LIBR 233: SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA CENTERS

GREEN SHEET
(for Credit Students)

Important Note to all students taking this course for Spring 2005: The communications part of this course will be conducted on Blackboard. Go to tigris.sjsu.edu and find this course and enroll yourself. You will be put into groups after the first class period.

Also, be sure you are on SLISADMIN so you can get all official messages from the School. Here are the directions: We use an electronic list to keep you informated about important school information. All students are required to be on the list it is called slisadmin. To join: (1) Go into your email program and in the To: box enter listproc@listproc.sjsu.edu (2) Leave the subject line blank. (3) In the body of the message write subscribe slisadmin yourfirstname yourlastname. For exampe: subscribe slisadmin Linda Main. (4) send the message. You should receive a confirmation that you are subscribed.. Please note: You cannot post to this list. It is merely a way for the faculty and the staff to distribute school-related information. For more information on the school's electronic lists, please check out: http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/ecommunication/electroniclists.htm  

San Jose-Based Students: (Saturdays)

January 29: 9am-noon San Jose Campus modular D400

March 5: 9am-noon San Jose Campus modular D403

April 2: 9am-noon San Jose Campus modular D403

April 30: 9am-noon San Jose Campus modular D400

Fullerton-Based Students: (Sundays)

January 30: 10am-1pm Fullerton Campus PLS69

March 6: 10am-1pm Fullerton Campus PLS69

April 3: 10am-1pm Fullerton Campus PLS69

May 1: 10am-1pm Fullerton Campus PLS69

Missing a class will mean that class activities resulting in an A grade will not be able to be made up. You can attend sessions in northern or southern California if the dates better suit your plans.

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(for southern California, contact the office manager at 714-278-5808 for more information, registration, specific locations)
(for norhern California, contact Sharlee at 408-924-2417 for more informaiton, registration, specific locations)

Course Description

A seminar designed to explore the role of the school library media teacher and the school library media program in the educational community. Emphasis will be on the creation of effective learning environment, involvement in the curriculum and teaching process, as well as philosophies of service and management. 3 units.

Course Objectives

1. Students will know and understand the components of an effective library media program across a wide spectrum of programatic and administrative topics.

2. Students will be expected to translate that body of knowledge into a working plan of action for an actual library media program in an elementary or secondary school. The two major programmatic thrusts of this course are developing a program for reading and enhancing learning through technology.

3. Students will be able to sort through and articulate practice as it reflects tradition in the field vs. the push into the future. One way this will begin to happen is through a thorough analysis of Information Power, 1998.

4. Students will understand and begin to build the competencies designed by the State of California for school library media teachers and demonstrate these competencies through a portfolio that will satisfy both the state and SJSU.

Textbooks

Required:

1. Information Power. American Library Association, 1998. This may be ordered from the American Library Association or Amazon.com

2. Loertscher, David V. Taxonomies of the School Library Media Program. 2nd edition. Hi Willow Research & Publishing, 2000. Instructor will have copies available at the the first or 2nd class period for $20

3. Loertscher, David V. Reinvent Your School's Library in the Age of Technology: A Guide for Principals and Superintendents. 2002 edition. Hi Willow Research & Publishing, 2002. Available for $15 from the instructor at the first class period.

4. Loertscher, David and Douglas Achterman. Increasing Academic Achievement in Your Classroom Through the Library: A Guide for Teachers. Hi Willow Research & Publishing, 2002. Available from the instructor for $15 the first class period.

5. White, Brenda H. School Library Media Programs: A Quick Guide to Success. Hi Willow Research & Publishing, 2004.

6. Loertscher, David and Jo Ellen Misakian. California Power! A Parents' Guide to School Libraries. Hi Willow Research & Publishing, 2004. Available for $15 from the instructor at the first class period.

I think you need to read a basic book about operational stuff in the library media center and here are a few titles that might fill a gap or two:

• Woolls, Blanche. The School Library Media Manager. 3rd edition. Libraries Unlimited, 2004. Lots of good stuff, particularly for the district-level person.

• Wasman, Ann M. New Steps to Service: Common-Sense Advice for the School Library Media Center. American Library Association, 1998. This is a pretty good beginners guide. My only objection is that it does not really cover technology very well.

Morris, Betty J. Administering the School Library Media Center. 4th Edition. Libraries Unlimited, 2004. A standard source newly-revised for the building-level school library media teacher.

• There are also a number of new books on technology and the library media center published since 2002 that would help in understanding the technological side of the job.

The reader should beware that titles even two years old covering technology in libraries will contain dated materials.

Office Hours

The professor lives in Salt Lake City and so meeting on campus would be a rarity. The best way to contact him is at his email address and additional conferences can be by telephone. Advising is best done during face-to-face meetings. If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, if you have emergency medical information to share with me, or if you need special arrangement in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible, or see me during office hours. I do not mind being called at home.

Grading

All work should be of professional quality. The web site created should be good enough to show to a prospective employer with pride. The class members will create a personal rubric upon which each will be graded. This rubric will contain elements common to all students and elements applicable to the individual.

Final rubric:

Completion of all classroom activities - 10 pts each class
Participation in Question of the Week - 30 points
Amount of reading in evidence in the School Library Media Center Datafile - 30 pts
Web Portal Project / Digital School Library Project- 30pts
Membership in a professional organization - 10 pts
Visit to legislator - 30 pts (must be completed to finish the course)
Write a grant - 20 points
Assessment of Impact on Achievement Project - 20 points

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/

Plagiarism

All assignments submitted must be your own work. Sources must be properly cited in papers. Those found plagiarizing will automatically fail the course and may be subjedct to other administrative penalties. The San Jose State University regulations governing plagiarism will be enforced. Those regulations may be found at: http://info.sjsu.edu search option: Academic Dishonesty.

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