Wayne State University

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MLIS Specializations

The School offers students a wide variety of specialized areas of focus for the elective portion of the MLIS degree.  The specializations listed below are suggested elective courses for students who want to direct their studies toward a particular content area.  In consultation with their advisor, students are encouraged to consider if one or more of these specializations fit their educational and career interests. 

Specializations and Suggested Classes

 

Academic Libraries
Recommended Electives:

LIS 7060     Academic Libraries
LIS 7340     Collection Development and Selection of Materials
LIS 7660     Practicum: Academic

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 Digital Content Management
 Recommended Electives:

LIS 7900    Digital Libraries

LIS 7910    Metadata in Theory and Practice

LIS 7920    Digital Preservation and Curation

LIS 7410    Software Productivity Tools for Information Professionals

LIS 7460    Database Concepts and Applications for Librarians

LIS 7700    Practicum: Digital

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Health and E-Science
Recommended Electives:

LIS 7610    Health Sciences Information Services and Resources
LIS 7620    Introduction to Health Informatics and E-Science
LIS 7490    Competitive Intelligence and Data Mining

LIS 7491    Data Analytics

LIS 7500    Information Behavior

LIS 7650    Practicum: Health Science

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Law Librarianship
Recommended Electives:

LIS 7670     Practicum: Special
LIS 8110     Government Information Policies and Resources
LIS 8120     Legal Information Resources and Services

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Organization of Information
Recommended Electives:

LIS 7640-85  Appropriate Practicum
LIS 8210     Advanced Classification and Cataloging
LIS 8230     Indexing and Abstracting
LIS 8410     Library Systems and Services: Metadata

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Public Libraries
Recommended Electives:

LIS 7050     Public Libraries
LIS 7340     Collection Development and Selection of Materials
LIS 7640     Practicum: Public

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Reference Services
Recommended Electives:

LIS 7140     Advanced Reference Service Strategies
LIS 7160     Advanced Online Searching
LIS 7340     Collection Development and Selection of Materials
LIS 7640-85     Practicum (as appropriate)
LIS 7880     Instructional Methods for Librarians

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School Library Media (SLM) Endorsement
Students completing the MLIS degree and wishing to obtain endorsement as a School Library Media (SLM) specialist in the State of Michigan, must meet requirements for both the MLIS degree and SLM endorsement. Students are encouraged to meet with a SLM advisor early in their program to be certain all requirements will be completed appropriately. A valid Michigan teaching certificate is required for State of Michigan SLM endorsement.
 

Required Courses

LIS 7310*    School Library Media Programs
LIS 7320*    The Media Specialist as Teacher and Instructional Consultant
LIS 7340     Collection Development and Selection of Materials
LIS 7680*    Practicum: School Media

* A VALID TEACHING CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED AS A PREREQUISITE FOR ENROLLMENT

Consultation with an SLM advisor is highly recommended before selection of courses from the following list.

Educational/Instructional Technology
Two courses are required.

LIS 6350 / IT 6110     Foundations of Instructional Systems Design
LIS 6360 / IT 5110     Technology Applications in Education and Training
LIS 6370 / IT 5120     Producing Technology-Based Instructional Materials
LIS 7410     Software Productivity Tools for Information Professionals
LIS 7420     Client Based website Development for Library and Information Science Professionals
                OR
IT 6230       Internet in the Classroom
IT 5190       Light, Sound, Space, and Motion
IT 6140       Designing Web Tools for the Classroom
IT 7060       Developing Instruction Video
IT 7140       Web-Based Course Development

Literature
Two literature courses are required: one children's literature course and one young adult literature course.

LIS 6510 / RLL 7720     Current Literature for Children PreS-Grade 3
                OR
LIS 6520 / RLL 7740     Current Literature for Children Grade 4-8
LIS 6530 / EED 6310     Young Adult Literature

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Special Libraries
Recommended Electives:

LIS 7070     Special Libraries and Information Centers
LIS 7160     Advanced Online Searching
LIS 7670     Practicum: Special

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