<br>

Last revised May 7, 2006

Course Syllabus for IRLS 560:  INFORMATION  RESOURCE  DEVELOPMENT




 Spring 2006 Instructor: William Welburn

Image of <you>


COURSE NAME, NUMBER, AND PREREQUISITES


INFORMATION RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

IRLS 588 001
Mondays, 3:30 - 6pm
Modern Languages 411



  [return to top of page]



COURSE DESCRIPTION

Principles of identifying, selecting, acquiring, managing, and evaluating information resources for libraries, information centers, and other information-based settings.


[return to top of page]

COURSE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the summer students will:

  1. Understand the organization of Information Resource Development (IRD), also known as collection development, and management of  IRD practices, including selection, development, evaluation, and preservation practices in libraries and information centers of various types.
  2. Further develop an awareness of the relationship between library IRD and the broader information landscape, specifically including association between libraries and information service and resource providers such as publishers and vendors.
  3. Develop knowledge of issues affecting IRD, including intellectual freedom and copyright, as they form policy for libraries.


[return to top of page]


REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS

G. Edward Evans and Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro, Developing Library and Information Center Collections 5th edition (Libraries Unlimited, 2005) -- This edition only!

Suggested readings (not required):

Nicholson Baker.  Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper (Vintage, 2002)
David S. Levy.  Scrolling Forward: Making Sense of Documents in the Digital Age (Arcade Publishing, 2003)
2004 Information Format Trends: Content, Not Containers OCLC Membership Report.

Other readings as assigned.
[return to top of page]


COURSE REQUIREMENTS

This is an asynchronous course.  There will be no live (real time) chat sessions; however, you will be expected to participate fully in online discussions in the course site Discussion Area.

Over the course of the semester you will need to complete four quizzes and two short assignments:

Quizzes are worth 10 points each, totalling 40% of your grade
Each assignment is worth 25 points, totalling 50% of your grade
The remaining 10% will be determined from your participation in online discussions.  (You are expected to read the postings from the instructor and your fellow students and participate regularly. 

[return to top of page]


COURSE POLICIES

Academic Code of Integrity

Students are expected to abide by The University of Arizona Code of Academic Integrity (one theme of which is that 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

All assignments are due on the date posted and must be submitted in the course website dropbox.  Late submissions will lose 20% of the original grade for each day beyond the deadline.

Quizzes not completed by the posted date will lose 50% of  their original grade.

All students are expected to be fully prepared for discussion. 

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 incompete 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.

[return to top of page]


GRADING

All final grades will be determined by quizzes (40%), assignments (50%), and class participation (10%).

[return to top of page]


CONTACTING ME

You may contact me at any time at wwelburn@u.arizona.edu, or by leaving a message at 520-621-5221.

[return to top of page]