Schedule for Information Technologies for Libraries and Information Agencies

On-campus and Online

 

Week Topic Readings Due
Week 1

Introduction: Course Overview.
Social Software Tools (Wikis).

Multimedia Basics: Working with Images, Audio and Video.
Week 2

Web Services: Screencasting, Surveys, Google Docs, Widgets.

RSS, XML and Metadata (e.g., how it relates to organization of information and the workflow of integrated library systems).
Discuss1
Week 3
Internet and the World Wide Web (1): Basic HTML, SFTP, Permissions.
Castro + Hyslop
Ch1-4
Ex1
Week 4
Internet and the World Wide Web (2): Links, Tables, Images, Styles in HTML.
Web Services: Google Analytics.
Castro + Hyslop
Ch5-6
Ch17-18
Week 5
Cascading Style Sheets (1) (CSS).
Castro + Hyslop
Ch7-8
Ch10
Ex2
Week 6
Cascading Style Sheets (2) (CSS)
Basic Web Design Principles
Testing & Debugging Pages (Check Easy Things First)
Castro + Hyslop
Ch9
Ch11
Ch15
Ch20
Ex1 Rev

Quiz1
Week 7
Dynamic Web
Programming Concepts
Basics of Web Programming (1) (JavaScript).
Castro + Hyslop
Ch16
Ch19
Ex3
Week 8
Forms in HTML and Basics of Web Programming (2) (JavaScript).
Nixon
Preface
Ch1
Ch11
Ch14
Ex2 Rev

Discuss2
Week 9
Databases (1) (MySQL)
Nixon
Ch8
Ex4
Week 10
Databases (2) (MySQL) and Server Side Scripting (1) (PHP)
Nixon
Ch3-6
Ch10
Ex3 Rev

Quiz2
Week 11
Databases (3) (MySQL) and Server Side Scripting (2) (PHP)
Nixon
Ch17
Ex5
Week 12
Recap of Key Concepts for Web Programming (JavaScript), Databases (MySQL) and Server Side Scripting (PHP)

Ex4 Rev
Week 13
Evaluating Software Systems and Tools (open source software tools).
Working on Exercises & Project.
Discuss3
Week 14
How 550 connects to other MLIS courses: Digital Libraries, IR, Multimedia Production, Information Visualization, Interface Design.
Working on Exercises & Project.
Ex5 Rev

Quiz3
Week 15
Course Review and Term Projects.
TP