Team Activities in Class

When working on team activities in class from this point forward:

- Please work as a team on each activity
- You will turn in one worksheet per team
- Please put your full name (first and last name) as we have more than one instance of same first names in the class
- Do not list a team member on the worksheet if they are not in class (you are giving them credit for your work when you do this)

Reminder: Annotated Bibliography Topic Due

Your chosen topic for the annotated bibliography assignment (Assignment #2) is due BEFORE class on Thursday (10/9). You are to e-mail the topic (see specifics below) to Ms. Pemberton (pembertona@uncw.edu) before class.

Part 1: Selecting a Topic (worth 2 points)
Choose one of the following topics (below). You will be creating an annotated bibliography for this topic.

· The Digital Divide
· The Impact of the Patriot Act on Libraries
· Information Literacy
· The Scholarly Communication Crisis

Using a web search engine (such as Google), gain a basic understanding of your topic. E-mail your instructor (pembertona@uncw.edu) the topic you have chosen and a concise summary of the topic (in your own words; minimum 150 words). E-mail must be sent before class on 10/9.

News Report#3 Due on Thursday

Don't forget to post your third News Report to your blog by 11:00 on Thursday. Ms. Radom will be teaching the class on Tuesday, and I'll see you Thursday.

Announcements and Instructions

The .ppt from Thursday's discussion (9/4) is online: Overview of Libraries

Your reading #2 response is due before class on 9/16: "Information Navigation 101" by Andrea L. Foster. Chronicle of Higher Education (3/9/2007).

You'll be using the library catalog to locate this article. We will discuss this in class.

- Go to the library homepage (http://library.uncw.edu/)
- Click on "Search Catalog"
- Click on the "Journal Title" tab
- Type in the name of the publication: Chronicle of Higher Education
- We'll talk about how to interpret the catalog record in more depth later in the semester
- For now, click on the link for "Academic Search Premiere" (see image)
- Click on "Search within this publication"
- In the second search blank, type in "Information navigation 101" (see image)
- It should be the only result you retrieve

Ms. Pemberton's Office Hours:

Ms. Pemberton will not have office hours from 9/15 until 9/29. They will resume on 10/6.

Office Hours on Monday (9/8)

I will have limited office hours on Monday (3:00 - 3:50 p.m.).

As always, you can make an appointment with me if my office hours do not work with your schedule.

Reminder: News Report #1 due Thursday

News Report #1 is due before class on Thursday (9/4). Be prepared to discuss your news story on Thursday.

The complete assignment can be found on the right side of this page (click on "Assignment #1").

One of the topics you should be following in the news is "information technology." What is information technology?

Here's a trick. If you go to Google you can type the word "define" then a colon and the concept you wish to define, you'll retrieve definitions from websites.

So try .... define: information technology ... in Google and read those definitions.

For the purposes of this class, we're talking about "a term that encompasses all forms of technology used to create, store, exchange and use information in its various forms" (http://www.federalwc.com/glossary.html).

Reading #1

This is a reminder that Reading #1 is assigned today.

Reading #1: "The Future of Libraries: Beginning the Great Transformation" by Thomas Frey. Available online: http://www.davinciinstitute.com/page.php?ID=120

Reading Reports: For every class reading assigned you will post a response on your blog for each reading that summarizes what you learned and your reaction to the reading. This is an informal report. You need not worry about formatting or style guidelines but please pay attention to grammar and spelling as points will be deducted for errors in these areas. There is a minimum requirement of 250 words for each posting. You will not receive ANY credit if your report is fewer than 250 words. There are five readings and reports are worth a total of 15% of your grade (3% for each assigned reading).

Your response must be posted BEFORE 11:00 a.m. on 9/9.

Clips from Today's Class

Here are the clips we watched today in class:

EPIC (8:45)
http://epic.makingithappen.co.uk/new-masterfs1.html

Information R/evolution (5:29)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4CV05HyAbM

A Vision of Students Today (4:44)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o&feature=user

You might also be interested in these:

The Machine is Us/ing Us (Final Version) (4:34)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g&feature=user

The Internet Has a Face (4:42)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vROZGNo1P9Q

Blogging 101

Where are your blogs?

