Here are the three courses I most regularly teach, along with recent syllabi.

LIS 600, Information in Society, is a course that explores the environment in which information professionals work-- the social, political and economic context in which libraries (and other information agencies) operate.  LIS 600 covers such topics as the nature of information, types of "information work," the organizations and publications that are influential in information services, ethics, and particular social issues affecting library policy.Specific topics include the history of libraries and technology, definitions of information, models of information transfer, information needs and uses, the sociology of libraries and librarianship, past and current professional aspects of librarianship, types of libraries and library functions, associations for information professionals, diversity in the profession, cooperative and standards-building efforts, and the issues of copyright, equity of access, and information poverty. [SYLLABUS]

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LIS 608, Research Methodology in LIS, focuses on common social science techniques, such as surveys and experiments, which lend themselves to quantitative analysis.  Also included are lectures on qualitative methods, such as participant observation and historical research, and hybrid methods like focus groups, content analysis, and evaluation research.  Studies of information usage are used as the main examples, and methods peculiar to information science, such as bibliometrics, are also examined. [SYLLABUS]

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CJT 615: Proseminar in Communication and Information Systems, is divided into four "segments."   The first segment is comprised of introductory lectures on policy and technology.  The second of the course segments will be based on the various "models" by which our society governs communication and information.  During those weeks we will focus on the history of communication media,  identifying "new" technologies and exploring the legal basis for their regulation.   We examine the applications   to which new technologies are being put in each arena, and   the policy debates  surrounding them.   Featured are recent policy debates, such as the development of a new telecommunication infrastructure, telephone regulation and broadcast spectrum reallocation.  The third segment will explore the problems, and opportunities  of these new technologies. The fourth and final segment is devoted to the implications   of new technologies for libraries and information networks. [SYLLABUS]