SI 643 - Professional Practice in Libraries and Information Centers, Winter 2009

This course builds on the conceptual framework of information needs and the use of information provided in SI 501. In that course the focus is on techniques that information professionals use to understand the needs of people who employ a wide variety of information systems. -- Emphasis is on professional practice. Professional practice occurs both in institutional settings (including public, academic, special, and school libraries and information centers) and directly between information professionals and clients (such as information brokers). -- Prepares students for need-based, client-centered professional practice in a variety of information environments (including public, academic, special libraries and school media centers) in a period of major change. Professional practice consists of a variety of functions and practices which increase client access to information and knowledge. It is based both on an understanding of user information constructs and on knowledge of information systems and services. Course addresses concepts related to public libraries, academic libraries, special libraries, medical libraries, school libraries, and information centers, strategy and strategies, competency, and competencies.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/5/SI643-W09-Bibliography.dochttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/6/SI643-W09-Bibliography.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/7/SI643-W09-Week10.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/8/SI643-W09-Week1.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/9/SI643-W09-Week8.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/10/SI643-W09-Week6-7.ppthttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/11/SI643-W09-Week11.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/12/SI643-W09-Week10.ppthttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/13/SI643-W09-Week6.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/14/SI643-W09-Week8.ppthttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/15/SI643-W09-Week5.ppthttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/16/SI643-W09-Week5.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/17/SI643-W09-Week6-7.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/18/SI643-W09-Week2.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/19/SI643-W09-Week9.ppthttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/20/SI643-W09-Week4.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/21/SI643-W09-Week9.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/22/SI643-W09-Week1.ppthttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/23/SI643-W09-Week2.ppthttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/24/SI643-W09-Week4.ppthttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/25/SI643-W09-Week6.ppthttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/26/SI643-W09-Week11.ppthttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/27/SI643-W09-Syllabus.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/28/SI643-W09-Syllabus.dochttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64963/29/si643-winter2009.zi

Kellogg funded education and Career Information Centers in public libraries

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/43977/1/10871_2005_Article_BF01321272.pd

Lost, found, and feeling better: Exploring proxy health information behavior

No Abstract.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/49318/1/14504201258_ftp.pd

Library Schools and Continuing Professional Education: The De Facto Role and Factors That Influence It

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Emerging Patterns of Service for Citizen Groups

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Determining How Libraries and Librarians Help

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The Influence of Reference Practices on the Client-Librarian Relationship

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Community Connections: Advancing LIS Education and Practice Through Partnership

The presentation includes 14 slides that were given in Session 2.4 - Community Connections: Advancing LIS Education and Practice Through Partnership, at the 2005 ALISE Conference. It introduces recent collaborative funded research projects that have build up community information programs. In particular, it highlights an IMLS-funded research project at the University of Michigan, describes and advocates the development of course-based community connections

SI 623 - Outcome-Based Evaluation of Programs and Services, Winter 2009

This course provides an overview of the purposes and uses of outcome-based evaluation approaches and methods, and provides an opportunity to conduct a focused outcome evaluation of a user-focused service in a library, a nonprofit organization, an archive, a museum or other service-focused organization. Objectives are to: 1) Learn about approaches to outcome-based evaluation 2) Identify and use context-centered methods for evaluating public information services 3) Examine the role of evaluation in developing more effective information services 4) Gain skill in identifying appropriate data collection and analysis methods 5) Gain an understanding of recent developments in measurement and evaluation 6) Read assigned readings and appropriate focused readings 7) Plan and carry out a focused outcome-based evaluation project.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/5/SI623-W09-Bibliography.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/6/SI623-W09-Bibliography.dochttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/7/SI623-W09-Projects.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/8/SI623-W09-Projects.dochttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/9/SI623-W09-Week3.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/10/SI623-W09-Week7.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/11/SI623-W09-Week6.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/12/SI623-W09-Week1.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/13/SI623-W09-Week12.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/14/SI623-W09-Week5.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/15/SI623-W09-Week1.ppthttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/16/SI623-W09-Week12.ppthttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/17/SI623-W09-Week6.ppthttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/18/SI623-W09-Week5.ppthttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/19/SI623-W09-Week11.ppthttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/20/SI623-W09-Week11.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/21/SI623-W09-Week3.ppthttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/22/SI623-W09-Week7.ppthttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/23/SI623-W09-Syllabus.dochttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/24/SI623-W09-Syllabus.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/25/SI623-W09-Schedule.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/26/SI623-W09-Schedule.dochttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64952/27/si623-winter2009.zi