Courses Taught
Graduate
LS 590 Information Ethics for the LIS Profession, Instructor
University of Alabama School of Library & Information Studies, Summer 2015, Summer 2016
Discusses how and why information ethics provides useful context for professionals when they are faced with difficult ethical decisions, provided a detailed survey of information ethics and offered advanced techniques for employing ethics in professional practice
LS 500 Organization of Information, Instructor
University of Alabama School of Library & Information Studies, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016
Required course introducing the principles of organizing bibliographies, library catalogs, and collections. Examines the content of bibliographic records in printed and machine-readable form, choice and form of access points, authority control, verbal and classified systems of subject access, and the impact of new technologies. An introduction to OCLC searching is included. The course objective is to enable the student to understand and use catalogs and bibliographies. Students interested in becoming catalogers should follow LS 500 with LS 506 Cataloging and Classification.
LS 501 Introduction to Library and Information Studies, Instructor
University of Alabama School of Library & Information Studies, Summer 2015, Summer 2016
Required course designed to provide the student with a broad background in library and information studies, this course must be taken during the first 12 hours of a student's program. Through a variety of instructional methods, this course examines three interrelated themes: the nature of the library and information profession; issues of intellectual freedom and access to information; and the impact of technology upon society and the profession.
LS 502 Research Methods, Lead Instructor
University of Alabama School of Library & Information Studies, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016
Required course introducing research design and statistical techniques used in library, media, and information science. At the conclusion of the course, the student should be able to comprehend and utilize research reports in these fields and to design and carry out basic research projects.
LS 507 User-Centered Information Services, Instructor
University of Alabama School of Library & Information Studies, Spring, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016
Required course introducing printed and digital reference sources and reference services. Introduced the theory and practice of reference librarianship, focusing on critical reasoning skills, information literacy, and practical experience in the use of print and digital information sources
LS 560 Introduction to Information Technologies, Instructor
University of Alabama School of Library & Information Studies, Spring, Fall 2014
Required course. This course provides future information professionals with a solid foundation of basic information technologies at the skill, conceptual, and analytical levels. Acquaints students with the role of technology in information organizations. Students gain hands-on experience in web application production from a user-centered perspective, including: hypertext, usability analysis, database application, and technology instruction. Foundations of change management are addressed. IT Fluency is used as a model to explore the topics of this course.
Undergraduate
IS 202 History and Effects of the Information Society, Instructor
University of Alabama School of Library & Information Studies, Spring 2008-2010
Surveyed the history of information systems and discussed the effects those systems had to the development of the modern technologically-driven age.
IS 402 Information in the 21st Century, Instructor
University of Alabama School of Library & Information Studies, Spring 2009
A seminar focused on discussing the impact of information technologies and use on contemporary social, cultural, economic, and political systems.
LS 590 Information Ethics for the LIS Profession, Instructor
University of Alabama School of Library & Information Studies, Summer 2015, Summer 2016
Discusses how and why information ethics provides useful context for professionals when they are faced with difficult ethical decisions, provided a detailed survey of information ethics and offered advanced techniques for employing ethics in professional practice
LS 500 Organization of Information, Instructor
University of Alabama School of Library & Information Studies, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016
Required course introducing the principles of organizing bibliographies, library catalogs, and collections. Examines the content of bibliographic records in printed and machine-readable form, choice and form of access points, authority control, verbal and classified systems of subject access, and the impact of new technologies. An introduction to OCLC searching is included. The course objective is to enable the student to understand and use catalogs and bibliographies. Students interested in becoming catalogers should follow LS 500 with LS 506 Cataloging and Classification.
LS 501 Introduction to Library and Information Studies, Instructor
University of Alabama School of Library & Information Studies, Summer 2015, Summer 2016
Required course designed to provide the student with a broad background in library and information studies, this course must be taken during the first 12 hours of a student's program. Through a variety of instructional methods, this course examines three interrelated themes: the nature of the library and information profession; issues of intellectual freedom and access to information; and the impact of technology upon society and the profession.
LS 502 Research Methods, Lead Instructor
University of Alabama School of Library & Information Studies, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016
Required course introducing research design and statistical techniques used in library, media, and information science. At the conclusion of the course, the student should be able to comprehend and utilize research reports in these fields and to design and carry out basic research projects.
LS 507 User-Centered Information Services, Instructor
University of Alabama School of Library & Information Studies, Spring, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016
Required course introducing printed and digital reference sources and reference services. Introduced the theory and practice of reference librarianship, focusing on critical reasoning skills, information literacy, and practical experience in the use of print and digital information sources
LS 560 Introduction to Information Technologies, Instructor
University of Alabama School of Library & Information Studies, Spring, Fall 2014
Required course. This course provides future information professionals with a solid foundation of basic information technologies at the skill, conceptual, and analytical levels. Acquaints students with the role of technology in information organizations. Students gain hands-on experience in web application production from a user-centered perspective, including: hypertext, usability analysis, database application, and technology instruction. Foundations of change management are addressed. IT Fluency is used as a model to explore the topics of this course.
Undergraduate
IS 202 History and Effects of the Information Society, Instructor
University of Alabama School of Library & Information Studies, Spring 2008-2010
Surveyed the history of information systems and discussed the effects those systems had to the development of the modern technologically-driven age.
IS 402 Information in the 21st Century, Instructor
University of Alabama School of Library & Information Studies, Spring 2009
A seminar focused on discussing the impact of information technologies and use on contemporary social, cultural, economic, and political systems.