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Home SchoolThe University of Illinois
Class NameProject Management for LIS
Class Number590MGL
Course ToolLEEP
Class SectionMGL
FacultyTrainor
Credits4 Credit Hours
Class DescriptionProject management skills are essential for LIS practitioners who want to be leaders. Effective project management is needed to create everything from digital libraries, to community informatics outreach projects, to new physical library facilities. This is a comprehensive course in project management for anyone who is serious about planning and managing successful projects. This course combines knowledge, tools and techniques that are common to managing successful projects in any field with insight into the special challenges of managing projects in the LIS field. General project management subjects covered include a framework for project management, as well as the key project management knowledge areas: integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, communication, risk, and procurement. Specific LIS project management subjects covered include the demand for project management skills in libraries, case studies of projects in both large and small libraries, and methods for addressing the special challenges of digital library projects.
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Seats3
DeliverySynchronous
Start and End Date6/16/2010 - 8/4/2010
Start and End Time
(if synchronous)		6:15pm - 8:15pm United States - Central
Days of Week
(of class meetings, if synchronous)		Wednesday
Last Add Day5/17/2010
Residency Start and End Date6/13/2010 - 6/13/2010
Residency LocationChampaign-Urbana, IL
Class DisclaimerStudents are expected to participate fully in all aspects of the course (synchronous, asynchronous, and residency). Once enrollment is approved, staff from U Illinois will work with WISE students to request system access. Students should be prepared to provide necessary information in a timely fashion in order to ensure permission is processed prior to the start of the semester.