IS 590

Spring 2018 Part of Term B

Part of Term B
Mar 12-May 2

Advanced Problems in Information Sciences

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Credit: 1 TO 4 hours.

Variety of newly developed and special topics courses on different aspects of the information sciences intended to augment the existing curriculum, offered as sections of IS 590.

Additional fees may apply. See Class Schedule. 1 to 4 graduate hours. No professional credit. May be repeated.

Class materials fee or field trip fee may be required.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

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IS 590 class schedule data for spring 2018
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
67626	Online	CRO	4:30PM -7:00PM	M	n.a.	Tilley, C	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/12/18-05/02/18 Degree Notes: CC-Library Info Science course. Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Comics: Advising Readers Section Info: [Expanded title: Comics: Advising Child and Adult Readers] Comics--in forms including comic strips, comic books, graphic novels, webcomics, and manga--represent an important cultural medium, which appeals to persons of all ages and is collected by many school, public, and academic libraries. This course introduces students to the comics medium, its history, and its cultural influences. Students will read a variety of comics and learn about materials and techniques key to providing reader's advisory in this medium. Although this course focuses on American comics, some readings and discussions will touch on this medium's international dimensions. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Information Sciences department.
67394	Lecture-Discussion	DI	1:00PM -3:50PM	F	Grad Sch of Lib & Info Science	Cragin, M	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/12/18-05/02/18 Degree Notes: CC-Library Info Science course. Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Big Data Infrastructrs for R&D Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
67701	Lecture-Discussion	ED2	4:30PM -5:50PM	R	Krannert Art Museum	Wilson, W	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/12/18-05/02/18 Degree Notes: CC-Library Info Science course. Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Exhibit Design & Installation Section Info: This course meets the last 8 weeks of the semester. The opening night of any exhibition is the culmination of many months and sometimes years of planning centered around an initial core idea for a show. After that idea has gelled into a working concept, it is handed to Design and Installation Specialists to see what is really possible. Can we have all the art suspended from wires? Can the ceiling support a replica of a sea mine? Can we devise a secure vitrine for this priceless manuscript? Does this meet ADA restrictions? How will everything fit together? Can we get that look? This course will address how exhibitions attains a specific "look"? This is not a course on developing or curating the information, but rather a course on presenting that information in the most compelling way. We will look at the planning, fabricating, painting, building, and installing are large parts of our work. We also have to consider that nothing, with few exceptions, is permanent. Our work needs to be secure and stable, but also reversible to make way for the next show. We will also survey the conceptual and procedural dimensions of carrying an exhibition through from curatorial musings to the reality of opening night. We will cover the techniques and processes that begin with a dialogue and move into the concrete. We will discuss the "what's possible" response to the initial idea. We will discuss the collaborative aspects of working with Curators, Directors of Cultural Institutions, Registrars, Collections Managers and Architects. The course will be a mix of discussion and hands-on experience with some courses taking place in the Krannert Art Museum workshop.Location: Room 17, Krannert Art Museum Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
67524	Online	SPO	1:30PM -3:30PM	W	n.a.	Berger, S	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/12/18-05/02/18 Degree Notes: CC-Library Info Science course. Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Coll Dev for Spec Coll Section Info: [Expanded Title: Collection Development for Special Collections] Focuses on the issues and practices related to collection development for special collections libraries. The selection and acquisition of printed, manuscript, and digital materials for special collections libraries is a large subject, but it is a subject that is treated only sparsely in the professional literature. Students will gain an understanding of the nature and makeup of a collection in a rare books and manuscripts library, as well as an overview of the practices and procedures used by acquisitions librarians and development officers involved in the purchase or solicitation of materials for the collection. Attention will also be paid to the legal and ethical considerations that arise in making collection decisions in a special collections library. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Information Sciences department.