Knowledge River/School of Information Resources and Library Science

IRLS 588: Issues in Information Resources: Information Environments from Hispanic and Native American Perspectives

Instructors:

Brooke Sheldon

Director, SIRLS

Patricia Tarin

Director, Knowledge River

Patricia Montiel Overall

Class Meetings:

Tuesdays 4 to 6:30 pm

August 26 to December 2

Course Description:

This course explores the interconnectedness of information forms and environments (libraries, museums, archives, electronic, mass media, etc.) from different theoretical and cultural perspectives. Students will study standard fundamental frameworks of each of these environments, how they resonate within Native American or Hispanic cultural perspectives, and how information environments can more authentically reflect the Hispanic or Native American experience. Professionals from these information environments will

serve as guest lecturers to provide in-depth knowledge of their fields and these cultures.

Assignments:

1. A five to seven page paper tracking issues within one selected information environment.

2. A five minute presentation exploring how the information "world" reflects and/or detracts from your sense of self.

3. An 18 to 22 page paper related to information environments from Hispanic or Native American perspectives.

4. Class participation in discussion of the readings and interaction with guests.

Class readings:

Abrams, G. H. J. (1994). The case for wampum: Repatriation from the museum of the american indian to the six nations confederacy, brantford, ontario, canada. In Museums and the making of "ourselves": the role of objects in national identity (pp. 351-384). London and New York: Leicester University Press.

Barlow, J. P. (1994, March). The economy of ideas: A framework for patents and copyrights in the digital age. Wired, p. 84-127.

Buckland, M. K. (1991). Information as thing. Journal of the American Society for Information Science 42(5), 351-360.

Caballero, C. (1990). Developing Hispanic archival collections. In S. Guereña, Latino Librarian: A handbook for professionals (pp. 101-110). London: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.

Carr, D. (1990). The adult learner in the museum. In J. W. Soliinger (Ed). Museums and Universities: New paths for continuing education (pp. 7-37). New York: Collier Macmillan Publishers.

Chabran, R. & Salinas, R. (2003). Place matters, journeys through global and local spaces. Sturken, M. (ed.) In Reinventing Technology: Cultural Narratives of Technological Change. Temple University Press

Coyhis, D. (1997). The developmental cycle: Teachings on the eight stages of growth of a human being. Winds of Change, 12(4), 114-119.

Creighton, J. C. (2001, August). The public library of the future. Library Journal, 56-58.

Crew, S. R. & Sims, J. E. (1991). Locating authenticity: Fragments of a dialogue. In I. Karp & Lavine, S. Exhibiting cultures: The poetics and politics of museum display. (pp. 159-175). Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Danilov, V. (1994). Curatorial and collection-related careers. In V. Danilov, Museum careers and training: A professional guide (pp. 51-60). Westport: Greenwood Press.

Danilov, V. (1994). The museum world. In V. Danilov, Museum careers and training: A professional guide (pp. 3-18). Westport: Greenwood Press.

Davalos, K. M. (2001). Containing the sacred, savage, and salvaged. In K. M. Davalos Exhibiting mestizaje: Mexican (american) museums in the diaspora, (pp. 35-56). Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.

Durrance, J.C. (2001). Community information: The technological touch. Library

Journal, 125, (2),

Durrance, J. C. (2001). The vital role of librarians in creating information communities: Strategies for success. Library Administration and Management, 15, (3), 161-168.

Fleckner, J. A. (1984). Tribal archives: Some basic archival ideas? In Native American Archives: An introduction (pp. 6-13). Chicago: The Society of American Archivists.

Fleckner, J. A. (1984). What is a tribal archives? In Native American Archives: An introduction (pp. 1-5). Chicago: The Society of American Archivists.

Foote, K. E. (2000). Remember and forget: Archives, memory and culture. In R. C. Jimerson, (ed), American archival studies: Readings in theory and practice (pp. 29-46). Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2000).

Galston, W. A. (2000). Does the internet strengthen community? National Civic Review 89(3), 193-202.

Griffiths, J. M. (1998). The new information professional. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science 24(3), 8-12.

Guerena, S. (2000). Latinos and librarianship. Library Trends, 49, 138-181.

Harris, M. H. (1995). Libraries in america to 1850. In History of libraries in the western world (4^th ed., pp. 163-205). New Jersey: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.

Hein, G. E. (1998). The significance of museum education. In G. E. Hein, Learning in the Museum (pp. 1-13). New York: Routledge.

Houlihan, P. T. (1991). The poetic image and native american art. In I. Karp & Lavine, S. Exhibiting cultures: The poetics and politics of museum display, (pp. 205-211). Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Lenert, E.M. (1998). A communication theory perspective on telecommunications policy. Journal of Communication. p 3-23.

Marcum, D. B. (1997). Digital libraries: For whom? For what?. The Journal of Academic Libraianship, 23, 81-84.

Marzio, P. C. (1991). Minorities and fine-arts museums in the united states. In I. Karp & Lavine, S. Exhibiting cultures: The poetics and politics of museum display, (pp.121-127). Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Maymí-Surgrañes, H. J. ( 1999). Latin American archival theory and practice during the 1970s and 1980s. Libraries and Culture, 34(3), 222-240.

Metoyer-Duran, C. (1993). Information gatekeepers. In Williams, Martha E., Annual review of information science and technology (pp. 111-150). New Jersey: Learned Information, Incorporated.

