Library/Info Technology
15 courses · Cuesta College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Summer 2026 · Fall 2026
LIBT 193 LIBRARY INFORMATION SPECIAL TOPIC
- Units
- 0.5 to 4
- Hours
- 0.5 to 4 hours per week: (0.50 - 4.00 lecture hours/0.00 - 0.00 lab hours/0.00 - 0.00 activity hours)
Examines a special topic in the field of study related to the discipline offering this course.
LIBT 201 INTRODUCTION TO LIBRARY SERVICES
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)
- Transfers to
- CSU
Surveys the history, organization, services, personnel and functions of libraries and information centers. Provides beginning library/information technology students with an introduction and overview to the field and identifies job opportunities.
LIBT 204 ORGANIZING INFORMATION
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 4 hours per week: (2.50 lecture hours/1.50 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)
- Advisory
- LIBT 201
- Transfers to
- CSU
A practical introduction to the tasks involved with cataloging book and nonbook library materials. Includes descriptive cataloging using AACR2, subject cataloging, and classification. Covers MARC formats as well as their use in the OCLC bibliographic utility and local automated library systems.
LIBT 205 LIBRARY/INFORMATION CENTER COLLECTIONS
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)
- Advisory
- LIBT 201
- Transfers to
- CSU
Provides an overview of how to select, purchase, and organize print, electronic, and other materials to stock library/information center collections.
LIBT 208 LIBRARY TEAMWORK AND SUPERVISORY SKILLS
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 1 hours per week: (1.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)
- Advisory
- LIBT 201
- Transfers to
- CSU
Introduces teamwork and supervisory skills within the context of a library department or branch. Covers how to train, motivate, counsel and evaluate employees, time management, delegation of work, communication methods, and statistical reports.
LIBT 209 LIBRARY PUBLIC SERVICES
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)
- Advisory
- Completion of or concurrent enrollment in LIBT 201.
- Transfers to
- CSU
Surveys all major library services provided to the public. Focuses on the philosophy, policies and procedures associated with reference/information and circulation services. Major emphasis is placed on skill building in defining and executing search strategies that answer information questions from the public.
LIBT 210 SCHOOL LIBRARY/MEDIA CENTER SERVICES
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)
- Advisory
- Completion of or concurrent enrollment in LIBT 201.
- Transfers to
- CSU
Explores the role of the school library media program in the educational community. Introduces students to the basic skills and competencies necessary to provide effective school library media programs for grades K-12.
LIBT 212 RESEARCH SKILLS FOR INFORMATION AGE
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 1 hours per week: (1.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
An information literacy course for students wishing to improve their research skills. This course will prepare students to effectively address different information questions, problems or issues by providing them with the skills to locate, interpret, analyze, synthesize, evaluate and communicate information.
LIBT 213 ADVANCED ONLINE SEARCHING
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 2 hours per week: (0.50 lecture hours/1.50 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)
- Transfers to
- CSU
Explores the current information ecosystem in which we’re researching, living, and working. Teaches students to become critical consumers of information by introducing techniques and concepts for searching online, including strategies, database content, search options, evaluation standards, and understanding the current information environment.
LIBT 214 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNSHIP
- Units
- 2
- Hours
- 5 hours per week: (0.50 lecture hours/4.50 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)
- Prerequisite
- Completion of, with a grade of C or better, or concurrent enrollment in 10 Library/Information Technology units from LIBT 201, LIBT 204, LIBT 205, LIBT 208, LIBT 209, LIBT 213, or LIBT 217 and consent of the instructor.
- Transfers to
- CSU
Provides structured on-the-job experience in an appropriate library/information technology environment.
LIBT 217 ETHICS IN THE INFORMATION AGE
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 1 hours per week: (1.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)
- Transfers to
- CSU
Focuses on ethical and legal issues of information access and publishing as applicable to the Internet. Include a basic knowledge of copyright laws, security and privacy issues, Internet advertising, and the appropriate use of the Internet as an information delivery system.
LIBT 218 CONNECTING ADOLESCENTS WITH LITERATURE AND LIBRARIES
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)
- Transfers to
- CSU
Explores the literature and electronic resources essential for library technicians to work effectively with adolescents in the information age. Issues of materials selection, evaluation and youth programming will be related to teenage trends, popular culture, multiculturalism and other contemporary subjects of importance to adolescents.
LIBT 221 PRISON LIBRARY SERVICES
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)
- Transfers to
- CSU
Introduces students to the rehabilitative resources and programs utilized in prison libraries and the safety and security skills needed to successfully serve incarcerated patrons.
LIBT 222 THE CONNECTED LIBRARY: EMERGING TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGY
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours)
- Transfers to
- CSU
Engages information communities through technology, innovation and communication. Prepares students to advocate for and build sustainable and equitable digital library spaces. Emphasizes human-centered design practices to create organizations that are vibrant hubs of community engagement that can thrive in environments with emerging and disruptive technologies.
LIBT 247 INDEPENDENT STUDIES: LIBRARY/INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- Units
- 0.5 to 2
- Hours
- 1.5 to 6 hours per week: (0.00 - 0.00 lecture hours/1.50 - 6.00 lab hours/0.00 - 0.00 activity hours)
- Prerequisite
- LIBT 201 and other preparatory course work in the field in which the study is to be undertaken.
- Transfers to
- CSU
Provides an opportunity for an in-depth study or a practicum experience by an individual student in a selected topic of Library/Information Technology (more specialized than is covered in the curriculum) under the direction of an instructor.