ACADEMIC LIBRARIES                         body { padding-top: 50px; padding-bottom: 20px; }               Toggle navigation             Faculty      Best Practices 2015     WISE at ALISE 2014     Event Calendar       Students      What is WISE?     Sample Wise Courses (PDF)     WISE Student FAQ     Student Feedback     Event Calendar       Universities      Joining WISE       Support      Contact Us        Login   Student University Admin              Submit                   ACADEMIC LIBRARIES The environment of academic libraries has changed radically since the 1990s with rapid advances in technology, developments in higher education and innovations in scholarly communication. The fundamental purpose of academic libraries has not changed, but traditional jobs have given way to self-service and professional roles have evolved into complex specialties. This course explores the challenges and problems facing academic libraries today, examining their resources, services, facilities and staffing, with reference to historical contexts and future directions. It will cover traditional and emerging practices in areas such as academic liaison, information literacy, research support, scholarly publishing, library assessment and career management. 

         Class Name ACADEMIC LIBRARIES    Host School  The University of Pittsburgh    Class Identifier LIS 2771    Credit Value 3.0 Credit Hours   Faculty Sheila Corrall   Course Tool (Online) Blackboard   Class Description The environment of academic libraries has changed radically since the 1990s with rapid advances in technology, developments in higher education and innovations in scholarly communication. The fundamental purpose of academic libraries has not changed, but traditional jobs have given way to self-service and professional roles have evolved into complex specialties. This course explores the challenges and problems facing academic libraries today, examining their resources, services, facilities and staffing, with reference to historical contexts and future directions. It will cover traditional and emerging practices in areas such as academic liaison, information literacy, research support, scholarly publishing, library assessment and career management.    Class Disclaimer None   Delivery Asynchronous   Start and End Date August 28th, 2017 - December 16th, 2017   Start and End Time(if synchronous)     Days of Week(of class meetings, if synchronous)     Last Add Day August 14th, 2017   Residency Start and End Date No Residency          Login to request enrollment Go back to class list       Featured Classes   INLS 720 - Metadata Architectures and Applications   LIS-484 - Theories of Information Science   INF443 - Digital Preservation   LBSCI 777 - Planning & Delivering Young Adult Services in the Public Library   LIS 2771 - ACADEMIC LIBRARIES   17971 - Special Topics in Info Science: Infopreneurship           The three pillars of Wise

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