| San Jose State University | LIBR 220-01 Libraries and the Law |
| School of Library & Information Science | Mary Minow |
Course Description
This course focuses on Libraries and the
Law. Key legal issues facing the library profession today will be
explored including censorship, copyright, accessibility and library
governance. Students will be exposed to a wide variety of
legal search tools, both traditional and emerging.
Course
objectives
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
Grading policy
40 percent Class assignments,
including 5 graded assignments plus various credit/no credit assignments
20 percent Class
participation including legal research
exercises
40 percent
FINAL
EXAMINATION
Schedule
Mondays 10:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. August 31
- December 7, 1998
no class on September 7, Labor Day
ADA
If you need course adaptations or accommodations
because of a disability, please let me know.
Alternatively, please let the school administration
know.
SYLLABUS
Aug. 31 Introduction to the
Course, the Law, and Legal Research
Required reading:
11:00 Guest: Robert B. Harmon tour of legal materials at the Clark Library. Meet at Clark Libary
Assignment: Locate and read a case concerning Libraries and the Courts. Write a summary and your opinion about the outcome 3-5 pp.
Sept. 7 No Class:
LABOR DAY
Sept.
14 Libraries and The Courts
Court Cases including Filters, Meeting rooms. Is a public library's policy to install filters on the Internet terminals constitutional?
Required reading:
Required reading:
Assignment: Track your bill. Identify the key legislators that should be contacted. Write a thoughtful letter to your legislator concerning the bill 1-2 pp. Credit/No Credit
Sept. 28 Libraries and Legal Access by
Patrons with Disabilities
Required reading:
Assignment: Make recommendations to library concerning ADA issues-- details given in class
Oct. 5
Field Trip to Stanford Law Library/ Law Librarians As Catalysts: Changing the
Legal Environment
Meet at Stanford Law
Library --
Required reading:
Secondary and Specialized Legal Sources
Assignment: Use legal encyclopedias and other
secondary sources to find out how the ADA applies to public and private
libraries. Find ADA regulations that apply to libraries.
Oct.
12 Class IS HELD even though it is COLUMBUS
DAY -- Public
Records
Required reading:
Assignment: Write about the public records you saw in today's
demonstration. What information do you think should be available?
Assignment: Apply for Copyright/Trademark for
your own creative work. Optional: Send in to PTO with fees.
Oct. 19
Libraries and Intellectual Property
Required Reading:
Guest: Dave Hall, Intellectual Property Specialist
at Dialog
"Searching Dialog for
Intellectual Property"
Oct. 26 Libraries and Intellectual Property:
Copyright
Required Reading:
Required reading:
Nov. 9 Libraries and Governance
Required reading:
Guests: Jane Light, Director of San Jose Public
Library and Jim Schmidt, Director of San Jose State University Library
Governance of Joint Library San Jose Public Library and San Jose State
University Library
Linda Crowe, System Director, BALIS, PLS, SVCLS
Systems governance
Nov. 16 Governance, Employment and Current Events (CLA is in Oakland Nov 14-16)
Required reading:
privatization, local government, newsworthy
events
Nov. 23 Libraries and Privacy, Confidentiality, and Parental Rights
Required Reading:
Guests: Lynn Green, Director of
Administration and Sarah Montes, Reference Librarian, Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel,
Inc.
"Law Firm Administration
and Law Library Marketing"
Exam Review
Dec. 7 EXAM
Contact: minow@alumni.stanford.org
| San Jose State University | LIBR 220-01 LAW |
| School of Library & Information Science | Mary Minow, http://www.librarylaw.com/ |
