Readings and Resources

Introduction - January 10

Advanced web design for library and information services

January 17 - CSS

CSS tutorial

Dave Raggett. Adding a touch of style

Zen Garden - The Beauty of CSS Design

W3C CSS Validation Service

January 24 - PHP

PHP Tutorial - a good starting place. Searching Google for "PHP tutorial" will turn up zillions more.

January 31 - design of database-driven websites

PHP/MySQL Tutorial - information on accessing a MySQL database from PHP

My Library: Personalized Electronic Services in the Cornell University Library

Clare Rogers and John Kirriemuir.Developing a Content Management System-based Web Site

XML and metadata

February 7 - XML and XHTML

XML Tutorial

Introduction to Metadata

XML and the Second Generation of Web, by Jon Bosak and Tim Bray (Scientific American, May 1999

Learning XHTML

February 14 - XSL

XSL Tutorial

February 21 - No Class (Reading Week)

February 28 - Dublin Core and RDF

Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, Version 1.1: Reference Description

Expressing Dublin Core in HTML/XHTML meta and link elements

Guidelines for implementing Dublin Core in XML

An Introduction to the Resource Description Framework

Digital libraries

March 7 - Digital libraries - what are they? What are the major projects?

• The Digital Library: Myths and Challenges
• Digital Libraries: Definitions, Issues and Challenges
• Borgman, C. L. (1999). What are digital Libraries -- Competing Visions. Information Processing and Management, 35: 227 - 243
• Digital Libraries and the Problem of Purpose
• NSF Digital Library Initiative

March 14 - Digital objects, repositories, reference linking, etc.

• DOI: Current Status and Outlook (D-Lib Magazine, May, 1999. DOI: 10.1045/may99-paskin)
• Defining Collections in Distributed Digital Libraries
• NSDL Core Library Architecture
• Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age (by Clifford A. Lynch)

March 21 - Human factors, social and economical factors in digital libraries;

• The Social Life of Documents
• Copyright in the Digital Library
• Digital Rights Management and the Breakdown of Social Norms
• The Economics Of Digital Libraries
• Matson, L. Dallape & Bonski, D. J. (1997). Do Digital Libraries Need Librarians? An Experiential Dialog. Online, November 1997
• Hastings, K. & Tennant, R. (1996). How to Build a Digital Librarian. D-Lib Magazine, November 1996
• Paepcke, Andreas. Digital Libraries: Searching Is Not Enough. D-Lib Magazine, May 1996.

March 28 - No class (Easter Monday)

April 4 - Trends

• Akst, D. (2003). The digital library: It's future has arrived. Carnegie Reporter.
• Berners-Lee, T., Hendler, J. & Lassila, O. (2001). The Semantic Web, Scientific American, May 17, 2001

April 11 - Students' Presentations

Resources:

Resources by Kenton good and Peter Binkley

Resources on digital libraries by Xia Lin at Drexel University (Website temporarily unavailable)