• Click on "Your Blogs" on the right side of this blog. They are in alphabetical order by your last name but only your first name is visible. If you don't see your blog, you probably were not in class on Tuesday and you need to stick around at the end of class on Thursday (8/28) to create one.

Putting text in your blog ("web log") is called "posting."

To post something (a news report or reading report), go to Blogger: http://www.blogger.com/

Log in with your UNCW e-mail address and the password you created for your blog.

You should see your blog and a little blue icon that says, "New Post." Click on this.

Give your post a title that will enable me to easily determine what you are posting (e.g. "News Report #1" or "Reading Report #1").

You may wish to type your reports in Word first to utilize the word count and spell check features and then copy and paste that into your post.

Click on "Publish Post" when you are finished. You can always go back and edit a post by clicking on "Edit Post."

Should you ever have trouble with your blog and an assignment is due, e-mail the assignment to me (pembertona@uncw.edu) and we'll work to get your blog up and running in class. "My blog won't work" will not be an acceptable excuse for not having your assignments submited on time.

Example of news posting for Assignment #1

Get Books from an ATM?
An ATM for booksComing soon: The most inclusive reader's catalog in the world, at your fingertips.

By Emily Maltby, FSB MagazineDecember 14 2006: 9:36 AM EST(FSB Magazine)

Buying a book could become as easy as buying a pack of gum. After several years in development, the Espresso - a $50,000 vending machine with a conceivably infinite library - is nearly consumer-ready and will debut in ten to 25 libraries and bookstores in 2007. The New York Public Library is scheduled to receive its machine in February.The company behind the Espresso is called On Demand Books, founded by legendary book editor Jason Epstein, 78, and Dane Neller, 56, but the technology was developed six years ago by Jeff Marsh, who is a technology advisor for New York City-based ODB (ondemandbooks.com).

The machine can print, align, mill, glue and bind two books simultaneously in less than seven minutes, including full-color laminated covers. It prints in any language and will even accommodate right-to-left texts by putting the spine on the right. The upper page limit is 550 pages, though by tweaking the page thickness and type size, you could get a copy of War and Peace (albeit tough to read) if you wanted.

As a librarian, it is hard for me to imagine getting a book out of an ATM type machine. It does make me realize that print has not and doesn't seem to be doing away. It seems that people still want books and want them when it is convenient from them. This seems similar to the DVD atm machines that are available at gas stations and grocery stores. New mediums come around but the old mediums don't "die." Even though you can watch movies online people still purchase DVDs and rent DVDs. The same is true for books. I do wonder why more people do not borrow books from libraries. This costs nothing except for the expense of driving to your nearest library. People still seem to want to own books and add them to their collection.

Welcome to LIB 103! (Fall 2008)

Welcome to LIB 103 for Fall 2008.

Plan to check this blog regularly for announcements, updates, and information for the course.

You'll find links to the syllabus and assignments to the right as well as updated news information on topics related to this course.

Final Grades

Final grades have been posted in SeaPort/SeaNet.

My office hours for Spring 2008 have ended.

Should you need to get in touch with me, please do so via e-mail (pembertona@uncw.edu).

Thanks and best of luck to all of you!

For Team Activity

As a group, view this online plagiarism tutorial: http://www.fairfield.edu/lib_pcobjectives.html

Complete the online quiz at the end and e-mail me your results (copy and paste the results into an e-mail to me: pembertona@uncw.edu) and include your team members’ names (DO NOT CLICK ON “SEE HOW YOU DID”).

Complete the grades for your team members and turn these in to me

Slides for Tuesday (4/22)

The slides for Tuesday (on plagiarism) are available: .ppt

In class:

- Review plagiarism

- Team activity

- Grade team members

- For those taking final exam, review

In the Local News ...

Just as we're talking about book banning and censorship, a relevant local story to consider:

"Parents Take Son Out of School Over Controversial Book"

http://www.wwaytv3.com/parents_take_son_out_of_school_over_controversial_book/03/2008

Video: http://www.wwaytv3.com/video/parents_take_son_out_of_school_over_controversial_book/03

WWAY on 13 March 2008 - 5:00pm.

WILMINGTON -- A book on a local ninth grade reading list has some parents so upset, they took their son out of school.

The book, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, was an option for students to read in a freshman English class at Ashley High School. It was among the American Library Association's most challenged books of 2006.

Now the book is being challenged here in New Hanover County.

"This book is the most graphic book I've seen as a student book."

As Chuck and Wendy Strafford read through The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky they couldn't believe it was being taught in their son's high school freshman English class.

Chuck said, "There's millions and millions of good books out there, literature books, that are cleaner."

The coming-of-age tale told from the perspective of a high school boy has sparked controversy nationwide. The book goes into detail about drugs, alcohol, gay sex, date rape and other topics the Straffords say would be better off in more advanced classes -- not for 15-year-old students like their son Elijah.

"We're trying to keep him protected and sheltered in a healthy, clean environment and keeping him so he's innocent," Wendy said.

Elijah's teacher, Christy McCoy, gave students the option of reading a different book, but the Strafford's say he was absent the day she made that announcement and was under the impression he had to read this book.

New Hanover County Schools Spokesperson Valita Quattlebaum said, "The book will go through the school's media advisory committee and it will be reviewed there. Then the book will go on further to the district's media advisory committee to be reviewed at that time. And after that takes place a decision will be made whether or not the book will be allowed to remain on the school's shelves."

The Straffords say they've had to sign permission slips so their kids could take sex-ed courses, and even watch certain movies. They say they would have liked to be notified in the same manner about this book.

Wendy said, "We should, with literature, especially with that graphic of a nature, be told as parents, not let the kids have that choice since they are minors."

The Straffords, along with another concerned parent, met with the principal and their son's English teacher and say they couldn't reach any sort of agreement. They took Elijah out of Ashley for the time being and say they hope this eventually blows over.

They say they aren't trying to get the book banned; they simply would have liked to have gotten a heads up about its graphic nature.

More Media Literacy

From Natalie (2:00 class):

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=117466&title=the-question-mark

The Final Countdown

Today (Thursday, April 17th)

- Your final reading response is due.

- We'll be discussing more information issues such as mis-/disinformation on the web, censorship and book banning (http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.cfm), and privacy.

- We'll also be doing SPOTs (Student Perception of Teaching) today.

Tuesday (April 22)

- Your final news report is due.

- We'll be discussing plagiarism and you'll have a team activity on this topic.

- You'll be giving your teammates their "team grade."

- For those of you taking the final, we'll have a final exam review.

Reminder: All extra credit is due BEFORE 2:00 p.m. on April 24th. No extensions will be granted. No, not even if you beg.

Managing Your E-mail

Andrew (the 2:00 class) shared these instructions for setting up your Outlook/e-mail: http://library.uncw.edu/web/instruction/lib103/pemberton/Outlook%20Instructions.pdf

This will allow you to set up Outlook where you can manage your e-mail, create folders, set up your calendar, etc.

ALA celebrates National Library Week in Second Life

I'll give anyone 4 points extra credit if you get in Second Life, create an avatar, attend one of these events and do a 250 word blog posting about it! Maybe you'll see me ("Kirstie Merlin") there! As with other extra credit, this is due BEFORE 2:00 p.m. on April 24th.

Second Life Time = Pacific Time.


For fifty years, National Library Week (April 13-19, 2008) has been celebrated by libraries of all types all across the country. This year, ALA brings the celebration to Second Life with a week of "in world" activities.

All activities will take place on the ALA Island, ALA's virtual space, and will be hosted by Tina Coleman, ALA member specialist, whose Second Life avatar name is Kay Tairov or Val Hawkins, ALA library reference specialist, whose Second Life avatar name is ALALibraryVal Miles.

The ALA Island/ALA Main Stage is located at 128, 107, 29. In Second Life, teleport there directly: http://slurl.com/secondlife/ALA%20Island/128/107/29/

Sunday, April 13
* 1:30 p.m. (12:00 p.m. Second Life Time (SLT)) - ALA President Loriene Roy kicks off the Second Life National Library Week celebrations with brief remarks about National Library Week.

