LIBR 204-13
Information Organizations and Management
Fall 2006 Greensheet
Connie Costantino, Ed.D.
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On Monday, August 21, the instructor will send the access code to enroll via the MySJSU system. Students must self-enroll in Blackboard by the first day of class, Wednesday, August 23.
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.
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
Through the assignments, students will be expected to:
- research a practical situation or current issue in an information organization regarding social, cultural and economic dimensions of information use and develop a group case study;
- collaborate on a second group project to develop operating goals, objectives and a strategic plan for one type of information organizational setting;
- 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 Electronic Portfolio (e-Portfolio); and
- individually evaluate another group’s project by comparing and contrasting how the environments and organizational settings are similar and different in practice.
Required Text and Readings
Required Text
- Evans, G. E., Layzell Ward, P., & Rugaas, B. (2000). Management basics for information professionals. New York: Neal-Schuman. This book should be available in the campus bookstore or may be purchased online at www.neal-schuman.com
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.
Points will be deducted for APA errors. APA is SLIS’ required style of writing.
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 any type.
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 July 1st. 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 course will be taught entirely online.
Primary Requirements
The primary course requirements are that students will:
- have the minimal home computing environment as described at http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/ecommunication/homecomputing.htm
- complete the New Student Technology Course. See http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/slis/blackboardintro.htm
- use Blackboard and refer to Tutorials at http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/blackboard/
- submit assignments via Blackboard’s Assignment Manager
- participate in Blackboard collaborative sessions (Java Plug-in is required)
- use an up-to-date virus protection program to scan all assignments before submitting them electronically
- throughout the course participate on discussion boards; contribute relevant comments; and share and critique useful resources
- include a title page, abstract, summary, and conclusion
- use headings in research papers to help organize thoughts and also transition the reader
Assignments
The following is a general list of assignments. Assignments will be posted in Blackboard with due dates. Click within each assignment to view the details and the rubric that explains points for each assignment. Total assignments and course participation = 400 points.
Students are expected to participate and contribute to discussions that are of interest and create new, meaningful “threads” related to the course content.
Be prepared to express your opinions, pose questions, compare and contrast ideas, share resources, and collaborate!
- Introduction – 20 points
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 to your fellow students’ introductions. Learning each other’s interests and expertise in relation to management will help when you form teams to collaborate on the group projects. - Analytical Essay 1 – 40 points
Information Organization Management: Theory/Practice - Case Study – 140 points
Collaborative group project focuses on a management problem, issue, or results of a successful managerial situation within a library or information organization. - Operating Goals and Objectives/Strategic Plan – 160 points
In addition to developing a library/information organization’s operating goals and objectives based on the vision and mission, develop a 3 year strategic plan utilizing a needs assessment instrument. Include three strategic initiatives each with goals and objectives, etc. Address turbulent factors due to changes in the internal and external environments and how you will manage these changes.
Prepare in two parts:- Background version: Group project: 10 - 15 pages
- Public version: Individual project: up to 4 pages
- Analytical Essay 2 – 40 points
Critique another Group’s Case Study: Individual assignment
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 204-13 — Fall 2006
- 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 204-13_Last name_ Assignment name_ Fall 2006
Example: LIBR 204-13_Moslow_Introduction_ Fall 2006- 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 will accompany each assignment with grade points for content areas and participation within some of the assignments.
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
- new ideas
Errors in spelling, grammar and syntax will be subject to a grade penalty.
Note: All 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 when upgrades are performed. 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.
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+ |
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/
Plagiarism
Students are required to research other sources and to cite appropriately when using information from these sources. SLIS’s policy about plagiarism is at http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/de/problems/plagiarism.htm.
Assignments submitted must be your own work. Sources must be properly cited within the text of your assignment and under References as per the American Psychological Association’s (2001) Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.), Washington, D.C.
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
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