A0055 College and University Libraries (0/2): Investigating the operation and management of college and research libraries, including the laws, principles, user needs, library building, innovation, evaluation, and the trends of development.
A0143 Public Library (2/0): To succeed in this class, you must choose to do your very best work in preparing for each class group-discussion before class and completing all the assignments on time. The purpose of this course is to help students understand the historical evolution, current situation and future development trend of public libraries, and to explore the types and roles, technical services, reader services, human resources, users, organizations and management of public libraries.
A0561 Indexing and Abstracting (2/0): This course aims at helping students acquire knowledge and skills critical to the construction, maintenance, and evaluation of indexes and abstracts. High-quality indexes and abstracts help information users access to the information they desire effectively. This course will cover the conceptual principles underlying knowledge representation for information storage and access, the intellectual process of indexing and abstracting, issues involved in indexing different types of formats and genres, and how to evaluate indexes and abstracts.
A0718 Information Storage and Retrieval (0/2): The class aims to provide students with knowledge and techniques in information seeking. From the background understanding of database and how it relates to information storage and retrieval to the actual use of various databases, students will be able to get real-world experiences of performing searches and reference interview by successfully completing a group project. Students will be exposed to both theories and practices in the field of information storage and retrieval.
A0737 Library History (0/2): Library undertakings can be roughly divided into five historical periods: origin, ancient, early, medieval, modern, and contemporary. The purpose of this course is to trace the history of the library and explain how the library develops and influences the society and culture.
A0742 Library Management (2/2): This course provides an introduction to the processes, principles, practices and problems in the library and information center management. Through lectures, reading and discussions, and case study, students will become familiar with the issues of basic management theories, planning, organization, human resources, leading, and coordinating.
A1179 Literature of Humanities and Social Sciences (2/2): This course aims at developing students' understanding of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences and the reference literature used in these disciplines. Students will discuss how technologies have changed the ways humanities and social science researchers conduct research, the data and literature they need, and their needs for well-trained, dedicated, and skilled librarians. The topics include games and gaming in libraries, scholarly communication and digital humanities. The disciplines will include anthropology, archaeology, history, linguistics and languages, law, politics, etc.
A1180 Literature of Sciences and Technologies (0/2): This course focuses on resources for the science and technology. With the understanding of various types of literature (such as technical reports, patents, conference proceedings, dissertations, etc.) in science and technology from the previous semester, we will now focus on selected subjects in science and technology and their reference tools in this semester.
A1216 Periodical Management (0/2): This course aims to present the overview, current issues, and practice of serial management in libraries. It also cultivate students' abilities of managing serials and providing sevices, including selecting, acquiring, receiving, and maintaining both print and electronic serials in libraries.
A1722 Multi-Media Technology and Application (0/3): The purpose of this class is guiding students to (1) learning multimedia software about producing ebooks in PDF format and EPUB format. (2) Learning how to use Adobe InDesign to produce PFD ebooks. (3) Learning how to use Sigil to produce EPUB ebooks (4) Learning other online multimedia software such as Google documents, online drawings applications (5) Providing students the environment for learning by doing such as Google online applications, Adobe InDesign and EPUB ebooks etc.
A2964 Internship in Information Library Services (1/1): Arrangement for students internship program in the different types of libraries and related organizations. The primary emphasis of this program for students will be on the practical works of the library operation.
A1729 Library Automation (2/2): This course focuses on the theory and practice of library automation operation and the integrated online library systems. The other automatic processing that affects services provided to users will be discussed in some detail. This class stresses the thinking and planning process, rather than programming and development of library systems.
A1816 Children’s Library (0/2): Provide students with core concepts of working as children's librarians. Examine and develop appropriate programs and services targeted to children clientele.
A1868 Publishing and Communication in the Book Trade (0/2): A study related to publishing industry, understanding the composition and basic knowledge of books, extending to the interrelationship of authors, editors, and readers, as well as understanding the publishing editing, printing, distribution and other business processes, and the development and management.
A2190 Government Information and Publishing (0/2): This course is the introduction about government publications and information. The related topics will cover the definition and function, management policy, access and copyright, etc. Also, the issues of Open Gov. Data will be mentioned. Through the course, students will be better understanding the principles and context of gov. publications and information management.
A2308 Statistics for Library Science (0/2): This course offers an introduction to the descriptive and inferential statistics in information and library science study; fundamental statistical concepts and analytical methods, including measures of central tendency, measures of variability, correlation, tests, and so on.
A2329 Statistics Analysis and Decision Making (2/0): This course emphasizes data analysis and interpretation. Topics include analysis of variance, regression analysis, time-series forecasting and index numbers, decision tree, and so on. The software SPSS will be applied.
A2359 Information Literacy (0/2): This course is designed to develop information competencies in student in relation to access, evaluation and ethical use. This course equips and empowers the students with the information, research and literacy skills needed to become effective researchers in a digital age. The student will be able to use the library and its resources effectively to complete assignments for their college courses. Content will be disseminated through presentations, class discussion, lecture and interactive activities.
