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3
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41680
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Online
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LRO
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9:00AM
-10:50AM
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W
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n.a.
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Dapier, J
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- Availability:
- Open (Restricted)
- Part of Term:
- S2
- Date Range:
- 06/15/26-08/06/26
- 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):
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Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
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3
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42542
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Lecture-Discussion
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TLP
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10:00AM
-4:50PM
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TWRF
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13 Sch of Info Sciences Bldg
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Magee, R
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- Availability:
- Open (Restricted)
- Date Range:
- 05/26/26-05/29/26
- Degree Notes:
- ONL Info Science rate course.
- Special Approval:
- Instructor Approval Required
- Credit:
- 2 hours
- Section Title:
- Teen Library Programs
- Section Info:
- PLEASE NOTE: This is an intensive course that runs from Tuesday, May 26, 2026, to Friday, May, 29, 2026, from 10:00am to 4:50pm and may require extra coursework outside of meeting dates. Information on iSchool Summer Intensives can be found at https://summerintensive.ischool.illinois.edu/. This course examines how libraries and other organizations meet young people’s developmental, informational, social, personal, and cultural needs through programs. The course will provide both practical experience and theoretical knowledge for understanding the value and impact of library programs for teens; strategies, techniques, and resources for developing programs; approaches for ensuring programs are relevant and driven by service communities; and methods for assessment and evaluation of program success. The summer intensive version of the course will include site visits, direct interaction with youth, and developing, running, and evaluating a teen program. Per the Registrar's Office, the last day to drop this course is the day prior to the first day of the course: https://registrar.illinois.edu/faculty-staff/calendars/academic-calendars/summer-academic-calendar-26/
- Restriction(s):
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Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
Restricted to students in the Illinois Informatics Institute or Information Sciences department.
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