Teaching
I am teaching three courses this semester at UNCG. Please sign up for courses on the University website. Previous syllabi are available through the department website. If you have any specific questions about course topics, feel free to email me.
LIS 618: Materials for Adolescents (Current semester course)
Semester: Fall, Spring, Summer
Next Offered: Spring 2025
Survey of resources and services appropriate for adolescents, study of selection aids and criteria, use of resources, and investigation of reading, listening, viewing interests.
Link to current reading list: https://sites.google.com/view/lis-618-book-list
Required for 076 licensure, elective for MLIS, 3 credit hours
LIS 653: The School Library (Current Semester Course)
Semester: Fall and Spring
Next Offered: Spring 2025 (Spring is Dr. Moorefield-Lang)
The role and function of the school library media center; planning evaluation, and program development.
Prerequisites: LIS 600, LIS 650, or permission of instructor.
Required for 076 licensure, 3 credit hours
LIS 664: Reading, Literacy, and the Library
Semester: Summer
Next Offered: Summer 2026
Introduction to the development of reading and literacy skills, the needs of readers (early childhood to adult), and strategies for librarians to support this development.
Elective, 3 credit hours
LIS 684: Seminar in Legal & Ethical Issues in School Libraries
Semester: Summer only
Next Offered: Spring 2025
Explores five areas of legal and ethical dilemmas that school librarians might face: 1) intellectual freedom and applying the First Amendment to students’ rights to read; 2) privacy of minors; 3) copyright and fair use; 4) equity and access.
Elective, 3 credit hours
LIS 670: Educational Foundations for Information Professionals
Semester: Fall only
Next Offered: Fall 2024 (Currently co-teaching with Karen Meier)
Focuses on historical, philosophical, sociological, legal, and curricular foundations of education with an overview of and introduction to the roles of the school library, school librarian, and instructional technology facilitator. Explores standards, assessment, issues, and trends.
Required for 076 or 077 licensure if candidate does not already hold a teaching license, 3 credit hours