* 6:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. SLT) - Julie Andrews Costume Party at ALA Party Central. Andrews is the honorary chair of National Library Week 2008.

Monday, April 14
* 11:00 a.m. (9:00 a.m. SLT) - Opening fireworks

* 3:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. SLT) - Book discussion at the Book Platform * 6:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. SLT) - "Come as your favorite intellectual" Party at Lake Maze

* 6:30 pm (4:30 p.m. SLT) - AASL Storytime at the Pond Space
Tuesday, April 15

* Library Stars Photo Op: For National Library Workers Day, take a snapshot of your avatar and have it posted on the Constellation of Library Stars gallery.

* 2:00-3:00 p.m. (12 p.m. SLT) - Tai Chi Session to celebrate wellness for National Library Workers Day at the Main Stage

* 6:15 p.m. (4:15 p.m. SLT) - Fireworks

* 6:30 -7:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. SLT) - Public Programs Office Storytime at the Pond Space
Wednesday, April 16

* 11:00 - 12:00 am (9:00 a.m. SLT) - Libraries Across America: The Bold & the Beautiful at the ALA Gallery

* 1:00 -2:00 p.m. (11 a.m. SLT) Scavenger Hunt at the Main Stage

* 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. (4:30 pm SLT) Public Programs Office Storytime at the Pond Space

Thursday, April 17
* 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. SLT) Young Adult Literature Trivia Contest to celebrate Support Teen Literature Day at the Main Stage

* Time TBD - YALSA Podcast and discussion at the Pond Space

* 6:00 - 7:00 pm (4:00 p.m. SLT) Books With Bite: Vamp it up for YALSA at ALA Party Central. This party will include fireworks display.

Friday April 18
* 11:00-11:30 a.m. (9:00 a.m. SLT) Gaming in Libraries Presentation at Sky Presentation Space to celebrate "gaming @ your library"

* 2:00 - 3:00 pm (12:00 p.m. SLT) Salon Huron Discussion Group at Salon Huron

* 6:30- 7:30 pm (4:30 p.m. SLT) Come as your favorite video game character party at ALA Party Central

Saturday 4/19
* 11:00 - 12:00 p.m. (9:00 a.m. SLT) Book Discussion at the Book Platform

* 5:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. SLT) Knowledge Rocks Concert in conjunction with the Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant winner, the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County at the Main Stage

To learn more about Second Life, visit ALA's Second Life wiki at http://wikis.ala.org/professionaltips/index.php/Second_Life. For more information on National Library Week, visit the National Library Week Web page at www.ala.org/pio/nlw.

"Some People Say ..." (Media Literacy Continued)

Shared by Corey (in the 2:00 class):

"Some People Say ..." video on YouTube:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NYA9ufivbDw

Related: http://www.outfoxed.org/

Have something to share? Blog about it!

Class Today

The .ppt slides for today (Information Overload) are available.

If we have time, we'll also talk about the digital divide, information literacy, the Patriot Act, and the scholarly communication crisis.

4/15

We will not have class on April 15th (this is a Tuesday).

PowerPoint Slides

The .ppt slides are available for our discussion on evaluating information (for Thursday, 4/3).

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)

Interesting Videos

Here are some interesting videos related to class: http://mediatedcultures.net/mediatedculture.htm

No Class on Tuesday (11/20)

We will not meet on 11/20. You are responsible for:

- E-mailing your completed, corrected bibliography to your instructor BEFORE 12:30 on 11/20

- Reading "Web Hoaxes, Counterfeit Sites, and Other Spurious Information on the Internet" (Electronic Reserves). You must post your reading response on your blog BY 12:30 on 11/29

- We will have a final exam review on 11/27 and/or 11/29

- A "status grade report" will be e-mailed to you on 11/20 or 11/21 indicating your grades to this point

PowerPoint Slides

Evaluating Information .ppt slides

Office Hours (11/19)

I will not have office hours on 11/19. Please e-mail me if you need to meet or have any questions.

