LIBR 220-12
Resources and Information Services in the Disciplines and Professions
Topic: Music
Spring 2015 Greensheet

Dr. Timothy J. Dickey
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Office Hours: Tuesdays 11am Pacific time, or by appointment. Your email questions about any other course question during the week should be answered within 24 hours.

Canvas Information: Courses will be available beginning January 22nd, 12:01am PST unless you are taking an intensive or a one unit or two unit class that starts on a different day. In that case the class will open at 12:01am PST on the first day that the class meets.

You will be enrolled into the Canvas site automatically.

Course Description

This course will offer an examination of the nature of resources for, and services to, professions and disciplines including methods of communication, characteristics of users, and current methods of meeting research needs in libraries and information centers. 

The course will introduce you to the unique issues facing music research and music information retrieval in the digital age, covering performers’ reference libraries, public library audio-visual branches, academic music research collections, and digital music collections. We will introduce the diverse formats of music acquisitions and collections, the various sources of information about music germane to users’ needs, the specialized use of libraries in the study of music, and the unique issues in cataloging, classification, and management of a music collection, including digital music materials. The course will be taught online, with asynchronous lecture materials and weekly assignments.

Assignments will include practical reviews of different music collections and major reference sources, as well as a bibliographic review of a topic chosen for your particular interest in the field of music.

Repeatable with different content up to 9 units.

Course Requirements

Students' work will be evaluated according to the following specific criteria: breadth, critical intellectual content, and practical usefulness of topics and written assignments; creative and accurate use of reference sources and citations to published literature; breadth of citations and critical thinking in final literature review. More specific grading rubrics will be provided on the course Canvas website.

Course Calendar
[subject to change in Canvas]

Weekly Readings
There will be a variety of weekly readings introducing you to important resources for your written work in this course, as well as your future work in music library collections; most week's topics will be followed by an asynchronous Powerpoint presentation.

Participation (10%)
Each student is expected to contribute at least one substantial post to the online discussion board each week, with substantive comment on one or more course readings and/or topics, as well as responses to specific questions that the instructor will raise.

Music Library Site Visit Review (10%)
Each student shall review a physical music library collection, based upon individual in-person visits to a library of their choice. Any kind of music library collection – academic, public, special archival, or completely digital – will be acceptable, but the more diverse the collection, and the users of the collection, the better. Due March 2.

Music Reference Source Review (20%)
Each student shall prepare a review of a major music reference source, to be shared with the class. A list of potential sources will be provided on the first day of class. Due March 9.

Streaming Music Source Review (20%)
Each student shall prepare a review of a major music reference source, to be shared with the class. A list of potential sources will be provided on the first day of class. Due March 9.

Final Topic Literature Review (40%)
Each student shall prepare a literature review of a major topic in music librarianship or music information retrieval, of particular and practical interest to the student (such as reference, special collections, public library music collections, copyright, preservation, digital collections, etc.). Topics should be chosen in consultation with the instructor, and should be approved by Feb. 24. Final papers are due by March 23.

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Course Workload Expectations

Success in this course is based on the expectation that students will spend, for each unit of credit, a minimum of forty-five hours over the length of the course (normally 3 hours per unit per week with 1 of the hours used for lecture) for instruction or preparation/studying or course related activities including but not limited to internships, labs, clinical practica. Other course structures will have equivalent workload expectations as described in the syllabus.

Instructional time may include but is not limited to:
Working on posted modules or lessons prepared by the instructor; discussion forum interactions with the instructor and/or other students; making presentations and getting feedback from the instructor; attending office hours or other synchronous sessions with the instructor.

Student time outside of class:
In any seven-day period, a student is expected to be academically engaged through submitting an academic assignment; taking an exam or an interactive tutorial, or computer-assisted instruction; building websites, blogs, databases, social media presentations; attending a study group;contributing to an academic online discussion; writing papers; reading articles; conducting research; engaging in small group work.

Course Prerequisites

LIBR 210. 

