| DATE |
TOPIC |
ASSIGNMENT |
DUE |
| 5/24-28 |
First class will
meet from 5:30-9:15, Wednesday,
May 24 in Rodman Hall, Classroom 1
Introduction to WebCT,Information Architecture, & Virtual Libraries,
Review of HTML |
Rosenfeld: 1 & 2 Stielow: 1 & 2
Williams: 1, 3, 4 |
Read syllabus and begin front-end analysis
|
| 5/29-6/4 |
Basic Principles
of Information Architecture, Hardware and Software, Browsers, Directories,
Search engines and Meta-search engines |
Rosenfeld: 3-8 Williams: 2
|
Idea for the Virtual Library Project
Topic for
Research Paper |
| 6/5-6/11 |
History of the
Internet, Policies for the virtual library, Visualizing the virtual
library, Design Issues and and Strategies, Evaluation of Websites |
Rosenfeld: 9-12
Stielow: 3 & 4
Williams: Part 3
|
Draft of Initial Phase of Virtual Library
Project Plan |
| 6/12-6/18 |
Building virtual
library suites, Information Architecture in Practice, Web-based subject
resource guides and WebQuests, Page authoring software |
Rosenfeld: 13-16, 20
Stielow: 5 & 6 |
Search engine
reviews
|
| 6/19-6/25 |
Mounting the virtual
library, Media literacy, Visual literacy, Design concepts |
Rosenfeld: 21
Stielow: 7
Williams: 9-12
|
Draft of Prototype Phase for Virtual Library
Project |
| 6/26-7/2 |
Maintaining the
virtual libary |
Rosenfeld: 17-19
Stielow: Chapter 8
Williams: Part 5 |
Library website
reviews |
| 7/3-7/9 |
Advanced Tips and
Tricks |
Williams: 13 |
Research Paper |
| 7/10-7/16 |
Enhancing the
virtual library |
Stielow: 9
|
|
| 7/17-7/23 |
Electronic Frontier
Foundation, Future of the Internet |
|
Pilot Phase of Virtual Library
Project
|
| 7/24-7/27 |
Evaluation of
virtual library sites |
|
Discuss virtual library sites
Maintenance Cycle of Virtual Library
Project |
