Syllabus

Libraries in Fact and Fiction

Randolph Stilson, Faculty

Library 3314

Phone & Voice Mail 6126

stilsonr@evergreen.edu

TEXTS:  Petroski, Henry. The Book on the Bookshelf.

Battle, Matthew.  Library : An Unquiet History

Casson, Lionel.  Libraries in the Ancient World

Martin, Lowell A. Enrichment: A History of the Public Library in the United States in the Twentieth Century

Pratchett, Terry. Small Gods

                        Bromeliad Trilogy (for those interested in Children’s literature).

                        Other Pratchett Titles - see me or The Discworld Companion

Fforde, Jasper.  Lost in a Good Book

OTHER RESOURCES:

Library Past and Future Websites

http://www.r-alston.co.uk/contents.htm

http://www.libraries.gr/nonmembers/

http://www.libraryinstruction.com/lihistory.html

http://www.uky.edu/CommInfoStudies/SLIS/svitae.htm -Dr. Michael H. Harris's resume

http://www.basd.net/staff/tdrumhel/MichaelHarris.htm - Debunking Michael harris

http://comm-org.utoledo.edu/papers96/malone.html  -  Do Public Libraries Matter? A Response to Amy A. Begg, "Enoch Pratt Free Library and Its Service to Communities of Immigrant Residents of Baltimore During the Progressive Era, 1900-1914"

http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~b-sloan/future.htm - Managing the 21^st Century Academic Library: A Bibliography

http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~skgerber/EBooksInLibraries.html - Gerber,  Steven The

E-Book’s Implications for Libraries

http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1111/1796_300/58509209/p1/article.jhtml

Libraries and Librarians in Literature

http://www.gslis.mcgill.ca/marginal/backiss.htm

http://www.gslis.mcgill.ca/marginal/mar7-2/ape.htm

http://www.san-andreas-sla.org/faultline/March200212.htm

http://wings.buffalo.edu/publications/mcjrnl/v1n1/image.html

http://locual.com/D/Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science/Librariana/Librarians_in_Society/

Books and Printing History

http://www.english.upenn.edu/~traister/book_sources.html

http://www.printerinks.com/resources-for-the-history-of-books-and-printing.html

History and Research Methods

"http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/"

READINGS : As assigned the week before

SEMINARS: Once per week on prior readings starting second week. (Time and place to be announced).

FINAL PAPER or PROJECT: On subject of your choice relating to themes from this contract

SCHEDULE

Week 1 : Libraries as Infrastructure

Reading : Petroski. Book on the Bookshelf

Research and Writing : Invisibility of libraries as infrastructure

Week 2 : Libraries as Infrastructure Part II

Reading : Petroski.  Book on the Bookshelf

Research and Writing : The changing physical nature of Libraries

Seminar : Book on the Bookshelf

Week 3 :Library Evolution : Ancient

Reading : Casson.  Libraries in the Ancient World

Research and Writing : Essay on Ancient Libraries

Seminar: Petroski and Casson readings

Week 4 : Library Evolution : Medieval

Reading : From Library History Web pages

Research and Writing : Essay on Medieval and Renaissance Libraries

Week 5 : Library Evolution : Modern

Reading : Martin. Enrichment: A History of the Public Library in the United States in the Twentieth Century

Research and Writing : 

Week 6 : Libraries in Society

Reading : Pratchett : The Bromeliad Trilogy

Research and Writing :

Week 7 : Libraries and Society

Reading : Battle. Library : An Unquiet History

Research and Writing :

Week 8 & 9 :  Libraries in Literature

Reading :  Fforde. Lost in a Good Book

Pratchett, Small Gods

Research and Writing : Compare and contrast the view of libraries and librarians in these and other authors you may chose to read in these two weeks.

Week 10 : Final Presentations and Potluck