Course Description:
For those students
currently working in a public library setting or those contemplating
employment as professional librarians in a public library, this course
is designed to offer an exploration and discussion of the Public
Library in the United States.
We'll look at the programs and services, organization and history,
trends, challenges and other factors that make-up the public library
and when it's all over...you'll either be glad you've elected to work
in a public library...or steer towards academic, special or some other
type of library.
Course Objectives:
1. Provide some general
knowledge and a brief overview of the public library tradition and
history in the United States.
2. Survey and discuss Public
Library services, programs, and standards.
3. Discuss and review recommended library service measures and the
procedures for data collection and application.
4. Discuss and review the role, mission, and constituencies of the
public library.
5. Review and discuss the political organization and setting of the
public library.
6. Examine various funding options for public libraries.
7. Review and collect a bibliography of professional organizations and
other literature.
8. Provide an opportunity for individual and group study that
encourages critical thinking and practical application to your current
or future position.
Week 1
- January 15
The Public Library
Class Discussion:
Welcome & introductions
Course overview & requirements
History of the Public Library.
News &
Views - Public Library History
Library History Powerpoint
Assignments Due Tonight:
Week 2
- 22 January, 2004
Public Library Governance
Class Discussion
Public Library Governance - State & Federal Laws
Ohio Library Laws(select Title XXXIII Education-Libraries Section
then section 3375 Libraries) - By-laws - Library Boards
Assignments Due Tonight: News & Views #1
Library History
Week 3
- 29 January, 2004
Public Library Funding &
Library Policies
Class Discussion
Guest Speaker: Sue Banks, Director, Marysville Public Library
Assignments Due Tonight: News & Views #2
Library Funding
Week 4
- 5 February, 2004
Library Planning & Evaluation
Class Discussion
Long range planning - Measuring Library Services
Assignments Due Tonight: News & Views #3
Library Planning & Evaluation
Library History Article (emailed to me as an attachment)
Week 5
- 12 February, 2004
Library Resources
Class Discussion
Collections, Services, Programs
Assignments Due Tonight: News & Views #4
Library Services & Resources
Week 6
- 19 February, 2004
Library Programs (Class meets
at the Marysville Public Library)
Class Discussion
A real library program..."Story Cafe"...Marysville Public Library
Assignments Due Tonight: News & Views #5
Library Programs
Week 7
- 26 February, 2004
Library Resources (cont.)
Class Discussion
Reference Service - Tech Services -
Assignments Due Tonight: News & Views #6
Library Services
Library Policy Samples
Week 8
- 4 March, 2004
OPLIN Database Review
Class meets at the State Library of Ohio
Class Discussion
Review of: EBSCOhost, SIRS Discoverer, Access Science, Novelist,
ELibrary
Assignments Due Tonight:
Week 9 - 11 March, 2004
OPLIN Database Review
Class
meets at the State Library of Ohio
Class Discussion
Review of: Encyclopedia Britannica, Netwellness, Wilson
Biographies, AMICO
Assignments Due Tonight:
Week 10 - 18 March, 2004
OPLIN
Database Review
Class
meets at the State Library of Ohio
Class Discussion
Review of: Newsbank, Literary Databases, Annals of American History, Oxford Reference
Assignments Due Tonight:
Week
11 - 1 April, 2004
Library Cooperation
Class Discussion
Statewide Resource Sharing, Cooperation with other organizations, RLS
Assignments Due Tonight:
LSTA Grant Application
25 Questions
Week
12 - 8 April, 2004
Facilities, Staffing,
Training
Assignments
Due Tonight:
News & Views #7
Week
13 - 15 April, 2004
Library Communications
Class Discussion
Statewide Resource Sharing, Cooperation with other organizations, RLS
Assignments Due Tonight: News & Views #8
Programming & Marketing Collection
Week
14 - 22 April, 2004
State Library Tour
Class meets at the State Library of Ohio
Class Discussion
Statewide Resource Sharing, Cooperation with other organizations, RLS
Assignments Due Tonight: News & Views #9 State
Libraries
Week
15 - 29 April, 2004
Class Projects
Class Discussion
Class presentations.
Assignments Due Tonight:
Book Discussion Program
Sample Program
Week
16 - 6 May, 2004
Class Projects - We Made It!
Class Discussion
Class presentations.
Assignments Due Tonight:
Reference Collection Development Assignment
Ten-Minute Tutors
Database Guide Sheets
Stay in touch...Please ask if I can ever be
of any assistance. Good Luck!!
Assignments
News & Views 10 points each...10
Total…100 points…
Due week 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, & 14. This assignment will
provide you an opportunity to examine current issues in the field,
articulate & share your opinions & reactions with colleagues.
History of Public Library Newspaper
Article...100 points... Due 5 February
Sometime in your career you're bound to be asked to contribute to the
local newspaper. Here's your chance to practice.
LSTA Mini-Grant Application – 100 points - Due 1 April
Here's your chance to get $15,000.00 for the library.
Library Service Inventory – 25 points - Due 12 February
What’s happening in your libraries.
This inventory will give us a look
25 Questions – 50 points - Due 1 April
You'll get into this at a much deeper level, but here's a taste of the
meat and potatoes of public library work...answering questions.
Reference Database Guide Sheet: - 25 points - Due 6 May
Details to be announced
Programming & Marketing Collection – 100 points... Due 15
April
Librarians learn best from one another and are known for collecting and
using ideas from all over. This assignment will give you a start to
your own collection.
Book Discussion Program 100 points - Due 29 April
1 Early Reader Book - 1 Graphic Novel – 1 YA Fiction – 1 Children's
Chapter Book - 1 Adult Novel
The makings of the "90 Books In 90 Minutes" program.
Some resources
to help in selecting books to read.
Sample Program - 100 points - Due 29 April Programs are
fun to plan & present. Here’s a chance to put your creativity to
work & create one yourself.
Ten Minute Tutors 10 points each – 160 total - Due 6 May
Access Science & Newsbank
Oxford Reference & Annals of American History
Literary Databases & AMICO
This assignment gives you a chance to put newly learned OPLIN database
skills to work.
Reference Collection Development - 150 points - Due 6 May
May 1 What can you do with $8,000.00? You have a chance to build a
reference collection with these amounts. What will you choose?
Collection
Development Resources
Grades
Total Points Possible –
1000
Grades are determined
based on the number of points earned on each project or paper, plus
attendance. Your participation and own learning is largely determined
by you...the work is a means to that end.
1000 - 900 points - A
890 - 700 points - B
690 - 600 points - C
Attendance is very important but things to come up. Please let me know
if you won't be able to come to class. Things come up and I'm pretty
flexible.
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