LIBR 202-02
Information Retrieval
Spring 2007 Greensheet
Judy Tessier
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Students need to enroll for this course in Blackboard at the SLIS Web site (http://slisweb.sjsu.edu) by selecting Computing > Blackboard > SLIS Blackboard Site > Login > Course Catalog between Jan. 22-Jan. 28. You will be required to use a password access code which will be sent to you by the MySJSU Messaging system before Jan. 22.
Course Description
A survey of the principles of information retrieval and their application to information systems and services. Emphasizes models of user information seeking behavior, 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
- 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 NISO 39-19.
- 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.
These additional SLIS Core Competencies are also supported by the course:
- 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;
http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/slis/competencies.htm
Textbooks and Resources
Required Texts
Please order the two textbooks from any online bookstore (including the one on the SLIS website) or directly from the publishers in time to have them by at least the second week of class.
- Marchionini, Gary. Information Seeking in Electronic Environments. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Order online 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%).
Go to SLIS e-Bookstore.
Supplementary Readings
Available at the class website and through Blackboard.
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
Course Format
This is an online class using Blackboard with one in-person weekend.
202-02 meets: Saturday-Sunday Feb. 17-18, 2007 9AM-4PM in San Jose, SJSU, CL304.
Course Calendar
Calendar is posted in Blackboard. Class schedule starts Jan. 29.
Requirements
- Create a user model, and based on the needs identified, design descriptive and subject metadata for a collection.
- Create a controlled vocabulary that adheres to a set of standards such as NISO Z39.19
- Search the database.
- Set performance criteria and, based on searches, evaluate the database.
- Evaluate one or more information retrieval interfaces
- Describe fundamental concepts of information seeking behavior
- Use information retrieval concepts in discussions
Assignments
| Assignment | Points |
| Midterm | 15 |
| Final Exam | 40 |
| Database design (Project 1: addresses 1,3,4) | 10 |
| Vocabulary design (Project 2: 1,2,3,4,5) | 25 |
| Exercises & Discussion | 10 |
| Total | 100 |
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 |
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 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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