Preservation Education Directory: Graduate Courses in Illinois

ILLINOIS

Dominican University

Graduate School of Library and Information Science

7900 West Division Street
River Forest, IL 60305
Phone: (708) 524‐6845
Email: gslis@dom.edu
www.gslis.dom.edu

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS: Library Information Science (LIS)

LIS 710: Descriptive Bibliography An examination of the physical book. Collation, binding, imprints, colophons and more are examined in their textual, physical and historical contexts. Prerequisites: LIS 701. Frequency: Offered in summer. Credit Hours: 3.

LIS 711: Early Books and Manuscripts From clay, papyrus and parchment origins; ancient alphabets to the Roman; medieval manuscript hands and illumination; book production and bookselling; foundations of significant libraries; bibliographic sources. Prerequisites: LIS 701. Frequency: Offered in spring. Credit Hours: 3.

LIS 712: History of the Printed Book From Gutenberg to the present; introduction to publishing printing processes, book design (typography, illustration, binding) and distribution. Prerequisite: LIS 701. Frequency: Offered in fall. Credit Hours: 3.

LIS 713: Introduction to the Preservation and Conservation of Library and Archival Materials Introduces students to the concepts and fundamentals of preservation and conservation of library and archival records and materials. Students learn about the environmental and structural causes and control of deterioration, conservation and repair, storage and reformatting, disaster preparedness and risk management, binding and security. Students are also introduced to strategies and best practices for preservation planning and management of preservation programs and resources. Prerequisite: LIS 701. Frequency: Offered in fall and spring. Credit Hours: 3.

LIS 759: Digital Libraries Digital libraries are an important component of library services involving all aspects of the information cycle: creation, collection, organization, dissemination and utilization. The course will provide an introduction of major digital library concepts to library and information professions focusing on developing the skills necessary to design and implement successful digital projects. Pre‐requisites: LIS 701, LIS 703, and LIS 704; LIS 882 highly recommended. Frequency: Offered in fall and spring. Credit Hours: 3.

LIS 881: Advanced Archival Principles, Practices, and Services Examines, in great depth, archival principles, practices and services. Students examine theories and policies, pertaining to the functions of archival appraisal, acquisition, arrangement, description, reference and outreach, access and advocacy. They also focus on administrative issues, such as legal and ethical issues, training and education, risk management, planning for technology, space, assessment, grant writing, electronic and digital preservation strategies and policy development. Students also complete internship hours in an archives or repository. Pre‐requisites: LIS 701 and LIS 775. Frequency: Offered in fall and summer. Credit Hours: 3.

LIS 889: Digital Curation Increasingly, libraries, information centers, archives, museums and other information‐based organizations are becoming repositories for digital collections and digital objects. Preserving digital materials has emerged as a major initiative for these organizations. This course will provide an overview of the research in curating and preserving digital data, will provide practical experience in working with digital materials and will develop the skills necessary to create curation plans for digital materials. Prerequisites: LIS 701 and LIS 775 or LIS 885; LIS 882 highly recommended. Frequency: Offered in fall and spring. Credit Hours: 3.

 


University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign

School of Information Sciences | The iSchool at Illinois

501 East Daniel Street, MC‐493
Champaign, IL 61820‐6211
Phone: (217) 333‐3280
Email: gslis@illinois.edu
www.lis.illinois.edu

COURSE INFORMATION: Library and Information Science (LIS)

LIS 501: Information Organization and Access Emphasizes information organization and access in settings and systems of different kinds. Traces the information transfer process from the generation of knowledge through its storage and use in both print and non‐print formats. Consideration will be given to the creation of information systems: the principles and practice of selection and preservation, methods of organizing information for retrieval and display, the operation of organizations that provide information services, and the information service needs of various user communities. Prerequisites: LIS Masters student. Frequency: ?. Credit Hours: 4.

LIS 578: Technical Services Functions Seminar on the principles, problems, trends, and issues of acquiring, identifying, recording, and conserving/preserving materials in all types of libraries and information centers; includes the special problems of serials management; emphasizes service aspects. Prerequisites: LIS student. Frequency: ?. Credit Hours: 4.

