ABOUT OUR ONLINE COURSES

Mike and Penny have taught two online course for San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science (SJSU SLIS). Penny's course is on Public Library Issues. Together, Mike and Penny team-taught Research Methods from a Postmodern Perspective.

SJSU SLIS is the largest program in the world offering a Masters Degree in Library and Information Science. There are approximately 2500 students registered for the 2 year program - many of them are currently employed in libraries. All courses are now offered online to students anywhere in the world. SJSUS SLIS also has a gateway PhD program with Queensland University of Technology

COURSE CONTENT

Both courses are from what we call "a postmodern perspective." For us, postmodernism is the body of thought which originated with the Continental Philosophers in 1960s and questioned many of the generally accepted modern positivist beliefs that have dominated our thinking since the rise of the Logical Positivism in the early 20th Century. Because Library and Information Science (LIS) privileges quantitative, positivist approaches, it is very interesting to teach this way.

Use the buttons on the left to link to some content from both courses. If you think our ideas are interesting and wish to quote our work, please refer to us as the creators.