There are 13 class sessions in total. The session by session schedule table below displays course schedules arranged by Session Number, Date, Topics and Readings & Assignments.

Here is a list of important dates and no-class dates:

9/2: First meeting of class
9/9: Web-cast presentation by Factiva Lorraine Bell
9/16: Carol Tenopir, Chancellor's Professor, University of Tennessee, speaks on database marketplace
9/23: Web-cast presentation by Dialog Louise Dagit
9/30: Webinar presentation by LexisNexis Earnrolyn (Lynn) Smith
10/7: Presentation by EBSCO Host representative John Henderson
10/14: Web-cast presentation by JSTOR Jennifer McKillop
10/21: Presentation by Patricia McNary, Electronic Services Librarian, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
10/28: Presentation by Tim Lewontin on managing electronic resources
11/4: Presentation and demo by Ex Libris representative on MetaLib and Primo as NextGen Federated Searching Tools
11/11: No class: Veteran's Day
11/18: Presentation by Noelle Ryan, e-resource licensing specialist, Harvard University Library, on licensing coordination, negotiation, and management
11/25: No class: Thanksgiving Break
12/2: Short conversation with Charlie Remy, E-Resource Librarian at University of Tennessee;  Presentation by Paul Kissman of Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners on linking and authentication technology
12/9: Case Study Project Presentation

 

                

 

