Weekly Course Schedule – Spring 2016

INFOST 780 - 201 (Online)

Week 2 (February 1 – February 7)



Monday, February 1   (7:30 P.M. – 9:00 P.M., GoToMeeting)
Optional Session
Online Discussion Session
  • Every Monday evening, we will have an online discussion session using the GoToMeeting platform. Officially, this session is optional. Yet, I am confident that you will find these sessions helpful. So, I encourage you to attend as many of these sessions as possible. This experience will be best when you are using a headset. You may join the GoToMeeting session using this link .


Thursday, February 4   (3:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M., NWQB-3472)
Optional Session
Office Hours
    Every Thursday afternoon, I will be holding Office Hours in my UWM office. Please feel free to drop by to ask a question, to discuss a problem, or just to say hello.


Sunday, February 7, @  11:55 P.M.
Weekly Assignments Deadline
Topics
  • Designing and coding XML documents for data interchange
  • The use of XML in libraries
Required Readings
  • Harold & Means: Chapter 2 (XML Fundamentals)
  • Rhyno, A. (2002). Is XML in your future? The Serials Librarian, 42(1-2), 143-153. doi:10.1300/J123v42n01_14
  • Gilmour, R. W. (2000). XML applications in the sciences. Science & Technology Libraries, 19(2), 75-89. doi:10.1300/J122v19n02_07
Required Recordings
Coding Assignments Due
Class Participation Assignments Due
  • XML in Libraries (Required)
    Description: Please, read the two articles listed in the reading list for this week (rhyno_2002, gilmour_2000), and make some comments on the usage of XML in current and future libraries. You may extend the scope beyond libraries if you talk about information storage and retrieval in general.
    Submit to: Weekly Forum – XML in Libraries