Syllabus

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Course Meeting Day, Time, and Electronically-mediated Class Participation

This course meets on Mondays from 1:00 pm to 3:45 pm in room 532 of Gorgas Library. There will be one 15 minute break approximately 90 minutes into the class period. See Course Calendar for course meeting dates.

I would also like to bring your attention to the electronically-mediated participatory aspects of this class:

• Online Discussion: Click the "Online Discussion" link on the left Nav Bar to see the course discussion boards organized by lecture. This technique will allow you to publicly discuss questions and issues during the week that may have arisen in class with your fellow classmates and me. (I you would prefer private communication, please click the "Course E-mail" link).
• del.icio.us Boomarks: If you find resources on the web that you would like to bring to the attention of class members, you can create a del.icio.us bookmark and by tagging it appropriately, it will be available in the right context. For more information on this technique, see the Course Calendar.

And best of all, employing either (or both) of these electronically-mediated techniques during the semester will improve your class participation grade!

Course Description from 2005-2007 UA Graduate Catalog

Introduction to health sciences librarianship and the environments in which it operates. Orientation to the health care field, operation and administration of health sciences libraries, and basic information sources and services for the health sciences is included.

Attendance Policy

Students should notify the instructor in advance if a class is going to be missed.  More than one unexcused absences will affect final grade.

UA Code of Academic Conduct

All students in attendance at the University of Alabama are expected to be honorable and to observe standards of conduct appropriate to a community of scholars.

The University expects from its students a higher standard of conduct than the minimum required to avoid discipline.  All acts of dishonesty in any academic work constitute academic misconduct.  This includes, but is no necessarily limited to the following:

1. Cheating -- using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, study aids, or computer-related information.
2. Plagiarism -- representing the words, data, works, ideas, computer program or output, or anything not generated in an authorized fashion, as one's own.
3. Fabrication -- presenting as genuine any invented or falsified citation or material.
4. Misrepresentation -- falsifying altering, or mistaking the contents of documents or other materials related to academic matters, including schedules, prerequisites, and transcripts.

Academic misconduct includes all acts of dishonesty in any academically related matter and any knowing or intentional help or attempt to help, or conspiracy to help, another student. The Academic Misconduct Disciplinary Policy will be followed in the event of academic misconduct.

Disability Accommodation Statement

Students with disabilities are encouraged to register with the Office of Disability Services, 205.348.4285.  Thereafter, you are invited to schedule appointments to see me during my office hours to discuss accommodations and other special needs.

Course Objectives

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Course Calendar

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Assignments and Grading

Information about assignments and grading are available here.

Contact Information

Instructor: Steven L. MacCall, Ph.D.

Office hours:  10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Mondays (Other times by appointment)

Office phone: 205.348.6727
Cell phone (for emergencies only): 205.394.3844
Fax: 205.348.3746

E-mail:  PLEASE USE WEBCT E-MAIL TO CONTACT INSTRUCTOR

 

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Copyright 2006 by Steven L. MacCall

smaccall@bama.ua.edu