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Timeline
Week 1 – Sept 2
 * Introduction to Reference & using the Library Catalogue
 * Exercise 1
 * Wikipedia work - due week 2
 * Read: “Welcome to Wikipedia Brochure” (on Blackboard)
 * Read: “The Five Pillars of Wikipedia” at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars
 * Set up a Wikipedia account and user name

Week 2 –Sept 9
 * Steps in conducting research
 * Research project
 * Types of Reference Sources
 * Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
 * Exercise 2
 * Editing in Wikipedia
 * Read by week 3: “Evaluating Wikipedia article quality” on Blackboard

Week 3- Sept 16
 * Orientation event! ::Tour of the new Beaverbrook branch, Ottawa Public Library

Week 4 – Sept 23
 * Reference Policy
 * Handbooks and Almanacs
 * MLA style and other styles
 * Exercise 3
 * Wikipedia work due by week 4
 * Create user page and add name to course page list of students. Hand in User name and marking template

Week 5 – Sept 30
 * Assignment 1 Due today– post to Wikipedia Sandbox
 * Reference Statistics
 * Directories and Bibliographies
 * Exercise 4

Week 6 – Oct 7
 * RUSA Policies
 * Information Literacy and Bibliographic instruction
 * Reference questions for technology

Week 7 –– Oct 14
 * Customer Service
 * Midterm review

Week 8 – Oct 21
 * Mid-term exam

Week 9 – Oct 28
 * Evaluation of reference tools
 * Indexes - Print/Newspapers & Electronic
 * Exercise 5

Week 10 - Nov 4
 * Assignment 2 due today
 * Biographical and Geographical Sources
 * Exercise 6
 * Wikipedia work
 * Review TWO students postings on Wikipedia.
 * Provide helpful suggestions for improvement and catch any spelling/typing errors.
 * Choose students that do not have many comments already.

Week 11 –– Nov 11 – Class will begin at 12:00pm
 * Reference Interview

Week 12 – Nov 18
 * Reference Interview continued
 * Exercise 7

Week 13 – Nov 25
 * Readers Advisory
 * Exercise 8

Week 14 – Dec 2
 * Virtual Reference
 * Final Review
 * Exercise 9

Week 15 – Dec 9
 * Final Exam