A2432 Information Organization (I) (3/3): This one-year course aims to 1) provide students with the knowledge of the theories, principles, standards, and tools behind the organization of information, 2) make them aware of the functions of catalogs, cataloging formats, authority control, etc., and 3) make them able to apply content and structure standards to organizing information materials in Chinese. The scope encompasses cataloguing rules, CMARC, subject analysis, classification systems, metadata and the development trends of information organization.
A2433 Information Organization (II) (3/3): Through this course, I hope to help learners to understand: 1. The meaning and function of the Description Cataloging and MARC. 2. How to apply the Cataloging Rule and MARC to describe various types of resources. 3. How to select and establish Access Points for Bibliographic Records and Authority Records. 4. The process and method of western Description Cataloging practice.
A2480 Project Management of Library (0/2): Provides an awareness of current theories and foundation of project management (KM). Discusses project assets and their value to organizations in terms of products, processes, market and services.
A2515 Medical Information Service (2/0): This course explores the related topics of medical library information services from theory and practice. Through classroom lectures, practical operations, literature reading, and interactive sharing, we will learn about the characteristics of medical libraries, collections, reader services, and curriculum design.
A2594 Business Information Service (0/2): Individuals and organizations of all types face a variety of business problems in their everyday practices, ranging from taxation to company research. The sheer amount of information that are available nowadays challenges individuals and organizations. It is critical to understand the types of problems we may face and the types of information resources that can help to address these problems. This course will equip students with the abilities to answer business reference questions asked in different types of libraries.
A2595 Introduction to Innovative Publishing Industry (2/0): Publishing industry is one of the mainstreams of the cultural and recreation industry. The study of publishing and the book trade can be of great help to librarianship and content/database providers .It makes librarians, publishers, and editors have a good understanding about their surroundings and acquisitions market. Nevertheless, the book publishing industry has been greatly influenced by IT industry.
A2596 Introduction to Information Architecture (2/0): This class introduces the student to key concepts and practices of information architecture (IA), including understanding IA within the broader context of librarianship, architecture and user experience, organization structures, labeling and taxonomies, interaction and interface design. Issues on planning, designing, developing, managing, and evaluating web resources are discussed. Practical skill of evaluating the content and technical aspects of existing informational, instructional, and promotional websites designed for libraries, schools, museums, and other organizations are explored.
A2597 Digital Records Management (3/0): This course describes general principles of digital records management. There are several topics will be discussed which include records lifecycle, file plan, appraisal, preservation, etc. The course focuses very much on the practicality and practice.
A2604 Library Collection Development (2/2): This course will cover the core principles and the practices of library collection development and management; including material type, methods of acquisition and order, criteria and tools of selection, user's requirements and analysis, collection development policy, evaluation, weeding (or deselection), collaborative collection development and library consortia, and the impact of information technology on library collection.
A2644 Media Resources Management (0/2): The objective of this course is to explore the resources of popular media and their features, categories, and use in the library and information science. First, students will learn media resources, definitions, features, categories of popular media and their relationship with technologies. Second, students will learn the procedures of how popular media are managed and filed in the library or relevant institutions. Furthermore, the teacher will put theories into practice to demonstrate how popular media can be combined with technologies.
A2691 Digital Storytelling in Libraries (0/2): The simplest definition of “Digital Storytelling in Libraries” for this class is through making and arranging photos or videos, telling a touching story about libraries or bookstores. Through theme-based lectures and practices, students will understand the concepts and skills of digital storytelling, and be able to develop production skills through assignments of photo essays and a 3 to 5 minute-short film team work.
A2692 Picture Book and Young Adult Literature (2/0): Through theme-based lectures, field trips, storytelling practice and reading various forms of children and young adult literature, including picture books, YA novels, and comic books, etc., students will get a basic understanding of the concepts in this field, such as history and development, styles of significant authors and illustrators, awards and prizes, and production process of children and young adult books. Students are also expected to be able to do narrative and visual analysis of books when they finish this course.
A2693 Reading and Bibliotherapy (0/2): The goals of this course are to introduce theories and practices applied in developmental bibliotherapy.
A2738 Reference Resources & Services (3/3): To introduce the concepts and application of reference services and resources in order to improve students' ability of reference services.
A2749 English for Library and Information Professionals (0/2): English proficiency is critical to successful career. Librarians and information professionals cope with English resources and communicate with foreign publishers in their work practices. It is also important to keep updated with the latest trends at the international level. This course aims at enhancing students' English proficiency, including: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It will introduce important terminology used in library and information science. It will also provide important documents and tools used in different sub-areas. Students will have opportunities to practice.
A2782 Introduction of Service Marketing (2/0): The goal of this course is explore and discuss the basic concept of service products, consumers and markets, and applying the 4Ps to build services managing the customer interface, and finally implementing profitable service strategies.
