CRONASIA FOUNDATION COLLEGE, INC.

Andres-Dizon Building,
Pioneer Avenue, Barangay West,
General Santos City, 9500
Telephone No. 083-5546323

COURSE SYLLABUS

I. Course Number: LIS 211

Course Title: Introduction to Library and Information Science
Credit Units: 3 units
No. of Hours/Week: 3 hours
Pre-requisite: None

II. Course Description: an overview of library and librarianship; historical development of libraries; types of libraries; library profession including Code of
Ethics for Filipino Librarians and RA 9246 and laws and issuances related to Philippine Librarianship. Introduction to librarianship provides the theoretical and
philosophical underpinnings of the profession with emphasis on its practice in the Philippines. The course focuses on the historical perspective and the philosophy
of librarianship.

III.General Objectives
At the end of the semester, the students should be able to:

National Goals: 1. develop his/her capability as a person;

2. develop his/her personal discipline, cultural, spiritual, and moral vigor as a person;

Regional Goals: 3. acquire entrepreneurial and technological skills for peace and economic posterity and alleviate poverty;
4. show consciousness and responsibility for environmental issues and concerns;

Institutional Goals: 5. develop critical awareness, understanding and appreciation of the impact of cultural, scientific, and technological advancement on
environmental and human values, attitudes and behavior to enable them to bridge more effectively the gap existing among cultural
communities in the region;

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Subject Goals:
A. Terminal: At the end of the course, the students shall have acquired knowledge and understanding on the historical perspective of the philosophy of
libraries and librarianship and its status as a profession and inculcate the love of service, work, courtesy, honesty and other relevant values among them.
B. Enabling: At the end of the course the student shall have:
1. define and understand library terms;
2. understand the historical development and philosophical underpinnings of libraries and librarianship;
3. distinguish and appreciate the different types of libraries as to objectives, functions, collections, staff and services;
4. explain the organizational structure of the library;
5. discuss librarianship as a profession;
6. demonstrate love for library work;
7. understand the Code of Ethics for Filipino Librarians; and
8. Understand the RA 9246 and other laws and issuances related to the Philippine librarianship.

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. Compare and contrast various types of libraries high lighting the similarities and differences of their nature, structure, objectives, functions and
standards.
2. Analyze cases (based on ethical, professional and legal dimensions of librarianship) to identify solution and recommend professional qualities
of an individual to solve the problem.

V. Course Content
Topics Specific Objectives Time Materials Strategies/ Evaluation Values Suggested Readings
Allotment Activities Measures Integration
Orientation At the end of the orientation, the 1 hour and Power Point  Lecture-  Oral Appreciation  CFC Code
1. Policies/Rules and students should be able to: 30 minutes Discussion  Recitation of the  Student Manual
regulations in the 1. Become familiar with  Vision and and Work Profession  Brochure of BLIS
Lecture Class/ the policies, rules and Mission of Assignment Program
Laboratory class. regulations in the lecture CFC  CMO No. 14, s.
2. Computation of and laboratory classes  College 2015
Grades/Grading including the Goals
System. computation of their  BLIS
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3. Requirements in the grades. Program

lecture and laboratory 2. Be familiar with the Objectives
classes. coverage of the course  Syllabus
4. Vision, Mission, Goals and the requirements.
and Objectives of 3. Explain the vision,
CFCI. mission of CFC and
5. Coverage of the goals
Course/Subject. 4. Relate the objectives of
6. Syllabus the Program.
5. Introduce the course
outline the teaching
strategies and
methodologies of the
subject.
I. Introduction A. Textbook and
1. Definition of  Define library terminologies: 3 hours References 1. Brainstorming  Quiz Awareness References
Terms a. Library 2. Lecture  Essay B. Required
discussion with Textbooks
b. Information
student
c. Information System interaction
d. Library Science 3. Group International
e. Information Science discussion Encyclopedia of
f. Information 4. Reporting Information and
Explosion Library Science.
g. Librarianship London: Routledge,
h. Library as a 2007.
Profession 6 hours Multimedia 5. Topic  Graded Appreciation
2. Historical i. Librarian Production/ presentation recitation Goddan, Irene.
perspective (an  Appreciate the historical Video based from Advances in
overview): development and Collage journal readings Librarianship ed. New
a. Early philosophical underpinnings Posters York: Academic
Civilization of libraries and librarianship. Video clips Press, 2006.
b. Egyptian

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Period  Practical Gates, Jean Key.

