Master of Information and Library Science Capstone Portfolio
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4.  The research librarian knows the structure, organization, creation, management, dissemination, use, and preservation of information resources, new and existing, in all formats.

"Often has specialized subject knowledge to support collection development within the library and research and teaching within the university

Understands how information and the research library support and enhance scholarly communication

Understands the implications of information policy, including laws regarding copyright, licensing, and intellectual property

Is able to critically evaluate and assess existing and new information resources in relation to user needs

Describes and translates intellectual resources in a way that is useful to others"1


1. Often has specialized subject knowledge to support collection development within the library and research and teaching within the university

  • ILS519 Acquisitions and Development: Library and Information Resources with Dr. Bielefeld 

Because I had a previous masters degree in Costumes and Textiles from FIT I chose the college and university track to combine the two degrees to be able to work at a university library that supports a costume and textile department and collection of materials. The collection development course let us do an exercise where we evaluated a current library collection in whose subject we had some knowledge and where we had to decide which materials could be deaccessioned and why and what materials should be made part of the collection. 


2. Understands how information and the research library support and enhance scholarly communication

  • ILS560 College and University Libraries with Dr. James Kusack
  • ILS680 Evaluation And Research with Dr. Eino Sierpe

Two courses went into great detail about the research library's support of scholarly communication. The library's role is to support the research and learning needs of the college community. This includes scholarly communication in all its forms from undergraduate student papers to graduate student dissertations to faculty articles, conference papers and studies. Both the library collection and the librarians are there to provide guidance and resources.    

3. Understands the implications of information policy, including laws regarding copyright, licensing, and intellectual property

  • ILS560 College and University Libraries with Dr. James Kusack
  • ILS680 Evaluation And Research with Dr. Eino Sierpe
    • ILS565 Library Management with Dr. James Kusack

Three courses in particular addressed issues of policy, copyright, licensing and intellectual property. Issues of copyright were discussed in the management class in general terms and especially in  the college and university class, with particulars concerning papers written by faculty, work published on the internet. We discussed licensing of online serials from publishers in bundles and its effect on collection development, preservation of collections, rules on use by library patrons, etc..  The issues were discussed in the Evaluation and Research course with Dr. Sierpe as well since we were looking at numerous studies and conducting and writing up our own.  


4. Is able to critically evaluate and assess existing and new information resources in relation to user needs


  • ILS560 College and University Libraries with Dr. James Kusack
  • ILS680 Evaluation And Research with Dr. Eino Sierpe
    • ILS504 Reference and Information Resources and Services with Dr. Okobi
    ILS 655 Digital Libraries with Dr. Yan Quan Liu
     

The foundation course "Evaluation and Research" was the main class for learning
evaluation of information however, the "Introduction to Technology" class taught us to evaluate search engines and the information they provide, the "Digital Libraries" class taught us to evaluate digital resources while the "Reference" class taught us to evaluate information found in books and internet alike but especially reference information.


5. Describes and translates intellectual resources in a way that is useful to others

ILS506 Information Analysis and Organization with Mr. Oddo
ILS501 Introduction to Information Science and Technology with Dr. Kim
ILS514 Materials and Services for Adults with Dr. Elsie Okobi


Describing resources in a useful way to others was principally taught in the cataloging class as a way of helping patrons find information in the collection. The adult resources class also stressed providing access to information in an easy fashion to facilitate information retrieval. The technology class introduced us to using technology to describe resources.   


1 Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) (1999) Shaping The Future:
 ASERL's Competencies For Research Librarians. Retrieved May 14, 2009 from: http://www.aserl.org/statements/competencies/competencies.htm

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2008 Capstone portfolio for Master of Information and Library Science Degree  for Southern Connecticut State University