IS 571

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Advanced Topics in Use and Users of Information

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Credit: 2 OR 4 hours.

Variety of newly developed and advanced topics courses within the field of Use and Users of Information, intended to augment the existing Information Sciences curricula.

2 or 4 graduate hours. No professional credit. May be repeated in the same or separate terms, to a maximum of 16 hours, if topics vary.

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

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IS 571 class schedule data for spring 2023
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
74998	Online	ALR	ARRANGED	n.a.	Grad Sch of Lib & Info Science	Hu, Y	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/13/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: ONL Info Science rate course. Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Accessibility in Lib Resources Section Info: This course is asynchronous, and it introduces students to topics centered on the accessibility of library resources for people with disabilities across information systems and services, including an overview of relevant concepts, theories, approaches, technologies, programs, and challenges. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
72421	Online	ISO	5:00PM -6:55PM	M	n.a.	Alvarez, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: ONL Info Science rate course. Section Title: Info Service for Diverse Users Section Info: MUST CHOOSE 2 or 4 credit hours: This course is designed to prepare future information professionals to develop and provide inclusive services to underrepresented populations, and to analyze and evaluate services to ensure equality of access to information in a range of institutional settings. Through readings, discussion, guest lectures, and site visits, students will explore diversity issues that impact information services and develop skills for planning, implementing, and evaluating programs and services for addressing these issues. Specific diversity issues include race and ethnicity; education; language; literacy; disability; gender and sexual orientation; social class; national origin; physical, psychological, and learning ability; and age. Graduate student questions may be sent to ischool-advising@illinois.edu Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to students in the Illinois Informatics Institute or Information Sciences department.
72613	Online	LRO	4:00PM -5:55PM	R	n.a.	Hoiem, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: ONL Info Science rate course. Section Title: Literacy, Reading, and Readers Section Info: MUST CHOOSE 2 or 4 credit hours: Reading and literacy play a central role in libraries. This course considers reading as a physical, social, and educational activity that is historically and culturally situated. Drawing upon interdisciplinary scholarship in LIS, education, literature, history, sociology, psychology, raciolinguistics, neuroscience, and anthropology, we investigate different forms of literacy and how people acquire them, with special consideration given to age, race, gender, class, and culture. We explore how our brains learn writing, a human-created technology, and what libraries can do to support literacy acquisition and leisure reading. We examine how literacies (alphabetical, visual, digital, etc.) promise social mobility and equality, yet often reinforce existing power structures. We consider literacy in the context of colonization, Indigenous resistance, immigration policy, and white supremacy. We learn about biases in language education, as well as the stigmatization of particular languages, genres, and groups of readers. Finally, we consider how critical thinking skills offer alternatives to literacy gatekeeping and censorship. For their final project, 4 credit students choose between an experiential track, which offers practical experience through volunteer work, or a scholarship track more focused on research. Graduate student questions may be sent to ischool-advising@illinois.edu Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to students in the Illinois Informatics Institute or Information Sciences department.
74863	Lecture-Discussion	LRR	1:00PM -3:50PM	F	Grad Sch of Lib & Info Science	Hoiem, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: ONL Info Science rate course. Section Title: Literacy, Reading, and Readers Section Info: MUST CHOOSE 2 or 4 credit hours: Reading and literacy play a central role in libraries. This course considers reading as a physical, social, and educational activity that is historically and culturally situated. Drawing upon interdisciplinary scholarship in LIS, education, literature, history, sociology, psychology, raciolinguistics, neuroscience, and anthropology, we investigate different forms of literacy and how people acquire them, with special consideration given to age, race, gender, class, and culture. We explore how our brains learn writing, a human-created technology, and what libraries can do to support literacy acquisition and leisure reading. We examine how literacies (alphabetical, visual, digital, etc.) promise social mobility and equality, yet often reinforce existing power structures. We consider literacy in the context of colonization, Indigenous resistance, immigration policy, and white supremacy. We learn about biases in language education, as well as the stigmatization of particular languages, genres, and groups of readers. Finally, we consider how critical thinking skills offer alternatives to literacy gatekeeping and censorship. For their final project, 4 credit students choose between an experiential track, which offers practical experience through volunteer work, or a scholarship track more focused on research. Graduate student questions may be sent to ischool-advising@illinois.edu. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to students in the Illinois Informatics Institute or Information Sciences department.