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Course Description
This course provides students an opportunity to explore new and alternative careers for information professionals. The focus is on independent information businesses and options for careers that may include any the following topics or career paths or others you identify of particular interest to you.
Research
- Information Brokers
- Online Researchers
- Monitoring, Tracking Alerting
- Telephone Research
- Manual Research
- Legal Research
- Public Records Research - Online/Onsite
- Market Research - Secondary/Primary
- Competitive Intelligence
- Company Research
- Industry Research
- Patent Research
- Medical Information Retrieval
- Prospect Research
- Due Diligence Research
- Document Retrieval
- Working for information industry vendors, aggregators, or other types of companies that provide services to libraries.
Consulting
- Web Development and Optimization
- Teaching and Training
- Resource Development
- Intranet Development
- Library Setup and Maintenance
- Library Consulting
- Library Support
- Database Development
- Information Audit
- Expert Witness
- Publishers and Database Producers
- E-Commerce / Information Consulting
Value-Added Services
- Writing
- Synthesis
- Analysis
Course Objectives
Students will:
- Be introduced to a wide variety of businesses and careers that they can pursue with a degree in Library and Information Science.
- Learn about additional educational requirements, background, experiences, and personal traits required for developing alternative careers.
- Develop a business plan for an independent information business or library service.
This course supports the following SLIS objectives:
- Information transfer
- Information management
- The principles and practices of management as specifically applied to information environments
Required Texts
- Bates, Mary Ellen. Building and Running a Successful Research Business: A Guide for the Independent Information Professional, 2003, http://books.infotoday.com/books/BuildingRunning.shtml
- Sabroski, Suzanne. Super Searchers Make It On Their Own: Top Independent Information Professionals Share Their Secrets for Starting and Running a Research Business, 2003 http://www.supersearchers.com
- Select one book of your choice from one the following categories:
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Course Requirements
- Read assigned books and any articles posted to BlackBoard as the semester evolves.
- Based on readings and discussion, contribute thoughtful, substantive comments, analysis, and questions to Blackboard Discussion Boards on a weekly basis minimally.
- Submit a book review of 500 – 800 words in length that’s similar in style and content to reviews published in professional journals or newsletters, due June 30 by midnight.
- Prepare a business plan on an alternative or nontraditional career of interest that uses your LIS skills and knowledge, due August 12, the last day of class by midnight.
- Present your business plan or final essay via a Blackboard discussion board due between July 25 and August 8. This can be in the form of a PowerPoint presentation or a posting with a summary and outline describing your business plan.
Blackboard
This class is completely online and conducted via BlackBoard. Regularly consult BlackBoard sections including the following:
- Announcements
- Course Information
- Course Documents
- Assignments
- Discussion Boards
You must self-enroll on Blackboard between May 28 and June 2 to participate in this course.
Successful course participants will:
- Post a brief bio and statement of purpose to the BlackBoard Discussion Board during the first week of class.
- Read required books cited above and other reading assignments posted to BlackBoard.
- Initiate and contribute to discussion on BlackBoard weekly with substantive and thoughtful comments.
- Prepare a business plan about a career option of interest to you.
- Prepare a presentation describing your business plan and post it to Blackboard according to dates above.
- Take recognizable steps to integrate knowledge from required readings and class discussion into assignments.
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 Jose 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/
Plagiarism
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.
Academic Integrity
Read the SJSU Academic Integrity Policy
http://www2.sjsu.edu/senate/S04-12.pdf
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Assignments and Grading
Grading incorporates consideration of creativity, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, and originality.
| Weekly Class Discussion and Initiative |
20% |
| Book Review |
10% |
| Business Plan |
40% |
| Presentation of Business Plan on BlackBoard |
30% |
Grading Scale
| 97-100% |
A |
| 94-96% |
A- |
| 91-93% |
B+ |
| 88-90% |
B |
| 85-87% |
B- |
| 82-84% |
C+ |
| 80-81% |
C |
| 76-79 |
C- |
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Other Comments
- Personal, workload, and computer or technical problems are each student’s responsibility.
- Please apprise yourself of SLIS requirements for dropping classes.
- No incompletes will be awarded – no exceptions.
- This is a full semester course compressed into a summer session with all the same requirements of spring or fall semesters.
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