{"schema_version":1,"url":"https://uwcourses.com/courses/LIS_665","title":"LIS 665: Topics in Race and Ethnicity in the Information Society | UW–Madison","dataset":{"revision":"e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349","repository":"twangodev/uwcourses","schema_version":6,"importer_version":"7","projection_id":"94468b7d4154126ca413937bb4738a6d21e0c2277f6fa397a6078ad80a32384f","observed_at":"2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00","built_at":"2026-09-10T23:19:01.870283+00:00","courses":8951,"current_instructors":5754,"limited":false,"terms":["1272","1264","1262","1254","1252","1244","1242","1234","1232","1224","1222","1212","1204","1202","1194","1192","1184","1182","1174","1172","1164","1162","1154","1152","1144","1142","1134","1132","1124","1122","1114","1112","1104","1102","1094","1092","1084","1082","1074","1072"],"term":"1272","departments":[{"subject":"AAE","count":90},{"subject":"ABT","count":20},{"subject":"ACCTIS","count":36},{"subject":"ACTSCI","count":14},{"subject":"AFAERO","count":10},{"subject":"AFRICAN","count":87},{"subject":"AFROAMER","count":71},{"subject":"AGROECOL","count":21},{"subject":"AMERIND","count":53},{"subject":"ANAT&PHY","count":7},{"subject":"ANATOMY","count":2},{"subject":"ANESTHES","count":8},{"subject":"ANSCI","count":57},{"subject":"ANTHRO","count":95},{"subject":"ART","count":125},{"subject":"ARTED","count":10},{"subject":"ARTHIST","count":121},{"subject":"ASIALANG","count":129},{"subject":"ASIAN","count":109},{"subject":"ASIANAM","count":28},{"subject":"ASTRON","count":38},{"subject":"ATMOCN","count":69},{"subject":"BIOCHEM","count":51},{"subject":"BIOCORE","count":10},{"subject":"BIOLOGY","count":14},{"subject":"BIOMDSCI","count":18},{"subject":"BME","count":66},{"subject":"BMI","count":41},{"subject":"BMOLCHEM","count":10},{"subject":"BOTANY","count":69},{"subject":"BSE","count":44},{"subject":"C&ESOC","count":73},{"subject":"CBE","count":48},{"subject":"CHEM","count":101},{"subject":"CHICLA","count":52},{"subject":"CIVENGR","count":133},{"subject":"CLASSICS","count":47},{"subject":"CNP","count":10},{"subject":"CNSRSCI","count":50},{"subject":"COMARTS","count":137},{"subject":"COMPBIO","count":15},{"subject":"COMPLIT","count":11},{"subject":"COMPSCI","count":138},{"subject":"COUNPSY","count":78},{"subject":"CRB","count":19},{"subject":"CS&D","count":71},{"subject":"CSCS","count":40},{"subject":"CURRIC","count":193},{"subject":"DANCE","count":93},{"subject":"DERM","count":8},{"subject":"DS","count":88},{"subject":"DYSCI","count":35},{"subject":"ECE","count":155},{"subject":"ECON","count":145},{"subject":"EDPOL","count":114},{"subject":"EDPSYCH","count":97},{"subject":"ELPA","count":70},{"subject":"EMA","count":53},{"subject":"EMERMED","count":17},{"subject":"ENGL","count":206},{"subject":"ENTOM","count":40},{"subject":"ENVIRST","count":148},{"subject":"EP","count":15},{"subject":"EPD","count":67},{"subject":"ESL","count":16},{"subject":"F&WECOL","count":60},{"subject":"FAMMED","count":22},{"subject":"FINANCE","count":50},{"subject":"FOLKLORE","count":40},{"subject":"FOODSCI","count":43},{"subject":"FRENCH","count":63},{"subject":"GEN&WS","count":145},{"subject":"GENBUS","count":72},{"subject":"GENECSLR","count":17},{"subject":"GENETICS","count":60},{"subject":"GEOG","count":113},{"subject":"GEOSCI","count":83},{"subject":"GERMAN","count":82},{"subject":"GLE","count":48},{"subject":"GNS","count":38},{"subject":"GREEK","count":27},{"subject":"HDFS","count":41},{"subject":"HEBR-BIB","count":13},{"subject":"HEBR-MOD","count":10},{"subject":"HISTORY","count":233},{"subject":"HISTSCI","count":56},{"subject":"HONCOL","count":13},{"subject":"ILS","count":43},{"subject":"INFOSYS","count":9},{"subject":"INTEGART","count":7},{"subject":"INTEGSCI","count":22},{"subject":"INTER-AG","count":18},{"subject":"INTER-HE","count":11},{"subject":"INTER-LS","count":22},{"subject":"INTEREGR","count":16},{"subject":"INTLBUS","count":21},{"subject":"INTLST","count":50},{"subject":"ISYE","count":83},{"subject":"ITALIAN","count":53},{"subject":"JEWISH","count":56},{"subject":"JOURN","count":88},{"subject":"KINES","count":128},{"subject":"LACIS","count":26},{"subject":"LANDARC","count":61},{"subject":"LATIN","count":24},{"subject":"LAW","count":120},{"subject":"LEGALST","count":48},{"subject":"LINGUIS","count":35},{"subject":"LIS","count":89},{"subject":"LITTRANS","count":78},{"subject":"LSC","count":52},{"subject":"M&ENVTOX","count":7},{"subject":"MARKETNG","count":62},{"subject":"MATH","count":153},{"subject":"MDGENET","count":8},{"subject":"ME","count":130},{"subject":"MEDHIST","count":43},{"subject":"MEDICINE","count":60},{"subject":"MEDIEVAL","count":32},{"subject":"MEDPHYS","count":39},{"subject":"MEDSC-M","count":29},{"subject":"MEDSC-V","count":41},{"subject":"MHR","count":68},{"subject":"MICROBIO","count":45},{"subject":"MILSCI","count":16},{"subject":"MM&I","count":22},{"subject":"MOLBIOL","count":6},{"subject":"MS&E","count":59},{"subject":"MUSIC","count":165},{"subject":"MUSPERF","count":126},{"subject":"NAVSCI","count":20},{"subject":"NE","count":44},{"subject":"NEURODPT","count":11},{"subject":"NEUROL","count":7},{"subject":"NEURSURG","count":4},{"subject":"NTP","count":11},{"subject":"NURSING","count":111},{"subject":"NUTRSCI","count":65},{"subject":"OBS&GYN","count":18},{"subject":"OCCTHER","count":39},{"subject":"ONCOLOGY","count":14},{"subject":"OPHTHALM","count":5},{"subject":"OTM","count":43},{"subject":"PATH","count":34},{"subject":"PATH-BIO","count":29},{"subject":"PEDIAT","count":26},{"subject":"PHARMACY","count":31},{"subject":"PHILOS","count":77},{"subject":"PHMCOL-M","count":11},{"subject":"PHMPRAC","count":45},{"subject":"PHMSCI","count":60},{"subject":"PHYASST","count":37},{"subject":"PHYSICS","count":88},{"subject":"PHYSIOL","count":3},{"subject":"PHYTHER","count":37},{"subject":"PLANTSCI","count":52},{"subject":"PLPATH","count":35},{"subject":"POLISCI","count":192},{"subject":"POPHLTH","count":58},{"subject":"PORTUG","count":33},{"subject":"PSYCH","count":101},{"subject":"PSYCHIAT","count":22},{"subject":"PUBAFFR","count":54},{"subject":"PUBLHLTH","count":23},{"subject":"RADIOL","count":11},{"subject":"REALEST","count":41},{"subject":"RELIGST","count":90},{"subject":"RHABMED","count":9},{"subject":"RMI","count":24},{"subject":"RP&SE","count":102},{"subject":"S&APHM","count":17},{"subject":"SCANDST","count":73},{"subject":"SLAVIC","count":89},{"subject":"SOC","count":149},{"subject":"SOCWORK","count":87},{"subject":"SOILSCI","count":46},{"subject":"SPANISH","count":83},{"subject":"SRMED","count":21},{"subject":"STAT","count":94},{"subject":"STDYABRD","count":52},{"subject":"STS","count":8},{"subject":"SURGERY","count":25},{"subject":"SURGSCI","count":33},{"subject":"THEATRE","count":91},{"subject":"URBRPL","count":60},{"subject":"UROLOGY","count":5},{"subject":"ZOOLOGY","count":89}],"deployed_at":null,"site_commit":null},"data":{"course":{"run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","semester":"1272","observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00","record_version_id":"9739ca9e89284f777ddce6b061a542f8732044f0909eec1975a3702457a4498f","course_id":"LIS 665","course_uid":"course_30f2450321ac44372a3693a7","catalog_version_id":"dde748f0b9bccdd7e914f1acdd573f7df1c99b9abcd5429eb1f8774de5593467","course_number":665,"subjects":["LIS"],"title":"TOPICS IN RACE AND ETHNICITY IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY","description":"Discusses issues in the provision of information services in a multiethnic and multilingual society. It also discusses the role of information institutions in promoting and preserving ethnic heritage.","requirements_text":"Sophomore standing","credits_min":null,"credits_max":null,"credit_offering_ids":[],"llm_job_id":"enrich-f516c4d3e82cfe326b4f5f54","llm_output_id":"2d2bfa4b52100197710d1da9612f7df6bb86e289461a1f334e775a236574f5bc","llm_model":"nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4","llm_model_revision":"1355db6a052410cfd62085d94b58866fd0f2c3c5","llm_task_version":"14","llm_search_status":"valid","llm_summary":"LIS 665 examines information service provision and institutional roles in multiethnic, multilingual societies.","llm_topics":["Race and ethnicity in the information society","Promoting and preserving ethnic heritage"],"llm_skills":[],"llm_assumed_background":[],"llm_search_phrases":["information services multilingual society","ethnic heritage information institutions","race and ethnicity LIS"],"llm_requirements_status":"valid","llm_student_summary_status":"valid","llm_experience_status":"valid","catalog_variants":[],"student_summary":{"context_hash":"5963d2a6cf8c16589d89d08785dcc82807b05d9a7deefd0fc4319f3b3a1b6fef","course_id":"LIS 665","current_instructors":[],"difficulty_workload":[{"citations":[{"instructor_name":"Ethelene Whitmire","review_date":"2020-01-02 02:48:58 +0000 UTC","review_id":"e81ca6cf69319d21386d4770","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1289210","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyNzgxODY5","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1289210","type":"review"}],"text":"Historical reviews of Ethelene Whitmire: One reviewer described the class as super easy with an easy grader, contrasting with other reviews that rated the difficulty higher."}],"errors":[],"historical_context":[{"citations":[{"instructor_name":"Ethelene Whitmire","review_date":"2019-11-22 16:47:10 +0000 UTC","review_id":"2cd3c59066e64b6e9ad9c2c5","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1289210","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyNDYzNDgx","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1289210","type":"review"},{"instructor_name":"Ethelene Whitmire","review_date":"2019-11-25 14:02:32 +0000 UTC","review_id":"1e431593657ff4a293949a4b","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1289210","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyNDczMzMz","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1289210","type":"review"}],"text":"Historical reviews of Ethelene Whitmire describe her as dismissive and uninterested in teaching, focusing instead on her own research. Students reported that lectures were disorganized, often consisting of her reading from handouts or discussing her personal work rather than providing structured guidance."}],"message":null,"offered":false,"profile_hash":"e59ddc7389015d0035b68cd195c939d475bf72b959b29cf12eab59b454ccaef1","quick_take":[{"citations":[{"instructor_name":"Ethelene Whitmire","review_date":"2019-11-22 16:47:10 +0000 UTC","review_id":"2cd3c59066e64b6e9ad9c2c5","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1289210","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyNDYzNDgx","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1289210","type":"review"},{"instructor_name":"Ethelene Whitmire","review_date":"2019-11-25 14:02:32 +0000 UTC","review_id":"1e431593657ff4a293949a4b","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1289210","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyNDczMzMz","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1289210","type":"review"},{"instructor_name":"Ethelene Whitmire","review_date":"2020-01-02 02:48:58 +0000 UTC","review_id":"e81ca6cf69319d21386d4770","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1289210","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyNzgxODY5","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1289210","type":"review"}],"text":"Historical reviews of Ethelene Whitmire: Ethelene Whitmire's LIS 665 reviews are polarized, with some calling the course a waste of time due to poor engagement, while others found the readings insightful and the grading lenient."},{"citations":[{"course_id":"LIS 665","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_record":{"entity_id":"b8c04364-c9bd-30ee-9a52-83cfd2bf1c9c","file":"tables/observations.parquet","kind":"grades","source":"madgrades"},"table":"grades_latest","term_id":"1182","type":"grade"},{"course_id":"LIS 665","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_record":{"entity_id":"b8c04364-c9bd-30ee-9a52-83cfd2bf1c9c","file":"tables/observations.parquet","kind":"grades","source":"madgrades"},"table":"grades_latest","term_id":"1202","type":"grade"}],"text":"Recent recorded grades — Fall 2017: 3.54 GPA, 78.6% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2019: 3.70 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades)."}],"student_experience":[{"citations":[{"instructor_name":"Ethelene Whitmire","review_date":"2019-11-22 16:47:10 +0000 UTC","review_id":"2cd3c59066e64b6e9ad9c2c5","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1289210","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyNDYzNDgx","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1289210","type":"review"},{"instructor_name":"Ethelene Whitmire","review_date":"2019-11-25 14:02:32 +0000 UTC","review_id":"1e431593657ff4a293949a4b","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1289210","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyNDczMzMz","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1289210","type":"review"}],"text":"Historical reviews of Ethelene Whitmire: Critics found the lectures unorganized, consisting of the professor reading from handouts or discussing her own research, with little guidance for student discussions."}],"task_hash":"74fb0997943e888960bbc9e47db8c4fd12e4292d55c20509d8d89db6a9910f68","teaching_history":[{"citations":[{"course_id":"LIS 665","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","section_number":1,"source_course_id":"b8c04364-c9bd-30ee-9a52-83cfd2bf1c9c","source_record":{"entity_id":"b8c04364-c9bd-30ee-9a52-83cfd2bf1c9c","file":"tables/observations.parquet","kind":"grades","source":"madgrades"},"table":"section_grades_latest","term_id":"1182","type":"grade"},{"course_id":"LIS 665","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","section_number":1,"source_course_id":"b8c04364-c9bd-30ee-9a52-83cfd2bf1c9c","source_record":{"entity_id":"b8c04364-c9bd-30ee-9a52-83cfd2bf1c9c","file":"tables/observations.parquet","kind":"grades","source":"madgrades"},"table":"section_grades_latest","term_id":"1192","type":"grade"},{"course_id":"LIS 665","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","section_number":1,"source_course_id":"b8c04364-c9bd-30ee-9a52-83cfd2bf1c9c","source_record":{"entity_id":"b8c04364-c9bd-30ee-9a52-83cfd2bf1c9c","file":"tables/observations.parquet","kind":"grades","source":"madgrades"},"table":"section_grades_latest","term_id":"1202","type":"grade"}],"text":"ETHELENE WHITMIRE is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule."}],"term_id":"1272","term_name":"2026 Fall","version":2},"requirements":{"nodes":[{"children":[],"condition":"Sophomore standing","course":null,"evidence":"Sophomore standing","id":"n0","kind":"condition"}],"notes":[],"root":"n0","status":"parsed"},"instructors":[],"offerings":[],"sections":[],"grade_instructors":[{"instructor_uid":"instructor_138ef64e6fb8385e0f767d62","source":"madgrades","source_instructor_id":"3113301","identity_basis":"source_id","identity_status":"source_identified","name":"ETHELENE WHITMIRE","email":null,"first_observed_at":"2026-09-06 