c. Greek Exam Introduction to
d. Medieval Librarianship. New
e. Early York:
Renaissance McGraw Hill, 2006.
f. Contemporary
g. Modern Age Nera, Corazon ed.
h. Digital Introduction to
i. Development Librarianship in
of Libraries in: Academic Libraries.
*Western 6. Role Playing ASEAN Committee
Countries 3 hours Journal 7. Reaction Oral Recitation Responsibility on Culture and
*Europe articles papers Information, 2003.
* Asia Oral recitation Quiz
 Understand the role of 8. Library Ranganathan, S.R.
Library in an organization visitations Journal Writing Five Laws of
3. The Library in and in the society. 6 hours  Lecture (Public, Library Science. New
Society  Internet Special, Awareness York: Toplinger
4. The Library as an Searching School, Publishing, 2002.
Organization Academic
 Develop awareness and Libraries) Shera, Jesse H. The
distinguish the different 9. Internet Foundation of
II. Types of Libraries types of libraries (Academic, Searching and Education for
1. School Libraries Public, School and Special): Researching Librarianship. New
1.1 Objectives its nature, objectives, York:
1.2 Functions functions collections, staff, Baker and Hayes,
1.3 Collections services and standards.  Journal 2002.
1.4 Staff Articles 10. Attend
1.5 Services 3 hours Seminar/ Shores, Louis.
1.6 Standards Trainings on Challenges to
Professional  Quiz Competence Librarianship.
III. Librarianship as a  Fact Sheets Development Dubuque,

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Profession on RA 9246 and Iowa: William

1. Philosophy of Enhancement Responsibility Brown, nd.
Education for  Understand Librarianship as 3 hours
Librarianship a profession. A. Other
2. RA 9246 and  Fact Sheets Related
other laws and  Relate and apply the on Library References:
issuances philosophy of education to Code of Self- Ballabi, Annand.
pertaining to librarianship. 6 hours Ethics  Role Playing Discipline Training Library and
Philippine  Objectives, information Science.
librarianship  Deliberate RA 9246 and CBL 2014.
3. Code of Ethics other laws and issuances 3 hours
for Filipino pertaining to Librarianship.  Group  Oral Responsibility Baired, Nicola.
Librarians  Library Dynamics Recitation Setting up and
4. Professional Web Sites Running a
Associations- 6 hours School Library.
National and  Appreciate and apply the  Round Table Awareness C2000
International Code of Ethics for Filipino Discussion Claraval, Nora J.
Settings Librarians in actual library Managing
works.  Quiz Libraries and
 Understand the role of  Floor Plan  Debate Information
IV. Trends in professional associations Centers in
Librarianship both national and Philippine
1. Information international perspective.  Reporting Settings. 2010
Communication
Technology Clason, W.E.
2. Information  Predict the probable effects Elsevier’s
Science of ICT to library Dictionary of Library
3. ICT Applied in environment. Science, Information
Libraries and Documentation,
 State the current trends,
4. Library 2000.
issues and challenges faced
Environment
by libraries and librarians of
5. Information Croley, Bill.
today.
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Pioneer Avenue, Barangay West,
General Santos City, 9500
Telephone No. 083-5546323

Commons Renewing
Professional
 Design a structure of an Librarianship. 2008.
Information Commons with Evans, G. Edwards.
label. Developing Library
and Information
Centers. 5th ed. 2010.

Gates, Jean Key.

Guide to the Use of
Libraries and
Information Sources.
7th ed. 2004.

Gelfand, M.A.
University Libraries
for Developing
Countries. 2008.

Heintze, Ineborg. The

Organization of Small
Public Library.
2008.

Hernandez, Vincent
S. History of Books
and Libraries in the
Philippines. 1521-
1900 C20066.

Khan, Riyazuddin.
Introduction to

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General Santos City, 9500
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Library Science.
2006.

Rajagopalan, A.
Libraries of the
Digital Age. 2007.

Reitz, Joan M.
Dictionary for
Library and
Information
Science, 2004.

Sanchez, Concordia.
Philippine School
Libraries: Their
Organizational and
Management C1971.

Voigt, Melvin J.
Advances in
Librarianship (vols.
1-7). 2000.
LA Glossary for
Library Terms. ALA
2003.

V. Course Requirements
1. Reaction Papers (5 selected articles in any of the Library Journals)
2. Narrative Report from the Libraries visited

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Andres-Dizon Building,
Pioneer Avenue, Barangay West,
General Santos City, 9500
Telephone No. 083-5546323

Prepared by:

NENITA P. NON, MALS,RL

Program Head-BLIS

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