INLS 200: Schedule
From Pomerantz
No textbook is required for this course.
All readings are assigned on the Schedule, below. All readings will be available on the free web, as an e-journal, via the Library's e-reserves, or via this wiki.
Readings are listed on the Schedule on the day on which we will discuss them.
August 19
Introduction to the Course
Reading:
- Shapiro, Jeremy J. and Hughes, Shelley K. (1996). Information Literacy as a Liberal Art: Enlightenment proposals for a new curriculum. Educom Review, 31(2).
August 21
Introduction to Information Science
Reading:
- Bates, Marcia J. (1999). The Invisible Substrate of Information Science. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 50(12), 1043-1050.
August 26
Wikipedia
Reading:
- Wikipedia:About. Read the Intro, Making the best use of Wikipedia, & Contributing to Wikipedia sections.
- Wikipedia:Five pillars
August 28
Information Reliability
Reading
- Giles, J. (2005). Internet encyclopaedias go head to head. Nature, 438(7070), 900-901.
- Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. (2006). Fatally Flawed: Refuting the recent study on encyclopedic accuracy by the journal Nature. Read pages 1-7.
- Read Nature Magazine's two responses to Britannica's objections: Nature's formal response and a point-by-point rebuttal.
September 2
The Geography of Information Science
Reading:
- TBA
September 4
The Information Search Process
Reading:
- UNC Libraries' Library Research tutorial. (You do not need to take the quiz at the end of the tutorial.)
- Kuhlthau, C. C. (1991). Inside the Search Process: Information Seeking from the User's Perspective. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 42(5), 361-371. Read the following sections: Introduction (p. 361), Six Stages of the ISP (pp. 366-369). Pay particular attention to Tables 2 & 3 (p. 367 & 369).
September 9
Search Engines
Reading:
- Sullivan, D. (2007). How Search Engines Work, and How Search Engines Rank Web Pages, from Searchenginewatch.com
- Vine, Rita. (2004). The Business of Search Engines. Information Outlook, 8(2), 25-31.
September 11
Due: Wikipedia article topic statement blog post
History of the Web
Reading:
- Sterling, Bruce. (1993). A Short History of the Internet.
- Kleinberg, J., & Lawrence, S. (2001). The Structure of the Web. Science, 294, 1849-1850.
September 16
Reading:
- Read the following pages on Google's site:
- Our search: Google technology
- How to Interpret your Search Results
- Google Web Search Features
- About Google Scholar
- Google Advertising Programs: Click on the Google AdWords & Google AdSense links & read those pages also.
- Sullivan, D. (2007). Intro To Search Engine Submission, and Submitting To Search Crawlers, from Searchenginewatch.com
September 18
Due: Current events blog post
Metadata
Reading:
- Gilliland, A. J. (1998). Setting the Stage. In M. Baca (Ed.), Introduction to Metadata: Pathways to Digital Information. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute.
September 23
Evaluating Information
Reading:
- UNC Libraries' Evaluating Information tutorial
September 25
Due: Source Evaluation #1
Online Privacy and Security
Reading:
- Brunk, B. (2001). Exoinformation & Interface Design. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 27(6).
September 30
Introduction to Databases
Reading:
- Roman, Steven. (2003). Access Database Design & Programming, 2nd ed. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly. Ch. 1. (I also suggest, but do not require, that you read Ch. 2.)
October 2
The Library Online Catalog: Lab
Reading:
- UNC Libraries Catalog Search Tips
October 7
Vocabulary
Reading:
- Large, A., Tedd., L. A., & Hartley, R. J. (1999). Information Seeking in the Online Age: Principles and Practice. London: Bowker Saur. Chapter 4: Language and Information Retrieval.
October 9
The Invisible Web
Reading:
- Bergman, Michael K. (2001). The Deep Web: Surfacing Hidden Value. The Journal of Electronic Publishing, 7(1).
- Notess, Greg R. (2003, May 28). Search Engine Statistics. Read all of the Size Showdowns (all of the reports down to but not including "Other Showdown Analyses" − don't panic, they're short).
October 14
Due: Source Evaluation #2
Identifiers
Reading:
- International DOI Foundation. (2006). The DOI Handbook. Section 1.
October 16
No class: Fall break
October 21
Discipline-specific Resources
Reading:
- Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. Read: Description and Preface.
- Library Literature & Information Science. Log in and read: Help documentation.
October 23
Due: Current events blog post
Copyright & Intellectual Property
Reading:
- UNC Libraries' Information Ethics Tutorial. Sections 1, 2, & 5.
October 28
Class cancelled: I will be at the American Society for Information Science and Technology conference in Columbus, OH.
October 30
Facebook and Social Networking
Guest speaker: Fred Stutzman, SILS Ph.D. student
Reading:
- boyd, danah. (2007). Why Youth (Heart) Social Network Sites: The Role of Networked Publics in Teenage Social Life. MacArthur Foundation on Digital Learning, Identity Volume (ed. David Buckingham). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
November 4
Digital Libraries
Reading:
- Borgman, Christine L. (2000). From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Chapter 2.
November 6
Due: Source Evaluation #3
Class cancelled: I will be hosting the workshop: Coordinating EU-US Digital Library Education.
November 11
Multimedia Information Retrieval
Reading:
- Pack, T. (2002). Image searching across the Web. Online, 26(1), 30-34.
- Foote, J. (1999). An overview of audio information retrieval. Multimedia Systems, 7(1), 2-10.
November 13
Due: Wikipedia article changelog blog post
Web 2.0
Reading:
- O'Reilly, T. (2005). What Is Web 2.0: Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software.
November 18
"Web 3.0": The Semantic Web
Reading:
- Parsia, B. (2002, 26 April). A simple, prima facie argument in favor of the Semantic Web.
- Markoff, J. (2006, 12 November). Entrepreneurs See a Web Guided by Common Sense. New York Times.
November 20
Due: Current events blog post
Cutting-edge Personal Information Tools
Reading:
- About Google Scholar
- O'Neill, N. (2004). Open WorldCat Pilot: A User's Perspective. Searcher, 12(10).
- Pilgrim, M. (2002). What is RSS?
November 25
Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games
Guest speaker: Laura Christopherson, SILS Ph.D. student
Reading:
- Squire, K & Steinkuehler, C. (2005). Meet the Gamers. Library Journal, 130(7), 38-41.
- Steinkuehler, C. (2008). Massively multiplayer online games as an educational technology: An outline for research. Educational Technology, 48(1), 10-21.
November 27
No class: Thanksgiving break
December 2
Too Much Information
Reading:
- Mooers, C. N. (1960). Mooers’ Law; or why some retrieval systems are used and others are not. American Documentation, 11(3), p. i.
- Gladwell, M. (2005). Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. Conclusion.
December 5, noon
Due: Wikipedia article final version
Don't panic! Sleep in. There is no final exam for this course. This is the time slot for final exams for courses scheduled for when this course meets. (See the Registrar's final exam schedule.)

