School of Library and Information Science
University of Kentucky
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LIS 609 Current Problems [and Issues] in Library & Information Science

4-week Intersession 2003
Instructor of Record: Dennis Carrigan carrigan@uky.edu
Tuesday May 13 - Tuesday June 10, 2003
NOTE: Class will meet in LCLI 357 unless otherwise noted,
Monday-Thursday 10:00-12:30.

Course Syllabus

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COURSE DESCRIPTION: A course that examines current philosophical and managerial issues in library and information science. Focus is on the origins, analysis, evaluation, and current status of these issues.

PURPOSE OF COURSE: To provide students with an overview of major issues, problems, and developments that affect libraries and information agencies.

FORMAT OF COURSE: The course will be conducted in a lecture and discussion format. The instructor of record and others first identified major issues, problems, and developments in library and information science, and then identified persons to lecture on them. Questions and discussion are encouraged and expected.

READINGS: If a lecturer provides citations to readings, the citations will be passed along to those enrolled in the course. If a lecturer provides readings, they will be put on reserve in the lab.

GRADING: Course grading will be based on two examinations. In each examination the student will be required to write two essays, from several class topics selected by the instructor. Class notes and readings are not be used to write the essays. Topics selected for the second examination will come only from those in the second half of the course. An essay will receive 1 of 3 "grades": high pass, pass, fail. Course grade will be arrived at in this way: COURSE SCHEDULE:

First week:
1. Tue May 13 - Distribute syllabus; discuss course method and objectives

2. Wed May 14 - Donald Case, "National Information Infrastructure: Historical Development of System, National Information Policies, Laws"; Donald Case is Professor, School of Library and Information Science. Reading: Case, Donald, "Enthusiasts, Deregulators, Guardians, and Skeptics: Contrasting Policy Viewpoints on the National Information Infrastructure," Library & Information Science Research. 20(4): 377-413, 1998.

3. Thur May 15 - Rob Aken, "Electronic Delivery: Fulltext and Interactive, Wherever and Whenever"; Rob Aken is World Wide Web Resources Librarian, University of Kentucky Libraries Reading: Mark Dahl, "OpenURLs and Reference Linking: Research and Practical Application in Librar-ies,"OLA Quarterly, Summer 2002; available at http://www.olaweb.org/quarterly/quar8-2/dahl.shtml

Second week:
4. Mon May 19 - Jim Nelson, "What are State Library Agencies and What Do They Do?"; Jim Nelson is State Librarian and Commissioner, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

5. Tue May 20 - Becky Ryder, "Preservation and Conservation of Information Resources: Print and Digital, History, Current Issues, Future Directions"; Becky Ryder is Preservation Librarian, University of Kentucky Libraries. Readings: Smith, Abby, "The Future of the Past: Preservation in American Research Libraries," 1999. Pub 82, available at http://www.clir.org/pubs/ Smith, Abby, "Why Digitize?" 1999. Pub 80 available at http://www.clir.org/pubs/

6. Wed May 21 - Tom Waldhart, "Access to Federal Information: Relevant National Information Policies, Federal Depository Library program, Internet-Mediated Access"; Tom Waldhart is Professor, School of Library and Information Science. Reading: Aldrich, Duncan, et al, "Changing Partnerships? Government Documents Departments at the Turn of the Millennium," Government Information Quarterly. 173:273-290, 2000.

7. Thur May 22 - Tom Waldhart, "Understanding Information Needs and Information Seeking" Reading: Wilson, T D, "Information Behaviour: An Interdisciplinary Perspective," Information Processing and Management. 334:551-572, 1997.

Third week:
Mon May 26 - Memorial Day celebrated, no class

8. Tue May 27 - First exam

9. Wed May 28 - Jackie White, "Filtering and Censorship: Issues in Intellectual Integrity"; Jackie White is Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science

10. Thur May 29 - Eric Weig, "Managing Digital Libraries"; Eric Weig is Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of Kentucky Libraries

Fourth week:
11. Mon June 2 - David Ensign, "Copyright I - Basic Law and General Issues"; David Ensign is Director of the Law Library and Associate Professor of Law, University of Louisville. Readings: Professor Ensign will bring handouts. I have read a number of articles and books on copyright, and an excellent introduction to and overview of copyright is: Edward Samuels, The Illustrated Story of Copyright, Thomas Dunne Books, St Martins's Press, 2000. Mr. Samuels teaches at New York University Law School, and he invites people to visit his Web site, http://www.edwardsamuels.com/copyright/, which I found worthwhile Mr. Samuels uses his Web site as a way to provide information since the book was published. Also, this is a useful site, http://www.dtic.mil/cendi/publications/00-3copyright.html The Copyright Clearance Center URL is http://www.copyright.com/ The Copyright Management Center URL is http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/

12. Tue June 3 - David Ensign, "Copyright II - Specific Library Issues"

13. Wed June 4 - Linda Lillard, Constance Baird, Pat Wilson: "Progressive Partnering: Expanding Student and Faculty Access to Information Services"; Linda Lillard is Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science; Constance Baird is Director/Associate Dean,Distance Learning Programs and Distance Learning Technology Center; Pat Wilson is Distance Learning Librarian

14. Thur June 5 - Reinette F. Jones, "Diversity, In Words, In Action"; Reinette F. Jones is Librarian I, University of Kentucky Libraries

Final week:
15. Mon June 9 - Tim Sineath, "Strategic Planning in Organizations"; Tim Sineath is Director and Professor, UK School of Library and Information Science Readings: I went to Google and typed strategic planning in the window. I got "about 3,100,000" hits. This looks like a thorough primer on strategic planning, http://www.mapnp.org/library/plan_dec/str_plan/str_plan.htm Here is a cite that has strategic planning FAQs, http://www.allianceonline.org/faqs/sp_main.html

16. Tue June 10 - Second exam