LIBR 204-13
Information Organizations and Management
Spring 2007 Greensheet
Patricia L. Bril
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Phone: (714)278-2917
Fax: (714)278-2439
Office Location: CSUF Pollak Library 337
Office Hours: By appointment (onsite, phone, or e-mail)
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Textbooks and Readings | Course Requirements
The instructor will enroll all students who are officially registered into the Blackboard course site by January 24.
Course Description
Theory and practice for the management of library and information centers as applied in current organizations are presented and discussed. Emphasis is placed on examining the distinguishing characteristics, cultures, and relationships in information organizations. Specific attention is given to work in teams, ethical issues, and situational analysis.
Course Objectives
The objectives of the course are to introduce students to:
- basic management principles, concepts, and theories
- management literature in library and information science, public administration, business, and related fields
- elements of portfolios as evidence of performance, in preparation for e-portfolio “culminating experience”
- roles of managers and the basic management functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting, budgeting, and evaluating.
LIBR 204 supports the following SLIS Core Competencies:
- apply the fundamental principles of planning, management and marketing/advocacy;
- design training programs based on appropriate learning principles and theories;
- demonstrate oral and written communication skills necessary for group work, collaborations and professional level presentations;
- evaluate programs and services on specified criteria.
In addition, this section supports the following SLIS Core Competencies:
- articulate the ethics, values and foundational principles of library and information professionals and their role in the promotion of intellectual freedom;
- compare the environments and organizational settings in which library and information professionals practice;
- recognize the social, cultural and economic dimensions of information use;
- understand the nature of research, research methods and research findings; retrieve, evaluate and synthesize scholarly and professional literature for informed decision-making by specific client groups.
Textbooks and Readings
Required Text
- Evans, G. E., Ward, P. L. and Rugaas, B. (2000) Management Basics for Information
Professionals. New York: Neal Schuman.
Available from SLIS e-Bookstore at: http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/courses/books/204/index.php
Each student will be required to select and read at least one additional article related to the topics to be discussed on Blackboard during the weeks beginning on January 31, February 28, and March 7. Bibliographies in the textbook may be helpful in identifying appropriate articles and, of course, Library Literature as well as other indexing/abstracting tools may be consulted. Students will be asked to post brief summaries on Blackboard about the articles they have read.
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 Meetings
The class will meet from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. on the following Wednesdays in PL-68:
- January 24
- February 21
- March 21
- May 9
In addition, there will be several online class discussions conducted via Blackboard. These will be asynchronous, generally ranging over a week, and will not require time-certain participation.
Assignments Overview
There will be a series of assignments, which will allow you to apply theory and practice of readings and class discussion. Some will be adaptable to your own working library situation.
Written work will be:
- Due by 5:00 pm of the established deadline date and, if late, reduced in grade by at least 10%
- Word processed and submitted electronically
- Documented and formatted appropriately, including the use of American Psychological Association (APA) style
- Free of mechanical errors.
Final Examination
There will be an examination during the last class meeting (May 9) which will provide an opportunity to synthesize understanding of management principles.
Grading
Final grades will be based upon the following weightings:
| Class activities | 15% |
| Ethics assignment | 15% |
| Observation assignment | 15% |
| Term Project—Written | 30% |
| Term Project—Oral | 10% |
| Final examination | 15% |
Grading of written work will take into account both the caliber of the presentation itself (syntax, style, and accuracy) and the content—demonstration of grasp of issues, use of appropriate sources, and critical analysis of information. Oral work will be evaluated on the basis of content as well as the effectiveness of focus for a specified audience.
All students start the class with a grade of “B”, the standard grade for graduate level work. Students who complete the assignments, attend the classes and participate in the classroom as well as Blackboard discussions will receive the B provided that the quality of the work meets the standard for the University. Above-standard work requires evidence of exceptional qualities in the originality of thought, depth of research and/or analysis, and presentation of information.
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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