LIS 772: Academic Librarianship
Winter 2006
Syllabus
Catalog
description: Administrative
issues and service patterns peculiar to the academic library. Attention is
directed to the relationship between the functions of the library and the program
of higher education. Prerequisite or co-requisite: 701.
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Session |
Date |
Central Topics |
Assignments due |
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1 |
1/10 |
Introduction:
Thinking about academic libraries. A
case study (The long goodbye) and adopting multiple perspectives |
Please
note: the full assignments are posted on Moodle |
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2 |
1/17 |
The
academy and academic libraries: histories and issues |
Assignment
1: prepare assigned readings for class discussion, including the question: why
are the last two articles so different on their conclusions? |
Budd,
ch. 1, 4 Mech, ch. 1 George
D. Kuh and Robert M. Gonyea.
"The role of the academic library in promoting student engagement in
learning," College & Research Libraries. 64(4):256-282, July
2003. (available online through Library Literature) W.
Lee Hisle. "Top issues facing academic
libraries: a report of the Focus on the Future Task Force (of ACRL),"
C&RL News. 63(11):714-715, 730. (available
online through Library Literature) Eileen
McElrath. "Challenges that academic library
directors are experiencing as perceived by them and their supervisors," College
and Research Libraries. 63(7):304-321, July 2002. (available online through Library Literature) |
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3 |
1/24 |
Current
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Assignment
2: selected articles and brief paper |
Newman, Frank, Couturier, Lara,
Scurry, Jamie. Higher Education Isn't Meeting the Public's Needs. Chronicle of Higher Education; 10/15/2004, Vol. 51 Issue 8, pB6. and O'Meara, KerryAnn, and remaining
articles as listed in assignment 2. Budd,
ch. 5. |
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4 |
1/31 |
Information
literacy, faculty collaboration, teaching, learning |
Assignment
3: Prepare readings for class discussion |
Association
of College & Research Libraries. Information Literacy Competency
Standards for Higher Education. http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/informationliteracycompetency.htm Leckie, Gloria. Desperately Seeking Citations:
Uncovering Faculty Assumptions about the Undergraduate Research Process. The
Journal of Academic Librarianship. (May 1996), 201-208. available online, Libe Lit Graftstein, Ann. A Discipline-Based Approach to
Information Literacy. The Journal of Academic Librarianship. 28:4
(July 2002), 197-204. available online, Libe Lit Leckie, Gloria and Anne Fullerton. The Roles of Academic
Librarians in Fostering a Pedagogy for Information
Literacy. ACRL Ninth National Conference. (April 8-11, 1999). available online at
conference site:http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/leckie99.pdf Hutchins,
Elizabeth, Barbara Fister, and Kris (Huber) MacPherson. Changing Landscapes, Enduring Values: Making
the Transition from Bibliographic Instruction to Information Literacy. Journal
of Library Administration. 36:1/2 (2002), 3-19. Available through EbscoHost Hutchins,
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5 |
2/7 |
The
academic library and the academic community: points of contact |
Assignment
4: Prepare
readings for discussion, Short
paper due |
Mech, ch. 8, Leading from
within Budd,
ch. 10. http://wilsontxt.hwwilson.com/pdfhtml/03836/wyymn/vsi.htm Christiansen,
Lars; Stombler, Mindy; Thaxton,
Lyn. A Report on Librarian-Faculty Relations from a Sociological Perspective.
The Journal of Academic
Librarianship v. 30
no. 2 (March 2004) p. 116-21 http://wilsontxt.hwwilson.com/pdfhtml/02605/l5zu3/6s8.htm Fowler, Clara
S.; Walter, Scott . Instructional leadership: New
responsibilities for a new reality. College & Research Libraries News v. 64 no. 7 (July/August 2003) p.
465-8. http://wilsontxt.hwwilson.com/pdfhtml/03836/wdymt/nsl.htm |
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6 |
2/14 |
The
library as academic department; scholarly communication |
Assignment
5: Prepare readings for class discussion |
Budd,
ch. 3 Boyer
(yes, the whole book!) |
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7 |
2/21 |
Library
programs (IL, reference, collections, access, ) and library users |
Assignment
6: Prepare readings for class discussion; preliminary discussion of
Assignment 8 (paper) |
Budd, ch. 8 Berman, S. "Inside"
censorship [de facto censorship implicit in collection decisions]. Progressive Librarian no. 18 (Summer 2001) p.
48-63 online through Library Literature. Prescott,
Melissa Kaplin, et al. The Online Catalog: A Learner-Centered Context for Information
Literacy. On Blackboard, under Course Documents. |
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8 |
2/28 |
Assignment
7: study / compare job postings for public services librarians now & ~10
years ago |
Mech, ch. 6: Public services
librarians Mech, ch. 7: Every
instructional services librarian Musings,
meanderingschapter 3: Moving beyond the re
generation(handout) |
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9 |
3/7 |
Technology
and library programs |
Assignment
9: prepare scenarios on libraries and technology |
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10 |
3/14 |
Leadership,
management and governance (organizational structures, personnel, money, );
fitting into the academic structure |
Assignment
8 DUE: short paper on higher education reform and librarianship |
Lesniaski,
David, et al. Collegial leadership in college libraries (paper
presented at ACRL X, http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/lesniaski.pdf Budd,
ch. 6-7. |
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11 |
3/28 |
The
library as place; the library as community |
Assignment
10: Short reflection on a memorable library space (for class
reading/discussion) |
Crawford, Walt Library
space: the next frontier? Online ( Demas, Samuel
G.; Scherer, Jeffrey A. Esprit de place; maintaining and designing library
buildings to provide transcendent spaces. American Libraries v. 33 no. 4 (April 2002) p. 65-8. Shill, Harold
B.; Tonner, Shawn. Does the Building Still Matter?