PowerPoint Slides

PowerPoint Slides Available for 11/6

Reminder!

Annotated Bibliography: Part 3 due on 10/30

PowerPoint Slides

Available for 10/25

No Class on 11/8

We will not meet on 11/8.

Use this time to work on your annotated bibliographies and to read the assigned reading for that day:

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

Post reading response on blog BY 11/15

Your News Report #8 is still due that day

No Office Hours Today

I'll be unable to hold office hours today (Monday, 10/22).

Today (10/18/07)

Unfortunately I need to cover a class for a colleague at 12:30 so I will not be in #1039 today.

Norma Flax, one of my colleagues, will be handing out some worksheets for you to do in class (individually, not in your group).

Please put your name on the worksheet and work on those from 12:30 - 1:15. Hang on to the worksheets as we'll continue working on them next week. You will have 4 research questions. For each question, complete 1 worksheet. You'll be finding citations to 2 articles and 2 books that would help you answer the research question. These instructions are given on the handouts.

Please use the remainder of class time (1:15 - 1:45) to work on your databases presentations.

If you have any questions, please contact me via e-mail (pembertona@uncw.edu) and I will respond as soon as I can. I apologize for not being in class to assist you.

Slides for Today

The PowerPoint slides for today's lecture are available: .ppt

This Week

Tuesday, October 16

Lecture and Discussion: Controlled Vocabulary and Boolean Logic

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]

Post reading response on blog BY 10/23

Annotated Bibliography: Part 2 Due

Thursday, October 18

Team Activity: Database Exercise

News Report #5 Due

Upcoming Weeks

• Part I of the Annotated Bibliography is due tomorrow (10/2)
  
• PowerPoint slides for 10/2's lecture
  
• Library Lingo & Randall Library test on Thursday (10/4) (20 questions, multiple choice, covers library lingo and information about Randall Library)
  
• No class on 10/9 or 10/11
  
• Part II of the Annotated Bibliography is due on 10/16

Internet People: The Meth Minute

An animated tribute to the Internet people of the world, wherever you may be.

Call numbers and .ppt slides

Reading Call Numbers (#1)

Reading Call Numbers (#2)

.ppt slides for 9/25

Reminder: News Report #4 due on Thursday (9/27) and Part 1 of Annotated Bibliography (Assignment #2) due next Tuesday (10/2).

Library Lingo and Thursday's Class Location

On 10/4 you'll be tested on this list of library lingo as well as any information discussed in class (including tours) about Randall Library

On Thursday we will meet in the Curriculum Materials Center (CMC) - Education Building - #127. We will discuss Assignment #2 in detail during this class.

Assignment Reminders

- Your reading responses and news story responses must be a MINIMUM of 250 words. You can check this by typing your response first in Word and doing a word count (Tools - Word Count) and then copying and pasting your response into your blog

- News stories must pertain to ONLY libraries, the Internet, or information technology. No other content will be accepted.

- Please use the spell check feature of blogger!

Extra Credit Opportunity and Upcoming Items

Extra Credit Opportunity:

If you'd like to earn 2 points extra credit, please post at least 3 reasons why you use Facebook and/or MySpace to your blog by 5:00 today (9/11). I'm teaching a workshop about why students are seemingly "obsessed" with these social networking tools and would like to use some quotes from students.

Reminders:

9/4's Reading Report is due today (9/11) (should be posted on blog before beginning of class)

Reading #2: "Information Navigation 101" by Andrea L. Foster. Chronicle of Higher Education (3/9/2007). [Use library catalog to locate article]. Post reading response on blog BY 9/18

News Report #2 is due on Thursday (9/13)

Slides and Reminders

Lecture Slides for 9/6

No Office Hours on Monday

Reading Report #1 due on Tuesday, 9/11

Library Lingo Game on Tuesday, 9/11

News Report #2 due Thursday, 9/13

Tour on Thursday, 9/13

Reminders

Reading #1 is assigned today (9/4):

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

Post reading response on blog BY 9/11

News Report #1 due on Thursday (9/6)

Lecture Slides (8/30)

Download the lectures slides (in .ppt) for "What Is Information?" (8/30)

Instructions

Check to make sure your blogs work. On the right side of this blog, click on "Your Blogs" and find your first name. This list is actually in alphabetical order by your last name. But because this page is available for public view, your last name has been removed. If you do not have a blog linked from this page you need to create one. Consult with me or a classmate to create your blog. Make sure the blog address (i.e. http://yourgreatblog.blogspot.com/) is e-mailed to me ASAP.

