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LIS 506 Information Storage and Retrieval - Schedule
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LIS506 Schedule
This schedule is subject to change. For readings, NP = New Perspectives on Computer Concepts
| Week | Date | Topics | Readings | Exercises | Assignments |
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| 1 | May 18 | Outline of the Course; Introduction to basic concepts of Computing and Digitization, Computer Hardware and Software |
NP Chapter 1. Computers and Digital Basics Chapter 2. Computer Hardware and NP Chapter 3. Computer Software. | Familiarizing with the lab and computer settings | Assignment 1 (Basic HTML document) |
| May 20 | Operating Systems and File Management | NP Chapter 4. Operating systems and File Management. For lab exercise: UB file sharing: http://ubit.buffalo.edu/ubfs/ UBUnix: http://ubit.buffalo.edu/unix/ UBVPN: http://ubit.buffalo.edu/internet/ UBFS/File transfer Introduction to SSH Introduction to Unix |
Create a test Web page | ||
| 2 | May 25 | No Class | Memorial Day Observed | ||
| May 27 | Computer Networks; Internet Technologies; | NP Chapter 5. LANs and WANs. NP Chapter 6. The Internet. | Microsoft Word: Resume | Assignment 1 due | |
| 3 | June 1 | World Wide Web Hypertext/Web pages: Basic HTML Tags; | NP Chapter 7. The Web and Email, section A, C, D, E. howstuffworks.com: How Web Pages Work (topics 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8) |
Microsoft Excel: Budget | |
| June 3 | User Interface design; website evaluation Usability Test |
NP Don't make me think: A common sense approach to web usability |
Microsoft PowerPoint: Slide Show | Assignment 2 (personal web site) | |
| 4 | June 8 | Advanced HTML: tables; Images in Webpages; Interactive/Dynamic Web Pages: Forms & CGI; CSS, JavaScript, etc. | Dreamweaver tutorials, manual or book. | Use Dreamweaver to create a website, Form and CSS | Microsoft PowerPoint: Slide Show |
| June 10 | Database Design and Use of MS Access QUIZ 1 |
NP Chapter 11. MS Access book, tutorial or manual. | Use of MS Access | Assignment 2 due Assignment 3 (database) |
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| 5 | June 15 | Information Retrieval & Search engines | Croft, W.B. (1982). An overview of
information systems. Information Technology: research and development, (1),
73-96. (UBLearns). Baeza-Yates, R., & Ribiero-Neto, B. (1999). Modern information retrieval. New York, ACM Press. Chapter 1. (UBLearns) NP Chapter 7, section B. Introduction to information retrieval. Chapter 19, web search basics. Browsing: http://searchenginewatch.com |
Assignment 3 due Assignment 4 (Information Retrieval) |
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| June 17 | XML | XML books or tutorials. | XML exercise | Assignment 4 due Assignment 5 (XML) |
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| 6 | June 22 | Web 2.0 and library | Casey, M., & Savastinuk, L. (2007).
Incorporating Technology. In Library 2.0: A guide to participatory library service. Information Today, Inc. NJ. Maness, J. (2006). Library 2.0 Theory: Web 2.0 and Its Implications for Libraries http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n2/a25.html?q=link:webology.ir/2006/v3n2/a25.html |
Work on your final project | Assignment 5 due |
| June 24 | Introduction to Integrated Library Systems Quiz 2 |
Laura Tull, “Library Systems and Unicode: A Review of the Current State of Development”, Information
Technology and Libraries 21(4):181-185 (December 2002). (UBLearns) Browsing following websites: Library Technology Guides: http://www.librarytechnology.org/ AcqWeb's Guide to Automated Library Systems, Library Software, Hardware and Consulting Companies http://acqweb.org/pubr/opac.html Integrated Library System Reports: Vendors info http://www.ilsr.com/reviews/search2.cfm |
Final Project Presentation |