LIS 610 Foundations of the Information Professions Dr

LIS 610 Foundations of the Information Professions Dr. donna Bair-Mundy

Course goals Learn more about the LIS profession Synthesize what you have learned in the program, provide a framework Share your thoughts and experiences with your colleagues

Subscribing to electronic discussion lists assignment Select 2 electronic discussion lists of your choice Subscribe to the lists E-mail your instructor with the names of the 2 lists you have chosen

Introducing yourself Your name What you like to be called Where you are in the program Something interesting about yourself Information issue important to you

Course structure Understanding our users History and missions of libraries Roles of libraries in society International librarianship Library and info professions Information policy Into the future

Understanding our users Potential users Expected users Actual users Beneficiary users

Informal Library Use Survey Assignment • Make at least five copies of the LIS 610 Informal Library Use Survey Form. • Interview 5 or more people, asking each person the questions on the form • Organize and analyze the results of your interviews • In class, compare your findings to those of the other members of the group • Spokesperson reports group results to rest of class. • As a group hand in the summary of your results, as well as your individual filled-in survey forms

History and missions of libraries Group reports: Academic libraries Public libraries School libraries

History and missions of libraries Group reports: Archives Special libraries or Digital and virtual libraries

Roles of libraries and To what? information workers in society Of books? For whom? Exclusionary? Of knowledge? Of culture? Custodians? Gatekeepers? Advocates? For whom? For which causes?

International and comparative librarianship Globalization Reconstitution of communities Homogenization of cultures? Information needs in a multicultural environment

International and comparative librarianship – our graduates Ukkamsa in his library in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma)

The library and information science professions (1) Education for the professions Professional associations Accreditation

The library and information science professions Standards & guidelines Ethics

The library and information science professions Values Privacy

Banks and Bowman theoretical model modified by Rotenberg s isi Cr Information access National security Privacy Crisis

Information policy Access USA PATRIOT Act

Information policy Copyright National libraries

Into to future Where are we going? Demise of librarians?

Four main activities Readings Weekly group discussions Group reports Guest speakers

Participation is the key The success of the class depends on the free expression of thoughts and opinions by every class member

Four main activities Readings Question: Where do I find the readings?

Where are the readings: the textbook Rubin, Richard E. 2010. Foundations of library and information science. Third ed. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers.

Where are the readings: Electronic files Course Web page http: //www 2. hawaii. edu/~donnab/lis 610 (This is on the course syllabus. )

Where are the readings: Electronic files Session 14 assignments

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Search window for reserves

Electronic reserves list

Electronic reserves list

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Configuring Adobe Reader (1)

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Electronic reserves list

Electronic reserves (9) Login through the UH Web Login Service

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Articles on LIS 610 site on Laulima

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Articles on LIS 610 site on Laulima

Articles on LIS 610 site on Laulima

Four main activities Group reports • Two people per group. • Select a topic from the list of topics provided. • Presentation based on a reading or a topic.

Four main activities Group reports Question: Where do I find the instructions for the group reports?

Group report • Peruse the presentation topics • Select your group presentation partner • Select a presentation date and topic • Print your names on the group- report sign-up sheet • Exchange e-mail addresses and telephone numbers with your partner

Four main activities Weekly group discussions Question: Where do I find the instructions for the weekly group discussions?

Required for all Required for group

Form weekly discussion groups • Sign up for a weekly discussion group • Meet with your group to: • Exchange e-mail addresses and phone numbers • Decide how you will divide up the readings

LIS 610 Bill of Rights • Every person has a right to have an opinion • Every person has a right to express an opinion • Every person has the right to respect

Today’s group discussion: Nancy Drew v. San Francisco Public Library

Nancy Drew mysteries First appeared 1920 s Series novels Written by ghostwriters

Nancy Drew v. San Francisco Public Library “Mommy, where is Nancy Drew? ” Thea Bosselman, 9 yrs. old (in 1996) Asked the librarian: “Please ma’am, where is Nancy Drew? ”

Nancy Drew v. San Francisco Public Library “Money is placed into materials which meet children's informational needs, expand their multicultural awareness and experiences and which are of a higher literary quality. ” Toni Bernardi, head of children's services for the San Francisco library system Library Snubs Nancy Drew San Francisco Chronicle, May 7, 1996, p. A 1

Nancy Drew v. San Francisco Public Library Early 19 th century: Just as social critics condemned dime novels, librarians and teachers denounced the series books. Franklin K. Mathiews, chief librarian of the Boy Scouts of America, wrote in 1914: "I wish I could label each one of these books: 'Explosive! Guaranteed to Blow Your Boy's Brains Out. '. . . [A]s some boys read such books, their imaginations are literally 'blown out, ' and they go into life as terribly crippled as though by some material explosion they had lost a hand or foot. " Trelease, Jim. The read-aloud handbook. Chapter 7. Excerpted online at http: //www. trelease-on-reading. com/rah_chpt 7_p 2 -b. html

