LIBR 262-01
Resources for Young Adults
Fall 2005

Dr. Anthony Bernier
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Textbooks and Readings | Course Requirements

You should enroll in our Fall 262-01 Blackboard site on or shortly after 13 August. Enroll early so you can begin our first assignments that will be due at our first class meeting on Saturday 27 August from 1-4pm in Mod 400. SJSU SLIS Blackboard is at http://tigris.sjsu.edu

The access code to enroll in the Blackboard site will be sent to those enrolled in the class via the MySJSU messaging system during the second week of August.

Course Description

A comprehensive introductory survey of the competencies required of librarians working with today’s young adults (either as a Young Adult Specialist or a generalist) featuring an introduction to the skills, relationships, methods, materials, and resources necessary for the delivery of a successful, developmentally appropriate, and professional library service profile.           

Course Goals and Objectives

Throughout this course students will:

• Increase knowledge about and confidence in delivering library service through techniques for working with young people in a demographically complex contemporary culture;
• Gain a practical facility with the innovative principles of youth development and civic participation through youth involvement, programs, materials, presentations, atmospherics, and effective management techniques    
• Begin developing professional skills and capacities for working with adults serving young people in libraries and other community agencies
• Establish an emphasis in the creative forms produced for, and desired by, young adult library users (“Creative Forms Database”);
• Acquire a sophisticated knowledge of one particular domain of youth experience and develop potential library service linkage with them (“Repertoire Emphasis Project”)  

This course supports the SLIS goals and objectives by teaching students the major theories, important practices, and current practice in the following areas:

• The foundations of information services;
• Information transfer;
• Information management, including the selection, organization, storage, and utilization of information resources;
• The application of diverse technologies to information management;
• Specialized aspects of information management;
• Advocacy and leadership for citizen access to information resources;
• Incorporation of other relevant disciplines

Textbooks and Readings

Required Texts
Three books will be required for this course:

• Young Adult Literature and Multimedia: A Quick Guide, Mary Ann Harlan, David V. Loertscher, and Sharron L. McElmeel, (Hi Willow Research and Publishing, 2005) [available from www.lmcsource.com]
• Students can order the second two required texts from the most readily available sources:
  • Do It Right! Best Practices for Serving Young Adults in School and Public Libraries, Patrick Jones and Joel Shoemaker, (Neal-Schuman, 2001).
  • Bare Bones Young Adult Services: Tips for Public Library Generalists , Renee J. Vaillancourt, (American Library Association, 2000).

Recommended Texts
The following recommended texts for this course are:

• New Directions for Library Service to Young Adults , Young Adult Library Services Association, ( Chicago and London: American Library Association, 2001.)

Additional Readings
Beyond the required texts, we will be reading a variety of other materials either posted to our Blackboard site, accessible on-line through the SJSU Library, at local libraries, or otherwise made available. Further references for these items are forthcoming on our Blackboard site. Please do not distribute access to these materials, they are designed to support only students enrolled our 2005 Fall 262.

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Course Requirements

Attendance/Participation
Our course meets in face-to-face sessions only four times (see dates/times/locations below). As a graduate student you are expected to attend these sessions, as well as participate in our on-line experience. If circumstances prevent attendance, the responsibility lies with the student for completing assignments. We will form small groups, “charrettes,” early in the semester to assist in sharing and collaboration. Please refer to our course Blackboard site regularly for updates.

Face-to-face Course Schedule
The class will meet on the SJSU campus on the following dates:

Assignments
While we will review all assignments on the first day of class, this Fall 262 consists largely of reading assignments connected to short writing tasks, building a readings database, a short special assignment, classroom participation in “charrettes,” and a field visit.

Course readings and assignments are assumed to be completed on the Saturday of the week they appear in the course outline. All written products are due on the Saturday evening of that week. For instance, “ProLog” entries for Week 3 are due by midnight Saturday 10 September.

Late Assignments
As this is a graduate school program designed to prepare students for the professional world, and because administering late assignments detract from attention to the success of the entire class, no late assignments will be accepted.

Incompletes
Students should avail themselves of the policy for uncompleted coursework on the School’s Web site under “Registration.”  

Grading
The following assignments, and their due dates, will be weighted as follows:

Student Deliverables	Grade Weight	Due Date
Blackboard Forums	5 points	Various
“Memos” (6)	30 points	Various
Story Presentations	5 points	24 September
Repertoire Emphasis Project (“REP”)	10 points	8 October
Field Spatial Audit	5 points	22 October
Professional Log (“ProLog”) (14 entries)	25 points	10 December
Creative Forms Database entries (25)	20 points	10 December

Grading Scale
The following grading scale will be sued for this course:

Academic Integrity
SJSU’s Academic Integrity Policy requires that you be honest in all your academic coursework. All assignments submitted must be your own work, and all sources used must be properly cited. Faculty are required to report all infractions to the Office of Judicial Affairs. The University’s policy on academic integrity can be found at 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 José 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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