Use the examples below to select one of the 10 main-level research categories for your reading course or thesis.
The reading course and thesis collections are sorted using these categories.
1 - Collections Development
Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Collections Development
- Acquisitions Theory and Practice
- Preservation of Collections
- Licensing
- Archival Collections
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- Special Collections/Rare Books
- Science and Technology Literatures
- Arts/Humanities Literatures
- Social Science Literatures
- Government Documents
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- Serials
- Graphic Materials: Maps, Art, etc.
- Music
- Electronic Documents
- Other Material Types
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2 - Development/Principles of LIS
Examples include, but are not limited to:
- History of Libraries and Library Science
- History of Information Science
- LIS as a Discipline
- LIS as a Profession
- Philosophy, Values, and Ethics of LIS
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- Critical Perspectives on LIS
- Libraries and Society/Culture
- Information and Society/Culture
- Information Policy
- Political Economy of Information
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- Copyright/Intellectual Property
- Books, Printing, Publishing Industry
- Intellectual Freedom and Censorship
- Preservation and Archiving
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3- Informatics
Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Social/Community Informatics
- Health Informatics
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- Legal Informatics
- Museum Informatics
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- Digital Archive Informatics
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4 - Information Systems and Retrieval
Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Information Systems and Technologies
- Information Retrieval Theory and Practice
- Online Catalog Retrieval Systems
- Database and Other Retrieval Systems
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- Information Visualization
- Computer/Information Networks
- Information Technology Management
- Users and Uses of Information Systems
- Information Architecture
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- Human-Computer Interaction
- Bibliometrics/Informetrics/ Webometrics
- Social Software Applications
- Information Integrity and Security
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5 - LIS Education
Examples include, but are not limited to:
- LIS Education and Programs
- LIS Faculty, Students
- Pedagogy in LIS
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- Research Methods
- Distance Education in LIS
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- Continuing Education in LIS
- International/Comparative Librarianship
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6 - Management/Administration
Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Administration and Management
- Personnel
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- Strategic Planning, Marketing, Lobbying
- Evaluation of Service
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- Buildings/Facilities
- Funding
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7 - Organization of Information
Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Organization of Information
- Descriptive Cataloguing/AACR
- Archival Description/RAD
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- Classification and Subject Analysis
- Indexing and Abstracting
- Metadata and Semantic Web
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- Knowledge/IR Management
- Records Management
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8 - School Libraries
Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Role of the School Library Media Specialist
- Curriculum Integration
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9 - Services to User Populations
Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Reference and Information Services
- Electronic Reference Services
- Adult Services
- Young Adult Services
- Children's Services
- Children's/YA Literatures
- Services for Senior citizens
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- Services for Multicultural Populations
- Services for People with Disabilities
- Services for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered (GBLT) Populations
- Diversity Issues
- Reading Advisory Services
- Storytelling
- Scholarly and Scientific Communication
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- Reading and Literacy
- Information Literacy and Instruction
- Information Needs and Behaviors/Practices
- Information Needs/Behaviors of the Public
- Information Needs/ Behaviors of Specific Groups
- New Literacies
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10 - Types of Libraries and Information Providers
Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Digital/Virtual Libraries
- Public Libraries
- Academic Libraries
- School Media Centers/Libraries
- Museums
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- Special and Corporate Libraries
- Medical Libraries
- Law Libraries
- Government Libraries
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- Archives and Records Centers
- Community Information Centers
- Other Providers
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