LIBR 202-11
LIBR 202-12
Information Retrieval
Fall 2006 Greensheet
Judy Tessier
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Students need to enroll for this course in Blackboard between Aug. 20-27. You will be required to use a password access code which will be sent to you by 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, but not limited to, libraries. In addition, the course explores various information systems to illustrate principles.
Prerequisites: Computer literacy is assumed, including downloading and installing software and use of the Internet.
Course Objectives
Student Learning Outcomes
Foundation knowledge of:
- User information seeking processes;
- Those user characteristics that affect information seeking and use;
- Basic concepts of information retrieval systems.
At the conclusion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Describe appropriate models of information seeking processes and factors;
- Describe the salient characteristics of an information retrieval 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;
- Develop an appropriate user model in the design of an IRS;
- Design a simple database for an information collection;
- Design, implement, and evaluate the record structure and vocabulary for a collection of documents.
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.
In addition, this section 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.
Required Texts
Marchionini, Gary. Information Seeking in Electronic Environments. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Order through Amazon or available free at Marchionini’s site: http://www.ils.unc.edu/~march/isee_book/web_page.html.
Chowdhury, G. G. 2004. 2nd ed. Introduction to modern information retrieval. New York: Neal-Schuman. Order from the publisher online (http://www.neal-schuman.com/db/4/384.html), be sure to mention SJSU SLIS discount (10%).
Supplementary readings. Available at the class website and through Blackboard.
Course Requirements
Course Format
This is an online class using Blackboard with one in-person weekend.
202-11 (48834) meets: Saturday-Sunday Sept. 16-17, 2006, 9AM-4PM in Fullerton, CSUF, PLS 68.
202-12 (48835) meets: Saturday-Sunday Sept. 23-24, 2006, 9AM-4PM in SanDiego at the Scripps Ranch Branch of SDPL, Seminar Room.
Assignments
| Assignment | Points |
| Midterm | 15 |
| Final Exam | 40 |
| Database design (Project 1) | 10 |
| Vocabulary design (Project 2) | 25 |
| Exercises & Discussion | 10 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Calendar
Calendar is posted in Blackboard. Class schedule starts Aug. 28.
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+ |
Late Assignments
Points will be deducted for each day an assignment is late. Contact the instructor concerning any special arrangements.
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 are required to report all infractions to the Office of Judicial Affairs. The policy on academic integrity can be found at http://www.sjsu.edu/senate/F06-1.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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