LBR 200
Information Literacy
Spring 2006
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LBR 200 Spring 2006 |
Readings listed are for the next class meeting.
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Jan.
18 | Jan. 25 | Feb. 1 | Feb.
8 | Feb. 15 | Feb. 22 |
Mar.
1
Mar. 22 | Mar. 29 | Apr. 5 | Apr.
12 | Apr. 19 | Apr. 26 |
May 3
Jan. 18 Introduction to LBR 200
Read: Borgman, A. (1999). Information vs. reality. In Holding On to Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennuim. (pp. 1-6). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. **Researve article**
Gurak, L.J. (2001) Cyberliteracy: toward a new Internet consciousness. In Cyberliteracy: Navigating the Internet with Awareness. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 9-28. ** Reserve article**
How much information? 2003 (2003) School of Information Management and Systems, University of California at Berkeley
Kennedy, S.D. (2001) Finding a cure for information anxiety. Information Today, 18. **Reserve article**
Assignment: Reading Response #1 on the 4 articles above
due before next class, 1/25
Jan. 25
Information
Read: Outline of Knowledge. Skyline College.
Assignment: Develop Topic Idea for Annotated Bibliography - post
to our FirstClass folder before class on Feb. 1st
Read:
Copyright
Basics. (2000). U.S. Copyright Office.
Copyright Law and Fair Use. (2002). Stanford University Libraries
Gleick, J. (2003). Who owns what in the digital world? Case Western Reserve Law Review, 53(3), 665-672. **Reserve article**
Rosamond, B. (2002) Plagiarism, academic norms and the governance of the profession. Politics, 22, 167-174. **Reserve article**
Strohm, M. (2003) When science turns suspect. Popular Science, 263. **Reserve article**
Assignment: Reading Response #2 due 2/8 on Gleick, Rosamond, & Strohm articles above
Assignment: Post your
research question to our FirstClass folder before class on Feb. 8th
Feb. 8
Information
Read:
Battles, M. (2000). Lost in the stacks: the decline and fall of the universal library.
Harper's
Bell, C. (2002) Looking for books and journals: Library of Congress subject headings. University of Oregon Libraries.
Crawford, W. (2000). From petroglyphs to Cd-Roms: A story about information. American Libraries, 31(1). **Access through the database Academic Search Premier**
Olson, H.A. (2001) The power to
name: representation in library catalogs. Signs: Journal of
Assignments: Reading
Response #3 due 2/15 to Battles, Crawford, & Olson
Feb. 15 Libraries
Read:
Explanation of the Superintendent of Documents Classification System. (2004). U.S. Government Printing Office.
GPO Facts. (2004). Government Printing Office.
Assignment: Post Library of Congress subject headings
for your research questions to our FirstClass folder before class 2/22.
Feb. 22 Books & Government Documents
Read:
Altman, L.K. (2002, Jun. 11). When peer review produces unsound science. New York Times, section F, page 6. **Reserve article**
Brown-Syed, C. (2003) What is a peer reviewed journal?
Greenstein, D. (2004, September 10). Not so quiet on a western front. Nature.
Assignment:
Reading Response # 4 due 3/1 to Altman & Greenstein
Assignment: Find two scholarly articles on your research
questions, and post the citations to our Homework Drop Box before class Mar. 22
Mar. 22 Databases
Assignment: Database Presentation due in-class March 29th
Mar. 29 Database Presentations
Read:
Carlson, S. & Young J.R. (2004, December 14). Google will digitize and search millions of books from 5 leading research libraries. Chronicle of Higher Education. **Access through Academic Search Premier**
Davis, P.M. (2003) Effect of the Web on undergraduate citation behavior: Guiding student scholarship in a networked age. Libraries & the Academy, 3(1), 41-51. **Access through Academic Search Premier**.
Lenhart, A. (2001). The Internet and education: Findings of the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Pew Research Center.
Sullivan, D. (2004) Major search engines and directories. SearchEngineWatch.com
Tyner, R. (2001) Sink or swim: Internet search tools & techniques. Okanagan University College.
Assignment: Reading Response #5 due 4/5 on Carlson, Davis, & Lenhart
Read: Grassian, E. (2000). Thinking critically about World Wide Web resources. UCLA College Library.
Assignment: Work on Annotated Bibliography due Apr. 12th
Apr. 12
Web Evaluation & Statistical Information
Read:
Challenged
and banned books. (2005). American Library Association
Ebenkamp, B. (2001). Divide and culture. Brandweek, 42. **Access through Academic Search Premier**
Hernon, P. H.C. Relyea, & R.E. Dugan. (2002). Access to government information in a digital environment. Academe, 88, 62-65. **Access through Academic Search Premier**
Trister, R. (2004). Making women's issues go away. Salon.com. Accessed December 30, 2004 at http://www.salon.com. **Reserve article**
Van Horn, R. (2003). Web page accessibility. Phi Delta Kappan, 85. **Access through Academic Search Premier**
Wresch,
W. (1996). Information
rich, information poor." In Disconnected: Haves and have-nots in the
information age. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
Assignment: Reading
Response #6 due 4/19 on Ebenkamp, Hermon, Traister, & Wresch
Apr. 19
Access to Information
Read:
Bach
to baseball: preserving the nation’s heritage at the Library of Congress.
(2002). Library of Congress.
General Information Concerning Patents. (2004). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Slow Fires: on the Preservation of the Human Record. (1987) Santa Monica, California: American Film Foundation. **film on Reserve in the Media Resource Center**
Wayback machine. Internet Archive.
Wiggins, R. (2001). Digital preservation: paradox & promise. Library Journal, 126, 12-. **Access through Academic Search Premier**
Assignment: Reading Response #7 on Slow Fires & Wiggins due 4/26
Apr. 26
Costs of Information
Assignment: Issue Paper due 5/3
May 3 Wrap-Up/ QUIZ11/14/07