Also ... keep in mind that your news stories for Assignment #1 should be about libraries, the Internet and information technology.

Fall 2007

Welcome to LIB 103 for Fall 2007!

Announcements, stories of interest, and changes to the schedule will be announced here. You should check this page frequently.

Our Famous Blogger

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/10/AR2007041001537.html

Deadline

The deadline for submitting all extra credit, assignments #1 (news scan) and #5 (plagiarism quiz) is midnight tonight (Tuesday, April 24th).

In the News ...

Library Love Videos

Former “John Doe” Warns of Patriot Act Abuse

Military Libraries Face Closures

New Data on U.S. libraries Shows Almost Two Billion Served

Fighting Bush Doctrine of Disinformation is a Librarian’s Mandate

Who Reads What? list includes authors, analyst, skateboarder

Librarian Music Video

Top 25 Requested CIA Documents

PowerPoint Slides Available

Evaluating Information (.ppt or .pdf)

"Information Issues" (.ppt or .pdf)

Assignment #5

For Assignment #5 (worth 5% of your final grade), please do the following:

1. View this online plagiarism tutorial: http://www.fairfield.edu/documents/Library/plagicourt.swf

2. Complete the online quiz at the end and e-mail me your results (copy and paste the results into a new e-mail to me: pembertona@uncw.edu).

I must receive the e-mail before the beginning of class on 4/24.

In the News ...

'Katie's Notebook' Item Cribbed From W.S. Journal

No Class Today (April 10th)

LIB 103 will not be meeting today (Tuesday, April 10th).

Please use this time to complete your reading reports that are due today and to begin reviewing for your upcoming final exam. If you want to get ahead, another reading is listed on your syllabus that will be assigned on Thursday.

On Thursday, we'll spend half the class reviewing for the exam and half the class talking about evaluating information.

In the News ...

Iowa Library’s Cat Has a Rich Second Life as a Biography

Review Session: April 12th

We will have a review session for the comprehensive final exam (that happens on April 26th). Your final exam is worth 20% of your final grade.

Of Interest ...

New and improved libraries, on CBS
(requires Windows Media Player 11 or Real Media Player)
The CBS Early Show explores the ways libraries are reinventing themselves in the 21st century, with a visit (4:21) to ALA President Leslie Burger and the Princeton (N.J.) Public Library....
The Early Show, Mar. 23

A new pedia in town
Larry Sanger, a cofounder of Wikipedia, this week launched an alternative resource, Citizendium. His goal is to capture Wikipedia’s bustle, but this time avoid the vandalism and inconsistency that are its pitfalls. Like Wikipedia, Citizendium will be nonprofit, devoid of ads, and free to read and edit. Unlike Wikipedia, Citizendium’s volunteer contributors will be expected to provide their real names. Experts in given fields will be asked to check articles for accuracy.....
Associated Press, Mar. 25

Books getting more digital
The International Digital Publishing Forum has announced a conference in New York City for May 9. Digital Book 2007 will feature digital publishing and mobile device innovations. Librarians might remember the IDPF as the OeBF, or Open eBook Forum. It dropped the old moniker when it became clear that the group was essentially a trade organization, and not primarily an effort to create an open e-book standard....
Hectic Pace blog, Mar. 28

British schools refuse boring classics
Dozens of schools have rejected gifts of free classic books because today’s pupils find them too “difficult” to read. Around 50 schools have refused to stock literary works by the likes of Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, and Charles Dickens after admitting that youngsters also find them boring. The worrying figures were released by the Millennium Library Trust, which donates sets of up to 300 books to schools around the UK....
Evening Standard, Mar. 20

