Course schedule, assignments, and lecture slides

Course schedule Key: a) T = Life on the screen; b) L = The trouble with computers; c) D = Deadline; and d) B = The New Supervisor
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Week	Date	Topic	Weekly Readings	Special notes
1	M, 1/11	Lecture: How does this involve me?  Guests: a) Sam Goodin, Director, Office of Services for Students with Disabilities; b) Andy Palms, Manager, Information Technology Division; and c) Karl Longstreth, Graduate Library		a) First section meetings   b) Sherry Turkle talk "Computer visions: What are we thinking when we are thinking about computers," 5 PM, Pendleton Room, Michigan Union
2	M, 1/18	MLK Day		Special one hour session in WH 311 from 9 - 10 AM on Wednesday, January 20
3	M, 1/25	Lecture: Threats to group performance	D: 1-150	January 26: Last day to drop/add   Online Myers-Briggs test
4	M, 2/1	Lecture: Negotiation	D: 151-310	Begin group project
5	M, 2/8	Lecture: Project management & Calculation, simulation, and design	T: 9-174	Due: Group process plan   Weick paper on Mann Gulch fire, Rothermel paper on Mann Gulch fire
6	M, 2/15	Lecture: Tinkering as a design metaphor	T: 177-269	Due: Project contract
7	M, 2/22	Lecture: Increasing the yield of useful systems and services	L: 1-276
	M, 3/1	No class		Spring break
8	M, 3/8	Lecture: Doing user-centered design	L: 277-366	Due: Progress report
9	M, 3/15	Lecture:  Intro to management	B:  1-64
10	M, 3/22	Lecture: Budget and Finance  Guest:  Kay Schwartz, Flint Public Library	B: 198-280
11	M, 3/29	Lecture: Managing change in a professional environment  Guest:  Kitty Bridges, Science Library, University of Michigan	B: 65-78
12	M, 4/5	Lecture: Planning, Organizing	B: 79-100;	Due: Project report  Oral presentations begin
13	M, 4/12	Lecture: Robert Schwarzwalder.  See  Cutting edge libraries at the Ford Motor Company	B: 101-197
14	M, 4/19	Lecture: Controlling, Leading	B: 281-294

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