Information Resources and Services/Reference

Library Technology 120

Fall 2007

Class Schedule

Aug. 21:          Course Introduction and discussion of assignments

                        Class expectations & mutual responsibilities

                        Types of Questions, Reference Referral, Philosophy of Reference Services

For next class:

Readings:        Cassell & Hiremath (C&H)  Chapter 1, 2, 3

Assignment:    Establish email account, if you don’t already have one. 

            Confirmation email due.  (20 points)

Aug. 28:          Classification Systems, Library Catalogs & Bibliographic Records

                        Defining & Evaluating Reference Sources

                        Palomar College Library Tour

For next class:

Readings:        C&H   Chapter 5, 7

Sept. 4:           Guest speaker: Mary Russell Palomar College Library Media Technician II

Indexes and Periodicals

                        Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

For next class:

Readings:         C&H Chapter 6, 10   

Assignment:     Index, Encyclopedia & Dictionary Exercise (20 points)

                         Pathfinder topic due next week                             

Sept. 11:         Almanacs, Yearbooks, & Current Event Sources

                        Handbooks & Manuals

                        Atlases and Gazetteers

                        Pathfinder topic due this week

For next class:

Readings:        C&H Chapter 4

Sept. 18:          Directories

Bibliographies

                        Challenging patrons

For next class:

Readings:        C&H Chapter 13

Sept. 25:         Electronic Sources and the Internet

For next class:

Readings:       

Assignment      Job Shadowing Report due next week

Oct. 2:              Statistical Sources

                         Guest speaker: Anna Woodcock

                         Job Shadowing report due

For next class:

Assignment:    

Oct. 9:             Reference Interview

                        Discussion of Job Shadowing Project

                        Review for Midterm Exam

For next class:

Assignment:     Review for Midterm Exam    

Oct. 16:           Midterm Exam

For next class:

Readings:         C&H Chapter 12

Oct. 23:           Government Information

For next class:

Assignment:      C&H Chapter 9

                         Pathfinder Project due next week

Oct. 30:           Pathfinder Project due

Discussion of Pathfinder Projects

                        Medical Information

For next class:

Readings:        C&H Chapter 11

Assignment:     Medical Information Assignment (20 points)

Nov. 6:            Biographical Information

                         Disability awareness film

Nov. 13:          Guest speaker: Ron Haines- Disability Resource Center

For next class:

Assignment:      Written assignment (20 points)

Nov. 20:          Literary Information

For next class:

Reading:          Review C&H Chapter 9  pages 164-168

Nov. 27:          Legal Information

Guest speakers: Cheryl Weeks-Frye & Debra Morse -San Diego County Public Law Library

For next class:

Assignment:    Review for Practicum

Dec. 4:            Practicum and Review for Final Exam

                        Distribution of Take Home Final Exam

                        (Extra credit opportunity to be announced)

Dec. 10:          Take Home Final Exam due

                        (May be turned in electronically or in paper copy)