Are you interested in a career in archives management or digital curation but don’t feel like you have the technical skills or practical experience necessary to compete in the job market as a new professional? If you are looking to develop some invaluable, hands-on technical skills for working with born-digital archival and other information objects,… Read more »
Courses
Social Issues in Archives course includes “choose your own adventure” final project (spring 2026)
LIS-S 604 Social Issues in Archives with Denise Rayman Description Pros per Professor Rayman: Low-cost text course taught in Hypothesis! All readings provided to download and keep forever! Choose your own adventure final project that is NOT an essay: conference presentation, podcast episode, video essay, educational game, or another format as approved by… Read more »
Looking for a course to add to your Spring schedule?
Seats are available in these courses. Check with your advisor if you have questions. LIS S604 Social Issues in Archives with Denise Rayman This course will introduce students to social, cultural, and critical theory in archival practice through scholarly literature, case studies, podcasts, and videos. Students will consider how sociocultural factors such as political systems,… Read more »
LIS students: interested in study abroad? Consider Helsinki this May!
Study Abroad in Finland: Providing Digital Services to International Users Application opens today, September 15! The program starts in spring semester because you take a course, S531 Information Structures for the Web, where you collaborate with students from Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki who work with you in the Canvas course. There is… Read more »
1-Credit Workshops Offered this Summer!
We just wanted to reshare these 1-credit workshops offered this summer if you’re looking for another course to add to your schedule: BOTH COURSES ONLY OFFERED SUMMER 2 – JULY 7 – JULY 28 LIS-S 603 Plug, Play, Personalize (1 cr) SECTION 8564 Instructor: Bill Helling The functions of online Content Management Systems (CMS) that… Read more »