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There are 13 sessions in total. Details are shown in the table below. Students are asked to complete the assigned readings in the order as listed.  Readings in article format are either available directly on the Web or available on our WebCT Vista page the "lecture notes & readings" section. Additional readings are also available on our WebCT page. Project due dates are listed in the fourth column.

Important dates:
9/8: First day of class
9/22: Demo by TechLab on inside the computer box
10/13: Presentation and Demo by Nathan Mealey, Simmons Library Systems
10/20: Demo by Techlab on open source software products
10/27: Linnea Johnson speaks on "Computer Lab Planning: Design, Imaging, and Security."
11/3: Midterm Exam (2:30-4:00)
11/10: No class, Veteran's Day
11/24: No class, Thanksgiving Break
12/1: Prof. Tis guest lecture on Information Security
12/15: Last day of class: IS Case Study Project Presentations

 

Session
Date

Topics and System Showcase
Readings
Assignments Projects
1-9/8

Course Overview.
Introduction to Technology for Information Professionals

Showcase: Course Website and WebCT Page

Explore:

  1. Course Web Site & WebCT Page
  2. Information Systems Resource Page

Distributed: mini-project 1
2-9/15
Information Technology and Organizations;  Evolution of LIS

Showcase: Simmons Library GSLIS Collection
  1. Stair & Reynolds, Chapter 1, p. 1-12, 21-27, 31-36
  2. Kochtanek & Mattews, Chapter 1, p. 3-8

Distributed: Team Project for Information Systems Case Study
3-9/22
The Technologies: Hardware; Technology Development Impacting LIS

Showcase: Computer Memory Chip and Thumbdrive; Inside the computer box: Demo by Ben Florin
  1. Stair & Reynolds, Chapter 2, p. 46-65
  2. Kochtanek & Matthews, Chapter 1, p. 8-12
  3. Bush, V. (1945). As We May Think

 

 
4-9/29

The Technologies: Software: The Library Information System Marketplace

Showcase: Dialog;
MS Powerpoint and MS access
  1. Stair & Reynolds, Chapter 2, p. 65-93
  2. Kochtanek & Mattews, Chapter 2
  3. Borgman, C.  (1997). "From acting globally to thinking locally: a brief history of library automation" (Available on Web CT)

 

Due: mini-project 1

Distributed: mini-project 2

5-10/6

Databases; Integrated Library Systems (I)

Showcase:
Factiva
OCLC Connexion
  1. Stair & Reynolds, Chapter 3
  2. Kochtanek & Matthews, Chapter 3 (Stop at p.39)
  3. Groenewegen, H. (2004). Four decades of library automation: recollections and reflections

 

 

6-10/13

Integrated Library Systems (II)

Showcase:
Sagebrush; Simmons Library Systems

 
  1. Kochtanek & Matthews, Chapter 3 (p. 40-49)
  2. Sagebrush Getting Started Guide (Available on WebCT)

 

 Nathan Mealey, Presentation and Demo on Simmons Library Systems
7-10/20

 

Open Systems;

Library Technology Standards

Showcase:
Koha Test Drive ; Metadata Template and DC-dot; Demo by David Dwiggins on Open Source Software Products

  1. Kochtanek & Matthews Chapters 4 & 6
  2. National Information Standards Organization. (2005). Creating NISO Standards.
  3. Needleman, M. Standards for the Global Information Infrastructure (GII)

Due: mini-project 2

 

Distributed: Review Questions for Midterm
8-10/27

Telecommunications and Networks;

Electronic Content and World Wide Web

Showcase:
Open Directory Project; Webbrain; Google; clusty; and Kartoo

  1. Stair & Reynolds, Chapter 4
  2. Kochtanek & Mattews, Chapter 5
  3. Felker, K. (2002). "Ariadne's thread: hypertext, writing, and the World Wide Web." (Available on WebCT)
  4. Berners-Lee, T. (2001). The Semantic Web.
 Distributed: mini-project 3

Linnea Johnson, Assistant Manager of Information Technology, presents on "Computer Lab Planning: Design, Imaging,  
and Security."
 
9-11/3
IT Planning , Technology Axioms, and Impact
     Stair & Reynolds, Chapters 7, 8, 9 There will be a lecture from 1pm-2:15pm before the midterm.

Midterm (2:30pm-4:00pm)
 
/-11/10

 No class: Veteran's Day

 
10-11/17
System Development, Selection and Implementation

Hands-on:
Basic HTML coding and Uploading Web Pages to Simmons Web Directory
  1. Stair & Reynolds , Chapter 8
  2. Kochtanek & Mattews, Chapters 10
  3. Manifold, A. (2000). " A Principled Approach to Selecting an Automated Library System." (Available on WebCT)
  4. Introduction to HTML (Available on WebCT)

Distributed: Extra-credit wiki assignment

 
/-11/24

 No class: Thanksgiving Break

 
11-12/1
Usability of Information Systems; Information Security

In class group exercise:
Usability of Library Web Sites
  1. Kochtanek & Mattews, Chapters 11, 12
  2. Preece, J. (2002). "Usability goals and principles," in Interaction design, pp.13-26.  (Available on WebCT)
  3. Stair & Reynolds , Chapter 9
Dr. Bruce Tis,  Chair of  Department of Computer Science at Simmons, Guest Lecture  on Information Security

Due: mini-project 3
12-12/8
Technology Trends; Digital Libraries

Showcase:
ACM Digital Library
California Digital Library
Alexandria Digital Library
The Global Memory Net
UVA Electronic Text Center
LC American Memory Program
  1. Kochtanek & Mattews, Chapters 13-14
  2. Miller, P. (2006). Coming Together around Library 2.0
  3. Dempsey, L. (2006). The (Digital) Library Environment: Ten Years After

 

 

Due: Extra-credit wiki assignment
13-12/15

   Information Systems Case Study Presentations

Course Summary and Evaluation

 

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