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LIB 406 - Academic Libraries: General course info & weekly assignments

Week 2: April 7

Readings moved to Moodle course

Week 1: March 31

For Tuesday:

1) Read from International Encyclopedia of Information and Library Science:entries:

  • Preface
  • Library and information services and institutions
  • University libraries, and
  • Academic libraries

"Five laws of library science." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 22 Mar. 2014. Web. 31 Mar. 2014.

Gorman, Michael. "The Five Laws Of Library Science: Then & Now." School Library Journal 44.7 (1998): 20-23. ERIC. Web. 30 Mar. 2014.

For shadowing: "Making the Library into a Place Our Users Live" (NAL),

and from this ebook: Oblinger, Diana. Learning Spaces. Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE, 2006. EDUCAUSE. 2006. Web. <http://www.educause.edu/research-and-publications/books/learning-spaces>.

Chap 2 see espe. p. 2.5-2.8

Chap 8 espc. the first half

Chap 7

For Friday:

take the Keirsey Temperament Sorter®-II.  You only need to get the free temperament report, not the fee-based specific reports.

start a blog for class, write a couple of entries based on your temperament report and readings

"Library Databases and Electronic Resources: Full-Text Periodicals, E-books, and E-reference Collections." Neal-Schuman Library Technology Companion: A Basic Guide for Library Staff. 4th ed. Chicago: Neal-Schuman, 2013. Ebrary. Web. 30 Mar. 2014.

Sections on Basic Information; Academic Libraries; Facilities; Digital Libraries. From The Whole Library Handbook 5: Current Data, Professional Advice, and Curiosa about Libraries and Library Services. Ed. George M. Eberhart. Chicago: American Library Association, 2013. N. pag. Print. (ordered through Summit 3/30/14

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