Denton Web Institute Agenda
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SLIS 4600/5600 Web Institute - Fall 2005
Survival Tip! Room temperatures may be too hot or too cold to suit your preferences. Dress in layers or remember to bring a sweater.
Survival Tip! The Gateway Center is a 10 minute walk from the SLIS offices, the University Union, and the Bookstore on the UNT campus. Bring comfortable shoes and an umbrella.
SLIS 4600/5600 Course Information
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Sunday, August 28, 2005
| 8:00 a.m. | BREAKFAST BUFFET PROVIDED Students arrive at Gateway Center 43/47 (#37 on the campus map). Check-in, Photographs taken for course Website. |
| 9:00 a.m. | Formal Welcome and Introduction of Faculty and Students/Introduction Student Profile Activity/Class Culture/Sign and Submit Plagiarism Agreement/Student Contact Information Form |
| 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 11:00 a.m. | Lecture: Introduction to Information
Access Retrieval. Overview of the Course/WEBCT Overview: Icon pages, Email, Chat, Discussion Forums, Assignments, Course calendar |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch on your own |
| 1:45 p.m. | Lecture: History and types of Information Services |
| 2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00 p.m. | WEBCT Overview continued. Demonstrations: DropBox Demonstration, Students complete Online Student Contact Information Form, Prepare Word Document with Student Profile and Upload Form using the DropBox, look around course WebCT site |
| 5:00 p.m. | DINNER ON YOUR OWN Student time/Library and Lab Time/Reading Time Homework: read Chapters 13, 17, 18 |
Monday, August 29, 2005
| 8:00 a.m. | BREAKFAST ON YOUR OWN Lecture: Types of Sources |
| 9:00 a.m. | Lecture: Criteria for Evaluation of Sources/Electronic Tools (Quest and Resource Evaluation Tools) Demo |
| 10:00 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 a.m. | Lectures: Dictionaries/Construction
Queries/Key Terms (using Dictionary Information Quests) More demonstrations |
| 12:00 p.m. | LUNCH ON YOUR OWN |
| 1:00 p.m. | Online Library Orientation, Finding Electronic Resources using Ebsco Host |
| 2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00 p.m. | LAB: Online Library Services/ Find and
print one article from Ebsco Host /Dictionaries and Encyclopedia Evaluation and Information Quests Work Time |
| 5:00 pm | Break |
| 6:00 p.m. | SLIS Open House Dinner and Games.
Information Sciences Building Room 201. Open Lab Time in SLIS Room 205C to work on Information Quests or you may visit the Libraries to work on resource evaluations. |
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
| 8:00 a.m. | BREAKFAST ON YOUR OWN Lecture: Search and Retrieval Strategies |
| 9:00 a.m. | Lecture: Reference Interviewing |
| 10:00 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 a.m. | Stump the Professor and Reference
Interviewing Activity/Searching Tips |
| 11:45 a.m. | LUNCH ON YOUR OWN |
| 1:00 P.M. | Lecture: Users and Patterns of
Information Seeking Lecture: User Studies and User Information needs |
| 2:15 p.m. | Break |
| 2:30 p.m. | Discussion: Professional Ethics |
| 3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 p.m. | Final Review of tools, repeat demos as requested by students, expectations, tips, tricks, how to succeed in this course discussion. |
| 4:30 p.m. | Course Evaluation/ Final Questions / Wrap up / Farewells. |