Theoretical

Knowledge & Theory & Praxis

 

Organization of Knowledge

Instructor: Jinfang Nui

Course Artifact: Discussion Post 3 & 4

Dr. Ninfang Jui manages to teach a large portion of the origins of library organization along with current day application in this core course. Both theory and knowledge play a large role in the analyzing and organization of information objects. This is a primarily a lecture based course, consequently, I elected to enter two of my discussion posts that usually elicited a, “Great!” or “Good!” response from the Professor.

World Libraries Seminar

Instructor: Dr. Kathleen McCook

Course Artifact: Ancient Libraries

I absolutely loved Dr. McCook’s seminar classes. World Libraries opened up so many curious ports to explore. Her format tapped into a very different type of research style and knowledge acquisition that I shall endeavor to use in my future library work. Dr. McCook somehow manages to create a cozy class atmosphere in her online courses. Perhaps that is because she joins in on the discussion posts? Whatever the reason, she manages to create an atmosphere in which everyone participates and exchanges ideas.

Public Libraries Seminar

Instructor: Dr. Kathleen McCook

Course Artifact: 21st Century Trends

This course was another of Dr. McCook’s seminar classes in which we were offered endless sources of background on libraries and advocacy. This seminar was as enlightening and helped me to further my reasoning and decision making process on whether public libraries were the place for me. Throughout my course work I consistently weighed the public vs. school librarian question.

 

Research Methods in Library Science

Instructor: Dr. Bill Edgar

Course Artifact: Research Review

Dr. Edgar proposed a few individual assignments that helped us build on our one main group research project. The item below is one of the research article reviews he had us do to evaluate different aspects of the overall research proposal format. This core course has been instrumental in covering both theory and research integrity. Coming from a psychology background, my BA is Psychology, I learned a great deal about statistical research but in library science research is much more ‘people and service’ based and that has been an interesting difference to explore.

 Knowledge.

“My father takes me to the library every two weeks, and I check five or six books each time. These books seem to open many windows in my little room.” ~ Author Amy Tan, written by her at 8 years old