Syllabus for IS 207. International Issues & Comparative Research in Library & Information Sciences Robert M. Hayes

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1. Introduction §Official Course Description §Expectations of Students l Term Paper on Country and Topic of Choice l Weekly written progress report after second week l Prepare to present oral progress report l Participation in seminar discussion of presented reports §Faculty Participation l Instructor’s International Experience l Other Participating Faculty

Other Participants §Department of Information Studies Faculty Jean-Francois Blanchette Beverly Lynch Christine Borgman Mary Niles Maack Jonathan Furner Ramesh Srinivasan Anne Gilliland John V. Richardson, Jr Leah Lievrouw Virginia Walter §In addition, Professor Khalid Mahmood, from Pakistan, has graciously agreed to participate, as has Monica Hagan of the UCLA Management Library, and we may be able to have participation by a Fulbright Visiting Scholar from Ukraine, Dr. Tetiana Yaroshenko. We may also be visited by Professor Arthur Cohen of the Department of Education

2. Definitions §International Issues in Librarianship §Comparative Research in Librarianship §International Issues and Comparative Research in Information Sciences

3. Your Paper §Introduction about Societal Issues for the Chosen Country §Discussion of the Substantive Focus §Analysis of Data about the Substantive Focus §Bibliography and References

4. Contexts for Societal Issues §History §Governance §Economic Development §Social and Cultural Structures §Social Development §Disasters

5. Contexts for Libraries and Archives §Library and Archive in Individual Countries §Library and Archive Functions §Library and Archive Education §Library and Archive Related Organizations

6. Contexts for Information Science §Information Generators §Information Forms §Information Users §Information Processes §Information Agencies §Information Technologies

7. Sources of Data and Methodologies for Analysis §Data Sources l Data about the Country l Data about Libraries and Archives l Data about Communications and Information l Data about the Economy §Methodologies for Analysis l Description Analysis l Structural Analysis l Qualitative Analysis l Quantitative Analysis

8. History

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