Library Information Studies LIS

LIS 20 Critical Thinking and Advanced Digital Literacy

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E

Transfers to

CSU

Peralta GE Areas 1B;

Critical inquiry and research: Analysis and synthesis of ideas presented in assigned readings across academic and popular sources; iterative research writing through critiques, exploratory exposition, and evidence-based essays; strategic information exploration in diverse contexts; integration of multiple perspectives and ethical reasoning.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

LIS 74 Information Seeking Behavior

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Introduction to information-seeking theories, methods, and user behaviors; examination of social-scientific principles, research methodologies, value systems, and ethics used to study how individuals and groups seek, interpret, and use information; analysis of information behavior as a cultural and social phenomenon shaped by psychological, economic, and technological systems; exploration of issues such as power, bias, inequities in access, privacy, data ethics, AI, censorship, and intellectual property.

Offered: Fall 2026 (2 sections)

LIS 85 Introduction to Information Resources

Units

2

Hours

2 hours lecture

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Introduction to the basic concepts and tools used in information research: Emphasis on how to develop a research topic, find, locate, evaluate and use information; search strategies for print and online resources including reference books, catalogs, indexes, specialized databases and the Internet.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

LIS 500 Computer Laboratory for Library Information Studies

Units

0

Hours

1 - 15 hours lab

Open-entry, open-exit library information research computer laboratory.

Offered: Fall 2026 (2 sections)