BBY701 - INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM and INFORMATION SERVICES
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM and INFORMATION SERVICES | BBY701 | 1st Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Prequisites | N/A | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof. Dr. Bülent Yılmaz | |||||
| Course objective | To teach the concepts and practiceses related to intellectuel freedom in context of information services | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | - The history of intellectual freedom - Censorship - Limitations related to intellectual freedom - The right to access to information - Intellectual property rights | |||||
| References | -ALA.Office for Intellectual Freedom (1996). Intellectual freedom manual. (5th ed). Chicago: ALA. -Branscomb, A.W.(1994). Who owns information? From privacy to public Access, New York: Basic Boks. -Moor, J.H.(1990). Ethics of privacy protection.Library Trends.39(1-2),69-82. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | Intellectual freedom: Basic concepts |
| Week 3 | The history of intellectual freedom |
| Week 4 | Censorship |
| Week 5 | National and international manifestos related to intellectual freedom |
| Week 6 | The right to access to information |
| Week 7 | Limitations of intellectual freedom and Intellectuel property rights |
| Week 8 | 1st Midterm exam |
| Week 9 | intellectual freedom and information services |
| Week 10 | Intellectual freedom in technical and user services |
| Week 11 | Research presentation |
| Week 12 | Research presentation |
| Week 13 | 2nd Midterm exam |
| Week 14 | Evaluation |
| Week 15 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 3 | 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 2 | 30 |
| Final exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 6 | 60 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 10 | 140 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 6 | 10 | 60 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 38 | 38 |
| Total Workload | 37 | 71 | 300 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest