Fall 2026

Topics in Information Agency Management

LIS 855 examines management techniques for information agencies, covering materials control, operations, personnel, budgeting, and reporting.

offering recorded1–3 credits

Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Cassy Leeport Susan Mitchell

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

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LIS 855

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Professors

Fall 2026

Susan Mitchell

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.93 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

SUSAN MITCHELL is recorded teaching in Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity
LEC 004	Online Only	1 / 2
LEC 003	Online Only	0 / 1
LEC 005	Online Only	0 / 2
LEC 001	Online Only	10 / 13
LEC 002	Online Only	10 / 0
LEC 009	Online Only	22 / 25
LEC 010	Online Only	6 / 15

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

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Topics

Materials control and physical plant operations
Personnel programs and budget preparation
Statistical reporting
Information agency types (data analysis centers, research libraries, public libraries)

Skills

Management techniques for materials control, physical plant operations, personnel programs, budget preparation, and statistical reporting

Grades

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LIS 855 · Fall 2026

Topics in Information Agency Management

Recorded 2026-09-07

LIS 855 · Fall 2026

Grant Writing

Recorded 2026-09-07

LIS 855 · Fall 2026

NAGPRA Foundations

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4

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