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Instructor: Brenda H. White |
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GREENSHEET Welcome Taking a course largely online may be a new experience for many of you. Teaching it will be a new experience for me. Together we can make this a positive and rewarding adventure. We will meet face-to-face in February, but we will begin our journey together earlier, in January. We will be using Blackboard to send assignments, post messages and participate in discussions. (You can find information about Blackboard in the “Tools” section.) Be sure you are registered on Blackboard no later than January 27, 2004. In the meantime, you can familiarize yourself with this page and Blackboard. Pay special attention to the calendar which lists everything you need to know. Use it to keep track of weekly assignments and other expectations. Course Description Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will
Loertscher, David V. and Woolls, Blanche. (1999). Building a school library collection plan: A beginning handbook with internet assist . San Jose, CA: Hi Willow Research & Publishing. Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). (2001). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association . Recommended Texts Richards, Daniel T. and Eakin, Dottie. (1997) Collection development and assessment in health sciences libraries. In A Bunting (Ed.) Current practice in health sciences librarianship, vol 4. Chicago: Medical Library Association and Scarecrow Press. VanOrden, Phyllis J. and Bishop, Kay. (2001) The collection program in schools: Concepts, practices and information sources (3rd ed.). Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. Calendar – posted
on Blackboard Course Requirements
Tools: 1. If you need the Microsoft Office Suite, it is available
to both Fullerton and SJ students. Please read more about the offer at
the school web site: You will need to learn and develop the skills of word processing and be able to include charts, graphs, and decorative elements in your book. Many students in the past have used color graphs and charts to liven up the text. A package such as Microsoft Office will have spreadsheet and graphing tools that can be used and integrated into a word processing document. If you do not now have these skills, you may wish to have a friend help and give advice at the appropriate times. If you do not have Microsoft Office 2000 (pc) or Microsoft Office 2001 (Mac), check the bookstore for purchase or rent of the software. 2. Here is how to register for Blackboard.
2a. Also, be sure you are on SLISADMIN so you can get all official messages from the School. For the directions for subscribing, go to http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/ecommunication/electroniclists.htm#subscribe 3. Send your chapters to the instructor through the Blackboard digital drop box. First: Convert your word processed chapters to pdf files. You can do this a several ways: 1. If you own the full Adobe Acrobat 4.0, 5.0, or 6.0 in either PC or Mac versions, you can follow the directions and convert your files to pdf and then send those new files through the drop box in Blackboard. 2. If you do not have those programs, SLIS has a contract with Adobe to let you convert files using a program on our server. Here are the directions: You may create your assignments in any of the following formats: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Rich Text format, plain text, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Framemaker, Adobe Pagemaker, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Word Perfect, Postscript, Image formats: gif (.gif), bitmap(.bmp), jpeg (.jpg), png (.png), rle (.rle), and tiff (.tif). Now you are ready to convert your file to an Adobe Acrobat File. Here is how: Log onto http://createpdf.adobe.com Now you can put this file into the digital drop box or send this document as an attachment to an email message to your instructor or to anyone else you please. With email it is important to remember to include your name/subject so that the instructor understands who sent the file and what it is. Digital drop box includes this information automatically using the data you enter. However, the file name should always include your name and the chapter it represents. Second, Go to the Blackboard Digital Drop Box in the "tools" tab. Access the "tools" button in the left hand list of functions. Then choose digital drop box. Third, Use the "add file" button and complete the form including attaching your pdf file. The "Add File" button will only save the file in the Student Dropbox but will not send it to the instructor. You should include in the name of your file your name and some indication of the version, such as "Ch One, 1st" or "Ch One, 2nd" so that you can identify the file you want to send. The comments section should include information for the instructor, a log of the status of the reading and revision of your work – chapters completed, revised, approved. Fourth, Click "send file" button and send the appropriate chapter to the instructor. Notice that the "select file" is a drop down menu. Included
are the files that you added to the digital drop box, using the add process.
(Use the title and file section only if you are uploading a new file.)
The comments section should include information for the instructor, a
log of the status of the reading and revision of your work work –
chapters completed, revised, approved. Why add the file and also then send the file? Because you will have a backup of all the chapters you send so that if your computer goes down, you will always have your dropbox files you can re-capture! 2a. (if 2 above does not work) Learn how to send an attachment
on email to your instructor : 3. Learn how to read the library articles on SLIS electronic reserve: Using Adobe Acrobat Reader Download Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 , for PDF files if it is not already on your computer. This will gain you access to professional articles in the PDF format. PDF stands for Portable Document Format. Any document created by any software can be converted to a PDF file, preserving its original content, layout, and color. These files are viewable with the Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can download Acrobat Reader free at Adobe's Web site. Be sure to take note of the name of the file you are downloading. After download, look again at the instructions on Adobe's download page. There are a few more steps for installation. The instructor recommends that you own a copy of Adobe Acrobat 5.0 or 6.0 full version. SJSU and Fullerton bookstore prices are the best and would be good additions to a library computer system. In Adobe Acrobat 5.0 and 6.0 full versions, you can open and copy a full web site to your computer (find the open command). Acrobat asks you how many levels you wish captured. The instructor thinks two will be enough (not sure - someone check this out and tell everyone else) 4. Get the password from your instructor for the SLIS electronic
reserves for this class : Remember as a student, you pay fees to the San Jose State University
Library and thus have access to their collections, both print and electronic.
Do connect to a link especially created for distance students at: SJSU library homepage http://www.sjlibrary.org Directions for access to the University databases are available on the SLIS web page (http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/). On the blue SLIS menu, select "Resources" and then choose King Library, then "database passwords." 6. Learn to post to the whole class Discussion Group . On Blackboard, go to the "discussion board." This is a whole class area. four forums have been set up. They are Who We Are, Microsoft Office PC tip forum, the Microsoft Office Mac helps and the AppleWorks help forum. Chose one of the three help forums in which to participate. These forums are places you can ask questions and respond to others' questions regarding using these essential software products. You should read the postings and respond at least weekly. Try to turn this into an asyncronous (not at the same time) discussion. This is not a chat room, so you can post your comment any time of the day or night. 7. Use the small group discussion group pages. Discuss issues and problems related the the chapters on which you are working. Access the groups discussion boards by first selecting the "groups" button, then the group to which you are assigned. You will use the groups to discuss and help one another with the themes of the course: reading, technology, and the chapters on which you are working. Read and respond to these group discussions at least once weekly. Now you should know how to communicate with the class and the instructor and class members in various ways. All will be important in this web-assist environment. 8. Using the Streaming media on the web site. I may be linking you to narrated PowerPoint slide presentations linked
to each chapter's suggested resources. You will need Real Player on your
computer to view them. Real Player is a free download. To reach me by email, use email in Blackboard or this address: bhwhite@slis.sjsu.edu You may also phone me at 518-251-4398. Remember the time difference. The east coast is 3 hours later than the west coast. Nine pm your time is midnight my time, so do not call later than 7pm your time.
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A statement on provisions for a disability If you need any special consideration due to a disability, you need to register with the SJSU Disability Resource Center and notify the instructor by the second week of classes. A statement on plagiarism See the University policy as linked from the SLIS Faculty Handbook page on plagiarism http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/de/problems/plagiarism.htm All assignments submitted must be your own work. Sources must be properly cited in papers as specified in class. 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. Current Academic Senate Policy: • University Policy F88-10
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