Available only to those students lacking similar experience and may not be repeated. Requires minimum of 140 hours of experiential learning, and the completion of a term paper or special project under the direction of the course coordinator. Completion of 18 hours of graduate work in library and information science and consent of course coordinator. Experience will be under the joint supervision of college faculty and cooperating media librarians. Admission to Teacher Education Program and consent of instructor.
Emphasis is given to American library and book history.
Basic tools, techniques and methods of research. Consideration is given to the role and purpose of research in library and information science and its relationship to research in other disciplines. Includes critical evaluation of current research in library and information science and the development of a research proposal. A seminar which examines current philosophical and managerial issues in library and information science. Focus is on the analysis, origins, evaluation and current status of these issues.