Spring 2007

Instructor: Tom Wilding, Associate Professor of Practice

Contact Information:

SIRLS Room 2-F

Campus Phone: 621-5221

Home Phone: (520) 229-3261

Email: wilding@email.arizona.edu

Office Hours : Monday, 4:30-6:30 PM; Thursday 12:00-3:00 PM. The instructor will be available at other times by appointment Virtual office hours will be held in the chat room and will be scheduled at various times, and the instructor is available to meet individually with students in the chat room by appointment.

Class Meeting Schedule : This is a virtual course. All materials will be available through D2L and all discussions will take place there as well. New materials will be available on Saturday mornings with discussions to take place during the following week.

Course Description : This course will focus on the planning and evaluation cycle as an approach to assessing various library and information services and organizations. Specific attention will be given to organizational environments and cultures, planning and design of library and information organizations, and the practical importance of measurement and evaluation, resource allocation, and human resources management.

Course Objectives : By the end of the semester, students will have demonstrated a theoretical and practical knowledge of:

organizational planning and assessment;
organizational structures and communications;
the relationship of planning to resource allocation;
staffing and human resource management;
space planning and management; and
leadership and supervision .

Grading Policy : In order to receive a grade of B for the class, students will have to have completed all assignments for the class reflecting a good grasp of the topic. An A will signify that all work has been completed well and a substantial amount of the work has been completed excellently. In addition, to receive an A, students must be engaged actively in discussions throughout the semester. A C or lower will be given if some assignments are not completed or if a significant number of assignments are not completed acceptably.

Each assignment will be graded, and each assignment will be given a percentage weight for the semester grade. Assignments will be given the following grades:

A+ (95-100)

A- (90-94)

B+ (85-89)

B- ( 80-84)

C+ (75-79)

C- (70-74)

D +( 65-69)

D- (60-64)

E (59 or below)

University grades do not include + or -. Final grades will be computed on the work of the semester plus participation in class discussions and will receive a grade of A, B, C, D, or E unless an Incomplete has been agreed to.

Each assignment is due on the date specified. A student may negotiate a revised due date if necessary, but this must be done in advance. Missed assignments will be accepted late only at the discretion of the instructor.

A significant portion of the semester grade is dependent on active participation and engagement in the substance of the class including the discussion topics. There will be ongoing discussions throughout the semester. Students will be expected to read the postings in the discussion forum and to contribute their ideas and opinions on a continuing basis.

Other Course Policies

Academic Code of Integrity

Students are expected to abide by The University of Arizona Code of Academic Integrity , see . 'The guiding principle of academic integrity is that a student's submitted work must be the student's own.' If you have any questions regarding what is acceptable practice under this Code, please ask an Instructor.

Accommodating Disabilities

The University has a Disability Resource Center . If you anticipate the need for reasonable accommodations to meet the requirements of this course, you must register with the Disability Resource Center and request that the DRC send me, the Instructor, official notification of your accommodation needs as soon as possible. Please plan to meet with me by appointment or during office hours to discuss accommodations and how my course requirements and activities may impact your ability to fully participate.

Assignment Policies

Completed assignments will be submitted via the D2L dropbox unless otherwise specified. Some completed assignments will be shared with other student. Assignments will be commented on and graded and returned to students via the dropbox.
Assignments will be expected to be submitted on or before the dates specified. The instructor will be willing to negotiate alternative dates as needed but only if such negotiation takes place prior to the due date. Late assignments that have not been negotiated beforehand will be accepted at the discretion of the instructor.
Assignments are expected to be professional in appearance; that is, they are neat in appearance, grammatically correct, with no spelling or typographical errors. Citations may be in any recognized format as long as they are consistent.

Incompletes

The 1997-8 University of Arizona General Academic Manual , p.23 reads

The grade of I may be awarded only at the end of a semester, when all but a minor portion of the course work has been satisfactorily completed. The grade of I is not to be awarded when the student is expected to repeat the course; in such a case the grade of E must be assigned. Students should make arrangements with the instructor to receive an incomplete grade before the end of the semester ...

If the incomplete is not removed by the instructor within one year the I grade will revert to a failing grade.

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Course Requirements & Assignments: The effectiveness of this course will depend on the development of an active and engaged learning community in the online environment. It will require that students keep up with the content, readings, and assignments, and that they be active participants in the discussions related to the class. It will require that the instructor be actively engaged as well, meeting deadlines, communicating frequently, and providing feedback in a timely way. The assignments are described elsewhere. In addition to compliance with the code of integrity cited elsewhere, the instructor will expect that all assignments are completed on time, meet the specifications for that assignment, and are professional in appearance and grammatically correct.

Specific information on assignments is given elsewhere on the course site.

Textbooks and Recommended Readings :

The textbook for this class is:

Stueart, Robert D. and Barbara B. Moran. Library and Information Center Management. 6 th edition. Libraries Unlimited, 2002. ISBN 1-56308-990-4.

It is available from the University of Arizona bookstore. There will be other readings assigned as the course progresses. They will be noted on the class site as they occur. Some assignments require students to locate appropriate readings on their own and report on them.