January 14
Review syllabus. Discuss resources available in LIS. Discuss requirements, expectations, and goals
for class. Discuss Library and Information Science as a discipline.
January 21 Intellectual Property and the Internet. File
sharing and
peer-to-peer networks.
We'll set up accounts on the GSLIS server.
Caleb Carr article will be handed out in class.
January 28 Evaluating Information on the
Internet. Make sure you've read the Caleb Carr article, Information Poisoning.
Login to accounts on the GSLIS server, set passwords, and create a directory for web
pages. Assignment #1 explained.
February 4 Search Engines on the Internet. Group exercise in
searching.
February 11 Discussion of the history of the Internet, how
networks and the Internet work, and how the web came
to be. An article from the New York Times will be handed
out in class to be read by next week. Hands-on exercise: How to create an introductory web page.
February 18 Privacy on the Internet--how safe is our
information in the digital age? Make sure you've read the article
Dirty Laundry, Online for All to See
handed out in class last week.
Hands-on exercise: How to build links inside web pages.
February 25 Classes at UT cancelled due to
weather.
March 4 More on privacy and encryption. Hands-on
exercise: Formatting pages. Assignment #1 due.
March 11Spring Break
March 14 Government and the Internet. Hands-on exercise:
Building image maps for
your web pages. Groups for the final project will be assigned today
and there will be a group work session. Hands-on exercise: Creating tables in HTML.
April 8
Programming for the web.
Hands-on exercise: How to build forms and a simple JavaScript.
Also: Using graphics on the web.
Assignment #2 is due today.
April 15
Censorship and Filtering.
Hands-on exercise: cascading style sheets
Class time given to work on group projects.
April 22 Introduction to XML and E-Commerce. How to build a
business on
the web. Review of final projects and plans for group presentations. In-class work session for
final projects.