A2783 Mobile Device Programming (2/0): This class will guide students to use tools and resources of programming on mobile devices. Prior knowledge about HTML, CSS, and JavaScript are required.
A2800 Reader Services for Archives (2/0): The content of this course includes: user studies of archives, the related acts, the regulations of archives, reference services, promotion and marketing, international archives promotion, United Kingdom and United States promotion in archives, retrieval tools, websites analysis, archival exhibition planning, current status of readers services in Taiwan archives, team works reports.
A2954 Introduction and Application to Big Data Analysis (2/0): The purpose of this course is to guide students to build analytical thinking in Big Data and to guide students to interpret big data.
A2965 Library Professional Competence Service (1/1): This internship typically takes place in variety libraries around communities. The focus of the internship is on collaboration with teachers and working with students to integrate information skills and technology skills into a standards based curriculum and promote library literacy through School Library Programming.
A3070 Scholarly Communication (0/2): This course is designed for the students who are interested in scholarly communication and research information services.
A3129 Data Curation (0/2): Data curation is an expanded collection of institutional collections, which further covers research materials from research results. This course will explore the new tasks and roles of materials used in universities and academic libraries from the origin, development, and current status of institutional collections.
A3130 Artificial Intelligence and Digital Humanities (0/2): This lesson combines the concepts of artificial intelligence and digital humanities. The course focuses on the literacy and ethics of artificial intelligence. Students will acquire AI knowledge in digital humanities.
A3131 Information Visualization (0/2): This course cultivates talents who use visualization tools to present and analyze data. This class focuses on graphic narration and teaches students to quickly interpret and discover key issues from data. This course mainly uses Excel, Tableau, word cloud, and other visualization tools.
A3395 Introduction to Library Networks and Information Communication (0/2): This course introduces the issues of information communication, for example information society, digital divide, information literacy, and digital publishing and marketing issues.
A3397 Introduction to Archival Studies (0/2): This course is the introduction about archives and records management. The related topics will cover the definition of archives, the theories and principles of archives management. Through the course, students will be better understanding the principles and context of archives management, and have basis intelligence and skills of the archives management.
A3399 Seminar on Digital Library (0/2): This course provides an overview of the development and future prospects of digital libraries. Students will learn the current applications of emerging technologies in libraries, including mobile and cloud technology, social media, big data, augmented reality AR, and virtual reality. The course requires students to implement AR/VR software in order to show in the Final Project.
A3400 Information Systems Project (0/2): The purpose of this course is to provide students with information system implementation skills, programming languages using PHP. The major topics discussed include: 1. Quickly set up a content management platform on Google Cloud Platform (using WordPress as an example) 2. Develop WordPress theme by yourself 3. Integrate machine learning application provided by Google Cloud Platform.
A3406 Introduction to Librarianship and Information Science (2/0): To understand the functions and purpose of library in changing social and academic environment; including the mission of libraries, the ethical aspects and principles between information providers and clients. The various types of libraries , their internal functions, and the major organizational issues, the information infrastructure, the development of information science, the growth of information technologies, information policy in libraries, the intellectual organization of libraries, and the trend development.
E0650 Data Structures (0/2): The main objective of this course is teaching students how to write well-structured, efficient and organized programs with the necessary information and knowledge of data structures. By learning various data structures, knowledge and observation method of the related cases to enhance the programming and problem solving skills.
E0675 Computer Programming (2/2): The current course introduces the programming language, such that the students can understand the logical concept and the syntax of computer language. Consequently, they have the ability of applying the programming language to develop information systems.
E0594 Program Design (2/2): The current course introduces the programming language, such that the students can understand the logical concept and the syntax of computer language. Consequently, they have the ability of applying the programming language to develop information systems.
E0941 Introduction to Data Base (3/0): The current course introduces the basic concept of database management system, such that the students can understand the principle of DBMS. Consequently, they have the ability to develop an information system.
E1039 Introduction to Computer Network (0/3): The main purpose of this course is learning how to design an innovative HTML5 web pages with appropriate software. Meanwhile, the basic knowledge of designing web page is also introduced.
M0400 Management Information System (0/2): This course introduces the fundamentals and applications of information management for undergraduate students. The purpose of this course is to provide students with management skills for information management. The major topics discussed include: 1. Introduce information technology and application 2. Management information systems 3. Strategic information systems development 4. Security management of information systems and electronic commerce
M1103 Knowledge Management (2/0): Provides an awareness of current theories and foundation of knowledge management (KM) with an emphasis on profit and not for profit organizations. Discusses knowledge assets and their value to organizations in terms of products, processes, market and services. Examines analytical tools and techniques for knowledge acquisition, assessment, evaluation, management, organization, and dissemination. Provides an analysis of commercially available documents, databases, and application packages, reviews best practices and experiences, and addresses the design and execution of KM projects.