World internet censorship map
In an effort to counter the once borderless internet, states are seeking to create informational boundaries in cyberspace. This is accomplished through a combination of technical and regulatory means—including laws, licensing regimes, industry self-regulation, national filtering, and content removal—thereby creating a matrix of controls. The OpenNet Initiative has created this interactive global map to highlight those countries with restrictions....
OpenNet Initiative

FBI misues Patriot Act, FBI audit says
Poorly trained FBI agents underreported the number of times the agency issued National Security Letters to obtain financial and telecommunications records in antiterrorism investigations, neglected to provide proper justification for their use, and failed to put in place record-keeping procedures to ensure civil liberties were protected, according to a Justice Department audit released March 9. ALA President Leslie Burger said in a March 9 release that the “findings confirm many of ALA’s most repeatedly stated concerns about the lack of oversight into the FBI’s surveillance activities”....

Book ban turns intra-Palestinian fight into a cultural one
For more than 30 years, anthropologist Sharif Kanaana has been collecting and studying Palestinian folk tales so that people at home and abroad would understand the story of his people. This week, the Hamas-run Palestinian Authority added a new chapter: a directive to pull Kanaana’s book Speak Bird, Speak Again from school libraries and destroy it. The decision underscores the struggle for ideological and political hegemony, one that is making itself felt more strongly than ever before....
Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 9

The Wikipedia scandal
Wikipedia’s latest scandal is the revelation that a high-ranking administrator, and employee (until March) of the associated commercial venture Wikia, had falsified his academic credentials. It turns out the contributor nicknamed Essjay was not a tenured professor at a private university but a 24-year-old named Ryan Jordan who holds no advanced degrees....
The Guardian (U.K.), Mar. 8

Who’s watching your space?
A video summary (2:53) of the OCLC Symposium at the ALA Midwinter Meeting, January 19, in Seattle. More than 400 people attended this discussion of social networking practices and trends. Participants included moderator Michael Stephens (right) and panelists Howard Rheingold, danah boyd, and Marc Smith....
YouTube, Mar. 9

How the library changes lives (PDF file)
Last spring, as part of its ongoing partnership with ALA, Woman’s Day asked its readers to send in stories about how the library affected their lives. The 2,000 heartfelt, funny, and touching essays submitted prove that the library isn’t just the place you go to check out books. Ellen Breslau presents four stories of hope and inspiration....
Woman’s Day, Mar. 6

Final Bibliography and Lecture Slides

Your FINAL annotated bibliography must be turned in BEFORE midnight on 4/3. As of today (3/29) you can no longer submit portions for feedback. All feedback is being returned in class today.

I will have office hours on Monday from 3:00 - 5:00 and you are more than welcome to drop by for input then.

The final bibliography format example is available (in Word)

Lecture Slides from today (3/29/07):

Catalog vs. Databases (.ppt or .pdf)
Internet vs. WWW (.ppt or .pdf)

Of Interest ...

Of the Places You'll Go, Is the Library Still One of Them?

Finding CHE Article

Many of you are having trouble finding Reading #3. There are directions below. I want to talk about this in class however. Being able to find an article with only a citation is a very basic skill that I want everyone to know.

- Go to the library homepage and click on "Search Catalog" on the left side
- Then click on the "Journal Title" tab
- Type in "Chronicle of Higher Education"
- Scroll down and click on the link next to "EBSCOHost" (EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier Jan 1999-(last 1 month not available)
- When the EBSCOHost interface comes up click on "2004" on the right side
- Scroll down and click on "Vol. 50 Issue 24 - 2/20/2004"
- It is article #53 (keep clicking next until you get to it)

Affect vs. Effect

Many of you used the words "effect" or "affect" incorrectly in your annotations in your bibliography.

Check out this site for help with this:

http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/effVaff.asp

Technology Sniffs Out Student Plagiarism

"With Unsourced Copying On The Rise, New Software Programs Are Being Used To Combat Cut-And-Paste"

Full Story

Slides for 3/15

The PowerPoint slides from 3/15's lecture are available (.ppt format or .pdf format)

Reminder: Reading #3

Reading #3: "The Infodiet: How Libraries Can Offer an Appetizing Alternative to Google" by Steven Bell. Chronicle of Higher Education (2/20/2004).

