Schedule for Information Technologies for Libraries and Information Agencies
Week | Topic | Readings | Due |
5/29-6/3 |
Introduction: Course Overview. Multimedia Basics: Working with Images, Audio and Video. |
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6/4-10 |
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).
Internet and the World Wide Web (1): Basic HTML, SFTP, Permissions. |
Castro + Hyslop Ch5-6
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6/11-17 |
Internet and the World Wide Web (2): Links, Tables, Images, Styles in HTML. Web Services: Google Analytics.
Cascading Style Sheets (1) (CSS). |
Castro + Hyslop |
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6/18-24 |
Cascading Style Sheets (2) (CSS)
Dynamic Web |
Castro + Hyslop
Nixon |
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6/25-7/1 |
Forms in HTML and Basics of Web Programming (2) (JavaScript).
Databases (1) (MySQL) |
Nixon Ch3-6 |
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7/2-8 |
Databases (2) (MySQL) and Server Side Scripting (1) (PHP)
Databases (3) (MySQL) and Server Side Scripting (2) (PHP) |
Nixon Ch17 |
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7/9-15 |
Recap of Key Concepts for Web Programming (JavaScript), Databases (MySQL) and Server Side Scripting (PHP)
Evaluating Software Systems and Tools (open source software tools). |
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7/16-20 |
How 550 connects to other MLIS courses: Digital Libraries, IR, Multimedia Production, Information Visualization, Interface Design.
Course Review and Term Projects. |
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