LIBR 204-11
Information Organizations and Management
Spring 2007 Greensheet
Connie Costantino, Ed.D.
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On Thursday, January 18, 2007, the instructor will send an access code to students in the MySJSU Message System who are enrolled in this course. Then students must self-enroll in Blackboard before the course starts on Wednesday, January 24.
Course Description
Identifying distinguishing characteristics, culture and relationships of information organizations. Emphasizes theories examining the interaction between human beings and the organizations in which they work.
Prerequisites: none
Course Objectives
The course objectives are to introduce students to:
- basic management principles, concepts, and theories;
- management literature in library and information science, business, and related fields;
- the flexible roles and functions of managers in environments with changing internal and external factors;
- an understanding of the creative activities of managers and the roles they play in promoting, advocating, and inspiring group activities, collaboration, communication, and innovation;
- the processes involved in analytical thinking and strategic planning; and
- the issues and practical situations related to managing services and resources, and leading personnel in a diverse society.
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:
- recognize the social, cultural and economic dimensions of information use;
- compare the environments and organizational settings in which library and information professionals practice.
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will be expected to:
- work in groups to research a practical situation or current issue in an information organization regarding social, cultural and economic dimensions of information use and develop a case study;
- collaborate on a second group project to develop operating goals, objectives and a strategic plan for one type of information organizational setting; create an e-Portfolio in Plone and post this assignment under an appropriate SLIS Core Competency;
- individually create a unique marketing/advocacy project to promote the group’s strategic plan. This practical public relations project should be professional and appealing in nature and could become part of the student’s e-Portfolio; and
- individually evaluate another group’s case study; compare and contrast how the environments and organizational settings are similar and different in practice from your group’s case study.
Textbooks and Readings
Required Text
- Evans, G. E., Layzell Ward, P., & Rugaas, B. (2000). Management basics for information professionals. New York: Neal-Schuman. Go to SLIS e-Bookstore
Also Required
- Required readings will be assigned each week. Students will need to retrieve most of these items by accessing SJSU’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library or through SLIS’ Restricted Readings.
- American Psychological Association (APA, 2001) Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.), Washington, D.C. Go to SLIS e-Bookstore
See http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/resources/apa.htm
For each assignment (exception: Introduction), APA format for citations and references from a minimum of the following will be required: the textbook, 3 required readings, and 2 additional relevant sources of your choice.
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 classes begin January 24. 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 Participation
Students are expected to participate throughout the entire semester. Contribute to discussions that are of interest to you. Create and label new, meaningful “threads” on the Discussion Boards.
It is important to express your own opinions while also being respectful; suggest constructive ideas for improvement while evaluating other’s work; pose relevant questions; compare and contrast ideas; share and critique resources; and collaborate!
Course Format
This course will be taught entirely online in Blackboard.
Primary Requirements
The primary course requirements are that students will:
- have access to the computing environment as described at http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/ecommunication/homecomputing.htm
- use Blackboard and refer to Tutorials as needed at http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/blackboard/
- submit assignments via Blackboard’s Assignment Manager
- read tutorials to participate in collaborative sessions in Blackboard’s Chat (Java Plug-in is required) & Elluminate http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/software/elluminate/students/
- create their e-Portfolio in Plone and post the Group Strategic Plan assignment there http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/plone/
- use an up-to-date virus protection program to scan all assignments before submitting them electronically
- include a title page, abstract, summary, and conclusion with each assignment (exception: Introduction)
- use APA headings within assignments to help organize thoughts and also transition the reader (exception: Introduction)
Assignment Due Dates (Dates are subject to change with fair notice.)
Assignments must be submitted before 11:59 pm on the date due. Plan ahead because Blackboard could malfunction at any time. Blackboard also has a downtime in the early morning. Assignments submitted up to one week after the due date will be subject to a 10% grade penalty. Assignments more than a week late will not be accepted.
Assignments
The following is a general list of assignments. Click within each assignment in Blackboard to view the rubric that explains the points for details within each assignment. Total assignments and course participation equal 400 points.
- Introduction – 20 points
Due: Wed., Jan. 24 – Tues. Jan. 30
Introduce yourself to the class by posting your story on Blackboard’s Discussion Board. Read other students’ introductions and look for common interests. Post comments/questions to your fellow students’ Introductions. Learning about each other’s experiences, interests, and backgrounds in relation to types of information organizations and management will help you form teams for the Group Projects. - Analytical Essay 1 – 40 points
Due: Tuesday, February 13
Reflect on your organizational management experiences and relate them to theories in the textbook, assigned readings and additional resources. - Case Study – 140 points
Due: Tuesday, March 20
This is a collaborative project. Group will form to prepare a case study of a managerial organizational problem within an information organization. One group member will post the project on the Case Study Discussion Board for everyone's review and submit a copy to the instructor via the Assignment Manager. See rubric for due dates and tasks within this assignment. - Operating Goals & Objectives/Strategic Plan (Group Project) - 94 points
Due: Tuesday, April 17
Explain the operating goals/objectives of your library/information organization and develop a 3 year strategic plan with 3 initiatives. An example of a strategic management planning process will be posted under Course Documents. See rubric for due dates and tasks within this assignment. Each student will post - Advocacy Project (Individual Project) – 66 points
Due: Tuesday, April 24
Prepare a promotional item to advocate support of your Group’s strategic plan for one of your stakeholder groups. - Analytical Essay 2 – 40 points
Due: Tuesday, May 8
Each student will write an analysis and reaction essay critiquing another Group’s Case Study and submit to the instructor via the Assignment Manager.
Assignment Requirements
Requirements for all assignments:
- Title page with:
- Running head (see APA)
- Name of the assignment (Creating your own title demonstrates originality.)
- Your first and last name
- Date
- Information Organizations and Management
- LIBR 204-11 - Spring 2007
- School of Library and Information Science - San Jose State University
- After the title page, use the following class header on the top left-hand side of each page: LIBR 204-11_Last name_ Assignment name_Spring 2007
Example: LIBR 204-11_Moslow_Introduction_ Spring 2007- use this class header for the file name when attaching the assignment in Blackboard’s Assignment Manager and also in the Subject line when you email your instructor
- use of the APA header to the left of the page number is optional in this course
- number pages in the upper right-hand corner (see APA)
- the number of pages of text required for each assignment does not include the title page, abstract, references, and appendixes (if/when used)
Grading
Rubrics with points will accompany each assignment on Blackboard. The total number of points for this course is 400.
Above standard work clearly displays one or more of the following criteria:
- originality in the approach to the assignment;
- greater depth of analysis by comparing articles and/or viewpoints within the required course readings and across the literature;
- ability to retrieve and organize relevant information for yourself and while collaborating with others; and
- creative or new ideas
Errors in spelling, grammar and syntax will be subject to a grade penalty.
Grading Scale
The standard SJSU SLIS Grading Scale will be used:
| 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.
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