LIBR 262 - RESOURCES FOR
YOUNG ADULTS
Summer, 2002
David
V. Loertscher
GREEN SHEET
Important Note to all students taking this course
Summer 2001: The communication part of this course will be
conducted on a distance education program titled Blackboard.
You must register (no fee) before June 7, 2002. Here is
how:
Note: if you have an account on Blackboard (tigris)
then skip to step 5
1. Access the web site: http://tigris.sjsu.edu
2. First create yourself an account. It will ask you for
personal information. Put in your address and telephone
number where you can be reached (sometimes your
instructor needs to contact you.) You can lie about your
age.
3. Create your own user name and password (write this
down!!!!!)
4. Finally, submit this information. Now you have an
account.
5. Now find the Courses tab and "browse the course
catalog"
6. Find the 262 course and to the right click "enroll."
You are in!
7. Content for the course will be through this web page.
Communications will occur through Blackboard.Com
8. You will always enter the course through tigris. For
those enrolled in blackboard in previous semesters, do
not go to blackboard.com. We are serving out Blackboard
from SLIS now and so access should be instantaneous.
Also, be sure you are on SLISADMIN so you can get all
official messages from the School. Here are the directions:
We use an electronic list to keep you informated about
important school information. All students are required to
be on the list it is called slisadmin. To join: (1) Go into
your email program and in the To: box enter
listproc@listproc.sjsu.edu (2) Leave the subject line blank.
(3) In the body of the message write subscribe slisadmin
yourfirstname yourlastname. For exampe: subscribe slisadmin
Linda Main. (4) send the message. You should receive a
confirmation that you are subscribed.. Please note: You
cannot post to this list. It is merely a way for the faculty
and the staff to distribute school-related information. For
more information on al the school's electronic lists, please
check out: http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/comps/lists.htm
San Jose-Based Students: (saturdays)
June 8, Modular D 400 1-4pm
June 29 Modular D 1-4pm
July 20 Modular D 1-4pm
Fullerton-Based Students: (Sundays)
June 9 Fullerton campus - Langdorf Hall 404-2-5 pm
June 30 Fullerton campus 2-5pm
July 21 Fullerton campus 2-5pm
Location: California State University at Fullerton campus
unless specified otherwise. Location is subject to change
(2nd and 3rd class only)
To get credit for the course, you must attend all
class sessions. You can attend sessions in northern or
southern California if the dates better suit your plans.
 Course
Description
Materials for adolescents and preadolescents and methods
for incorporating these materials into library planning.
Collection development, needs assessment, and programming
will be featured. Information services for young adults in a
variety of settings will also be addressed.
Course
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will
have:
- built a repertoire of the world of literature and
curricular materials in a wide variety of genres and
across the media of interest and use to young
adults;
- the tool skills needed to access the entire spectrum
of materials for young adults whether in the print,
visual, audio, or digital worlds and across the
technologies.
- learned the techniques of building a wide repertoire
of media, materials, and information for young
adults;
- built a specialty area (become a mini-expert)(w1yhtml)
in at least one topical area or genre of use in the world
of the young adult;
- developed a critical sense of quality in a sea of
mediocre materials and information technologies;
- created a repertoire of techniques for working with the teenager in the first decade of this millennium both as an information seeker, a consumer of media and materials, and as an individual.
- started on the road to becoming a materials expert
who has the capability of working with adults serving
young adults in educational and recreational
environments.
Textbooks
(please order your own from Amazon.com or
your favorite book dealer)
Required:
None.
Access to a wide variety of materials and technologies of
use to the young adult whether through purchase or through
collections designed to serve young adults. Numerous titles
will be assigned throughout the course and should be read,
viewed, listened to, or encountered in preparation for
classroom discussion. This includes access to the
professional literature about the world of media for young
adults and young adult services in schools and public
libraries.
Recommended:
• Because of the expense considerations, the
following text is recommended but not required: Donelson,
Kenneth L. and Alleen Pace Nilsen. Literature for Today's
Young Adults. 6th ed. Addison Wesley Longman, 2000. Aprox.
$77. (The instructor will use this resource for
mini-lectures.)
• Jones, Patrick. Connecting Young Adults and
Libraries. 2nd ed. Neal-Schuman, 1998. Patrick's new
edition is chuck full of tips, ideas, lists, and
conversations of value in building young adult service
programs in public libraries. See also his web page that
accompanies the book at: http://members.aol.com/naughyde/connecting/index.htm
Office
Hours
Loertscher: For Summer, 2002, the professor will usually be in San Jose between class sessions and is happy to meet at any time with students. Call ahead at 408-924-2501. Do not leave messages. Better to e-mail me at DavidL@wahoo.sjsu.edu. If you are desperate to reach me, try my cell phone at 408-804-3066. I don't mind receiving calls at home which is 831-630-0589. If my door is open, you are welcome. If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, if you have emergency medical information to share with me, or if you need special arrangement in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible.
Media file of annotated items read, viewed, listened to 40%
Mini-Expert Project: 20% (Summer 2002 this is the Best Books Project)
Class/Internet discussion 20%
Attendance at face-to-face meetings 20% (makes the difference between an A and a B)
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