IS 573 ERO - Advanced Topics in Collections - E-Resources Management

Campus: Urbana-Champaign

Description:

Variety of newly developed and advanced topics courses within the field of Collections, intended to augment the existing Information Sciences curricula. Course Information: 2 or 4 graduate hours. No professional credit.

Special Instructions:

All other students need department approval. Email ischool-advising@illinois.edu. In-depth exploration of current topics in the rapidly changing world of e-resources management in libraries and information centers. Discusses trends, problems, and issues relating to how e- resources are reshaping the entire spectrum of library service. Example areas of focus include open access publishing, scholarly communication, proprietary as well as open source e-resources management systems, licensing and copyright issues, consortia, usage statistics, balancing e- resources with more traditional collections and services, and intellectual access challenges in a highly diffuse information environment. Graduate student questions may be sent to ischool-advising@illinois.edu

Option 1

Course Level: Graduate

Credit: 4

Term(s): Fall