LIBR 202-04
LIBR 202-05
Information Retrieval
Spring 2006
Enid Irwin
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Textbooks | Course Requirements
Students must self-enroll for this course on Blackboard between January 22 and January 26. You will be required to use a password access code which will be provided with the MySJSU Messaging system.
Course Description
This course is a survey of the principles of information retrieval and their application to information systems and services. The course emphasizes models of user information seeking behavior and human information processing, and their relationships to retrieval models in information systems. It explores the fundamental processes of description, classification, information structures, database models, and intermediation as those processes are reflected in information systems of all types, including, libraries. In addition, the course explores various information systems to illustrate principles.
Goals and Objectives
To introduce the student to:
- Basic concepts of information systems;
- User information seeking processes;
- Those user characteristics that affect information seeking and use.
At the completion of the course the student should be able to:
- Describe appropriate models of information seeking processes and factors influencing them
- Describe the salient characteristics of an information system, using the model introduced and developed in the course
- Describe how the characteristics of information systems and users interact in the effective use of information.
This course supports the following SLIS objectives:
- To teach students the major theories, important principles, and current practice in:
- Information management, including the selection, organization, storage, retrieval, dissemination, and utilization of information resources
- The application of diverse technologies to information management.
- To foster research by:
- Requiring students to evaluate and utilize relevant research studies from a variety of disciplines in their coursework.
Textbooks
Required Texts
The required textbooks for this course are:
- 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. (Out of print.)
- “Supplemental Readings” on electronic reserve or available in the stacks of King and Pollak Libraries
Note:
- Chapters 3, 4, 9, 10 of Meadow; the entire Marchionini text, and some Supplemental Readings are online at http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/courses/202/welcome202.html
- Meadow text can be purchased online from www.amazon.com or www.barnsandnoble.com
- The online chapters of Meadow update the older edit.
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 orientation. The access code for this course will be sent to new students via MySJSU by June 27. 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
Course Format and MeetingsThis is an online class using Blackboard with one day in San Jose (9am to 3pm).
- 202-04 meets: Friday, February 17 in D402
- 202-05 meets: Saturday, February 18 in D402
Students must self-enroll for this course on Blackboard between January 22 and January 26. You will be required to use a password access code which will be provided with the MySJSU Messaging system.
Class starts promptly on Wednesday, January 25 so be sure to log into Blackboard and be prepared to start your studies.
Technology Components
To be successful in this course, you need to be able to:
- Send and receive e-mail and attachments including zipped files,
- Access the School’s Web site for course handouts and readings,
- Download software from a Web site site and install it on your computer,
- Use common Web site search engines, and
- Learn a new database management system.
A Note About E-mails
You may be required to send and receive e-mail attachments of a moderately large size (1MB - 8MB). If your current e-mail service provider places restrictions on the size of attachments that you can send or receive, then you will need to obtain an e-mail account without such restrictions.
All students are eligible for free accounts on the SLIS email server (slis.sjsu.edu), and there are no attachment or storage restrictions for those accounts.
For more information on SLIS Computing, check http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/ecommunication/homecomputing.htm
Assignments
The assignments for this course and their point values are listed below:
| Database design exercises | 30 points |
| Attribute Elicitation | |
| Autobiography Categories | |
| Classification | |
| Assignment #1 | 100 points |
| Assignment #2 | 150 points |
| Journals and Surveys | 170 points |
| Midterm | 25 points |
| Final | 25 points |
| TOTAL | 500 points |
Grading
The class GPA for LIBR 202 usually runs between 91% and 93% (a B+). University policy states that competent graduate level work is B. Late assignments can only be accepted without penalty if prior arrangements are made with the instructor.
The following grading scale will be used:
| 97-100% | A |
| 94-96% | A- |
| 91-93% | B+ |
| 88-90% | B |
| 85-87% | B- |
| 82-84% | C+ |
| 80-81% | C |
All assignments submitted need to be your own work with sources properly cited as required by the assignment. The San José State University regulations governing plagiarism will be enforced.
Academic Integrity
Read the SJSU Academic Integrity Policy
http://www2.sjsu.edu/senate/S04-12.pdf
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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