Assignments:
| * | Search Engine Reviews |
| * | Library Website Reviews |
| * | Wiki Assignment |
| * | Virtual Library Website |
LSC 548
INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
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WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT
Summer 2009
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Herb Carson
5 Rodman Hall
Phone: (401) 874-4646
FAX: (401) 874-4964
E-mail: chcarson@uri.edu
Any student with a documented disability is welcome to contact me as early in the semester as possible so that we may arrange reasonable accommodations. As part of this process, please be in touch with Disability Services for Students office at 330 Memorial Union. 874-2098.
Course Description
Introduces principles of architecture, library science and information science to plan, design, develop, and evaluate cohesive web sites and intranets that are attractive, navigable, manageable, and expandable.
Course Objectives
As a result of this course, you will:
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discuss the role of the information architecture in the planning, development, and maintenance of websites for library and information services. (GSLIS: 1, 5, 6, 15; RIDE: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10; SOE: 3, 6)*
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discuss hardware and software requirements for designing information on a website. (GSLIS: 1, 5, 6; RIDE: 2, 5, 10; SOE: 3, 6)*
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discuss the history of the Internet and the various tools and protocols necessary for effective and efficient information design of websites. (GSLIS: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 19, 20; RIDE: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10; SOE: 1, 3, 4, 6)*
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use browsers, search engines, directories and meta-search engines to develop lists of resources for a virtual library. (GSLIS: 1, 5, 6, 15; RIDE: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10; SOE: 3, 6)*
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design, develop, evaluate, and maintain a virtual library website. (GSLIS: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 ; RIDE: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10; SOE: 1, 3, 4, 6)*
- discuss various issues of concern regarding the development of a virtual library. (GSLIS: 1, 5, 6, 9, 15, 17, 20; RIDE: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11; SOE: 3, 6)*
* Numbers in parentheses refer to relevant University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Library and Information Studies Educational Outcomes, Rhode Island Department of Education Beginning Teacher Standards, and School of Education Graduate Themes.