Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course provides students with an overview that emphasizes the user's perspective in the
analysis of information needs and preferences, including the fundamentals necessary for the study
and understanding of human information-seeking behaviors of a variety of users and user groups.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
After the completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Examine the basic philosophical and conceptual approaches to the study of information,
information needs, information seeking, and information behavior;
2. Recognize a range of approaches to information needs and behavior assessment;
3. Examine how information behavior studies are done, using a range of technologies;
4. Review the current literature addressing information behaviors for various user populations.
COURSE MATERIALS:
Case, D. O. (2012). Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs
and Behavior. 3rd. ed. Bingley, UK: Emerald. ISBN: 1780526547 | 9781780526546. [required]
Birkenstein, C., and Graff, G. (2016). They Say/ I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing.
3rd. ed. New York, NY: W.W. Norton. ISBN: 0393617432 | 978-0393617436. [optional]
Additional reading materials will be assigned and will be available online. Please utilize the
resources of the FSU Libraries online. See the course bibliography for details.
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Detailed descriptions of each assignment are provided on the Canvas site. The 100 points
available in this course can be earned as follows:
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT:
Some of the materials in this course are possibly copyrighted. They are intended for use only by
students registered and enrolled in this course and only for instructional activities associated with,
and for the duration of, the course. They may not be retained in another medium or disseminated
further. They are provided in compliance with the provisions of the Technology, Education, And
Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act (refer to the 3/7/2001 TEACH Act at
www.copyright.gov/legislation/archive/).
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evaluation (grading) statement, this syllabus is a guide for the course and is subject to change with
advance notice."
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Additional Course Policies:
1.Inform me, early and often. Let me know what is going on, if you have questions, if you need help, if you will
be handing in an assignment late, or anything else you think will help me to make your learning experience
more successful and more pleasant. Handling issues before things get out of hand is always our best bet.
2. The substantial weekly assignments in this class are intentionally designed to help you be very successful in
completing the two major papers. If you keep up, you should be happy with the outcome.
3.You are required to check your FSU email and the course discussions regularly. Classwide emails from the
instructor, and posts to the discussions by the instructor, are considered official communication and you will be
responsible and held accountable for incorporating this material in assignments, for responding if requested, for
following instructions contained therein, etc. Be active about managing your Canvas notifications so you get the
most useful type and timing of updates.
4. All emails to the instructor must include the course number, 5203, in the subject line; emails without a course
number in the subject line will NOT be read or answered. *Emails that do not include your full name
somewhere in the email AND the course number in the subject line will not receive a response*.
5.You should plan to have the readings done each week prior to our class meeting, and this is REQUIRED
during discussion leading weeks.