I enjoy when students talk about their courses. I find that each department approaches the dicipline and professional practice in such different ways.

Just picked my courses:

FIS2127H - Collection, Development, Evaluation and Management FIS2172H - Readers’ Advisory:Reference Work and Resource FIS2300H - Special Topics: Information Literacy FIS2199H - Special Topics in Info. Studies: Advocacy and Library Issues (no direct link, at bottom)

This last one is by distance–my first distance class–and I heard is amazing. It is with the ex-President of the Canadian Library Association, who gave a talk last year. I am also very excited by Information Literacy and Collection Development…. and even Readers’ Advisory, even though I am not really interested in public library work.

Next semester:

FIS2131H - The Literature of the Humanities and Social Sciences FIS2181H - Information Policy

These two I want for sure. Not so sure about:

FIS2137H - International Organizations: Their Documents and Publications FIS2132H - The Literature of Science and Technology or FIS2125H - Information and Culture in a Global Context (links on this page are really broken)

I have signed up for Science and Technology for now, but I don’t know if I am more interested in professional courses or theory courses this time around. And, frankly, the selection this year was not very fruitful.