Week 1

Introduction to Libraries: Types of Information Organizations and Employers
Aug. 22-28, 2011

"I only ask for information" (Charles Dickens. David Copperfield, ch. 20).

"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it" (Samuel Johnson, 18 April, 1775).

Readings

Read the following links:

What is Information and Why Study It? Read everything on this single site

Types of Libraries

Types of Jobs in Libraries

Types of Career Paths

Job Outlook: Library Technician Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-9

Links for Employers of LTA Graduates

Ten Good Reasons to Use the Library

General Background Links

Libraries Links
Library Science Links

Quiz

Once you have completed all the readings for this week, please return to Blackboard Vista "Course Content," click on the quiz link, and take the quiz. If you are not satisfied with your score, take the quiz over again. This can be done multiple times.

Once you have taken the quiz and achieved a grade with which you are satisfied, return to Blackboard Vista "Course Content" and click on the next week of readings.

Colby Glass, MLIS