LIS 580: Rare Book and Special Collections Librarianship This course is designed as a practical introduction to Rare Book and Special Collections Librarianship, to cover for the neophyte as well as the experienced librarian the many issues of these departments' responsibilities, including selection, acquisition, receiving, cataloging, processing, shelving, circulation, inter‐library loan, reference, preservation and conservation, security, exhibition, publication, and so forth, including the uses of information technology. REQUIRED course for the Certificate in Special Collections. Prerequisites: LIS590RM. Frequency: ?. Credit Hours: 2.

LIS 581: Administration and Use of Archival Materials Administration of archives and manuscript collections in various types of institutions. Theoretical principles and archival practices of appraisal, acquisition, accessioning, arrangement, description, preservation, and reference services. Topics will include: records management programs, collecting archives programs/special collections, legal and ethical issues, public programming and advocacy, and the impact of new information technologies for preservation and access. Lectures, discussion, internet demonstration, and field trips to the Special Collections Department and University Archives. Prerequisites: None. Frequency: ?. Credit Hours: 4.

LIS 582: Preserving Information Resources 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 development, technical services, access to materials and service to users. Prerequisites: None. Frequency: ?. Credit Hours: 4.

LIS 586: Digital Preservation Examines current problems with and approaches to digital preservation that are fundamental to the long‐term accessibility of digital materials. Also examines the range of current research problems, along with emerging methods and tools, and assess a variety of organizational scenarios to plan and implement a preservation plan. Topics will include basic information theory, preservation of complex digital objects; standards and specifications; sustainability and risk assessment; authenticity, integrity, quality control, and certification; and management of preservation activities. Prerequisites: None. Frequency: ?. Credit Hours: 4.

LIS 590AV: Audiovisual Materials in Libraries and Archives As analog film, video, and audio materials and playback equipment become obsolete, libraries and archives with audiovisual (AV) materials in their collections face great challenges in preserving these materials. AV preservation and collection is costly, time‐consuming, and requires specialized knowledge. This course will discuss the ways that librarians and archivists are responding to the challenges of audiovisual handling, preservation and collection. Prerequisites: None. Frequency: ?. Credit Hours: 2.

LIS 590BB: Bookbinding: History, Principles and Practice A hands‐on exploration of multiple styles of bookbinding. Students will acquire fundamental technical knowledge by creating a variety of book structures using traditional tools and materials. An appreciation of the history of bindings will be gained through readings, visits to the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Conservation Lab and other field trips. Prerequisites: None. Frequency: ?. Credit Hours: 2.

LIS 590CL: Comics in Libraries A pragmatically‐focused class, Comics in Libraries examines the particular challenges comics pose as library resources. Topics include collection management, discovery and access, 51 description and representation, preservation, readers' services, and intellectual freedom as they pertain to comics in forms including comic strips, graphic novels, and manga. Prerequisites: None. Frequency: ?. Credit Hours: 2.

LIS 590DC: Foundations of Data Curation Data curation is the active and on‐going management of data through its lifecycle of interest and usefulness to scholarship, science, and education; curation activities and policies enable data discovery and retrieval, maintain data quality and add value, and provide for re‐use over time. This course provides an overview of a broad range of theoretical and practical problems in this emerging field. Examines issues related to appraisal and selection, long‐lived data collections, research lifecycles, workflows, metadata, legal and intellectual property issues. Prerequisites: Students enrolled in the Data Curation specialization have registration priority. Frequency: ?. Credit Hours: 4.

LIS 590EX: Planning, Production, and Practice of Library and Museum Exhibitions Exhibitions are essential for special collections, whether the collection is part of a traditional academic rare book library, an archive, a public library, an historical society, a museum, or any other institution with special collections. Producing high-quality exhibitions ought to be a primary goal of such cultural institutions because it is through exhibits that we interpret our collections to a broader audience. This course will offer practical instruction on the organization, planning, and research that go into any exhibit. Conservation issues will also be discussed in the course, with topics ranging from getting items into exhibit‐worthy condition to the potential damage that an exhibition environment can cause and how to minimize it. Each student will produce a small exhibit with a paper or online catalog. Prerequisites: None. Frequency: ?. Credit Hours: 2.