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Identify the diverse formats in a music librarian's acquisitions
2. Describe and evaluate the various sources of information about music germane to users' needs
3. Identify the unique issues in cataloging, classification, and management of a music collection, including digital music material
4. Describe the methods of managing music collections both digital and traditional

Core Competencies (Program Learning Outcomes)

LIBR 220 supports the following core competencies:

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Textbooks

Required Textbooks:

• Bayne, P. S. (2008). A guide to library research in music. Scarecrow. Available through Amazon: 0810862115

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Grading Scale

The standard SJSU School of Information Grading Scale is utilized for all iSchool courses:

In order to provide consistent guidelines for assessment for graduate level work in the School, these terms are applied to letter grades:

• C represents Adequate work; a grade of "C" counts for credit for the course;
• B represents Good work; a grade of "B" clearly meets the standards for graduate level work;
  For core courses in the MLIS program (not MARA) — INFO 200, INFO 202, INFO 204 — the iSchool requires that students earn a B in the course. If the grade is less than B (B- or lower) after the first attempt you will be placed on administrative probation.  You must repeat the class the following semester. If -on the second attempt- you do not pass the class with a grade of B or better (not B- but B) you will be disqualified.
  
• A represents Exceptional work; a grade of "A" will be assigned for outstanding work only.

Students are advised that it is their responsibility to maintain a 3.0 Grade Point Average (GPA).

University Policies

General Expectations, Rights and Responsibilities of the Student

As members of the academic community, students accept both the rights and responsibilities incumbent upon all members of the institution. Students are encouraged to familiarize themselves with SJSU's policies and practices pertaining to the procedures to follow if and when questions or concerns about a class arises. See University Policy S90-5 at http://www.sjsu.edu/senate/docs/S90-5.pdf. More detailed information on a variety of related topics is available in the SJSU catalog at http://info.sjsu.edu/web-dbgen/catalog/departments/LIS.html. In general, it is recommended that students begin by seeking clarification or discussing concerns with their instructor. If such conversation is not possible, or if it does not serve to address the issue, it is recommended that the student contact the Department Chair as a next step.

Dropping and Adding

Students are responsible for understanding the policies and procedures about add/drop, grade forgiveness, etc. Refer to the current semester's Catalog Policies section at http://info.sjsu.edu/static/catalog/policies.html. Add/drop deadlines can be found on the current academic year calendars document on the Academic Calendars webpage at http://www.sjsu.edu/provost/services/academic_calendars/. The Late Drop Policy is available at http://www.sjsu.edu/aars/policies/latedrops/policy/. Students should be aware of the current deadlines and penalties for dropping classes.

Information about the latest changes and news is available at the Advising Hub at http://www.sjsu.edu/advising/.

Consent for Recording of Class and Public Sharing of Instructor Material

University Policy S12-7, http://www.sjsu.edu/senate/docs/S12-7.pdf, requires students to obtain instructor's permission to record the course and the following items to be included in the syllabus:

• "Common courtesy and professional behavior dictate that you notify someone when you are recording him/her. You must obtain the instructor's permission to make audio or video recordings in this class. Such permission allows the recordings to be used for your private, study purposes only. The recordings are the intellectual property of the instructor; you have not been given any rights to reproduce or distribute the material."
  • It is suggested that the syllabus include the instructor's process for granting permission, whether in writing or orally and whether for the whole semester or on a class by class basis.
  • In classes where active participation of students or guests may be on the recording, permission of those students or guests should be obtained as well.
• "Course material developed by the instructor is the intellectual property of the instructor and cannot be shared publicly without his/her approval. You may not publicly share or upload instructor generated material for this course such as exam questions, lecture notes, or homework solutions without instructor consent."

Academic integrity

Your commitment, as a student, to learning is evidenced by your enrollment at San Jose State University. The University Academic Integrity Policy F15-7 at http://www.sjsu.edu/senate/docs/F15-7.pdf requires you to be honest in all your academic course work. Faculty members are required to report all infractions to the office of Student Conduct and Ethical Development. The Student Conduct and Ethical Development website is available at http://www.sjsu.edu/studentconduct/.

Campus Policy in Compliance with the American Disabilities Act

If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, or if you need to make special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible, or see me during office hours. Presidential Directive 97-03 at http://www.sjsu.edu/president/docs/directives/PD_1997-03.pdf requires that students with disabilities requesting accommodations must register with the Accessible Education Center (AEC) at http://www.sjsu.edu/aec to establish a record of their disability.

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