OBJECTIVES

• To acquaint future librarians and information specialists with the variety and extent of information produced
  and distributed by governments at all levels, and in all formats: print, microform, electronic, and the Internet.
• To demonstrate the reference and research value of this information.
• To familiarize students with the major government or commercially published bibliographical tools,
  catalogs, encyclopedias, handbooks, indexes, and web sites.
• To show how this information is collected and organized for access in a library or information setting.

OFFICE HOURS
My office is Room 124, Reference Dept., Davis Library.
I'll be glad to meet with you any time I'm not on duty at the Reference Desk.
Don’t hesitate to stop by if you’re having a problem, want to discuss an assignment, etc.
You can make an appointment by phone (962-1151) or email if you'd like.
SILS publications may list an office for me in Manning Hall; I don't use that office.

My Fall 2005 Work Schedule:
Monday: 2-5; 6-10pm. [Periodically, I work only 6-10pm.]
Tuesday-Friday: 7:30am-4pm.

EMAIL
I don't use a course listserv. I will send email if there are announcements or
if I need to communicate with you between class meetings. If you use some kind of email filter,
you need to make arrangements for my email to come through to you.
    mike_vanfossen@unc.edu   Please begin the subject with: INLS 228.

WEBPAGE
http://ils.unc.edu/~vanfm/index.html.
The page for each class will be a lecture outline, including titles of sources we talk about, URL’s for internet sites, etc.
Depending on my work schedule, I should have each page posted a day or two before the class.

READINGS
References to Readings in the course schedule will be by the names underlined below.

HAJNAL International Information: Documents, Publications and Electronic Information of International Governmental Organizations.
Edited by Peter Hajnal. Libraries Unlimited, 1997. JZ4850 .I58 1997. 2 volumes.
Available in SILS Reserve, the Davis Reference Desk and Law Reference.

TEXT Tapping the Government Grapevine. Judith Schiek Robinson. 3rd ed. Oryx Press, 1998. ZA5055.U6R63.
Available in SILS Reserve, Davis Reference and Law Reference.

YANG "U.S. State Documents in Academic Libraries." Zheng Ye Yang and Sandra da Conturbia. Journal of Government Information,
Volume 25, Issue 3, 6 May 1998, Pages 263-276. Available online in PDF: Go to UNC-CH Library Homepage, Click on E-Journal Finder.

ASSIGNMENTS
Please observe all due dates.
If you are ill, please contact me before the due date so we can make arrangements.
Turn in assignments in class, send them as attachments via email mike_vanfossen@unc.edu,
to my box in the SILS office, or my office in the Davis Reference Department.

1. Worksheets: [45 points total]
   Worksheets will have questions relating to the print and electronic resources we discuss in class
   or are included in the readings. These will give you some practical experience using the sources.
   • Accessing information; Legislative Branch: Due Oct 5. [15 points]
         For students presenting on Oct 5, this is due Oct 12.
   • Census/Statistics: Due Nov. 16. [15 points]
   • State, IGO, and United Nations: Due Dec 15. [15 points]

2. Executive Branch Report: Presentations Oct 5 or Oct 12. [5 points]
   Detailed guidelines for this assignment will be posted on the course webpage.
   A 10-minute oral report on an executive branch department, an independent agency or commission.
   This will include a brief demonstration of the webpage.
   There is no written report required for this assignment.
   Please email me your choice by Sept. 21.

3. Annotated Bibliography: Due Oct 26. [25 points]
   Detailed guidelines for this assignment will be posted on the course webpage.
   An annotated bibliography of 15 U.S government sources on any topic that interests you.
   Include printed matter, CDROM's and Internet sources, as available.
   There are 2 sample bibliographies on SILS Reserve.
   Please email me your topic by October 5.
   

4. Organization Report: Due Dec 14. [25 points]
   Detailed guidelines for this assignment will be posted on the course webpage.
   A 15 page report on the website of an international intergovernmental organization of your choice.
   There are 2 sample organization reports on SILS Reserve.
   Please email me your organization/state by Nov. 16.
   

EVALUATION
The SILS grading criteria:
  H: Clear excellence.
  P: Entirely satisfactory.
  L: Low passing.
  F: Failed.
  IN: Incomplete.

VARIOUS

1. Please notify me before class if you won’t be with us.
2. You are responsible for knowing the information included in this syllabus,
   the course webpage and any emails I send.
3. Davis Library has one copy of the printed sources used for worksheet assignments.
   Please return books you use to the shelf where you found them or to the Reference Desk;
   do not leave them laying on tables in the Reference Room or at the photocopy machines.
4. If you can't find a copy of the printed sources used to complete worksheets, let me know right away so I can search.

31 AUGUST
Administrativia, course overview, assignments.
Tour of the Davis Library Reference Department and Documents stacks.

7 SEPTEMBER
Documents Librarianship, the Federal Depository Library Program.
Reading: Text: Chap. 1, 3, 4.

14 SEPTEMBER
Accessing federal information; paper/electronic catalogs and indexes.
Reading: Text: Chap. 5.

21 SEPTEMBER  
By today, email me your choice for the Executive Branch Report.
Legislative Branch
Reading: Text: Chap. 8, and
U.S. Congressional Serial Set: What it is and its History
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/history/sset/index.html

28 SEPTEMBER
Legislative Branch (continued), Administrative Law, Judicial Branch.
Reading: Text: Chap. 9,11.

5 OCTOBER  [WORKSHEET 1 DUE]*
By today, email me the topic of your bibliography.
Student Reports on Executive Branch departments.
*For students presenting tonight, Worksheet 1 will be due Oct 12.

12 OCTOBER
Continue Student Reports on Executive Branch departments.

19 OCTOBER  FALL BREAK

26 OCTOBER  [BIBLIOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT DUE]
Executive Branch, Statistics, begin Census.
Reading: Text, Chap. 10, 12.

2 NOVEMBER
Census, Science, Patents, Copyright, Translations.
Reading: Text, Chap. 6, 7

9 NOVEMBER
State and Local information; Foreign Governments.
Reading: YANG; Text, Chap.15.

16 NOVEMBER  [WORKSHEET 2 DUE]
By today, email me your choice for the Organization Report.
International Intergovernmental Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations
Reading: Hajnal, Volume 1: Chap. 1, 13.

23 NOVEMBER: Thanksgiving Break

30 NOVEMBER United Nations
Reading: Hajnal: Volume 1: Chap. 2, Volume 2: Chap. 11.

7 DECEMBER  
Classified government information, Maps.
Student Course Evaluations.

14 DECEMBER: [WORKSHEET 3 AND ORGANIZATION REPORTS DUE, BY 5PM.]
All course assignments need to be turned in by today.