LIS 4500 - Leadership, Advocacy, and Professional Responsibility

3 Credit(s)

The course serves as an overview of the various aspects of library leadership, outreach, and advocacy, as well as the professional and ethical responsibilities of teacher librarians. The course will cover aspects of leadership within the school library setting; marketing and advocacy for patrons, users, students, and administrators; professional development within the library profession, including networking; the implementation of ethical library practices; interdepartmental and cross-curricular collaboration between librarians and other teachers and professionals; as well as an overview of the library bill of rights and a librarian’s responsibility toward users. (Summer, As Needed) [Graded (Standard Letter)]

Registration Restriction(s): School Library Program students only