LIBR 202-13
Information Retrieval
Spring 2007 Greensheet
Dr. Ravonne Green
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Textbooks and Readings | Course Requirements
Students should enroll for the course in Blackboard. The access enrollment code will be sent to you through my.sjsu.
Course Description
Principles of information retrieval and their application to information systems and services. Emphasizing models of user information seeking behavior, human information processing and their relationship to retrieval models in information systems.
Course Prerequisites: Demonstrated computer literacy
Course Objectives
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will be able to design, query, and evaluate a database information retrieval system, using an appropriate user model
- Students will be able to articulate fundamental concepts of information-seeking behavior and employ them in the design and evaluation of systems
- Students will be able to define a set of terms reflecting fundamental concepts of information retrieval and use them in discussions of their projects for the class.
- Students will understand metadata, both structure and representation, and be aware of dominant models such as the MARC record, LC Classification, Dublin Core, and Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Students will understand principles of good interface design and be able to evaluate interfaces using those principles.
LIBR 202 supports the following SLIS Core Competencies:
- design, query and evaluate information retrieval systems;
- understand the system of standards and methods used to control and create information structures and apply basic principles involved in the organization and representation of knowledge;
- describe the fundamental concepts of information-seeking behaviors.
This course supports the following SLIS Core Competencies
- Use the basic concepts and principles related to the creation, evaluation, selection, acquisition, preservation and organization of specific items or collections of information;
- Demonstrate proficiency in the use of current information and communication technologies, and other related technologies, as they affect the resources and uses of libraries and other types of information providing entities;
- Use service concepts, principles and techniques that facilitate information access, relevance, and accuracy for individuals or groups of users;
SLIS Core Competencies can be found at:
http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/slis/competencies.htm
Textbooks and Readings
Required Textbooks
Please order the two textbooks from the
SLIS e-Bookstore or or directly from the publishers in time to have them by at least the second week of class.
- Meadow, Charles T., Boyce, Bert R., and Kraft, Donald H. (2000) Text Information Retrieval Systems, 2nd ed. San Diego: Academic Press.
- Marchionini, Gary (1995). Information Seeking in Electronic Environments. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Supplemental Readings
“Supplemental Readings” on electronic reserve
Course Requirements
Complete the New Student Technology Course
This is a mandatory short, self-paced online course on Blackboard that must be completed by all new SLIS students before the first day of classes. The access code for this course will be sent to new students via MySJSU. If you have questions about this course, e-mail Debbie Faires or Dale David.
For more information, see http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/slis/blackboardintro.htm
Blackboard Information
Materials for each week’s class will be available the day before class in the Course Documents section. Other course information about assignments, etc., may be found there as well. Please enroll for the course in Blackboard. There will be materials posted for the first class, as well as an explanation of how to print copies if you wish to (most students find it useful). The access enrollment code will be sent to you through my.sjsu.
Assignments
The assignments are listed below along with the skills they address:
| IR system design exercises | |
| Attribute elicitation exercise | 100 points |
| Classification exercise | 100 points |
| Vocabulary design exercise | 100 points |
| Assignment #1 Descriptive metadata |
350 points |
| Assignment #2 Vocabulary design & evaluation |
350 points |
| Total Points | 1,000 |
Grading Scale
The standard SJSU SLIS Grading Scale is utilized for all SLIS courses:
| 97-100 | A |
| 94-96 | A- |
| 91-93 | B+ |
| 88-90 | B |
| 85-87 | B- |
| 82-84 | C+ |
| 79-81 | C |
| 76-78 | C- |
| 73-75 | D+ |
| 70-72 | D |
| 67-69 | D- |
| Below 67 | F |
Academic Integrity
Your own commitment to learning, as evidenced by your enrollment at San José State University, and the University's Academic Integrity Policy requires you to be honest in all your academic course work. Faculty members are required to report all infractions to the Office of Student Conduct and Ethical Development. The policy on academic integrity can be found at http://sa.sjsu.edu/student_conduct.
Reasonable Accommodation of Disabilities
If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability,
please e-mail me as soon as possible. Presidential Directive 97-03 requires
that students with disabilities register with the Disability Resource Center
(DRC) to establish record of their disability.
No matter where students reside, they should contact the SJSU DRC to register. The DRC Web site: http://www.drc.sjsu.edu/
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