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.

@ Usernames in Action with these Two Steps

Hey all – Two ways to make sure others in class know your @username: Sign your Blog reports with your @username. Then folks can copy and paste into the comment box if they want to. Go into the settings of your blog to insert your @username as the tag line. Please give one of these […]

UPDATE: Issue with Old Videos!

Hey all – I have no idea how this happened but some old versions of INFO 200 videos were still living on Canvas and in a few places here. I am flummoxed that we did not catch this last semester. Here are all of the videos about 200: Intros for all sections, our section, all […]

Getting Started… with Blog Reports

Greetings all – After your Introductory post, your next five blog entries are an important part of the Blog Reports assignment. As noted in our getting started posts, you will use your blog on the Community Site blogging platform in this class. The posts will include substantial content, citations, and reflective thinking. These blog posts should […]

Replying with @michael

This coming week I will be going through your intro posts and commenting. If you reply with your own comment to one of mine on your blog, please use my username @michael in the comment so I am sure to get notification of your reply. Some blog themes auto fill @usernames but others do not. […]

Welcome to Module 2: Researching Information Communities

This week’s module introduces you to graduate-level writing and research in the LIS discipline. In addition to the the Things to Read, Things to Explore, and Things to View, it is broken into two key parts: Part 1: Identifying Information Sources and Part 2: Academic Writing Conventions and APA Style.

Class Social Time Recording

Hey all – thanks to everyone who came to the session today! Many good questions!

Behold! Our OPML File for all the Class Blogs

Hello everyone! We just finished the OPML for all the blog URLs.

Getting Started with…Choosing Your Community

This is the first of several “Getting Started posts. This one will help you with Choosing Your Community:

Graduate Work & This Course

Hello everyone – I wanted to send out a reminder of key items related to graduate work and this course from the Getting Started Module. We are heading into an important phase of the class. The School requires that students earn a B in this course. If the grade is less than B (B- or […]

Making The Most of Your Blog in INFO 200

Greetings all – Shout out to former INFO 298 student David Vargas for his work putting together this guide to making the most of your blog for our course. This PDF is being shared with all the sections of INFO 200 this semester. Please download via the link below. NOTE: This student created guide was made […]