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Intellectual Freedom Seminar
Summer 2006 Greensheet
Carrie Gardner
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Course Description
Focuses on current intellectual freedom issues and the centrality of intellectual freedom to librarianship.
Course Goals and Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will:
- Understand the idea of patron privacy and be familiar with state privacy laws.
- Understand how the First Amendment and numerous laws relate to Libraries.
- Know the definition of Intellectual Freedom.
- Explore the ideas of selection vs. censorship.
- Know the Librarians Code of Ethics.
- Understand the purpose of the Library Bill of Rights and it's Interpretations.
The Objectives of this course that relate to the SLIS Goals are:
- Teaching students the major theories, important principles, and current practice in the following areas:
- The foundations of information services;
- Information management, including the selection, organization, storage, retrieval, dissemination and utilization of information resources;
- The principles and practices of management as specifically applied to information environments;
- Advocacy and leadership for citizen access to information and knowledge resources; and
- Giving students the opportunity to take elective courses, practicum experiences, and independent studies that prepare them to contribute to the work of the library and information professions.
- Requiring students to evaluate and utilize relevant research studies from a variety of disciplines in their coursework.
Textbooks and Resources
Required Textbook
Intellectual Freedom Manual, 7th edition. American Library Association. amazon.com.
IFACTION
Everyone will monitor IFACTION, a news-only, no-discussion e-list of the Intellectual Freedom Action Network (IFAN) and the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) of the American Library Association.
- To Subscribe to IFACTION
- Send a message to listproc@ala.org
- Leave the subject line blank. In the body of the message, type:
subscribe ifaction yourfirstname yourlastname
- To Unsubscribe from IFACTION
- send a message to listproc@ala.org
- Leave the subject line blank. In the body of the message, type:
unsubscribe ifaction
- To Receive IFACTION in Digest Form
To receive ALA e-lists in digest form, send the following command as the only text in an e-mail message to listproc@ala.org. Leave the subject line blank. In the body of the message, type:
set NAMEOFELIST mail digest
Course Requirements
Blackboard
This course will be conducted using the Blackboard Software. Registration information will be posted via MySJSU Messaging. The blackboard software will be available by May 26, 2006. If you would like a head start, secure the textbook and read pages 55-211.
Communication
Because this class is delivered entirely online, below are some helpful hints to facilitate communication. Please do not hesitate to contact me.
- My cell phone number is in the Blackboard software. Please do not hesitate to call me.
- If you have a grade in the gradebook for an assignment, you should have feedback from me on that assignment. If you have not received the feedback, please e-mail me as soon as possible.
- If you e-mail me and do not have an answer within 36 hours, please e-mail or call again. When I teach an online class, I read my e-mail many, many times a day. I am very prompt in answering it. If you have not received an answer, that means I didn't receive the e-mail. Please e-mail or call again. I have taught online classes for the last 7 years and I know that sometimes e-mails are lost and not delivered.
Assignments
Detailed information about each assignment, including due dates is included in Blackboard. I reserve the right to deduct points for grammar issues, poor spelling and late work.
| Assignment | Points |
| Librarian Interview | 25 |
| Privacy and Confidentiality Assignment | 25 |
| Library Bill of Rights Assignment | 20 |
| Resource Selection Policy Assignment | 20 |
| Class Participation via Software discussion mechanism |
10 |
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+ |
Academic Integrity
Your own commitment to learning, as evidenced by your enrollment at San Jose 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
Academic integrity is essential to the mission of San José State University. As such, students are expected to perform their own work (except when collaboration is expressly permitted by the course instructor) without the use of any outside resources. Students are not permitted to use old tests, quizzes when preparing for exams, nor may they consult with students who have already taken the exam. When practiced, academic integrity ensures that all students are fairly graded. Violations to the Academic Integrity Policy undermine the educational process and will not be tolerated. It also demonstrates a lack of respect for oneself, fellow students and the course instructor and can ruin the university's reputation and the value of the degrees it offers.
We all share the obligation to maintain an environment which practices academic integrity. Violators of the Academic Integrity Policy will be subject to failing this course and being reported to the Office of Judicial Affairs for disciplinary action which could result in suspension or expulsion from San José State University.
Academic Integrity
Read the SJSU Academic Integrity Policy
http://www2.sjsu.edu/senate/S04-12.pdf
Cheating
At SJSU, cheating is the act of obtaining or attempting to obtain credit for academic work through the use of any dishonest, deceptive, or fraudulent means. Cheating at SJSU includes but is not limited to:
- Copying in part or in whole, from another's test or other evaluation instrument;
- Submitting work previously graded in another course unless this has been approved by the course instructor or by departmental policy;
- Submitting work simultaneously presented in two courses, unless this has been approved by both course instructors or by departmental policy;
- Altering or interfering with grading or grading instructions;
- Sitting for an examination by a surrogate, or as a surrogate; any other act committed by a student in the course of his or her academic work which defrauds or misrepresents, including aiding or abetting in any of the actions defined above.
Plagiarism
At SJSU plagiarism is the act of representing the work of another as one's own (without giving appropriate credit) regardless of how that work was obtained, and submitting it to fulfill academic requirements. Plagiarism at SJSU includes but is not limited to:
- The act of incorporating the ideas, words, sentences, paragraphs, or parts thereof, or the specific substances of another's work, without giving appropriate credit, and representing the product as one's own work; and
- representing another's artistic/scholarly works such as musical compositions, computer programs, photographs, painting, drawing, sculptures, or similar works as one's own.
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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