S629/R620. Slavic bibliography Spring 2012

S629/R620. Slavic bibliography
Spring 2012

Class room: LI036
Class schedule: Tue & Thur 2:30–3:30 pm
Instructor: Wookjin Cheun, Librarian for Slavic and East European Studies

Email: [email protected]
Slavic collection subject page:
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=334
Phone: 812-855-9413
Office: Wells Library E560
Office hours:

Tue 3:30-4:00
Thur 3:30-4:30
(or by appointment)

Course description

This course is designed to acquaint graduate students with a variety of Slavic reference
resources, both print and electronic. Students will be required to regularly examine those
resources de visu, or virtually, and present their analysis of the examined resources in
class. They are also introduced to more important aspects of contemporary Slavic
librarianship, primarily those related to the acquisition of vernacular materials and
reference services.

Objectives:

At the completion of the course, students will be able to:
• develop a sound knowledge of major Slavic reference resources
• understand main components of contemporary Slavic librarianship

Student requirements:

A minimum of two years of Russian; regular class attendance

Assignments:

• weekly in-class presentation on five reference materials; two to be designated by
the instructor and three to be selected by students from a list to be distributed in
class

• in-class progress report on the final bibliographic essay

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• bibliographic essay. The topic is free, but it should be approved by the instructor.
Each essay should be no less than 15-pages (double-spaced) long including notes
(endnotes are required), but not including the bibliography. The Chicago style is
preferred (a convenient manual of the style is available online at
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=5520)

• occasional readings as assigned
Grades

• class attendance and participation: 20%
• in-class presentations including the in-class progress report: 30%
• bibliographic essay: 50%

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Class schedule

*This schedule may change. In that case the students will be notified in advance

January 10: Introduction (class assignments, final paper, grade) & Slavic and East
European Collection tour

January 12: Slavic and East European area studies: past, present, future
Resources & readings:
Bonnell, Victoria E. and George Breslauer. “Soviet and Post-Soviet area studies.”
2003.
Byrnes, Robert. "Harvard, Columbia, and the CIA: My training in Russian
studies." In A history of Russian and East European studies in the United
States: Selected essays, 239-63. Lanham, New York, London: University
Press of America, 1994.
Trehub, Aaron. "Slavic studies and Slavic librarianship in the United States: A
Post-Cold War perspective (excerpts)." SEEIR 10, no. 2/3 (2009): 158-69.
SEE area studies in the US: A chronology
(http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1001134)

January 17: ABSEES, EBSEES, Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies
Resources & readings:
ABSEES (http://www.library.illinois.edu/absees/) (1956- )
EBSEES (http://ebsees.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/) (1975- )
INION (http://www.inion.ru/) (1968- )

January 19: National bibliographies (Russian & Polish)
Resources & readings
Whitby, Thomas and Tanja Lorkovic. Introduction to Soviet national
bibliography. 1979.
Rossiiskaia Knizhnaia Palata (http://www.bookchamber.ru/default.html)
Biblioteka Narodowa (http://www.bn.org.pl/)

January 24: Private week

January 26 (E560): Individual consultation with the instructor for the topic of your
bibliographic essay

January 31 & February 2: Resources for Russian history: Tsarist period

February 7 & 9: Resources for Russian history: Soviet period

February 14 &16: Resources for Russian literature and language

February 21 & 23: Resources for Polish and Czech studies

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February 28 & March 1: Russian and Polish serials

March 6 & 8: In-class progress report on the final bibliographic essay

March 12 & 15: Spring break

March 20 & 22: Archival guides

March 27 & 29: Slavic and East European online databases (UDB and CEEOL,
and English online databases for Slavic and East European studies)
Resources & readings:
Watkins, Gerald, and Angela Joyce. "Intute: A British online gateway to Slavic
and East European resources." SEEIR 10, no. 2/3 (2009): 267-75.
Peschio, Joseph, Igor Pil'shchikov, and Konstantin Vigurskii. "Academic digital
libraries Russian style: An introduction to the Fundamental Digital Library
of Russian Literature and Folklore." SEEIR 6, no. 2/3 (2005): 45-63
“Online resources in Slavic and East European studies”
(http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1002831)

April 3: Slavic and East European publishing industry
Resources & readings:
Lenskii, B. V., A. N. Voropaev, and A. A. Stoliarov. “Knizhnyi rynok Rossii:
Sostoianie, tendentsii i perspektivy razvitiia. 2011.”
http://www.fapmc.ru/magnoliaPublic/rospechat/activities/reports/2011/item2.html
(accessed January 9, 2012).
Bushnell, John and Kristine. “Publishing and distribution in Russia, 1990-1995: A
summary overview.” 1995.

April 5: Slavic and East European collection development (vendors, exchanges,
selection tools, and reference services)
Resources & readings:
Zalewski, Wojciech. "Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union." In Selection of
library materials for area studies, edited by Cecily Johns, 93-124.
Chicago: ALA, 1990.

April 10 & 12: Slavic librarianship: past, present, and future
Resources & readings:
Urbanic, Allan and Beth Feinberg. “A guide to Slavic collections in the United
States and Canada.” SEEIR, 2004, 5:3/4. pp.1-198. (available online
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1300/J167v05n03_02)
Brewer, Mike. “You can’t get there from here, or how do I become a Slavic
studies librarian?” SEEIR, 2005, 6:1, pp.31-56. (available online
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1300/J167v06n01_06)
Choldin, Marianna Tax. "My life in libraries." SEEIR 10, no. 4 (2009): 359-72.

April 17 & 19: Private week

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April 24 & 26: Private week

May 1: Bibliographic essay due by 5 pm

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3. Plagiarism.

A student must not adopt or reproduce ideas, words, or statements of another person
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•Quotes another person's actual words, either oral or written;

•Paraphrases another person's words, either oral or written;

•Uses another person's idea, opinion, or theory; or

•Borrow facts, statistics, or other illustrative material, unless the information is common
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