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Last updated 10/22/2025.

Autumn 2025

Course Course Name # of Sect Mode Credits
LIS 501 History and Foundations of Libraries and Librarianship 1 Campus 3
LIS 520 Concepts, Services, and Issues for Information Professionals 5 Campus & Online 4
LIS 522 Collection Development 1 Campus 3
LIS 526 Government Information: Production and Access 1 Online 3
LIS 531 Catalogs, Cataloging, and Classification 1 Online 4
LIS 534 Indigenous Systems of Knowledge 1 Online 3
LIS 536 Metadata for Interactive Media 1 Campus 3
LIS 537 Taxonomy and Indexing Construction 1 Online 4
LIS 539 Metadata Design 1 Online 3
LIS 563 Cultural History of Children's and Young Adult Literature 1 Online 3
LIS 564 Multicultural Resources for Youth 1 Campus 3
LIS 565 Resources for Digital Age Children 1 Online 3
LIS 569 Capstone I: Project Preparation 2 Online 1
LIS 570 Research, Assessment, and Design 5 Campus & Online 4
LIS 572 Introduction to Data Science 1 Campus 4
LIS 577 Participatory Design in Libraries 1 Campus 4
LIS 579 Law Teaching Practicum I 1 Online 3
LIS 580 Management of Information Organizations 2 Online 4
LIS 583 Cross Cultural Approaches to Leadership 1 Online 3
LIS 586 Public Libraries and Advocacy 1 Online 3
LIS 590 Directed Fieldwork 1 Online 1-5
LIS 592 Legal Research Methods 1 Campus 3-4
LIS 595 Research and Writing in Law Librarianship 1 Online 1-5
LIS 598 Special Topics in Information and Library Science 1 Online 1-6
LIS 600 Independent Study or Research 1 Arranged Variable

Winter 2026

Course Course Name # of Sect Mode Credits
LIS 502 Foundations of Law Librarianship 1 Online 1
LIS 506 Introduction to Digital Preservation 1 Campus 4
LIS 508 History of Recorded Information 1 Campus 4
LIS 521 Principles of Information Services 1 Campus 4
LIS 524 Adult Reader Services in the Public Library 1 Online 3
LIS 530 Organization of Information and Resources 5 Campus & Online 4
LIS 540 Technology Fundamentals for Library and Information Science Professionals 2 Campus & Online 4
LIS 543 Relational Database Management Systems 2 Campus & Online 4
LIS 545 Data Curation I: Fundamentals 1 Online 4
LIS 547 Design Methods for Librarianship 2 Campus & Online 4
LIS 553 Information and Social Justice 1 Campus 3
LIS 555 Data Sovereignty and Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Sovereign Rights, Protections, and Protocols 1 Online 3
LIS 566 Resources for Digital Age Teens 1 Online 3
LIS 568 Information Literacy in a Digital Age 1 Online 3
LIS 575 Portfolio Retreat: Development 2 Online 1
LIS 582 Community Engagement Strategies in Information Science 1 Online 3
LIS 584 Trauma-informed Care in Public Libraries 1 Online 3
LIS 585 Future of Libraries 1 Online 3
LIS 587 Systems Librarianship 1 Online 4
LIS 588 Special Librarianship 1 Online 3
LIS 589 Academic Librarianship 1 Online 3
LIS 590 Directed Fieldwork 1 Online 1-5
LIS 591 Legal Informatics 1 Online 3
LIS 592 Legal Research Methods 1 Online 3-4
LIS 593 Law Teaching Practicum II 1 Online 2
LIS 596 Capstone II - Project Planning 2 Online 2
LIS 598 Special Topics in Information and Library Science 4 Campus & Online 1-6
LIS 600 Independent Study or Research 1 Arranged Variable

Spring 2026

Course Course Name # of Sect Mode Credits
LIS 505 Archival and Manuscript Services 1 Online 4
LIS 510 Information Behavior 2 Campus & Online 3
LIS 511 Introduction to Programming for Information and Data Science 2 Campus & Online 4
LIS 512 Community Analysis 1 Online 4
LIS 513 Information and Migration 1 Online 3
LIS 514 Indigenous Art is Indigenous Knowledge 1 Online 4
LIS 516 Youth Development and Information Behavior in a Digital Age 1 Online 3
LIS 522 Collection Development 1 Online 3
LIS 531 Catalogs, Cataloging, and Classification 1 Campus 4
LIS 534 Indigenous Systems of Knowledge 1 Campus 3
LIS 537 Taxonomy and Indexing Construction 1 Campus 4
LIS 542 Information Structures Using XML 1 Online 4
LIS 549 Beginning Web Development 1 Campus 4
LIS 551 Intellectual Freedom in Libraries 1 Campus 3
LIS 556 Copyright for Information Professionals 1 Online 3
LIS 558 Technology Law and Public Policy 1 Campus 2
LIS 560 Critical Pedagogy and Instructional Design 1 Online 3
LIS 561 Storytelling in a Digital Age 1 Online 3
LIS 567 Libraries As Learning Labs in a Digital Age 1 Online 3
LIS 571 Grant Writing 1 Online 2
LIS 572 Introduction to Data Science 1 Online 4
LIS 574 Portfolio Retreat: Discovery 2 Online 1
LIS 576 Low Bono Legal Research 1 Campus 3
LIS 580 Management of Information Organizations 2 Campus 4
LIS 582 Community Engagement Strategies in Information Science 1 Campus 3
LIS 583 Cross Cultural Approaches to Leadership 1 Campus 3
LIS 590 Directed Fieldwork 1 Online 1-5
LIS 595 Research and Writing in Law Librarianship 1 Online 1-5
LIS 597 Capstone III - Project Implementation 2 Online 2
LIS 598 Special Topics in Information and Library Science 4 Campus & Online 1-6
LIS 599 Portfolio 2 Online 3
LIS 600 Independent Study or Research 1 Arranged Variable

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Informatics student Ruth Nakigozi speaks to a woman in front of her poster.

RAISE expo highlights students' solutions to AI problems

Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Five Information School students were among dozens who shared insights from their research at the RAISE research center’s recent Fall Exposition in downtown Seattle. RAISE, the Center for Responsibility in AI Systems and...
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Canopy Foundation makes $15M grant to establish UW Neurodiversity and Employment Institute

Monday, October 20, 2025
The Canopy Neurodiversity Foundation awarded a $15 million grant to the University of Washington Information School to support the launch of the UW Institute for Neurodiversity and Employment. The new institute will bring together leading...
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