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 summer 2024
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	41680	Online	LRO	6:00PM -7:55PM	R	n.a.	Dapier, J	Part of Term: S2 Date Range: 06/10/24-08/01/24 Degree Notes: ONL Info Science rate course. Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Literacy, Reading, and Readers Section Info: 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. Graduate student questions may be sent to mslis-advising@illinois.edu Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.