Hello! We’re less than a month away from the start of the fall semester, so you are probably
getting anxious for some start-of-semester details! Here they are but first, we want you to know
how happy we are to have you join us in what should be a great semester. Bobst Library is a
wonderful place to take classes (although there is quite a bit of construction going on currently)
and we’re confident you’ll enjoy all of yours. Just a few things you need to know:
1. Classes begin Wed., Sept. 5th. Monday and Tuesday classes won’t start until the
following week, the 10th and 11th.
2. We’ll do ID pictures, answer questions, and give you some information and handouts at our
Manhattan orientation on Sept. 6th from 5:00 - 6:30 (just before the first LIS 511 class). We’ll
meet in the Avery Room in Avery Fisher Center (AFC). Please see the schedule below (also on
the blog). If you are not coming to a class on the 6th , we could take your picture and catch you
up with the materials when you come to Bobst for your first class. Just let me know.
3. AFC is on the second floor of Bobst, between the two elevator banks. That’s where most of
our classes happen—in either the East room, the West room, or the Avery room. The East Room
is to the left; West is to the right; and Avery is straight back and then to the far right. The Avery
Fisher Center is a quiet area, so please remember that when you are headed to your classroom or
waiting for a classroom to open up.
4. When you enter the building the first time this fall, go to the far LEFT to the privileges
window to get your Bobst pass (good until your LIU ID comes in) or a sticker if you already
have your LIU ID. They will have your name if you are registered for a class here. Allow some
extra time in case there’s a line on the first days of the semester.
5. Remember the blog! There are answers to most questions within its pages and you should
familiarize yourself with all aspects of the Palmer program. This page is particularly helpful:
http://palmerblog.liu.edu/?page_id=142.
6. Be sure that you have activated your MyLIU account at
https://my.liu.edu/psp/PAPRD/?cmd=login. Hang on to that password and check your
schedule on MyLIU! Confirm that you are actually in the classes you planned to be in on
the campus you planned to attend, and that you are dropped from the ones you may have
dropped!
7. The required texts have been sent to kiosk and are listed on the blog, but I have included
that information here (below).
8. There will be an orientation at LIU Post on Monday, Sept. 10 from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. You
are, of course, welcome to attend that orientation, too, if you’d like. It will be held in the Palmer
School, room 330, second floor of the B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library.
9. You will need to complete a form that will give you access to the online LIU databases.
You’ll be using those databases for much of your research. We’ll have the forms with us on the
6th, so if you don’t get there that day, please stop by the office to fill one out when you’re next in
Bobst.
10. Once you have your pass for Bobst you can go to the circulation desk here and ask for a
barcode that will allow you to check out books.
Once again, welcome! We look forward to working with you, whether this is the beginning,
middle or end of your time at Palmer. Stop by to say hello. We’re in room 707 here in Bobst.
PALMER MANHATTAN -- ORIENTATION SCHEDULE
DATE: Thursday, Sept. 6
PLACE:
AVERY ROOM, AVERY FISHER CTR., 2ND FLOOR, BOBST LIBRARY
TIME:
5:00-5:45
ID PHOTOS
5:45– 6:15
INFORMATION SESSION / Q and A
Fall Classrooms, Palmer Manhattan:
(Classrooms are on the 2nd floor of Bobst in the Avery Fisher Center. The East room is to
the left, just past the stairwell; West is in the corner to the right; Avery is all the way
straight back and then to the far right. PC1 is in the computer center, one level below the
lobby. Please note! Avery Fisher Center is a quiet area so please step outside AFC if you
are chatting while waiting for a class to begin. Thanks.)
LIS 510 East
LIS 511 East
LIS 512 West
LIS 514 West
LIS 516 Avery
LIS 650 PC1
LIS 651 PC1
LIS 657 West
LIS 658 East
LIS 690 West
LIS 713 East
LIS 714 East
LIS 716 West
Following is the list of required textbooks for Palmer Manhattan. Texts can be purchased at the Barnes
and Noble on Fifth Ave. at 18th St. or online. If you don’t see your class listed below, there either is no
text required or I haven’t heard back from the professor. I will certainly post any additions that come
my way, so don’t worry!
LIS 510: Intro. to Library and Information Science; Prof. Laurie Murphy
Rubin, Richard, Foundations of library and information science; Neal-Schuman Publishers
LIS 511: Information Sources and Services; Prof. Clay Williams
Reference and information services : an introduction / Richard E Bopp; Linda C Smith; 2011 4th ed.
English Book xxiii, 743 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Santa Barbara, Calif. : Libraries Unlimited, ; ISBN:9781591583653
(hardcover : acid-free paper) 1591583659 (hardcover :acid-free paper) 9781591583745 (pbk. : acid-free
paper) 1591583748 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 9781598848175 (ebk.) 1598848178 (ebk.)
LIS 512: Knowledge Organization; Prof. John Lindaman
Taylor, Arlene G. The Organization of Information by, Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited
LIS 514: Research Methods; Prof. John Regazzi
REQUIRED TEXT
Powell, Ronald. Basic Research Methods for Librarians. 4TH EDITION, 2004
Greenwich, CT: Ablex Publishing.
OPTIONAL TEXT
Rowntree, Derek. Statistics Without Tears: a primer for non-mathematicians. 2003, New York, NY: Allyn &
Bacon.
LIS 516: Collection Development; Prof. Michael Stoller
Fitzpatrick, Kathleen. Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy. New
York: NYU Press, 2011.
John B. Thompson, Books in the Digital Age: The Transformation of Academic and Higher Education Publishing
in Britain ant the United States. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2005.
RECOMMENDED:
John B. Thompson. Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge:
Polity Press, 2010.
LIS 714: Archives and Manuscripts; Prof. Greg Hunter
Gregory S. Hunter, Developing and Maintaining Practical Archives, Second Edition (New York: NealSchuman, 2003).