LIBR 220-02 and 220-11
Resources and Info. Services:
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Spring 2005

Instructor: Susan Ardis
E-mail

GREENSHEET

Once you are registered (Peoplesoft) the next step is to send the instructor e-mail from the e-mail address you wish to use for this class.   Once this is received the instructor will e-mail you the:

• Class instructions
• Class Web address
• Password for class 

This class will officially open on January 26, 2005.  

Note: this class does NOT use Blackboard.  

Course Description

Examination and use of the various specialized information resources used by librarians and members of the scientific and technology community.  

Goals and Objectives

Upon completion of the course the student will be able to

1. Recognize and understand the differences between the various scientific and technological disciplines. 
2. Recognize the various information resources available to each discipline. 
3. Demonstrate how to work through various questions and thereby-learn by doing. 
4. Recognize, understand, and use the major online and paper resources.
5. Demonstrate the use of the important tools through answering questions.
6. Understand some of the issues in sci/tech librarianship.

The course supports the following objectives from the School’s goals and objectives:

1. Teaching: Information management, including the selection, organization, storage, retrieval, dissemination and utilization of information resources.
2. Teaching: Advocacy and leadership for citizen access to information.

Web-based instruction 

This is a self-paced, assignment-based Web class.  The Website will include readings from various sources as well as written lectures and problem sets.  Several assignments will involve actually going to a university library. 

There is no assigned textbook. All lectures, readings, assignments, quizzes and the final are on the Web.  

The class will be held on the Internet and all interaction with the professor will be through e-mail.

The assignments will vary in length; some will be quite short and other will be more extensive.  

Assignments are due no earlier or later than the dates indicated in the class calendar unless there are extraordinary circumstances.  

All assignments should be sent to Susan Ardis as an e-mail or Microsoft Word® attachment.

Grading 

Read the SJSU Academic Integrity Policy
http://www2.sjsu.edu/senate/S04-12.pdf

Reasonable Accommodation of Disabilities

Students who need accommodation due to a disability must register with SJSU's Disability Resource Center (DRC) during the first three weeks of the semester. The Center will work with the students to determine the disability, document it, and determine the services and accommodations necessary for student success. Then, the DRC will contact the faculty member to determine the types of consideration necessary.

Students attending the Fullerton campus should first contact the Disability Resource Center in San Jose since they are SJSU students. The DRC will then direct the students to supporting resources on the Fullerton campus.

The DRC Web site: http://www.drc.sjsu.edu/

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