Nancy Drew v. San Francisco Public Library Early 19 th century: H. W. Wilson Company, the largest U. S. manufacturer of library supplies, refused to print the index cards for the card catalog for Nancy Drew, and even published a list of nearly 60 authors who should not be circulated by libraries, all of them authors for series like Tom Swift and the Bobbsey Twins. Trelease, Jim. The read-aloud handbook. Chapter 7. Excerpted online at http: //www. trelease-on-reading. com/rah_chpt 7_p 2 -b. html

Nancy Drew v. San Francisco Public Library Local media editorial: “The Case of the Empty Shelves” The San Francisco Chronicle May 7, 1996, Pg. A 18 “The New Main [Library] may be a multimillion dollar architectural and technological wonder, but the most awesome accoutrements are meaningless if durable, favorite books are absent. ”

Nancy Drew v. San Francisco Public Library Letters to the editor The San Francisco Chronicle MAY 10, 1996, Pg. A 26 The vast majority of successful women I know grew up devouring Nancy Drew books. We learned that girls could be resourceful, intelligent, articulate, kind assertive (like Nancy), boyish (like George) or even a bit chubby and squeamish (like Bess). These girls did not rely on boys, fisticuffs, or even parents to help them out of what appear to librarian-jaded eyes as predictable dangers. We read these books, learned a few detective skills, and most importantly, learned to love reading. (Perhaps it is only a coincidence that one of my daughters is named Hannah. ) Bring Nancy Drew to the library. ELIZABETH LAWRENCE

Nancy Drew v. San Francisco Public Library Across the country: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) May 12, 1996, p. A 15 Case of Missing Nancy Drew Mysteries solved by fourth-grader “It's The Case of the Missing Nancy Drew Mysteries - and in this story, the librarian did it. ” Tulsa World (Oklahoma); May 20, 1996, p. A 15 Library's Mystery: No Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew v. San Francisco Public Library LIS listservs: On one of my other listservs I read that San Francisco Public Library announced that it was no longer going to carry Nancy Drew mysteries. Does anyone know the full story? I understand there have been some protests. Are they no longer carrying just Nancy Drew or is this extended to the Hardy Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, and all of their ilk?

Nancy Drew v. San Francisco Public Library LIS Listservs: Subject: Nancy Drew series inter alia To those who would consider dropping series such as these from the library collection, I recommend a book I stumbled upon recently: PARENTS WHO LOVE READING, KIDS WHO DON'T (by Mary Leonhardt, c 1993, Random). One of Ms. Leonhardt's premises is that well-intentioned librarians, teachers, and parents MURDER kids' love of reading by telling them that all the things they really LIKE to read -- Nancy Drew, Baby. Sitters, Goosebumps -- are just trash and instead trying to cram down their throats a Medal-winning book about how the Aztecs planted corn. Her point is that if kids learn through what she calls subliterature -- comic books, series books -- that reading is a pleasurable pasttime that one might actually choose instead of say, television, their reading skills will improve, the habit of reading will be established, and reading of "literature" will come along with it. Furthermore, as a parent, I certainly expect to find Dick, Nan, Freddy, and Flossie at my library.

Nancy Drew v. San Francisco Public Library Discussion question: What do you think? What are the issues here? Should the public library carry the Nancy Drew series?

Nancy Drew v. San Francisco Public Library Outcome: Charge: The library is showing its elitist bent by excluding Nancy Drew mysteries from the collection. Response: The library has given up the “literary merit” fight, and Nancy is in. American libraries 27(7), August 1996.

Nancy Drew v. San Francisco Public Library Reading begets reading Tom Barry “Buried as we were in the arid plains of West Texas … The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, whatever else promised vicarious adventure, was my meat. I haunted the public library. ” … “Reading leads to more reading. ” The Austin American-Statesman (Texas). May 11, 1996, editorial, p. A 10.

Nancy Drew v. San Francisco Public Library Over a five-year period, I surveyed 2, 887 teachers, with an average of 14 years teaching experience. When asked to name the favorite books from their own childhoods, 30 percent named a series book as their personal childhood favorite. Since a recent study shows teachers' literacy skills to be the equal of their college classmates and 50 percent of teachers' skills exceed 80 percent of the general population's, it should be obvious that series books do not impede literacy. Trelease, Jim. The read-aloud handbook. Chapter 7. Excerpted online at http: //www. trelease-on-reading. com/rah_chpt 7_p 2 -b. html

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