LIS 590GN: Conservation of General Collections Focuses on the physical care of general book collections. Students will learn how to complete basic repairs for circulating (i.e. general collection) book materials, and how to manage and support these repairs in the context of a library collection and other library activities, such as digitization. Class work will consist of a combination of traditional lectures and reading as well as hands‐on projects in book repair and protection. Prerequisites: None. Frequency: ?. Credit Hours: 4.

LIS 590HB: History of the Book This course will cover a wide variety of topics concerned with the history and development of the book, both as a physical object and as the bearer of intellectual content. Discussions will 52 explore different aspects of written materials, including the physical properties of the objects that carry text and image (e.g., papyrus, paper, parchment, etc.) and their cultural and intellectual function. Prerequisites: None. Frequency: ?. Credit Hours: 2‐4.

LIS 590HT: History of Bookbinding: Mechanics and Materials This class will explore the history of bookbinding by making models of historical book structures. Students will visit the Rare Book and Manuscript Library to see examples of bindings of different periods and will then return to the classroom to create a set of models to have on hand for presentation to students and visitors as librarians. Prerequisites: None. Frequency: ?. Credit Hours: 2.

LIS 590LP: History and Techniques of Letterpress Printing This course explores the history and techniques of fine printing (letterpress), looks at classics of typography and printing in examples from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and provides technical instruction in typesetting and press operation. Students will have exposure to the conceptual, intellectual, and aesthetic considerations of printing and printmaking. Prerequisites: None. Frequency: ?. Credit Hours: 2.

LIS 590PC: Preservation and Conservation for Collections Care This course, meant to build on previous coursework in Preservation, Special Collections and/or Rare Book Curation, will focus on the physical structure and chemical composition of book, paper, and photographic materials. Students will learn how historic and modern library and archives materials are produced, how they age and potentially deteriorate, and different approaches for their physical care. Class work will be split between traditional lectures and readings as well as hands‐on projects in book construction and minimally invasive treatments and stabilization mechanisms. The goal will be to educate students to a level at which they can effectively communicate with conservation and preservation professionals, as well as set educated priorities and expectations for the care of their collections.   Prerequisites: LIS 582 or LIS 590RB, or consent of instructor. Frequency: ?. Credit Hours: 4.

LIS 590PDP: Perspectives on Digital Preservation This seminar examines recent attempts to create both theoretical and methodological frameworks for ensuring the long‐term preservation of digital materials. Drawing upon previous work in information theory, literary theory, social theory and diplomatics, students in the course will critically examine a variety of recent efforts to establish standards and best practices 53 for digital preservation. The course will emphasize exploring the interplay of technological and social issues involved in digital preservation, including matters of authenticity and trust, integrity of information, ownership and intellectual property, and the application of concepts such as authorial intent in recent digital preservation initiatives such as the Variable Media Network. The class will be conducted as a seminar centered on discussion of readings as well as student interests. Students will be expected to lead class discussions and provide updates on their own research over the course of the semester. Prerequisites: CAS or Doctoral student; Master’s students may enroll with consent of instructor. Frequency: ?. Credit Hours: 4.

LIS 590PM: The Manufacture, Description, Uses, and Preservation of Paper in the Scholarly World This course is an introduction to the world of paper with respect to rare books‐‐their manufacture, materials, properties, uses, decoration, collection, sale, distribution, description, editing, preservation, and conservation, along with the preferred vocabulary of the medium. In this course students will be presented with a large vocabulary, pertaining to the range of surfaces of human communication, from stone to clay to several kinds of proto‐papers (papyrus, vellum, bark paper, tapa cloth, and so forth) to the real thing‐‐paper, in its myriad manifestations. The knowledge imparted by this class should be useful for anyone who deals with the medium, who describes it, shelves it, buys or sells it, preserves it, repairs it, or even just admires it. Prerequisites: None. Frequency: ?. Credit Hours: 2.

LIS 590PO: The Book as Physical Object Examines all the PHYSICAL aspects of books and how these inform us of the books' manufacture and place in a scholarly world. Covers all aspects of book production, from the earliest books to computers, and concentrates on their physical aspects. The course will look at all kinds of manifestations and features of codices that will useful in cataloging and bibliographical description, in reading scholarly bibliographies, in deciphering booksellers' catalogs, and in describing copy‐specific information for finding aids. Prerequisites: None. Frequency: ?. Credit Hours: 2.