Usage Patterns in New, Expanded, and Renovated Libraries, 1995-2002. College & Research
Libraries v. 65 no.
2 (March 2004) p. 123-50. |
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12 |
4/4 |
Professionalism;
The academic librarian (including faculty status issues). Paraprofessionals.
Gender. |
Assignment 11: prepare questions for class discussion. Discussion
of Assignment 12: final paper. Assignment
13: short reflection on faculty status issues |
Moran, Robert
F. Jr. A View from the Ranks: An Interview with Dorothy A. Morgan,
Paraprofessional, Reynolds,
Marianne. Only Princesses Are Allowed At the Ball! Removing Limitations
Placed Upon Paraprofessionals. Library Mosaics v. 14 no. 6 (November/December 2003) p.
18-19. Oberg, Larry R.
The library of the 21st century. OLA Quarterly v. 5 no. 4. Winn,
Thinking unthinkable thoughts (posted on Blackboard) |
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13 |
4/11 |
Moving outside the library (other campus roles based on library experience & background; career paths + relationship to lship as discipline) presentations |
Assignment
14: Short reflection on leadership and libraries |
Mech, ch. 10, 14, 17 |
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14 |
4/19 |
Challenges
and opportunities: generally, and then: digital collections in the academic
library (making sense of this: opportunity or sinkhole for energy?) presentations |
Assignment
15 part 1: reflections on collaboration |
The Changing Role of the
Library in the Academic W. Lee Hisle
Embracing the Challenge of
Change Through Collegial Decision-Making Barbara Fister and Kathie Martin Quality Assurance in the
Age of Author Self-Archiving Gerry McKiernan (articles
available on Blackboard) |
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15 |
4/25 |
challenges
+ opportunities presentations |
Assignment
15 part 2: short reflection on what you would like to see happen in the next 5-10
years in academic libraries |
[none] |
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Assignment 12, final
paper, due no later than 4/30, dropbox.
Additional topics we will cover during the semester:
Teaching and pedagogy; student-centered
learning
Change
Distance education
Intellectual freedom
Copyright and intellectual property
Digital libraries
Life in the academic library
Perspectives to consider throughout the semester:
The library is a growing organismthe
library as an organic entity vs. the library as a collection of services or
programs
The library as academic department / academic
program vs. the library as administrative unit
The discipline of librarianship vs.
librarianship as a profession
Academic librarians as leaders, colleagues,
partners, servants
Being proactive; being reactive: writing your
future
Gender
Academic politics
This
course is a seminar, and, as such, one of the topics we should consider
throughout the course is how to structure the work we do to encourage and honor
the different perspectives each of us brings to this study, and how best to
incorporate different learning and presentation styles into each class session.
There will be a fair amount of reading, ranging from the scholarly and theoretical to the opinionated and the provocative (not that these characteristics are mutually exclusive). Each of us should come prepared to discuss all the assigned reading each week. Often I will ask the entire class to do common readings and then split the class into smaller groups so each group can concentrate on particular topics or perspectives. Each group often will be asked to present their readings and initiate class discussion on their topics. On other occasions I will request you write short critical reflections on the readings (any styleessay, dialogue, multimedia workthat you prefer) to serve as bases for class discussion.
There
will be one major paper, due by April 12, on any
topic(s) related to academic librarianship that you would like to explore. This
is, at heart, a research paper (requiring reference to scholarly sources) but
the particular format of the paper is up to you. Everyone will have an
opportunity to present their work to the rest of the class during the last three
class sessions. Feel free to work on this (and any other projects)
independently or with others, depending on your preference. If two or more of
you work together, please note that on your submissions or presentations. I
would appreciate knowing your intended topic and approach before spring break (= by the 3/15 class) if possible. You will have a
chance to revise this paper (if you wish) before the end of the semester.
Your
course grade will be a combination of your class participation in leading and
in contributing to group and class discussions, grades on the short reaction
papers/projects, and the grade for the final paper. Each of these aspects will
be weighed equally.
I
will post weekly readings and assignments on the Blackboard course page. I would
appreciate your sending any written assignments to me through the Dropbox by
the due date. From time to time we will have the opportunity to participate in
class forums through Blackboard or the class blog. Any time I make changes to
the syllabus, readings, etc., or post an assignment I will send an email and
post an announcement on the Blackboard page.
Please feel free to contact me anytime with any questions, issues, comments, exciting readings or ideas you come across and feel free to post comments to the blog should you have ideas or information you would like to share.
Caveat:
since this course is a work in progress, we should feel free to explore other
topics or linger on issues we find especially provocative or interesting. We
will have some guest speakers, and while their presentations will mesh with the
overall themes of the course, we may have to reorder the list of topics I
presented above.
--David
Lesniaski
November
2005
Texts:
Boyer, Ernest L. Scholarship
Reconsidered: Priorities
of the Professoriate.
Budd, John M. The changing academic
library.
Mech, Terrence F. and Gerard B. McCabe (eds.). Leadership and academic librarians.