Home School	Simmons College
Class Name	International and Comparative Librarianship
Class Number	LIS 490
Course Tool	Moodle
Class Section	OL
Faculty	Claudia Morner
Credits	3 Credit Hours
Class Description	Comparison of American and foreign library and information systems in terms of national and regional differences in philosophy, objectives, services, and information policies. Evaluation and comparison of collection policies, technical processes, public services, professional training, management, facilities and use of IT. Selected in-depth area studies. International cooperation and major projects in the information fields; contributions of international organizations. Extensive group and class discussion and individual research projects. The syllabus is from Spring 2012. A current syllabus will be posted when available. View Syllabus
Seats	3
Delivery	Asynchronous
Start and End Date	1/14/2013 - 4/29/2013
Last Add Day	12/15/2012
Residency Start and End Date	No Residency
Class Disclaimer	The class uses Moodlerooms and a wiki. There will be no formal lectures, but rather guided readings and active group and class discussions as well as written assignments that are shared with the whole class. The course is divided into 7 modules the first 6 of which are each 2 weeks in duration. The last module is only one week. Please allow 2 weeks for grade processing after the end date of the course. Check that this delay will not interfere with deadline dates at your school for graduation or financial aid.