This is not on course reserves. Use your new found searching skills to find this article.

Post reading response on blog BY 3/27

Thursday: Meeting in #1022

Both the 11:00 and 3:30 classes will meet in #1022 this Thursday (3/22).

This classroom is located near the DVDs.

Google Lawsuit

Full Story

No Class This Week ... but ....

Hi LIB 103ers,

We will not have class on either Tuesday or Thursday of this week. But ... you have a lot to be working on so use this time wisely.

You should be working on the following:

Assignment #1 (monitoring the news)

Assignment #3 (annotated bibliography)

Assignment #4 (if you were not in class when this assignment was handed out, you can pick up this assignment after Noon on Tuesday at the Reference Desk)

You also have a reading to do. This is listed on the syllabus (Reading #2: "Students Shun Search for Information Offline" (Electronic Reserves). The reading response should be posted before class on 3/13.

Please use this week to work on these assignments.

I'm available through e-mail if you have questions.

Ms. Pemberton

PowerPoint Slides Available

The PowerPoint slides from today's lecture are available (.ppt format or .pdf format)

Library Usability Testing/Student Committee

• If you are interested in receiving 50 free iPrints you can participate in the library's web usability study. Contact Oakley Cline at: obc9017@uncw.edu or 910.200.9552 to set up a time to participate.
  
  
• If you are interested in serving on the Library Student Committee, contact Sue Cody (codys@uncw.edu).

In the News ...

Libraries are repositories of society's greatest thoughts ...

A History Department Bans Citing Wikipedia as a Research Source (this link is temporary)

Google suffers setback in copyright case

Budget cuts threaten British Library services

Courts turn to Wikipedia, but selectively

Baghdad day to day: A librarian’s journal

Library Amusement on Valentine's Day

Library Perfume?

An Introduction to the Book

Extra Credit Events

African American Read-In
Wednesday (2/14) 11:00 - 2:00
Must participate (read) to get extra credit

Flash Fiction Contest
This week (due on Friday, 2/16)
Do not have to win for extra credit - submit copy of story to instructor

Carole Weatherford, Children's Book Author
Friday (2/16) 4:00 - 6:00

Assignment #3 and Lecture Slides

The lecture slides for today's lecture are available (.ppt format or .pdf format)

If you did not receive Assignment #3 you can view it here (.pdf format)

2/26 and 2/27

My office hours are cancelled for 2/26

Class is cancelled for 2/27

In Class Exercises: 2/13

Complete the following:

Call Numbers #1

Call Numbers #2

Reminder: Test on 2/22

This test will be multiple choice and will cover any discussions about Randall Library (information from the tours, class, etc.) and "library lingo."

Missed a tour or class? Consult your classmates.

Library Flash Fiction Contest - win $150!

Not only will you get 2 extra credit points for participating ... you could win $150!

The library is hosting a Flash Fiction contest and if you are interesting in writing, I encourage you to participate:

http://library.uncw.edu/web/events/flash/flash_fiction_2007.pdf

State of America's Libraries (Report)

The American Library Association released a report on the State of America's Libraries in 2006

Meeting Location for Thursday (2/8)

Please remember that we are meeting in the Curriculum Materials Center (CMC) on Thursday (2/8)

The CMC is located in the Education Building (#127)

If you enter the building from the front entrance, this room is at the back, right of the 1st floor

British Library to Start Charging

Its archives hold the Magna Carta, Beatles manuscripts and the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. Visitors to its fabled reading room in the British Museum included Karl Marx, Virginia Woolf, Charles Dickens and George Bernard Shaw. But the future of the British Library as a world-class, free resource is under threat fromplansto cut up to 7 per cent of its £100m budget in this year's Treasury spending round.

To survive, the library proposes to slash opening hours by more than a third and to charge researchers for admission to the reading rooms for the first time.

Read more ...

GOOGLE’S MOON SHOT: The quest for the universal library

Article from New Yorker about Google's "Google Book"