Extra Credit

For those of you who need extra credit, it is due BEFORE 2:00 p.m. on April 24th.

As a reminder, extra credit opportunities are listed on the syllabus and below.

Each extra credit opportunity listed below is worth 2 points. You may obtain a total of 10 points extra credit (you may already have some extra credit for in class activities).

Extra credit options:

• Attend any library sponsored event (e.g. library workshop, film night, etc.). You must obtain proof of your attendance. Events are listed on the right side of the library homepage under "News and Events."
• Compare and contrast an academic and public library in a 2 page report.
• Evaluate a library homepage by writing a 2 page report about the features of the website, ease of use, etc.
• Interview a librarian (at any library) and write a 2 page report on what you learned from the experience.
• Interview a professor within your major about how he/she uses the library. Submit a 2 page summary.
• Visit any public library and write a 2 page report about your visit.
• View "Bowling for Columbine" and write a 2 page report on the major "information issues" raised in the film.

For Thursday (3/27)

Lecture and Discussion: How Search Engines Work / Using the Web for Research (.ppt)

Reading #4: "Can Wikipedia Ever Make the Grade?" by Brock Read. Chronicle of Higher Education (10/27/2006). [Use library catalog to locate article - see steps below]

Post reading response on blog BY 4/3

Annotated Bibliography: Part 4 Is Due Today!

To access reading:

- Go to the library homepage
- Click on "Search Catalog"
- Click on the "Journal Title" tab
- Type in "Chronicle of Higher Education"
- Click on "EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier Jan 1999-(last 1 month not available)"
- Find the article by clicking on "Search within this publication" and type in "Wikipedia and grade" in the second box (the box below "JN Chronicle of Higher Education")
- Click on "HTML Full Text" to retrieve the full text of the article

Tuesday (3/25)

Since we missed the team activity last week, we are going to have it tomorrow (3/25) instead.

You'll be looking at Reference resources.

So if you don't want to miss those points, I'll see you in class.

No Office Hours/No Class Tomorrow/Assignment Still Due

Unfortunately (or fortunately for you!) I am sick.

I will not have office hours today and we will not have class tomorrow (Tuesday, 3/18).

You do need to e-mail me your annotated bibliographies (Part III) before class tomorrow. You can do this by sending me your Word doc as an attachment.

I will be on e-mail off and on so if you have questions, please let me know.

And remember that there are no classes this Thursday.

Upcoming Weeks

3/13:

Database Presentations (Assignment #3)

News Report #6 Due

3/18:

Team Activity: Reference Resources

Annotated Bibliography: Part 3 Due

3/20:

State Holiday ~ No Class

3/ 25:

Change in syllabus: Finding What You Need in Randall Library

News Report #7 Due

Slides for Tuesday (3/10)

The PowerPoint slides for Tuesday (3/10) are available: .ppt

What's Due

Annotated Bibliography: Part 2 is due Thursday (2/28)

Reading #3: "The Infodiet: How Libraries Can Offer an Appetizing Alternative to Google" by Steven Bell. Chronicle of Higher Education (2/20/2004).
[Use library catalog to locate article - see steps below]

Post reading response on blog BY 3/11

- Go to the library homepage
- Click on "Search Catalog"
- Click on the "Journal Title" tab
- Type in "Chronicle of Higher Education"
- Click on "EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier Jan 1999-(last 1 month not available)"
- Find the article by clicking on "Search within this publication" and type in "Infodiet" in the second box (the box below "JN Chronicle of Higher Education")
- Click on "HTML Full Text" to retrieve the full text of the article

Upcoming Office Hours

My office hours on Monday (2/25) will be limited to 3:00 - 4:00.

I will not hold office hours during Spring Break (Monday, 3/3).

Please e-mail me if you have any questions.

Slides and Reminders

The .ppt slides for today are available online: Subscription Databases.

The Library Lingo and Randall Library test is Thursday.

Part I one of your annotated bibliography is due today.

No Office Hours Today

I am out sick today and will not hold my usual 3 - 5 office hours.

Slides and Links

The slides for tomorrow's lecture (2/11) are available online: Classification Systems

Getting familiar with call numbers:

Exercise #1

Exercise #2

Updated Syllabus

I've updated the syllabus to reflect the final exam/last day of class as April 24th

This Week

1/29's Reading Report is due before class on Tuesday (2/5)

News Report #3 is due before class on Thursday (2/7)

On Thursday, we'll be meeting in the Curriculum Materials Center in Watson School of Education (#127). If you are not familiar with where this building is please look at the campus map: http://www.uncw.edu/ba/campus_map.htm

We will be discussing the following on Thursday:

- News Reports #2 and #3
- The Reading Report ("Information Navigation 101")
- Your Annotated Bibliography (Assignment #2)

I'll also be handing out your grades to this point (this will not include Thursday's News Report)

Reminders

1/22's Reading Report should be posted on your blog before class on Tuesday (1/28)

Reading #2: "Information Navigation 101" by Andrea L. Foster. Chronicle of Higher Education (3/9/2007).

You'll need to use the library catalog to locate this article. The first few steps in this process is the process you'd use any time you have a citation to a journal article and need to find it. We'll talk more about this in class.

- Go to the library homepage
- Click on "Search Catalog"
- Click on the "Journal Title" tab
- Type in "Chronicle of Higher Education"
- Click on "EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier Jan 1999-(last 1 month not available)"
- Find for article by clicking on "Search within this publication" and type in "Information Navigation 101" in the second box (the box below "JN Chronicle of Higher Education")
- Click on "HTML Full Text" to retrieve the full text of the article

Post your reading response on your blog before class on 2/5

Your next News Report (#2) is due before class on Thursday (1/31)

Slides for Today

The PowerPoint slides for today are online: Overview of Libraries

Reminders

Reading #1 is assigned today:

"Are Librarians Totally Obsolete?" by Will Sherman
Available online: http://www.degreetutor.com/library/adult-continued-education/librarians-needed

Post reading response on blog before the beginning of class on 1/29.

Your first news report is due before the beginning of class on Thursday (1/24). Be prepared to discuss this in class.

Office Hours and PowerPoint

I will not hold office hours on Monday, 1/21 due to the Martin Luther King state holiday.

The PowerPoint slides for today are online: What Is Information?

Spring 2008

Welcome to LIB 103.

Check this site frequently for announcements, reminders, links to PowerPoint presentations, assignment details, class resources, etc.

All information pertaining to LIB 103 will be delivered through this blog.

Each student in LIB 103 will have his or her own blog as well.

Welcome to the class!

Ms. Pemberton

Grades

All extra credit must be submitted today at the beginning of class (no exceptions).

I will grade the final exam immediately after class today. Your final grade will be e-mailed to your UNCW e-mail account by 5:00 p.m. today. You have until 10 p.m. to respond with any questions relating to your grade. If for some reason you are not able to do this, let me know immediately.

I will post grades in SeaNet tomorrow (12/5).

If you wish to delete your blog, you can log into Blogger and click on "Settings." Under the "Basic" section, scroll to the very bottom and click on "Delete This Blog."

Updates

• Your grade "status" report will be given to you in class tomorrow (11/27)
  
  
• We will have the final review for the exam tomorrow (11/27)
  
  
• You will also have the opportunity to evaluate your team members and the team grade will be explained
  
  
• You will also complete the SPOTS tomorrow (11/27)
  
  
• PowerPoints for this week: Information Overload (.ppt) and Information Issues (.ppt)
  
  
• All extra credit must be completed and submitted by 12:30 p.m. on 12/4 (the day of the final exam)