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Last updated 12/2/2025.

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 3 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

Summer 2026

Course Course Name # of Sect Mode Credits
LIS 590 Directed Fieldwork 1 Online 1-5
LIS 594 Leadership and Management in Law Libraries 1 Online 3
LIS 595 Research and Writing in Law Librarianship 1 Online 1-5
LIS 600 Independent Study or Research 1 Arranged Variable

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From frontiers of the internet, Marcie Stone came back to UW

Monday, November 24, 2025
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Then, a vision; now, a force: Information School turns 25

Monday, November 10, 2025
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12:00-1:00PM

Informatics Program Overview for Current UW Seattle Students

Zoom / Online
Dec 5
 
11:30-1:30PM

Faculty Meeting

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Dec 5
 
4:00-5:00PM

MLIS Law Librarianship Information Session

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Dec 9
 
12:00-1:00PM

MLIS Prospective Student Information Session

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