LIS 500 The Life Cycle of Information (2 credits)
Overview of the major concepts, processes and systems, actors, and operations in the life cycle of information. Introduction to the creation, publishing and distribution, evaluation and selection, organization, access, retrieval, and use of information. Exploration of the social context in which these processes and their stakeholders interact.

LIS 541 Internet Technologies and Applications (3 credits)
Overview of Internet technologies including networking hardware, the TCP/IP protocol suite, addressing, packets and routing, the client/server model. End-user applications for communication and collaboration such as telnet, FTP, email, conferencing, and streaming media. Web site creation, development, and management.

LIS 510 Information Behavior (4 credits)
Introduction to the user-centered approach to information behavior. Theoretical foundations of various information behaviors such as information need, utilizing, gathering, seeking, and evaluating. Synthesis of user studies, construction of user profiles, performance of gap analysis, and application of the results of user studies to improve services and system design.

LIS 520 Information Resources, Services, and Collections (4 credits)
Concepts, processes, and skills related to parts of the life cycle of knowledge involving creation, production, distribution, selection, collection, and services to facilitate access. Specific discussion topics include characteristics of recorded knowledge; organizations and services devoted to managing access to recorded knowledge; principles associated with development of recorded knowledge and collections.

LIS 522 Collection Development (3 credits)
Access to materials as context for development and management of library collections in academic, public, school libraries. Community analysis, library mission; collection development policies, criteria, levels, responsibilities; aids to selection; collection evaluation, use studies; controversial materials.

LIS 530 Organization of Information and Resources (4 credits)
Introduction to issues in organization of information and documents including: analysis of intellectual and physical characteristics of documents; principles and practice in surrogate creation, including standards and selection of metadata elements; theory of classification, including semantic relationships and facet analysis; creation of controlled vocabularies; and display and arrangement

LIS 550 Information in Social Context (4 credits)
Concepts, processes, and issues related to the larger social context within which the life cycle of knowledge is played out. Discussion topics include intellectual freedom, information as public/private good, intellectual property, privacy, confidentiality, information liability, information and telecommunications policy, the economics of information, and other professional values.

LIS 570 Research Methods (4 credits)
Research as a process from problem definition and formulation of questions to design, data collection, analysis, and reporting. Students recognize research opportunities, translate them into researchable frameworks, design research projects, and implement results in libraries and other information agencies.

LIS 585 Administration of the School Library Media Program (3 credits)
Develops competency in administering materials, equipment, and services of library media program as integral part of educational process of school. Focuses on developing skills in acquiring, organizing, and managing full range of learning resources for access and use, and communicating the program to users.

LIS 540 Information Systems, Architectures and Retrieval (5 credits)
Introduction and overview of information systems, system architectures, and retrieval models. Emphasis given to the role of users in the design, development, and evaluation of information retrieval and database management systems.

LIS 565 Children's Materials: Evaluation and Use (4 credits)
Library materials for children from infancy through elementary grades. Focus on resources in all media that serve informational, educational, cultural, and recreational needs of the young. Focuses on standard bibliographies and other resources designed to meet informational needs of adults serving children.

LIS 566 Young Adult Materials: Evaluation and Use (4 credits)
An overview of materials reflecting adolescents' interest in media and addressing their educational, cultural, and recreational needs. Students evaluate print literature, electronic ad other non-print media for young adults. Content also designed to assist adult caregivers of adolescents.

LIS 580 Management for Information Organizations (4 credits)
Introduction to internal and external management issues and practices in information organizations. Internal issues include organizational behavior, organizational theory, personnel, budgeting, planning. External issues include organizational environments, politics, marketing, strategic planning, funding sources.

LIS 561 Storytelling: Art and Techniques (3 credits)
Storytelling, past and present, noting its development as an art form. Analyzing storytellers materials (folk literature and literary forms) throughout historical periods. Essential techniques necessary to this artistic skill. Planning storytelling programs for various ages, interest groups, and situations, utilizing folk, classic, and contemporary literature.

LIS 568 Information Literacy for Teaching and Learning (5 credits)
Theories, process, and practical applications of information literacy. Development of information literacy programs for libraries, community agencies, business, education or other information settings. Intrinsic themes include the integral relationship between technology and information literacy, and continual evaluation.

LIS 590 Directed Fieldwork (2 credits)
Wenatchee High School Library and Wenatchee School District, Wenatchee, WA. Projects performed include Web site development, designing an information literacy program for Social Studies classes, writing and implementing a comprehensive collection development policy for the district, and general staffing of the high school library.