LIS 462 - Outline

This is the course outline for Fall semester 2007. In this course, more than any other, the schedule is very fluid. New topics will crop up, and the topics listed below will need to move around to accommodate student schedules. This is why there are two "catch-up" days. Check back often.

September 6

Introduction; Resources; Discussion of Assignments 1 & 2; Definitions; History; Visit to Simmons Archives (11:30)

September 13

Note: Rosh Hashanah runs from September 12-14 - please be sure to have any planned work done before the holy days, and make arrangements for someone to take notes in class.

Preliminary examination of a few best-developed digital library projects; Repositories, archives, libraries; Digital objects; Planning our own DL

September 20

Planning and project management; Resource digitization and preservation
First DL committee meeting

September 27

Note: Sukkot runs from September 26-28 - please be sure to have any planned work done before the holy days, and make arrangements for someone to take notes in class.

Digital library architecture; Metadata
Student presentations - Assignment 1: METS, 3-D
DL committee meeting

October 4

Rights management: Copyright and licensing
Student presentations - Assignment 1: OAI, Video, OSS
DL committee meeting

October 11

Rights management: authentication and security
Student presentations - Assignment 1: DRM, Manuscripts, Music
DL committee meeting

October 18

The user interface
Student presentations - Assignment 2: American Memory, Worthington, Mountain West, Gallica
DL committee meeting

October 25

Student presentations - Assignment 2: Cushman, Digital Past, Documenting the American South
DL committee meeting

November 1

Interoperability
Student presentations - Assignment 2: Calisphere, Harvard OCP, Perseus, ICDL
DL committee meeting

November 8

Evaluation and usability
DL committee meeting

November 15

Catch-up day 2
DL committee meeting

November 29

Visit to Boston Public Library, then dash back to Simmons and:
DL committee meeting

December 6

Digital library research fronts
DL committee meeting; Preparation for vernissage

December 13

Wrap up; DL presentation and celebration

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