Spring 2027

Library Services to Children and Young Adults

Examines the theory, structure, and administration of public library services for children and young adults, including their community function, through seminar and field work.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 DeAnza Williams

Summary

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Past student reviews · Ethelene Whitmire

One past student rated the course difficulty as high, noting that the professor sometimes provided incorrect information.

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Prerequisites

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Graduate/professional standing

  • Graduate/professional standing
LIS 772

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  • Graduate/professional standing

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.88 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

DEANZA WILLIAMS is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, 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

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 250

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Ethelene Whitmire

A historical review described Prof. Whitmire as a nice person with interesting research, though she was not very engaged in teaching.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.88 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Ethelene Whitmire

One past student rated the course difficulty as high, noting that the professor sometimes provided incorrect information.

Past student reviews · Ethelene Whitmire

The reviewer found the professor unengaged and prone to factual errors, resulting in a low quality rating.

Topics

  • Theory and structure of public library service to children and young people
  • Function of library service in the community
  • Techniques of administration

Skills

  • Techniques of administration for public library service
  • Understanding the function of library service in the community

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Catalog & offerings

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LIS 772 · Spring 2027

Library Services to Children and Young Adults

Recorded 2026-10-29
Raw records 
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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