LIBR 246-04
Information Technology Tools and Applications - Advanced (Topic: Web 2.0)
Spring 2008 Greensheet
Linda Main
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Phone: 408-924-2494
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Course Overview
This course is focused on developing the skills and knowledge of how to design, create, and maintain online communities. Such communities have rapidly become a regular part of a web site in corporate and non-corporate environments.
While it is arguable what the actual definition of Web 2.0 is the general implication is that there is a change in "idea" behind the Web; it has gone from being a model for publishing (referred to now as Web 1.0) to a model of participation (Web 2.0). This rearranges the view of how both organizations and customers or patrons utilize the web.
With online tools it becomes much easier to discover, form, and manage relationships, as well as interact, collaborate and interface across them. However though the software tools have become easier, the knowledge of how to use them effectively and properly is getting more complex.
Prerequisites
I will assume that students in this class have mastered the material taught in Libr 240. In particular that they can work with ssh to set up directories on a Unix server and that they are comfortable with XHTML and CSS. None of this material will be revisited.
Course Objectives
Student Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this course students will be able to:
- Identify and implement social technologies for information collection, management, dissemination and collaboration;
- Explain what Web 2.0/Library 2.0 is and how it is differs from the “regular” WWW, and why that shift is important to libraries and librarians;
- Demonstrate knowledge of the impact of social technology on information services and instruction for diverse audiences;
- Generate ideas for the use of social software and programs at libraries and information agencies to improve services
LIBR 246 supports the following SLIS Core Competencies
- design, query and evaluate information retrieval systems
- demonstrate proficiency in the use of current information and communication technologies, and other related technologies, as they affect the resources and uses of libraries and other types of information providing entities
- understand the system of standards and methods used to control and create information structures and apply basic principles involved in the organization and representation of knowledge.
Textbooks and Readings
Initial Reading Material
- Abram, S., & Luther, J. (2004). Born with the Chip. Library Journal. 129, 34-37. http://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleid=CA411572
- Casey, M., & Savastinuk, Laura (9.1.2006). Library 2.0. Library Journal. 131, 40-42. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6365200.html
- Farkas, M. (2007). Social sofware in libraries. Medford, New Jersey: Information Today.
- Stephens, M. (Ed.). (2007, September/October). Web 2.0 and Libraries, Part 2:
Trends and Technologies. Library Technology Reports, 43(5). - Stephens, M. (Ed.). (2006, July/August). Web 2.0 & Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software. Library Technology Reports, 42(4).
- O'Reilly, T. (2005). What is Web 2.0. Retrieved October 23, 2006, from O'Reilly What is Web 2.0 Web site: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html
Course Requirements
Technology Requirements
This class makes use of a variety of technologies, and you should not take the class if your computer and Internet access is not current and fast. Please see the home computing environment requirements at:
http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/ecommunication/homecomputing.htm
I will assume that everyone meets the requirements.
Assignments
Measuring Student Learning Outcomes:
| Ten Weekly Assignments | 50 points |
| SLIS Community Assignment | 15 points |
| SLIS Community Wiki Report | 5 points |
| Blog Reports | 10 points |
| Final Project | 20 points |
- Ten Weekly Assignments (50 points)
Practice with the topics discussed that week. Each assignment is worth 5 points.
Due dates are on the calendar - SLIS Community Assignment (15 points)
This is a group project where each student will produce an episode for SLISLife
Due date: 24th April - SLIS Community wiki (5 points)
You will use the wiki to help you develop the episodes for SLISLife
I will review on the 24th April - Blog Reports (10 points)
You will use your blog to research and comment on the use in libraries of the social tools we are studying
Due 24th April - Final Project (20 points)
You will build a social software Web site targeted towards a specific community that will incorporate the tools we have worked with. This will be a significant project and several weeks will be made available for its design and building.
The final project should be in its own directory (with permissions correctly set) and quite separate from your weekly work. All pages must be XHTML compatible or I will automatically deduct a point. Your site should be built around a theme or targeted to a particular group. It will use CSS and include the Web 2.0 tools that we have been examining: blogs, wikis, podcasts, links to IM services, accessible via mobile devices, connected to Flickr and appropriately tagged, mashups, etc.
As the semester progresses we will discuss this more.
Due: 8th May
Late Assignments
Late assignments will not be accepted. If you have an illness (medical certificate supplied) or a family tragedy please contact the instructor. No incompletes will be awarded.
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/
LIBR 286 supports the following SLIS Core Competencies:
- demonstrate oral and written communication skills necessary for group work, collaborations and professional level presentations.
In addition, this section supports the following SLIS Core Competencies:
- demonstrate proficiency in the use of current information and communication technologies, and other related technologies, as they affect the resources and uses of libraries and other types of information providing entities.
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+ |
| 70-72 | D |
| 67-69 | D- |
| Below 67 | F |
In order to provide consistent guidelines for assessment for graduate level work in the School, these terms are applied to letter grades:
- C represents Adequate work; a grade of "C" counts for credit for the course;
- B represents Good work; a grade of "B" clearly meets the standards for graduate level work;
- A represents Exceptional work; a grade of "A" will be assigned for outstanding work only.
Students are advised that it is their responsibility to maintain a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0.
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