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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Successful completion of at least 15 credits of coursework. Arrangements for a field placement must be made with the faculty advisor early in the preceding semester. Corequisites: None
Requires a minimum of 150 hours of supervised professional work in a library or other information organization, attendance at meetings with the faculty adviser and other students, keeping a journal, and a brief summary paper. Placement is based on the student's background and career objectives.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Synthesize theory and practice.
- Analyze the sponsoring agency’s program of service in terms of its goals and objectives and its clientele.
- Re-examine career goals in light of the experience.
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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Successful completion of at least 15 credits of coursework and 17:610:514. Field Experience should preferably be undertaken at or near the completion of course work. Corequisites: 17:610:575
Requires a minimum of 150 hours of supervised professional work in a school library. This course is required for state certification for school library media specialists and must be taken concurrently with 17:610:575. Students maintain a journal and their assignments in 575 relate to the Field Experience.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Understand general principles and concepts.
- Understand the mission, administrative organization, policies and procedures, resources and services, and clientele of a particular school library media center which can serve as an example of its kind and also as a general reference model.
- Make contacts with individual professional school library media specialists; to facilitate the assimilation of professional attitudes and work habits; to acquaint the student with different points of view and a variety of approaches in dealing with problems and responding to service needs.