$375.00
Credits: 2.25 CEUs or 22.5 PDHs
A six week online course about the foundations of library science, designed to meet the requirements of the Library Support Staff Certification. This course covers introductory information on library missions, types of libraries, areas and departments, professional values and ethics, library governance, funding, library cooperation, diversity in user needs, resources, and a services, marketing, outreach, professional development and professional associations. Students will complete an annotated bibliography assignment that requires selecting, evaluating and annotating a variety of sources on a student selected topic. At the end of the course students will complete an annotated bibliography on a topic relevant to their library, which will includes 10 sources in a variety of formats that can be used to explain the topic to library staff and users and/or implement changes.
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| Credits | 2.25 CEUs or 22.5 PDHs |
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| Registration dates | We accept registrations through the first week of classes, unless enrollment is full, and unless the class was canceled before it started due to low enrollment. |
| Required text | Rubin, Richard E. and Joe Janes. Foundations of Library and Information Science. 4th edition, 2016. ALA Editions, ISBN 978-0-8389-1370-3 Ebook versions are available, as are many used print copies. |
A six week online course about the foundations of library science, designed to meet the requirements of the Library Support Staff Certification. This course covers introductory information on library missions, types of libraries, areas and departments, professional values and ethics, library governance, funding, library cooperation, diversity in user needs, resources, and a services, marketing, outreach, professional development and professional associations. Students will complete an annotated bibliography assignment that requires selecting, evaluating and annotating a variety of sources on a student selected topic. At the end of the course students will complete an annotated bibliography on a topic relevant to their library, which will includes 10 sources in a variety of formats that can be used to explain the topic to library staff and users and/or implement changes.
Colleen Sanders, MLS, M.Ed., is a librarian, instructional designer, faculty developer, and open education practitioner. She works at the intersection of people, information, technology, and learning. She has served as a faculty librarian at multiple institutions in Oregon and Washington. Currently, she supports faculty in academic and technical fields to combine information access with learner-centered design. Her goal is to engage adult learners through active learning that develops relevant, authentic, and transferable skills. She is a graduate of the Creative Commons Certificate program and the Open Education Network’s Certificate in Open Pedagogy. Her work advocating for OER policy amidst commercial textbook affordability programs earned her an OER Champion award from Open Oregon Educational Resources. She has served on multiple large-scale OER publishing projects in Oregon and Washington, first as an OER Development Consultant on the Targeted Pathways Open Curriculum project, then as an Instructional Designer, OER & Copyright Specialist, and Pressbooks Migration Lead for Washington's Open ProfTech project. She hopes to empower library and information workers in all capacities to integrate diverse skillsets into their careers to serve critical informational practices.
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