Fall 2026

Topics in Library and Information Studies

LIS 640 covers current issues in library and information studies not addressed in depth elsewhere or combining facets of existing courses.

offering recorded1–3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Bradley BryantDane Leigh GogoshinDeAnza Williams +2 more

Summary

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Historical reviews of Dorothea Salo: Reviewers consistently rated the difficulty as low, though one noted that assignments lacked instruction despite receiving specific criticisms.

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Prerequisites

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Junior standing

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LIS 640

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Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.76 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.54 GPA, 86.3% A/AB (n=51 letter grades).

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.84 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.80 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

No reviews exist for current instructors Bradley Bryant, Dane Leigh Gogoshin, DeAnza Williams, Jacqueline Brixey, or Rachel Erpelding. Historical reviews for Dorothea Salo are contradictory, with one student praising her balance and generosity while others criticize her for imposing personal beliefs and providing poor instruction.

BRADLEY BRYANT is recorded teaching in Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DANE LEIGH GOGOSHIN is recorded teaching in Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DEANZA WILLIAMS is recorded teaching in Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DOROTHEA SALO is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

RACHEL ERPELDING is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 030Online Only20 / 171
LEC 034Online Only18 / 180
LEC 040Classroom Instruction9 / 100
LEC 020Classroom Instruction30 / 500
LEC 031Online Only13 / 01
LEC 035Online Only8 / 123
LEC 037Classroom Instruction16 / 01
LEC 025Classroom Instruction10 / 400
LEC 027Classroom Instruction22 / 300

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Student experience

the class

Reviews for historical instructor Dorothea Salo are polarized, with some praising the balance of coding and industry topics while others criticize her for imposing personal beliefs and providing poor instruction.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 91.9% A/AB (n=99 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.65 GPA, 86.1% A/AB (n=108 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.70 GPA, 88.4% A/AB (n=198 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Dorothea Salo: Reviewers consistently rated the difficulty as low, though one noted that assignments lacked instruction despite receiving specific criticisms.

Historical reviews of Dorothea Salo: Experiences varied significantly, with some finding grading generous and topics interesting, while others reported berating, ignored accommodations, and outdated materials.

Grades

Historical instructor

Fall 2026 · Projected

Before grades are released

– average GPA

Approximate 80% prediction interval

About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 4 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

7 earlier forecasts · 0.12 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Fall 2026

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

GPA

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letter grades

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Typical course in this group: letter grades.

About this comparison

1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
LIS 640 · Fall 2026

Topics in Library and Information Studies

Recorded 2026-09-07
LIS 640 · Fall 2026

Topic: Svcs to Diverse Populat

Recorded 2026-09-07
LIS 640 · Fall 2026

Community Engagement

Recorded 2026-09-07
LIS 640 · Fall 2026

Industry-Directed Product

Recorded 2026-09-07
LIS 640 · Fall 2026

Responsibility- Big Data & AI

Recorded 2026-09-07
LIS 640 · Fall 2026

Securing Information Networks

Recorded 2026-09-07
LIS 640 · Fall 2026

Comput Tls & Indigenous Langs

Recorded 2026-09-07
LIS 640 · Fall 2026

Tech & Indigenous Writing Sys

Recorded 2026-09-07
LIS 640 · Fall 2026

Archives Workflow

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Grade history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
LLM outputs across runs
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Full model traces

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Model & dataset provenance
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