Legal Information Management Certificate Courses

LI 808 Introduction to Legal Information Management: Theory and Practice (3 credit hours)
The course addresses concerns focusing on preservation, collection development, long term access to digital legal information, and authentication of official digital legal information. An overview of public policy issues and current trends is included. Students discuss roles for law librarians, both administrative and non-administrative.

LI 816 Legal Information Research and Retrieval (3 credit hours)
Introduction to the sources of the law; study of legal research methods and their application to problem solving and writing problems by means of law finding and legal writing exercises. Prerequisite: LI 813.

LI 842 - Indexing and Abstracting (2 credit hours)
Exploration of the means by which information can be represented by indexes and abstracts. Students construct indexes and abstracts that meet client information retrieval needs. This course introduces the principles, concepts, and basic processes of indexing and abstracting.

LI 844 - Database Design & Solutions for Libraries & Information Organizations (2 credit hours)
Introduction to the fundamentals of database design and creation as well as database model development. The focus is on database applications in organizing and retrieving information for various clients and addresses such information management issues as repackaging, customization, and the delivery of services. Prerequisite: LI 815.

LI 864: Current Issues in Legal Information Management (2 credit hours) Provides an opportunity for in-depth exploration and analysis of a current issue in the field of legal information management. Course topics reflect the themes of the SLIM MLS curriculum in terms of service, community analysis, technology, and applications within local, regional, national, and international infrastructures. Prerequisites: LI 808, LI 816, and LI 866.

LI 866: Introduction to Copyright and Licensing (3 credit hours)
An exploration of the historical, legal, ethical, and practical aspects of copyright and licensing law and practices from a library perspective. Students have the opportunity to practice applying these principles to library issues.

LI 872 Legal Information Practicum (3 credit hours)
Three credit hours will be spent in experiential learning at a site determined by the student in consultation with an advisor.