University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences Inclusion Institute Graduate Level Writing: Expectations and Support Beth Bateman Newborg English Department The Writing Center June 8, 2001

Graduate school will often require going beyond previously successful and familiar ways of writing

LIS 2220 Archives & Records Management, Fall 2009 Write a critical précis of a reading of your choice that is related in some way to one of the themes in the weekly assigned readings. The instructor will assign individual students to a specific week. The 1-2 page précis should point out major or controversial arguments of the article in relation to position taken on this issue in the assigned reading and should assess the success or failure of the authors’ arguments. Write a literature review about a particular type of archives, such as academic, museum, corporate, government, historical society, historic site, any specific preservation and access issue raised by a particular archival format, or a particular archival concept, such as appraisal, ethics of access, acquisition, etc. LIS 2223 Archival Access, Advocacy, and Ethics Spring Term 2010 Each student will be expected to complete the writing of a brief (12 to 20 pages) assignment, written in a two-stage process. Students can write their papers in any of the focal points of the course some aspect of the archival access function some aspect of archival advocacy or public programming some ethical issue about any other archival work LIS 2670: Digital Libraries Requirements to the Report Problem statement Digital library overview and scope User requirements Conceptual design Schemas for representing and organizing digital objects. Data collections Sample information access scenarios

In graduate school, you are often “on your own” when approaching and completing writing assignments What is a “literature review?” How can I successfully advance a solid argument? What is the difference between MLA and APA “style?” An assignment says the report must “be concise?” What does that mean? Should my report have specific sections? How do I integrate my findings with those of other scholars? How do I format my paper? What is the best way to include quotations or passages from an article? How do I make sure everything is correct? In graduate school, you are often “on your own” when approaching and completing writing assignments What is a “literature review?” How can I successfully advance a solid argument? What is the difference between MLA and APA “style?” An assignment says the report must “be concise?” What does that mean? Should my report have specific sections? How do I integrate my findings with those of other scholars? How do I format my paper? What is the best way to include quotations or passages from an article? How do I make sure everything is correct?

Writing Resources

IEEE Editorial Style Manual “Style” Manuals and Guides: Style = overall format, page set-up, citations and references, etc.

Writing with clarity, accuracy, and concision

Grammar, punctuation, paragraphing, etc.: is everything correct ?

Take your time + Know the available resources + Use the available resources + Ask questions/seek support = Successful graduate school writing iSchool to Recognize Graduates MLIS Students Collaborate in Creation of New Library Model Four iSchool students win ALA’s Spectrum Scholarships This is you !