Course:LIBR559B
Course Information
Program: Master of Library and Information Studies
Year: 2009-2010, Winter Session, term 2
Course Schedule: Thursdays, 8:00-10:50 a.m.
Location: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Room 461
Instructor: Eric M. Meyers
Office hours: By appointment, or drop-in when my office door is open.
E-mail address: emeyers@interchange.ubc.ca
Course website address: http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/emeyers/LIBR559B/
Course Schedule
The course will be taught in cooperation with the students of LIBR 559B, who will guide discussion/activities for 50% or more of the course schedule.
| Date | Week | Topic | Covered by |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 7 | Week 1 | What is “new” media? | Eric |
| January 14 | Week 2 | Perceptions of digital kids & digital tools | NO CLASS! |
| January 21 | Week 3 | Social theories applied to media and media use | Eric |
| January 28 | Week 4 | Digital Libraries | Linda Ham, Nathan McKay, Karl Thang |
| February 4 | Week 5 | Texts, Tags, and Tweets | Shannon Ozirny, Dan Hooker, Kay Weismann |
| February 11 | Week 6 | Games & game culture | Jade Fraser, Julia Bullard, Heidi Schiller |
| February 18 & 25 | Olympic Break | ||
| March 4 | Week 7 | Digital Storytelling + Community of Interest Networks 559B Fandom | Tamra Miyamoto, Anna Doyle, Naomi Eisenstat, Corene Brown |
| March 11 | Week 8 | Fandom wrap-up, Virtual worlds for kids | Eric |
| March 18 | Week 9 | Identity and Media | Alice Darnton, Sara Hathaway |
| March 25 | Week 10 | Digital Divide: Connectivity, local and global Issues | Cristina Teixeira, Susan Henderson |
| April 1 | Week 11 | Open | Open |
| April 8 | Week 12 | Emerging and future trends | Eric |
| April 15 | Week 13 | Paper presentations and wrap-up | Eric |