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Spring 2007 Greensheet
Lori Lindberg
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Students will receive the access code via e-mail to self enroll on Blackboard for the course on January 19 via MySJSU.
Course Description
The Practicum is a field-based learning experience that takes place in a public, academic, special library or other information-based organization. It allows the student to obtain work experience while pursuing stated learning outcomes. It is designed to provide the student the opportunity to test theories and to practice skills learned in the student’s program.
The Practicum course is 2, 3 or 4 units, each unit equivalent to 45 hours of work.
See the Archives Practicum page for detailed requirements, responsibilities, and forms.
Course Prerequisites
A student must have completed courses LIBR 200, LIBR 202, LIBR 204, and three (3) advanced courses (excluding LIBR 298), and be in good academic standing (3.0 GPA or above and no outstanding incompletes) to participate in the Practicum.
Student Learning Outcomes
- The student will have an opportunity to analyze and discuss how the principles and practices of management, organizational culture and professional-related concerns are applied in a specific library or information-based organization.
- The student will have an opportunity to test theories of library and information science and practice skills learned in the program at a specific library or information-based organization.
- Each student will also identify a set of learning outcomes specific to his/her practicum site. This should be done in cooperation with the practicum site supervisor.
SLIS Competencies:
If the student is planning to use the practicum in whole or in part to meet one or more of the competencies needed to complete the program, he/she should prepare a learning outcome that addresses that competency.
Textbooks
There is no required or recommended text, however, the practicum site may require you to read either internal or external material or attend some kind of orientation session specific to that site.
Course Requirements
Blackboard
The student is required to enroll in Blackboard and participate in the online discussion of the practicum.
Deliverable Products
The student is required to submit the following document throughout the term in which the practicum takes place:
- Practicum Log: The student will maintain an on-going record of his/her activities for the practicum. Further information regarding the practicum log will be available on the Blackboard site.
The student is required to submit the following documents upon completion of the practicum:
- Practicum Report: Based upon the learning outcomes identified for the practicum, the student will prepare a report discussing how those outcomes were (or were not) accomplished.
- Site Evaluation Form: This allows the student to provide feedback on their site’s effectiveness in hosting SLIS practicum students, and recommend the continuance or discontinuance of that site.
- Additional Requirements: The student may be required to submit supplemental materials such as written reports, bibliographies or reading lists, portfolios or samples of professional work to demonstrate achievement of their learning outcomes.
Tentative Course Calendar
The Practicum must be completed within the semester; dates for submission of the required Practicum documents will be posted on Blackboard. With prior approval, a student may begin the Practicum up to 2 weeks prior to the beginning of the semester.
Grading
This is a Credit/No Credit course. Incompletes are considered on a case-by-case basis, and are given for family or work emergency situations.
Academic Integrity
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/
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Phone: 408-924-2490
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