23:14:58.172943+00:00","last_observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00","ratings":{"review_count":15,"quality":3.4,"difficulty":1.93,"quality_count":15,"difficulty_count":15,"profile_id":"rmp:1289210","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1289210","match_basis":"exact_name","observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:40:10.317399+00:00","courses":{"course_30f2450321ac44372a3693a7":{"review_count":3,"quality":2,"difficulty":2,"quality_count":3,"difficulty_count":3},"course_a9cb22785a9eaa5b23943342":{"review_count":1,"quality":2,"difficulty":4,"quality_count":1,"difficulty_count":1},"course_195b34643875b4af72811020":{"review_count":2,"quality":3,"difficulty":1.5,"quality_count":2,"difficulty_count":2}},"bayesian_quality":3.54839187631234,"prior_mean":3.6596857835465957,"prior_weight":20},"grade_statistics":{"gpa":3.667,"graded":1016,"counts":[609,240,121,20,15,7,4],"sections":86},"instructor_url":"/instructors/ETHELENE_WHITMIRE--instructor_138ef64e6fb8385e0f767d62"}],"grades":[{"run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","semester":"1272","observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00","course_id":"LIS 665","course_uid":"course_30f2450321ac44372a3693a7","term_id":"1182","term_name":"Fall 2017","instructors":["Ethelene Whitmire"],"a":8,"ab":3,"b":0,"bc":2,"c":1,"d":0,"f":0,"satisfactory":0,"unsatisfactory":0,"credit":0,"no_credit":0,"passed":0,"incomplete":1,"no_work":0,"not_reported":0,"other":0,"total":15,"source_aliases":["LIS 665"]},{"run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","semester":"1272","observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00","course_id":"LIS 665","course_uid":"course_30f2450321ac44372a3693a7","term_id":"1192","term_name":"Fall 2018","instructors":["Ethelene Whitmire"],"a":0,"ab":0,"b":0,"bc":0,"c":0,"d":0,"f":0,"satisfactory":0,"unsatisfactory":0,"credit":0,"no_credit":0,"passed":0,"incomplete":0,"no_work":0,"not_reported":0,"other":0,"total":0,"source_aliases":["LIS 665"]},{"run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","semester":"1272","observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00","course_id":"LIS 665","course_uid":"course_30f2450321ac44372a3693a7","term_id":"1202","term_name":"Fall 2019","instructors":["Ethelene Whitmire"],"a":6,"ab":2,"b":2,"bc":0,"c":0,"d":0,"f":0,"satisfactory":0,"unsatisfactory":0,"credit":0,"no_credit":0,"passed":0,"incomplete":0,"no_work":0,"not_reported":0,"other":0,"total":10,"source_aliases":["LIS 665"]}],"statistics":{"gpa":3.604,"graded":24,"counts":[14,5,2,2,1,0,0]},"grade_conflicts":[],"evidence":{"history":["/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course_30f2450321ac44372a3693a7-0.json"],"traces":["/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course_30f2450321ac44372a3693a7-0.json"],"reviews":["/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/reviews/course_30f2450321ac44372a3693a7-0.json"],"results":["/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course_30f2450321ac44372a3693a7-0.json"]},"revision":"e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349"},"context":{"all":{"term":"","gpa":3.6041666666666665,"count":24,"university":null,"departments":[{"subject":"LIS","comparison":null}]},"terms":{"1182":{"term":"1182","gpa":3.5357142857142856,"count":14,"university":null,"departments":[{"subject":"LIS","comparison":null}]},"1192":null,"1202":{"term":"1202","gpa":3.7,"count":10,"university":null,"departments":[{"subject":"LIS","comparison":null}]}},"benchmarks":{"all":{"school":{"size":1983,"gpa":3.58352872967053,"topShare":77.314405299365,"count":98},"LIS":{"size":26,"gpa":3.860824340850758,"topShare":94.46988164062512,"count":64}},"terms":{"1182":{"school":{"size":1025,"gpa":3.474159360325319,"topShare":70.34861441764347,"count":69},"LIS":null},"1192":{"school":{"size":1077,"gpa":3.50327634323125,"topShare":72.44641925727845,"count":67},"LIS":null},"1202":{"school":{"size":1102,"gpa":3.5102605987403313,"topShare":72.78244569053733,"count":68},"LIS":null}}}},"instructorTrends":[{"uid":"instructor_138ef64e6fb8385e0f767d62","name":"ETHELENE WHITMIRE","count":24,"terms":[{"term":"1182","count":14,"sections":1,"gpa":3.5357142857142856},{"term":"1202","count":10,"sections":1,"gpa":3.7}]}],"following":[],"projection":null}}