*_Week_*	- Topics / Activities -	- Resources - (Readings before class)	- Students' responsibilities - (During and/or after class)
* 1 * Tue, Sep 02 Slides in HTML and PDF	Introduction to the course: motivation, objectives, content, conduct. Photo-taking, student introductions. Communication tools used for the class: webpage, e-mail, listserv. Lab: Become familiar to the settings in lab 119; explore the available software, email, FTP; create a work directory; file systems, file types; file viewers, editors.	CC - ch.1: "Computer, Internet and network basics"
* 2 * Tue, Sep 09 Slides in HTML and PDF Slides from Course Technology: ch3 and ch4	Computer software, operating systems; Files, formats, applications; file management. Lab: play with DOS (on the lab PC) and UNIX (overview and basic commands); (access eden via Secure Shell or PuTTY); Use various applictions to create different types of files; transfer the files to eden via Secure FTP; Explore Microsoft Word; start working on the assignment.	CC - ch.3: "Computer software", ch.4: "File management ...". Web tutorials on DOS, Unix, MS Word (see Resources webpage). HTIW, ch. 30 ("Telnet"). See secure services at Rutgers.	Assignment 1 (due in 2 weeks): Create your resume (CV), using a variety of Word features (font, size, style, tables, shading, borders, background, ...) and upload it on your eden website with FTP. Remember the essence of the lecture. Prof. Zhang's links: Assignment due today. Today's lab work.
* 3 * Tue, Sep 16 Slides in HTML and PDF CT slides: ch5.	The structure and functionality of the Internet; the client-server architecture; the TCP/IP protocol; Ex: email, FTP. History of E-Mail; How E-Mail Works - POP, IMAP, SMTP, and MIME; E-Mail Clients; Web-based e-mail; Attachments and considerations. Lab: compare the functionality of two different email tools.	CC - ch.5: "Internet and LAN Technology"	Work on the assignment.
* 4 * Tue, Sep 23 Slides in HTML and PDF	The Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW); HTML and browsers; Basic HTML tags; hyperlinks and images; lists; tables. Lab: go through an HTML tutorial, create a test webpage in your work directory; publish it on eden.	CC - ch.6: "Web pages, ..." HTIW, ch. 21-25 (Webpages and stuff).	(Assignment 1 due.) Assignment 2 (due in 4 weeks): Design and create your own website on eden. It will contain (at least) a "welcoming" webpage, a "professional" webpage (work related) and a "personal" webpage, and links to various resources. At least the welcoming page should be in your 550 folder. Remember the essence of the lecture.
* 5 * Tue, Sep 30 Slides in HTML and PDF CT slides in HTML and PDF	Designing a website; designing webpages. Web authoring tools: Dreamweaver; Susan Keill's presentation (HTML / PDF) and user guide (HTML / PDF) Lab: Use Dreamweaver to create a personal webpage in your website. Link your pages to each other.	HTML/XHTML tutorials from Resources.	Explore Dreamweaver. Use tutorials in Help. Work on your assignment.
* 6 * Tue, Oct 07 Slides in HTML and PDF CT slides in HTML and PDF	Web languages: HTML & DHTML, XML; 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. Example of using frames and CSS: helloframe.html, title.html, links.html, frame.css, lilies.jpg. Example of embedded JavaScript: DynDemo.html. XML example: letter.xml (may not be displayed by some browsers) and letter.dtd (use View > Source to see content).	HTIW, ch. 26-29, 34-35 (Dynamic webpages, Java, ActiveX, JavaScript, CGI). Online documentation (see Resources).	Include CSS in your assignment, and maybe some scripts (CGI or JavaScript) downloaded from the Web and adapted.
* 7 * Tue, Oct 14 Slides in HTML and PDF	Information Retrieval; Web search engines. Lab: Use IRIS and a few Web search engines. Conduct a user experiment in pairs (do searches on 2 topics on 2 search engines). Compare the results.	If interested in IR, you can have a look at the 551 course that I taught in Spring 2002.	Explore the examples of user interfaces from the University of Maryland's HCI Lab. Here are a couple of videos: FilmFinder, HomeFinder
* 8 * Tue, Oct 21 Slides in HTML and PDF CT slides in HTML and PDF	Organizing tabular data; Microsoft Excel	Any Excel or Microsoft Office (2000 or XP) book, or an online tutorial.	Website assignments due. Remember, at least the welcoming page should be in your 550 folder ! Check if you can view your website with a browser ! Excel assignment.
* 9 * Tue, Oct 28 Katie Klein's slides in HTML and PDF CT slides	Databases Microsoft Access - user manual Sample databases: katie.mdb, example.mdb.	CC - ch.10: "Databases"	Work on Access exercise. Work on your Excel assignment.
* 10 * Tue, Nov 04 Meg Sayago's slides in HTML and PDF Trish Acetta's slides in HTML and PDF	Presentation tools; Microsoft Powerpoint Meg's User Guide to Powerpoint (HTML and PDF). Bad Powerpoint show, publishing a show (HTML, PDF).		Excel assignment due. Lab work: Start working on the presentation for your final project. (Question: Does it make sense to do it before the project is completed ?) (The presentation will be graded as part of the final project.) You can work in pairs; present to a colleague and get feedback. Reminder - evaluation of final projects (HTML, PDF).
* 11 * Tue, Nov 11 Slides	Information Systems	CC - ch.9: "Information Systems - Analysis and Design"
* 12 * Tue, Nov 18	Michael Coviello: Bar codes Ron Gorda: The design process; Slides in HTML and PDF Other topics ? (Future of the Web; Semantic Web, peer-to-peer (P2P), grid computing)
* 13 * Tue, Nov 25 Slides in HTML and PDF	Thanksgiving, no class.
* 14 * Tue, Dec 02	Student presentations. Helen Teitelbaum: "The Middle School Librarian in the Digital Age", Fred Onorato: "Digital Libraries", Kimberly Laskey: "International Children's Digital Library", Barbara Young: "The History of American Library School Curriculum", Leslie Norman: "The Invisible Web". Websites: Eleanor Marquis, Carol Samples.
* 15 * Tue, Dec 09	Student presentations. Bob Heym: 3D interfaces to digital libraries. Websites: Caryn Radick, Suzanne Bromberg, Martha Hickson, Alyssa Katz, Tara Hoffman, Marsha Tesdal Gordon, Mira Foster, Bonnie Parks, Brita Sauer.
* 16 * Tue, Dec 16	Student presentations. Pat Velez: Excel for library collection development. Websites: Lenore Parrino, Sarah Jewell, Leona Vittum-Jones, Marguerite Dugas, Eugenie Verdel, Alyssa Heck, Elizabeth Helm, Evelyn Majewski, Maryellen Liddy, Gabriella Radujko, Naoko Takekawa, Stephen Donweber, JoAnne Lehmann, Sunny Yoon, Yi-Bu Chen.		Merry Christmas and happy holidays !!