| *_Week_* | - Topics / Activities - | - Resources - (Readings before class) | - Students' responsibilities - (During and/or after class) |
|---|---|---|---|
| * 1 * Sep 3 | Introduction to the course; Photo-taking; Discussion: analog vs. digital media; Communication tools used for the class: webpage, e-mail, listserv, webboard. | Send an e-mail to muresan@scils.rutgers.edu
using your preferred mailtool. Fill out the survey on the class website. Log into the webboard, create an account, and introduce yourself to the rest of the class. | |
| * 2 * Sep 10 | History
of E-Mail; How E-Mail Works - POP, IMAP, SMTP, and MIME; E-Mail Clients; Web-based e-mail; Attachments and considerations. | How the Internet Works (HTIW), ch. 16; Follow the links and study the various topics. | After class: Write a description of how e-mail would be useful in the library or information agency in which you work (or hope to work). Justify your reasons for using e-mail. E-mail your essay to muresan@scils.rutgers.edu. |
| * 3 * Sep 17 | The structure and functionality of the Internet; the client-server architecture; the TCP/IP protocol; the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Lab: Use FTP to upload your resume on eden. Download it with a Web browser. | HTIW, part I (ch. 1-7); also ch. 31 (FTP). | Assignment (due in 2 weeks): Create a proper resume document, using a variety of Word features (font, size, style, tables, shading, borders, ...) and upload it on eden with FTP. |
| * 4 * Sep 24 Slides in HTML and PDF | Operating systems; file systems, file types; file viewers, editors. Lab: Unix (overview and basic commands); Dos; Telnet; Word for Windows. | Follow the links and study the various topics. Web tutorials on DOS, Unix, MS Word (see resources). HTIW, ch. 30 (Telnet). | Work on your assignment. |
| * 5 * Oct 1 Slides in HTML and PDF | The World Wide Web (WWW); HTML and browsers; Basic HTML tags; hyperlinks and images; lists. Webpage issues. Lab: Create your own "professional" webpage on eden. | HTIW, ch. 21-25 (Webpages and stuff). | Assignment (due in 4 weeks): Design and create your own website on eden. It will contain a "professional" (work related) and a "personal" webpage, and links to various resources. |
| * 6 * Oct 8 Slides in HTML and PDF | More advanced HTML tags: tables, frames. Lab: Enhance your webpage, using a simple text editor. Use manual HTML and MS Word to build distinct webpages in your website. Compare the two approaches (ease to create and update, HTML code, ...). | Online HTML tutorial. | Work on assignment. |
| * 7 * Oct 15 Slides in HTML and PDF | Web languages: HTML
& DHTML, XML; Intro to CSS; DreamWeaver - Susan Keill. Presentation (HTML
/ PDF) and User Guide (HTML
/ PDF). | XML example: letter.xml and letter.dtd; Style sheet example: Deitel's declaration; Susan's presentation slides; Links to DreamWeaver tutorials in the Resources page. | Work on your Web assignment. |
| * 8 * | More on XML, XHTML, CSS. Dynamic/interactive webpages, client-side vs. server side web programming / scripting, forms and CGI, Perl, Java, JavaScript, ASP. Lab: Include CSS / multimedia / scripts in your website. | HTIW, ch. 26-29, 34-35 (Dynamic webpages, Java, ActiveX, JavaScript, CGI). Online documentation (see Resources). | Wrap up your website assignment (due before next class). Include CSS, and maybe some scripts (CGI or JavaScript) downloaded from the Web and adapted. |
| * 9 * | Information Retrieval; Web search engines. Lab: Use IRIS and a few Web search engines. | HTIW, ch. 32-33 (Search engines). Resources on Web search engines. Choose some readings from my recent IR lecture. | Homework: user experiment in pairs (do searches on 2 topics on 2 search engines). Compare. |
| * 10 * | Excel - Elisa Muresan. | Excel assignment (due in 2 weeks). | |
| * 11 * | Microsoft Powerpoint - Trish Accetta. Notes on PowerPoint shows (HTML and PDF). Bad Powerpoint show. | Practice the use of Powerpoint in view of final presentation. | |
| * 12 * Nov 19 | Databases; Normalization - Marsha Auerbach (HTML
and PDF). Accessibility Issues in Web Design - Yvonne Rode (HTML). | Lab work. | |
| * 13 * Nov 26 | Thanksgiving, no class. | No student responsibilities :-). | |
| * 14 * Dec 3 | Desktop publishing - Susan Dalina. Lindsey Regan: “Visualization of Information – Some Principles and Methods of Edward R. Tufte” Alla Nedoresow: "Info Select: Personal Information Management and Retrieval for the Technologically Challenged" Kelda Vath – “Intersecting Technologies: The CHaSeR Database Example” Website presentations: Meredith Mayberry: "Meredith's Book Nook", Charlotte Priddle: "Spoonfed", Susanna Chan: "International Origami Association", Kathy Rohr: "Robotics for Kids", Anthony Fisher: Morris Plains Presbyterian Church Softball Team | ||
| * 15 * * 1 pm ! * | The future of the Internet; Semantic Web - Deborah Goetjen, Lana Bittman, Lyndsay Forbes. Stephanie Schott: Music Information Retrieval Michael Roffer - How Do U Spell Internet Searching?, or Y Orthography Matters Website presentations: Peggy Kyrouz: "Elizabeth B. Lowry Cancer
Center", Sandy Gall: "Namaste Studio", Martha McCabe: "The
Bookshelf", Alex Caamano: ?, Ellen Zander: "An Academic Library
Website", Fani Sharff: "Fani's website", Stacey DeFlores
Moore - CIAO, Michelle Cromwell: An open Book, Christine Hartigan: "Chris'
Ferrets Website", Catherine Perkins: "The
Bookwyrm's Lair", Dagfinn Senturia, Robbi De Peri: Girl Scout
Troop 1096, Michelle Cromwell: "An Open Book", Rosemarie Del
Vescovo, Emily Seitz: "Annotated Directory of Full Time Volunteer
Service Programs", Valerie Smith: "Take a Hike", Erik Stevenson:
"Natural Patterns - Simple
template, large site", Lynn Gates: "Gates Private Library",
Sunita Gobin: "Hindu Philosophy and Religion" | ||
| * 16 * Dec 17 * 1 pm ! * | Student presentations: Patty Rosati: "Virtual libraries" Nan Geiger & Barbara Owens: Public Library Website Analysis Carol Schneider-Linn: "Internet Filters: The Current Rachel Vetsch: Thomas's Books, Kathy Burgess: "A Youth Services
Website", Michael Paulus - Library portals, |