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LSC 551-70: Digital Libraries
Fall 1999
NOTE: for the purposes of online courses, "class,"
"in-class," "classroom," "participate," "discuss," "present," "presentation"
refer to activities online. The final exam will be online as are the quizzes.
- Instructor:
- Mary E. Brown, Ph.D. [Prof. Brown]
Brown@SouthernCT.edu
FALL HOURS
- CLASS:
- online, beginning August 30
Theoretical study of and practice in designing, constructing and evaluating
digital libraries.
The student will be able to:
- describe the history and characteristics of a digital library
- evaluate (and select) individual digital information resources and
digital library sources
- identify problems that arise in moving to digitally-delivered
information, and offer alternatives for problem-solving
- develop a plan for a digital library using sound practices and policies
derived from the current literature
- construct and test (evaluate) a small digital library
- Prior to the course, read all material under Suggestions for Success in Online Courses and
Online Etiquette and Guidelines for Online Participation on the instructor's
website.
- Prior to the course, familiarize yourself with OnlineCSU's courseware and
navigation on the Web.
- Reading assigned text and course notes prepared by the instructor.
- Participating in weekly online discussions and activities.
- Prepare and present a written plan for developing and maintaining a digital
library.
- Construct, test (evaluate), and demonstrate a small digital library.
Lesk, Michael. (1997). Practical digital libraries: Books, bytes, and bucks.
San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. ISBN: 1-55860-459-6
A HELPFUL RESOURCE:
Strunk, W., Jr. & White, E. B. (1979).
The elements of style (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan.
Each student will design, implement, and evaluate a small digital library.
Project will include written documentation, including justification of approach,
project timeline, policies, staff training, and promotion, evaluation, and
maintenance plans. The culmination of the project will be a brief presentation.
[The final course project will comprise 50% of your final grade.]
General knowledge of course content (50% of final grade) will be measured as
follows:
- one quarter determined by participation in threaded discussions;
- one quarter determined by submissions to Webliography, documents for
sharing and journal entries;
- one quarter determined by end-of-unit exams;
- one quarter determined by short explanatory papers.
All students will take a final examination (online), which will be held during
Southern's final exam week. [The final exam will count as a Pass/Fail quiz
grade.]
Each student is expected to participate in weekly online discussions and
activities. Each student will be responsible for leading a number of online
discussions based on assigned and supplementary readings (and shared summaries
of these readings).
Attendance is automatically monitored and recorded by the OnlineCSU courseware.
While it is expected that every student will
participate regularly, there may be times when illness, official university
activities, etc., force a student to miss a day(s) of online activity. Final
course grades may be
lowered for each unexcused absence from online activity. Attendance for the purpose of
this course is defined as a combination of frequency and duration of activity in
any given week. A student who does not participate--or participates
only marginally--in any one week can expect to have their final grade lowered by
10% for each week of "absence" from the course. For example, a student does not
participate for a week and has not received written permission from the
instructor for the absence; if the student's grade would otherwise be an "A" (4.0), it is now a
B+ (3.6) and if the student's grade would otherwise be an "A-" (3.7), it is now
a B+ (3.3). [A=4.0; A-=3.7-3.9; B+=3.3=3.6; B=3.0-3.2; any average below 3.0 (B)
is below expected graduate level performance.]
Any student with long term or short term special needs should contact Dr.
Brown, Brown@SouthernCT.edu, and give specific instructions on
adaptions or accommodations needed.
- Unit I
- Aug. 30-Sept. 5
History and definition of digital libraries
- Read Lesk pp. 1-26
- Unit II
- Sept. 6-19
Major concepts and principles of digital libraries
- Read Lesk pp. 27-98
- Unit III
- Sept. 20-Oct. 3
Digital libraries and their users
- Read Lesk pp. 99-172
- Unit IV
- Oct. 4-10
Supporting digital libraries
- Read Lesk pp. 173-222
- Unit V
- Oct. 11-17
Ethical considerations in digital libraries
- Read Lesk pp. 223-244
- Unit VI
- Oct. 18-24
Global perspectives on digital libraries
- Read Lesk pp. 245-262
- Unit VII
- Oct. 25-31
Service-based library websites
- Read Lesk pp. 263-271
- Unit VIII
- Nov. 1-21
Evaluating digital libraries
- see [web resources]
- Unit IX
- Nov. 29-Dec. 9
Presentations Weeks
- Unit X
- Dec. 13-18
Final Exam Week
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