LIS 759: Digital Libraries - Dominican University

"All students of the GSLIS are expected to observe high standards of academic honesty and integrity. Any student whose conduct violates such standards may be subject to disciplinary action as determined by due process." (GSLIS Bulletin, p. 23) Plagiarism is unacceptable and will result in project failure. Systematic plagiarism will result in course failure. See Purdue University's "Avoiding Plagiarism" at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html if you feel unsure about what is and is not considered acceptable behavior when using other people's words and ideas. Course Calendar: Date Topic Focus Readings and Assignments Week #1 August 29, 2012 Week #2 September 5, 2012 • Course introduction: Syllabus, student expectations. • Digital libraries -­‐ context, concepts, definitions; what makes a good digital collection/library? • Review and discussion of some existing digital library projects. • In-­‐class activity • The history of digital libraries and some issues concerning digital libraries • In-­‐class activity Digital Library Federation "A working definition of digital library [1998]" http://www.diglib.org/about/dldefinition.htm Information Management Resource Kit (IMARK); Unit 1 “Concepts and Definitions.” Available via Blackboard. Seadle, M. amd Greifeneder, E., Defining a digital library, Library Hi-­‐Tech, 2007, 25(2), 169-­‐173. (pdf in Blackboard) Carr, Nicholas. "The Library of Utopia" Technology Review (May/June 2012. Available online at http://www.technologyreview.com/web/40210/ The Digital Library: A Biography by Daniel Greenstein and Suzanne E. Thorin. Available at http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub109abst.html.Smith, Abby. “Why Digitize?” Available online at http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub80-­‐smith/reports/pub80-­‐smith/pub80.pdf Sun Microsystems. Digital Library Toolkit, Chapters 1 and 2 Week #3 September 12, 2012 • Project Management Basics Basecamp software. See http://basecamp.com/ Horwath, Jenn Anne. "How Do We Manage? Project Management in Libraries: An Investigation" Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research 7(1)(2012) Available online at http://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/1802 NDCC, Chapter III. Available online at http://www.nedcc.org/resources/digitalhandbook/dman.pdf. Revels, Ira. “Managing Digital Projects.” American Libraries, 3/10/10. Available online at http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/features/03102010/managing-­‐