Metoyer-Duran, C. (1992). Native American library and information services. Government Information Quarterly, 9 , 359-362.

Moller, S. C. (2001). Adult services. In Library service to spanish speaking patrons (pp. 17-45), Englewood Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc.

Orbe, M. P. (1998). From the standpoint(s) of traditionally muted groups: explicating a co-cultural communication theoretical model. Communication Theory 8(1), 1-26.

Patterson, L. (2000). History and status of Native Americans in librarianship. Library Trends, 49 (1), 182-193.

Rockefeller-MacArthur, E. (1998). American indian knowledge. In American indian library services in perspective: From petroglyphs to hypertext. (pp. 27-59)

Roy, L. (2000). To support and model Native American library services. Texas Library Journal, 76 (1), 32-35.

Rubin, R. E. (1998). From past to present: The library’s mission and its values. In Foundations of Library and Information Science (pp. 207-264), New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.

Samuels, H. W. (2000). Who controls the past. In R. C. Jimerson, (ed), American archival studies: Readings in theory and practice (pp. 193-210). Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2000).

Schement, J., Curtis, T. & Lievrouw, L. (1984). Information policy considerations and latinos. In Valdez, A. (Ed.), Telecommunications and latinos: An assessment of issues and opportunities. Stanford Center for Chicano Research, Standford, California.

Schement, J. R. & Lievrouw, L. (1987). The fundamental assumptions of information society research. In Competing visions, complex realities: social aspects of the information society (pp. 1-10). New Jersey: Ablex Publication Corporation.

Schuler, D. (1996). Wired for change. In New community networks. (Chp. 1, 18pgs.) Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publication Corporation.

Seadle, M. (2002, March). Whose rules? Intellectual property, culture, and indigenous communities. D-Lib, 8(3).

Simonelli, R. (1999, Autumn). Education, traditional knowledge and the Indian future. Winds of Change, 23-26.

Solinger, J. W. (1990). Museums and their characteristics. In J. W. Soliinger (Ed). Museums and Universities: New paths for continuing education (pp. 233-238). New York: Collier Macmillan Publishers.

Swisher, K. G. (1996). Why Indian people should be the ones to write about Indian education. American Indian Quarterly 20(1), 83-90.

Tarin, P. A. (1988, November). Rand misses the point: A "minoirtiy" report. Library Journal, 113, 31-4.

Trujillo, R. G. & Weber, D. C. (1991). Academic library responses to cultural diversity: A position paper for the 1990s. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 17, 157-161.

U.S. National Commission of Libraries and Information Science. (1992). Pathways to excellence: A report on improving library and information services for Native American peoples. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Vogt-O’Connor, D. (1999). Archives—a primer for the 21^st century. Cultural Resource Management, 22, 4-8.

Weil, S. E. (1990). The museum professional: Part 1. In J. W. Soliinger (Ed). Museums and Universities: New paths for continuing education (pp. 171-184). New York: Collier Macmillan Publishers.

Wiley, T. G. Myths about language diversity and literacy in the united states. ERIC Digest. (Report No. EDO-LE97-01). U.S.; District of Columbia; 1997-04-00, 4 p.

Ybarra-frausto, T. (1991). The chicano movement/the movement of chicano art. In I. Karp & Lavine, S. Exhibiting cultures: The poetics and politics of museum display, (pp. 128-150). Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

1. Preface to the sixth edition - p. viii-xivii
2. The endless chain - p. 3-26

3. Democracy and the media – p. 174-192

4. The growing gap – p. 208-222

Coward, J.M. (1999). Introduction indians, ideology, and the press. In The Newspaper Indian: Native americans identity in the press, 1820-1890. (pp. 1-22) Chicago: University of Illinois Press

Gallegos, B. & Kammerlocher, L. (1991). A history of library services to the Mexican-american and Native American in arizona. Journal of the West, 79-89.

Matson, L. D. & Bonski, D. J. (1997). Do digital libraries need librarians? An experiential dialog. Online, 21, 87-92.

Roy, L. (1993). Recovering native identity: Developing readers’ advisory services for non-reservation Native Americans. Collection Building, 12, 73-77.

Stoffle, C., Allen, B., Fore, J., & Mobley, E. R. (Nov. 2000). Predicting the future: What does academic librarianship hold in store? College and Research Libraries News, 61(10), 894-901.

Talboys, G. (2000). The educational role of museums. In Museum Educator’s Handbook. (pp, 1-8). Hamphsire, England: Gower Publishing Limited.

Fleckner, J. A. (1984). Preface In Native American Archives: An introduction (pp. iii-viii). Chicago: The Society of American Archivists.

Harris, M. H. (1995). Modern american libraries. In History of libraries in the western world (4^th ed., pp. 241-296). New Jersey: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.

Hein, G. E. (1998). Educational theory. In G. E. Hein, Learning in the Museum (pp. 14-40). New York: Routledge.

Rubin, R. E. (1998). The information infrastructure: Libraries in context. In Foundations of Library and Information Science (pp. 1-18), New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.

Warren, D. (1984). Foreword. Why tribal archives? In Fleckner, J. A., Native American Archives: An introduction (pp. v-viii). Chicago: The Society of American Archivists.

Most readings are posted on Electronic Reserve, with the exception of the Bagdikian book.

INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTS FROM HISPANIC AND

NATIVE AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES