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Simmons GSLIS South Korea - Library Studies
Seoul, Korea, South
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Program Description:

Country

South Korea

Sponsoring College

Simmons College

Course Term

Summer 2013

Location

Seoul, South Korea

Travel Dates

July 24-August 11, 2013

Courses

LIS440: Archival Use and Access (taught by Prof Wisser)
Explores access to and use of archives and manuscript collections within the framework of archival description and representation. How archives are described and the surrogates that are used to represent them profoundly impact their access and use and are central to the archives profession. Students will explore various types of archival use including exhibits (physical and virtual) in addition to the creation of surrogates for primary sources and will gain a theoretical and practical understanding of EAD (Encoded Archival Description), as well as other emerging metadata standards. Required course for Archives Management Concentration. Prerequisites: LIS 400, LIS 415, and LIS 438.

LIS439: Preservation Management in Libraries and Archives (taught by Prof Cloonan)
This course covers the fundamentals of planning and managing programs of prevention and remedial treatment for the preservation of information resources in libraries and archives. The study of the nature of all types of materials and the factors contributing to their deterioration serves as background. Preservation planning topics, such as environmental control and light, security, risk management, fire prevention, housekeeping and storage, general collections maintenance and testing methods, are covered. Additional topics include: emergency planning in the areas of preparedness, mitigation and response; selection of materials for basic repair, conservation or reformatting; budgeting for preservation activities; preservation training for staff and users; digital preservation; and cooperative programs. Course includes readings, guest lectures, media presentations, field trips, demonstrations, and individual projects.

Prerequisites

for LIS440 -- LIS 415: Information Organization and LIS438: Intro to Archives
for LIS439 -- no prerequisites

Availability

This program is only available to Simmons GSLIS students.

Program Description

It is strongly recommended that students only take one course to allow for the best possible experience of Seoul.

The course will be hosted by the LIS department at Yonsei University, the oldest and most prestigious LIS program in Korea.

 

Course Highlights

Take class with students from Yonsei University

Site visits to academic, public and national libraries

Excursions to national historic sites 

Program Price

$3000 (subject to change)

Price Includes

 

Airfare, housing at Yonsei University, ground transportation in Seoul, international health insurance. 

*Meals are NOT included.  *Tuition is charged separately.

Credits

Three graduate credits; six graduate credits if students choose to register for both courses.

Program Duration

Two weeks

Please Note

 

Local food may cause digestive adjustments.

Students should expect moderate walking on site visits.

Faculty Information
Katherine Wisser comes to GSLIS from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she earned her Ph.D. in 2009 and where she completed her master's degree in library and information science in 2000. Wisser also holds a master's degree in early American history from the University of New Hampshire. While in North Carolina, Wisser spent five years as the Metadata Coordinator for NC ECHO, a statewide program that encourages and supports use of appropriate metadata by member institutions to ensure online access to cultural heritage information facilitation, workshop instruction and individual institutional consultation. Prior to that, she spent two years as a Libraries Fellow in the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries Cataloging and Special Collections departments. Wisser's articles have been published in, among others, North Carolina Libraries, Library HiTech, and Library Resources and Technical Services. She currently sits on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Library Metadata. Wisser joined the Simmons GSLIS faculty in Fall 2009.

wisser@simmons.edu

Additional information can be found at http://web.simmons.edu/~benoit/intl/index.html

Dates / Deadlines:
Term Year App Deadline Decision Date Start Date End Date
Summer 2014 03/17/2014** Rolling Admission TBA TBA

** Indicates rolling admission application process. Students will be immediately notified of acceptance into this program and be able to complete post-decision materials prior to the term's application deadline.