Course
description
Exploration
of the theoretical and practical issues involved in the selection,
evaluation and representation of online resources. Emphasis on both
evaluation criteria of online information and tools associated with its
organization and discovery. The impacts of networked technology on
knowledge production and dissemination will be also discussed.
Specifically, students will acquire a basic understanding of
1. The nature of digital document and documentation
2. Criteria in evaluating and selecting online resources
3. How to effectively conduct online information search
4. A framework to evaluate the value and usability of various emerging knowledge discovery tools from users' perspective
Course Schedule
| Week | Topic | Note |
| 1. 02/24 | Orientation/ introduction | |
| 2. 03/03 | Typology of online
resources; information and information service; scholarly vs mass communication |
"Information science fiction" Howard White's speech on accepting the ASIST award of merit in 2004 |
| 3. 03/10 | Information as "experience good"; information economy; group presentation order | Information
rules: Ch. 1 The information Economy; |
| 4. 03/17 | Meet in Lab; HTML
editor; Kompozer and Wikipedia Demo; *sign up podcast feeds, *sign up delicious The Internet Archive ;Alexa; |
The Long Tail Ch. 1, 3 |
| 5. 03/24 | Meet in Lab; Mark-up languages; sign up open worldcat and Anobii or GroupLen RSS_NTU_Library Podcast RSS/XML Tutorial ; XML tutorial |
Digital
Archive System Developer's Guide to XML: The Primer. Ch. 1-4
|
| 6. 03/31 | Web
2.0 and collective wisdom on the Web; Collective filtering system; Amazon, Neflix, |
The Long Tail Ch. 4 |
| 7. 04/07 | Spring break | The Long Tail Ch. 7-8 |
| 8. 04/14 | Cognitive authority and information quality | Cognitive authority, Ch. 2, p. 13-25 |
| 9. 04/21 |
Meet in Lab Podcast DIY; Audacity demo Postcast demo |
Informaiton servcie report due I Tunes RSS specifications More podcast/audacity tutorials Webby Awards Safari at Open University |
| 10. 04/28 | Information literacy; bibliographic database |
Cognitive authority, Ch. 2, p. 26-35 |
| 11. 05/05 | Meet in Lab Online Retrieval |
How search engines rank web pages Topic analysis worksheet and Google search syntax *sytaxes exercise Bring to class Topic analysis worksheet and Google search syntax; Search Engine Feature Chart |
| 12. 05/12 | Invisible web; Federal search ;Google scholar and doi framework | Wiki topic Google scholar and the researcher. W. Badke, Online May/June 2009. Meta-search engine |
| 13. 05/19 | Open access movement in scholarly publication; institutional repository; | Podcast topic SPARC Pricing Electronic Journals by Hal R. Varian; Open URL and Crossref ; Sefl-archiving initiative by Stevan Harnad |
| 14. 05/26 | E-publishing; review of the value of information service; Visit Project Gutenberg, World E-Book Library Science Friday Talk on Digital Libraries; |
Google Sytaxes exercise due Books gone wild: the digital age reshapes literature Visit one of the following Lulu.com; jpgmag.com/ scribd.com, LibraryThing, douban.com, yumau.com, ChaCha.com;askalibrarian iReading, aNobii.com |
| 15. 06/02 | E-books and the furture of reading |
Ebooks hit critical mass, where do libraries fit with Oprah? Bedord, J. 2009, Online The e-book, the e-reader, and the future of reaing Shaer, M. 2009, The Crhistian Science Monitor |
| 16. 06/09 | Student presentation | Wiki and podcast project due |
| 17. 06/16 | Dragonboat festival | |
| 18. 06/23 | Final Exam |
1. Class participation 10%
2. Final exam 30%
3. Homeworks 20%
a. Information service evaluation
b. (Google syntax assignment)
Group projects
There will be two group projects, see detailed instructions below.
On top of your group report, each member will turn in a half-page
personal report that explain what you have learned and contributed in
each group project.
1. Wikimedia group project 10%
For the wiki project, students
will form into group of 4 to 5 to create and edit an wiki entry for a
core concept or theory on the class wikimedia site.
This assignment will include the following components:
1. Creating an wiki entry on the class wikimedia site. Make sure you cite credible souces and provide extra links for users who want to know more on the topic.
2. One page summary of your search strategies
3. Give a short (less than 5 mintues) talk on your entry. In your talk, focus less on the content than on the search strategies and references used in preparing the entry.
2. Podcasting group project 30% (example , more example)
For the podcasting project, students will form into groups of 4 or 5 to
conduct a team project that involves creating a podcasting
service for a topic of your choice.
This assignment will include the following components:
1. A web page that includes:
a. An introduction (one to two paragraphs) that clearly states the aim
and scope of the site.
b. At least two episodes of podcasts available to download, each about
5-10 minutes in length.
2. A written report that includes
a. 1-3 pages that explains the web site's
intended user communities and their information needs.
b . The XML codes for your RSS.
3. A presentation
of the project to the class.
a . Demonstrate that a user will be able to subscribe to your podcast
using one of the aggregators/RSS readers.
b. Play the MP3 files of your production.
References
(Kroski, 2008). Web 2.0 for librarians and information professionals. Neal-Schuman.