Department of Library and Information Studies

Research

Both research and teaching are fundamental tenets of the LIS program and play a primary role in our department’s mission, goals, and objectives and overall strategic plan. LIS faculty members are known for their scholarship in a wide breadth of disciplines internationally. Students are engaged as collaborators, participants, and recipients of ground breaking research that cover a broad range of topics in the field of library and information studies including, but not limited to: information needs of the homeless, design and testing of Web information systems, academic and special libraries, library history, reading motivation, impact of school library media programs on school achievement, integration of technology into libraries and classrooms, and cognition and information seeking and retrieval.

It is our department’s belief that ongoing research and writing contributes to faculty, student, and alumni proficiency in our field and brings this knowledge, excitement, and respect from the field into the teaching, learning, and future practitioner experience.

Teaching

Quality teaching is ultimately the primary goal for faculty and students in our program. Our small but talented faculty has a passion for sharing their personal and professional knowledge and excitement of the field and is truly devoted to teaching and mentoring students. Professors advise each graduate student concerning coursework and direct his or her research in a specialized field of study.

The LIS department has nine fulltime faculty members with expertise and experience in a wide variety of academic backgrounds and research interests, many of which cross disciplinary boundaries. The faculty also includes professors emeriti, visiting lecturers and scholars, and adjunct faculty who lend their particular expertise to our curriculum.

Our department offers a strong core curriculum of Cataloging, Information Sources and Services, Library Administration and Management, Media Production, Foundations of Library and Information Studies, Organizing Library Collections, and Media Production Services for Library Programs. The program also offer variety of specialized graduate courses including The Academic Library, The Special Library, Telecommunications and the Internet, Materials for Adolescents, Information Ethics and Policy, Public Documents, Digital Video Production, and Legal Resources.

Department of Library and Information Studies
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
349 Curry Building, PO Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
VOICE 336.334.3477
FAX 336.334.5060
EMAIL cpfelts@uncg.edu