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Date	Topics	Reading Assignments
9/2	Session 1:  Introduction to Digital Information Services and Providers; Core Concepts	Conger, Chapter 1 Recommended: Geller, M. (2006). Managing electronic resources. Library Technology Reports, 42(2), 6-13. (Available on e-learning site) Breeding, M. (2008). Helping you buy: Electronic Resource Management Systems. Computers in LIbraries. Parker, Roberson, Anderson, Chandler, Farb, Jewll, & Riggo. (2004). Electronic Resource Management Workflow. (Appendix B in: Electronic Resource Managment: Final Report of the DLF Initiative.)
9/9	Session 2: Information Industry Landscape and Database Structure   Web-cast presentation by Factiva Lorraine Bell (11:00-12:00)	Bell, Chapter 1 Tenopir, et al. (2005-2010). Database Marketplace (Pdf files available on the e-learning site) Dialog workbook, section 3 Factiva inside-out guide (avaiable on the e-learning site) Recommended Reading: Yu & Breivold, Chapter I, Chapter III Distributed: Assignment 1 Dialog ID and password
9/16	Session 3: Database Systems Interfaces and Basic Search Mechanism Carol Tenopir Speaks on Database Marketplace (10:45-12:00)	Bell, Chapter 2 Dialog Lab workbook Section 1, Section 2  Albitz, R. S. (2002). Electronic resource librarians in academic libraries: A position announcement analysis, 1996-2001, portal: Libraries and the Academy. 2(4), 589-600. Distributed: Case Study Team Project; Interview Question Development Wiki Project
9/23	Session 4: Advanced Search Mechanism Web-cast presentation by Dialog Louise Dagit (11:00-12:00)	Bell, Chapter 3 Dialog Lab Workbook, Sections 5-7 Fisher, W. (2003). The electronic resources librarian position: A public services Phenomenon? Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services, 27, 3-17. Distributed: Assignment 2 Due: Assignment 1 Final project and interview question project team formation
9/30	Session 5: Dialog Dialindex, OneSearch and SearchSave; Aggregated Databases; LexisNexis Search Webinar presentation by LexisNexis Earnrolyn (Lynn) Smith (11:00-12:00)	Bell, Chapter 9 Dialog Lab Workbook, Section 4, 8 LexisNexis Power Search: http://0-wiki.lexisnexis.com.library.simmons.edu/academic/index.php?title=Academic_Form_Help:_Power_Search LexisNexis Advanced Boolean Search: http://0-wiki.lexisnexis.com.library.simmons.edu/academic/index.php?title=Boolean_Searching Grahame, V., & McAdam, T. (2004). Managing electronic resources. Association of research Libraries SPEC Kit 282. (Available on e-learning site)
10/7	Session 6: Dialog Output Display; Social Science Databases Presentation by EBSCO publishing John Henderson (11:00-12:00)	Bell, Chapters 4 Dialog workbook, How do I series: Business and Industry Search Introduction to EBSCO Host (available on e-learning site) Bradford, et al. (2007). Education and Electronic Resource (ER) Librarianship. Collection Management, 32(1), 49-69). (Available on e-learning site) Distributed: Assignment 3 Due: Assignment 2
10/14	Session 7: Dialog Results Manipulation; Humanities Databases and Numerical Databases Web-cast presentation by JSTOR Jennifer McKillop (11:00-12:00)	Bell, Chapters 7-8  JSTOR tutorials   East, J. W. (2006). Subject retrieval of scholarly monographs via electronic databases. Journal of documentation, 62 (5), 597-605.          Due: Interview Questions Development Project
10/21	Session 8: Science Databases and Biomedical Literature Search Presentation by Patricia McNary, Electronic Services Librarian, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (10:45-12:00)	Bell, Chapter 5 Dialog workbook, How do I series: Engineering & technology, Chemistry & Toxicology, biomedical search Distributed: Assignment 5
10/28	Session 9: Citation Search and Patent Databases Search Presentation by Tim Lewontin on searching and managing social science and science databases (10:45-12:00)	Bell, Chapter 10-11 Web of Science Workbook (pdf file available on the e-learning site) Dialog workbook, How do I series: Patents search Kaminecki, R. (2003). Searching patents on government databases on the Web. Free Print Newsletter, 130. Adams, S. (2003). Patent Searching Without Words - Why Do It, How To Do It? Free Print Newsletter, 130. Due: Assignment 3 Distributed: Assignment 4
11/4	Session 10: Cross-Database Searching and Federated Searching Presentation by MetaLib Representative (11:00-12:00)	Bell, Chapter 12 EBSCO Integrated Search Tutorial WebFeat brochure Ex Libris MetaLib Linoski, A. &  Walczyk, T. (July 15, 2008). Federated Searching 101. Library Journal. Williams, S. C.(2010). Federated Search and the Library Web Site: A Study of Association of Research Libraries Member Web Sites. Journal of Web Librarianship. (Pdf file available on the e-learning site)              Due: Assignment 4
11/11	No Class: Veteran's Day
11/18	Session 11: Copyright, Licensing, Budgeting and Negotiation Guest lecture by Noelle Ryan on licensing negotiation, coordination and management (10:45-12:00)	Conger, Chapter 4-6 Yu & Breivold, Chapters VIII, IX, & X Additional readings: (All available on the e-learning site) Crawford, A. (2008). Licensing and Negotiation of Electronic Content. Resource Sharing and Information Networks. Pike, G. H. (2002). Delicate dance of database licenses, copyright, & fair use, Computer in Libraries. Srodin, S. (2004). Let's make a deal: Tips and Tricks for Negotiating Content Purchases. Online, 28(4). Ferullo, D. L. (2004). Major Copyright Issues in Academic Libraries: Legal Implications of a Digital Environment. Journal of library administration,40 (1-2). Due: Assignment 5
11/25	No Class: Thanksgiving Break
12/2	Session 12: Linking and Authentication Technology; Evolving Roles of E-Resource Librarianship Short Conversation with Charlie Remy, e-resource Librarian on e-resource librarianship (9:20-9:50) Course Evaluation (10:00-10:15) in TechLab Guest lecture by Paul Kissman on linking and authentication technology (10:45-12:00)	Conger, Chapters 8-9 Yu & Breivold, Chapters XII, XIV, & VII Price, J. S., & Trainor, C. Rethinking Library Linking: Breathing New Life into OpenURL.  Library Technology Reports, 46(7). Plum, T., & Bleiler, R. (2001). User authentication. Association of research Libraries SPEC Kit 267. (Available on e-learning site) Grogg, J. E. (2006). Land of linking. The serials librarian, 49(3), 177-185. (Available on e-learning site) Due: Case Study Project Written Report
12/9	Session 13: Course Summary CASE STUDY PROJECT PRESENTATION

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