LIBR 286-01
Interpersonal Communication Skills for Librarians
Summer 2006 Greensheet
Sue Alman
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Course Description
A short course surveying the principles and practice of interpersonal communication; small group and peer relationships.
Prerequisites: noneCourse Objectives
This course examines communication and personality theories and demonstrates how they relate to interaction with staff, users and administrators in a library setting.
Students will gain an understanding of:
- Interpersonal communication techniques
- Personality theory based on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator
- Group dynamics
The relationship of the course to the School's goals and objectives:
Goal: Teaching students the major theories, important principles, and current practice in the following areas:
- This course examines communication and personality theories and demonstrates how they relate to interaction with staff, users and administrators in a library setting.
Required Text and Readings
There are no required texts for this course. A bibliography of recommended readings will be distributed in the class.
Course Requirements
Class Location & Meeting Schedule
San José Campus (August 4-7)
- Friday-Sunday, August 4-6 (1-9)
- Monday, August 7 (10-6)
Assignments
The assignments for this course are:
- Literature Review (25 points) BRING THE PAPER TO THE FIRST CLASS SESSION
Before the course begins you will write a five-page literature review. A literature review summarizes, interprets, and evaluates existing literature (or published material) in order to understand a subject more completely.
The purpose of your literature review is to write a paper on the effects that personality type has on interpersonal communications and/or organizations. The literature review is a stand-alone review.
You should review a minimum of 10 article- or chapter-length sources on your question--but the specific count is less important than your ability to identify the issues and to discuss them in a meaningful way for others who may also ask the question. You may use professional or scholarly library literature or sources from other professional fields that can be related to libraries. Do not use popular journals such as Time or Newsweek. Also, be aware that many articles in journals such as American Libraries are opinion pieces rather than research.
Readers should learn not only what has been said about the issue, but what you think about what has been said. You will summarize, interpret, and evaluate everything that you read. It’s important to state your opinion of how personality effects interpersonal communication.
- Class Participation (25 points)
This course uses a variety of simulations and hands-on activities. You must be a willing and enthusiastic participant in all of the sessions to receive full credit for class participation.
- Group Project (20 points)
You will be assigned to work on a group project. Time will be given in class, but some groups may elect to use extra time outside of the scheduled class hours. A final project will be presented by each group on the last day of the course.
- Reflective Paper (30 points)
You will write a reflective paper discussing the influence that the concepts and experiences from the course will have in your future interpersonal communications. The paper will discuss the group dynamics that you experienced in the course and how that will affect your role in groups. The paper must be written after the course has ended. It may be submitted to me electronically in the Digital Drop Box on August 14.
Details about the paper will be available by the end of the course.
Blackboard: Blackboard will be used only for the submission of assignments.
Grading Scale
Final grades will be based on the following grading scale established for graduate students by San José State University:
| 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+ |
Academic Integrity
Read the SJSU Academic Integrity Policy at
http://www2.sjsu.edu/senate/S04-12.pdf
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/
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