Summer Semester

Posted May 18, 2026 by Emmy Mahoney

Hello everyone! This year, I decided to maintain my academic momentum from the spring semester, by enrolling in two summer courses: LIS 440 and LIS 442. Both of these classes are required for the archives concentration, and are the last two LIS classes that I need to take to complete the LIS degree. 

The course LIS 440, or Archival Access and Use, focuses on the relationship between use, access, and archival description. In this class, we will be looking at different archival standards, such as EAD and DACS. This class includes a couple of projects, such as creating a glossary of archival vocabulary and building a finding aid. This semester, I enrolled in a section of this course that is both online and asynchronous. 

The course LIS 442, or Establishing and Managing Archives and Manuscript Collections, provides graduate students with the necessary skills for developing and sustaining an archives. This course has two major group projects–creating a strategic plan and writing a grant–which will equip students with experience that is relevant for a career in this field. Like LIS 440, the section of this class that I am enrolled in is online and asynchronous.

I really enjoyed my summer semester last year, and am looking forward to getting the ball rolling on this one. Additionally, I have not taken an archives-focused course since last year’s spring semester, so I am excited to delve back in with these classes!