GREENSHEET
Instructor: Andrew B. Wertheimer (Just call me Andrew)
MLS (Indiana University, 1995), ABD (University of Wisconsin-Madison,
2001)
Registration Problems? Call SLIS SJSU @ 714/ 278-2064
COURSE SCHEDULE:
INTERNET-BASED SESSIONS: Every other Sunday 4:00-5:30 PM (CA);
FEB 2, FEB 16, MAR 2, (SAT 15 Mar on campus), MAR 30, APR 13 (alt
day to be arranged), APR 27 (alt. day to be arranged if required).
CAMPUS SESSION AT SJSU: Sat., 15 March 2003 9 AM - 5 PM (CA TIME)
Course Objectives:
1. To identify and assess accurately the needs for library materials and
resources demonstrated by understanding users and nonusers of libraries,
as well as the universe of knowledge.
2. To become familiar with the general organization and practices of the
publishing and information industries and the book trade, broadly conceived,
as they relate to libraries.
3. To learn to apply appropriate principles and standards in the selection
of library resources.
4. To evaluate library collections and to recommend alternatives for specific
situations.
5. To gain an overview and a working knowledge of the processes of acquisition
of library resources
This course supports the SLIS goals and objectives by 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;
- The application of diverse technologies to information management;
- One or more specialized aspects of information management;
- Advocacy and leadership for citizen access to information and knowledge
resources;
It would be impossible to learn everything there is to know about
collection / development / management (CM) in one semester. It is even
more difficult to forecast the skills needed to manage collections in
the future as technologies and markets change. CM is made up of a series
of skills that are learned over a lifetime of reading and experience.
This course though may be your only formal instruction on the topic.
With that in mind I hope that when you complete this course you will
feel confident about your ability to actually do practical CM. I also
hope the class will leave you with some theoretical concerns related
to CM that will guide you throughout your professional career.
Teaching/ Learning Methods:
1. Readings--assigned and unassigned
2. Class discussions of issues and problems
3. Examination of selection and acquisition aids
4. Written and oral assignments
5. Field experiences and exercises
6. Reaction Journal exercises
7. Final exam
8. Practice public speaking
Required Textbook:
Evans, G. Edward. Developing Library and Information Center Collections.
4th ed. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000 (621 pp.). ISBN 1-56308-832-0
PB $49.50 retail.
Additional readings will be assigned, but will be available virtually
from SJSU. For your CM project you will likely need to spend some time
in a good library to examine reviews.
OFFICE HOURS
If you have a question that is not answered by the syllabus, you may reach
me via e-mail or phone at the information listed at the top of the page.
Please remember that I live in the Chicago time zone, so please limit
your calls to 07:00-19:00 California time (09:00-21:00 my time). If I
am not home please leave a detailed message with your full name and full
telephone number and when I should call you back. Personally, I prefer
e-mail for short-answer questions and phone calls for more complex issues.
GRADING
I hope that you will focus more on learning and experience than your grade
in this course.
I am confident that any SLIS student can achieve a B in this class if
he/she makes a sincere effort on the assignments, actively participates
in each class session and hands in all assignments in time. It truly is
my pleasure though to recognize superior performance with grades above
this. Your grade will be determined on the following basis.
CM Project
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50% |
| Final Exam |
15% |
Journals
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10% |
Participation and Attendance
|
10% |
Journal on Shadowing a CM Professional
|
10% |
| CM Project Presentation |
5% |
Late assignments will be docked by 5% per calendar day late.
Attendance is required both on-line and on-site. If you miss the
campus day you will loose perhaps 20% of your semester grade since we
will do a presentation that day.
You will be allowed one unexcused absence from the internet-based-instruction
days. Absences beyond that will be docked by 5%. Please remember that
10% of your semester grade is dependent on attendance and participation.
Participation is defined as sharing your thoughts -- which means having
done the readings and being ready to comment on them. Classroom participation
also means treating your co-students with respect and also not monopolizing
discussion.
Please e-mail me ASAP if you will be unable to attend either of the last
two classes because of Palm Sunday or Eastern Orthodox Easter.
Please e-mail me with alternative days/ times you could meet on-line for
an alternative session.
There will be at least two options for extra-credit projects
(book reviewing or "Testing Nisonger's Theory of Research Collection
Strength.") More information to come.
My honest goal is to help facilitate your individual learning, so I welcome
specific or even rough proposals for alternatives to assignments.
Of course, I have the right to reject them or make counterproposals, but
I encourage you to consider contacting me about this. You should contact
me well in advance of the deadline of the assignment you want to replace.
If you chose / need to take an Incomplete in this course you will
probably have to (re-register and) retake the course under a different
instructor, as I am only an adjunct instructor.
Please inform me in the first week of class if you have any learning
or other disabilities that require modifications to this syllabus.
Plagiarism, if caught, will result in a failing the class, and
will be reported to the school for appropriate action. Please don't do
it.
Please use 12-point Times font and double-space your journals and other
writings.
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