Honors 304: Chicago’s Great Libraries ~ January Term 2007

Honors 304: Chicago’s Great Libraries ~ January Term 2007

This course invited students to visit, explore, and interact with the wealth and diversity of resources offered by the great libraries of Chicago. The class visited a number of libraries where librarians introduced the students to the materials housed in that library and worked with the students as they looked to identify, analyze, and use those materials. Students also became familiar with all the different types of libraries and how they serve different functions and constituencies. Our Students were able to gain awareness of various issues surrounding libraries and library users, such as censorship, privacy and confidentiality, web 2.0, and copyright. They also acquired skills and confidence in choosing the appropriate avenues for different types of research. This helped them to become familiar with tools for selecting and researching a topic, including professional books, journals, and online resources for their own research needs.

This is the class blog which is gathering spot to for links to all the blogs the students created (see Links above) from both their class visits and their individual exploration of other libraries in the Chicago area. We look forward to your comments and any questions you may have about our classes experiences or the information and ideas you see presented in their blogs.