: Fundamentals of Bibliography
Requisite: course 200. Organization, control, and elements of bibliographical apparatus, new techniques and tools, theory, methods, and trends in bibliographical research in relationship to librarianship. Development and fundamentals of several branches of bibliography: enumerative (or systematic), physical (analytical or critical, descriptive).

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

438: Advanced Issues in Archival Management
Requisite: Course 431. In-depth examination of theoretical issues and contemporary problems facing the archival profession. Topics revolve each term and include development and role of archival appraisal, management of audiovisual materials, and management of medical, scientific, and technological documentation.

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

498: Internship
Preservation-related on request.  May be taken for 1 or 3 quarters.

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

596: Directed Individual Study
A preservation research paper or project may be undertaken.

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Frequency: ?   
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Additionally, some students may take:

277: Historic Preservation: Principles and Practice (School of Architecture and Urban Planning)

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293: Seminar on Film and Television Curatorship (School of Theater, Film, and Television)
One-third of this course is devoted to preservation, conservation, and restoration of moving images.

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

UCLA has just launched a joint degree with the Department of Film & Television and the Film and Television Archive in Moving Image Studies. Many of the new courses include a preservation component.

   Washington

   HIGHLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Professional/Technical Program
Library Technician Program
2400 South 240th, PO Box 98000, Des Moines, WA 98198-9800
Contact: Tony Wilson , phone: (206) 878-3710, ext. 3254, fax: (206) 824-5746 

LIBR136 Book Repair
An introduction to preservation and repair, with emphasis on practical repairs needed in libraries.

Required for Graduation: ?    
Frequency: Yearly   
Credit Hours: 2

   UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
The Information School
Mary Gates Hall, Suite 370, Box 352840, Seattle, WA 98195-2840
Contact: Michael Eisenberg, phone: (206) 543-1794, fax: (206) 616-3152

LIS505: Archival & Manuscript Services
Selection, organization, and use of archival and manuscript collections. Emphasis is on principles and techniques; some attention to the administration of state archival and historical institutions' collections.

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

LIS507: Preservation & Conservation of Library Materials
Consideration of the many factors contributing to the physical vulnerability of library materials of all kinds, and an overview of resources and strategies for those who determine preservation policy and/or manage the application of such policy. No technical background necessary.

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

   New Mexico

   THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
College of Education, Tireman Library 119, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1231
Contact: Lidie Chamberlain , phone: (505) 277-7260, fax: (505) 277-8427

EMLS 437/537: Materials Selection
Part of one session is devoted to repair and rebinding issues within the collection development context.

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

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