Course Descriptions

Undergraduate Courses 1 / 2

A0055 College and University Libraries (0/2)  The organization, housing, and maintenance of material collections; library budgeting; duties and services of the library staff; and the relation of the library to the university or college.  

A0067 School Libraries (0/2)  Discussion of elementary and secondary school library problems, personnel requirements, budget planning, and design of facilities.  

A0143 Public Library (2/0)  The development of Chinese libraries and their current functions as educational and cultural institutions. Consideration is also given to public libraries’ technical and reader services as a profession.  

A0417 Law Library (0/2)  Introduction to the management issues concerning a legal library. Discussion of skill for legal literature and documentation.  

A0463 Non-Book Materials Management (2/2)   Introduction to the types, usage, hardware, infor-

mation and characteristics of non-book materials. Discussion on their role in libraries and management concerning non-book materials.  

A0561 Indexing and Abstracting (0/2)  Concepts of information and its bibliographic control, types of index and abstract, methods of indexing and abstracting relationship between information retrieval, evaluation for indexing and abstracting, indexing and abstracting services and automatic indexing and abstracting.  

A0586 L. C. Classification (2/0)  This course deals with the analysis, comparison, and use of Library of Congress classification. The aim is to develop students' understanding of its theory and application. Practical exercises are provided for students to acquire the ability to assign LC classification numbers.  

A0716 Information Centers and Services (2/0)  Organization and functions of scientific and technical information centers and their services.  

A0718 Information Storage and Retrieval (2/0)  Introduction to the operations of information retrieval systems and the major factors affecting the performance of such systems.  

A0742 Library Management (2/2)  The application of current management theories and practices to the integrated library programs at all levels.  

A0863 Medical Libraries (0/2)  Introduction to the nature and type of medical libraries, and the management and operation of medical libraries. 

A0980 Library Operation Evaluation (0/2)  Methods and criteria for evaluating various facets of library service, including the collection, the catalog, document delivery capability, reference services technical processes, and information retrieval operations; deals with cost-effectiveness considerations.  

A1016 Computer Application in Libraries (0/2)  The application of computer technology in libraries are very comprehensive, includes integrated library systems, online database, digital reference services, document delivery services, web-based resources, digital library collections. This course will discuss all of them except the integrated library systems.  

A1061 Selection and Acquisition of Library Materials (2/2)  This course systematically deals with the way to select and acquire all library materials, including purchase, gift and exchange, according to collection development policy of a library.  

A1179 Literature of Humanities and Social Sciences (2/2)  The course covers a variety of information resources in the social sciences and humanities, and a study of library issues dealing with these subjects.  

A1180 Literature of Sciences and Technologies (2/2)  A study of the major information sources and services in the sciences and technology, a survey of the research and communications methods characteristic of these majors.  

A1216 Periodical Management (2/0) Basic serials management step by step, emphasis on the principles of collection development and public service, issues and practice.  

A1722 Multi-media Technology and Application (0/2)  Introduction to the theory of multimedia systems, technology, and their applications.  

A1727 Library Internship Ⅰ (1/1)  This internship (a minimum of 6 hours per week) typically takes place in an elementary school library around communities. The focus of the internship is on collaboration with teachers and working with students to integrate information skills and technology skills into a standards based curriculum and promote library literacy through School Library Programming.  

A1728 Library Internship Ⅱ (1/1)  Arrangement for students internship program in the different types of library during the summer time. The primary emphasis of this program for students will be on the practical works of the library operation.  

A1729 Library Automation (2/2) The focus of the course is on the theory and practice of library automation operation, emphasizing on the integrated online library systems. The other automatic processing that affects services provided to users will be discussed in some detail. This class is focused on the thinking and planning process, rather than on programming and development of library systems.  

A1730 Network Resources and Applications (2/0)  This course is to provide a current, up-to-date remote and local learning resource for anyone interested in finding information on the Internet, especially for the World Wide Web.  

A1816 Children’s Library (0/2)  Study of standards, trends, services, research, and evaluation of the children’s library.  An evaluation of library materials for children with special emphasis on service for children in school and public libraries. Presentation of techniques for assisting in planning and carrying out of reading programs and story hours.  

A1924 Digital Imaging and Animation (0/3)  Digital photography and interactive media are so popular today. This course is an introduction to the concepts and techniques of digital imaging processing and computer animation. The course will through tools such as PhotoImpact and Flash to show you how to make some amazing special effects and to create rich multimedia contents.  

A1925 Chinese Bibliography (2/0)  To introduce the function and format of Chinese traditional bibliography and the comparison of different bibliographies.  

A1926 Publishing and the Book Trade (2/0)  The aim of the course is to give the librarian sufficient appreciation of the background and to examine the relationship between publishers/booksellers and libraries, such as copyright, censorship, depository system, public lending right, ISBN, CIP, book publishing information, electronic publications, at a time of rapid change.