Author Archives: Michael Stephens

About Michael Stephens

Dr. Michael Stephens is an Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University. His research focuses on use of emerging technologies in libraries and technology learning programs. He currently writes the monthly column “Office Hours” in Library Journal exploring issues, ideas and emerging trends in library and information science education. Stephens has spoken about emerging technologies, innovation, and libraries to audiences in over 26 states and in nine countries. He is fascinated by library buildings and virtual spaces that center around users, participation, creating content, and encouraging the heart. As a professional he worked 15 years in public libraries.

Current Events & LRM

Hey all – I am worried that some in class may be having trouble on the final bits of the LRM…polishing your thoughts etc. Let’s do a 3 day extension on the extension for those can use it. I see some are already turned in. Let me know if you want to look them over […]

Due Dates Extended

Thanks to everyone who attended the research paper question and answer session. As we discussed all due dates are extended to the last day of class.. Recap: Research paper is now due December 9th by 11:59pm PT. AND ——  Due dates for Blog Report #6 & #7 are relaxed as well if you need them […]

Web Sleuths featured on CBC Podcast

Hey all – this is fun! School of Information graduate Corrina Oates was interviewed on this podcast about her INFO 200 paper that we use as an assignment synthesis example. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation folks must have found her paper via web search and reached out to her! Her interview starts at around 12:55 into […]

Getting Started with…Research Paper

The goal of the Research Paper  is to give you experience in writing a graduate-level research paper. View a video about the assignment: Download: Web (Captioned) Lecture Slides  PDF) Video Podcast(mp4) Audio Podcast (mp3) Getting Started All assignments in INFO 200 help build your understanding and knowledge of the information needs and information-seeking behaviors of the information community […]