LIBR 275-10
Library Services for Racially & Ethnically Diverse Communities
Summer 2007 Greensheet
Arglenda Friday
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Office Location: Denton, TX
Phone: (940)382-9797
Office Hours: Best times-T/TH/10-2 CST
| Greensheet Links Textbooks and Readings Course Requirements |
Resources Blackboard Blackboard Tutorials SLIS e-Bookstore |
Students must self-enroll in the Blackboard section of the course from May 26-June 4 using the access code distributed to registered students. There will be no waiting list, but you can check for openings during the drop/add period.
Welcome
Welcome to this section of Library Services for Ethnically Diverse Communities. I hope you will enjoy the educational experience and learn useful tools for your professional career and personal development. Taking an online course can be challenging; however, by closely working together, we can make this a positive and rewarding experience. Because this course is totally online, we will use Blackboard for course information, to send assignments, post messages and participate in discussions. Please familiarize yourself with Blackboard mechanics; and pay special attention to the calendar and announcements to keep track of assignments and other expectations.
Course Description
This course focuses on developing skills for planning, implementing, and evaluating programs and services that address the information needs of racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse communities.
Course Prerequisites: None
Course Objectives
Student Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Gain knowledge about the characteristics, challenges, issues, needs, interests, and concerns associated with providing information services to diverse groups,
- Develop skills and methods for identifying appropriate resources and communication channels;
- Design, implement and evaluate effective and responsive programs and services; and
- Review readings and studies reflecting major national, regional, state, and local trends for providing culturally appropriate library services to diverse groups.
LIBR 275 supports the following SLIS Core Competencies:
- recognize the social, cultural and economic dimensions of information use;
- describe the fundamental concepts of information-seeking behaviors;
- evaluate programs and services on specified criteria.
In addition, this section supports the following SLIS Core Competencies:
- apply the fundamental principles of planning, management and marketing/advocacy;
- use the basic concepts and principles related to the creation, evaluation, selection, acquisition, preservation and organization of specific items or collections of information;
- 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;
- use service concepts, principles and techniques that facilitate information access, relevance, and accuracy for individuals or groups of users;
- understand the nature of research, research methods and research findings; retrieve, evaluate and synthesize scholarly and professional literature for informed decision-making by specific client groups; and
- contribute to the cultural, economic, educational and social well-being of our communities.
Textbooks and Readings
Required Readings
Please see the Outline & Reading List for more information. There is no required text. All required readings are available from the King Library Electronic Reserves Module, posted in the module or via electronic full text databases.
Supplemental Readings
- Galens, Judy et al. (eds.) Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. (2nd Ed.) New York: Gale Research Inc., 2000.
- Guerena, Sal (ed.). Latino Librarianship: A Handbook for Professionals. (2nd Ed.) Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2000.
- Josey, E.J. & DeLoach, Marva (eds). Handbook of Black librarianship. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2000.
- Metoyer-Duran, Cheryl. Gatekeepers in Ethnolinguistic Communities. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Pub., 1993.
- Also, review ALA “Diversity Articles and Publications” at www.ala.org/ala/diversity
Go to SLIS e-Bookstore.
Course Requirements
The primary requirements for this web based course are:
- Complete readings, assignments, and discussion topics as detailed on Blackboard;
- Complete exercises and assignments required to assess learning and provide practical experience as detailed on Blackboard under course assignments;
- Contribute substantive comments to the class discussion of weekly assignments;
- Complete all work before deadline dates to avoid point deductions for late submissions.
Course Schedule
The course schedule is as follows:
| Instruction Begins | June 4, 2007 |
| Instruction Ends | August 6, 2007 |
Course Calendar
Readings and discussion board topics will be posted in modules on a weekly basis. All projects, lecture notes, discussion questions, and major assignments will be detailed with deadlines, under Course Assignments and Course Documents.
Grading
Everyone begins this course with a grade of “B”, the standard grade for graduate level work. If you do the assignments as outlined, you will maintain that “B”. Sub-standard work will receive a B- or below, while above standard work will receive a B+ or better. Above standard work clearly displays one or more of the following criteria:
- Originality in the approach to the assignment
- Greater depth of analysis and overall treatment than required by the assignment
- Making substantive comments to discussion board forums by identifying issues, resources and approached pertaining to the topic(s) under consideration
- Critical evaluation of the readings by comparing them to other authors/sources
- Superior organizational, written, or communication skills in the presentation of the material
Correct usage of academic English, spelling, grammar, and composition is expected; points will deducted for failure to do so. Use formal (non- personal) tone, and avoid slang. Be certain to structure your paper or comments to follow the assignment guidelines.
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 |
Late Assignments
Late assignments will not be accepted without prior notification and approval of the instructor, and with the understanding that there may be a reduction in the number of points earned for the assignment.
Incompletes
Incompletes will be assigned ONLY in cases of documented family or medical emergency.
Academic Integrity and Plagarism
Your own commitment to learning, as evidenced by your enrollment at San José State University, and the University's Academic Integrity Policy requires you to be honest in all your academic course work. Faculty members are required to report all infractions to the Office of Student Conduct and Ethical Development. The policy on academic integrity can be found at http://sa.sjsu.edu/student_conduct.
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/
One Washington Square - San José, California USA, 95192-0029
Phone: 408-924-2490
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