Home School:	Syracuse University
Class Name:	Digital Libraries
Class Number:	IST 676
Course Tool:	WebCT
Class Section:	M002 19714
Faculty:	Joanne Silverstein
Credits:	3 Credit Hours at host school
Class Description:	This course focuses on the emerging concept of the digital library (DL) along a number of dimensions: (1) definitional dimension (what is and what is not a digital library), (2) technical dimension (designing and building digital libraries), (3) service dimension (intermediation in a digital environment), and (4) social/political/legal dimension (what external forces will shape digital libraries). The course will examine matters including representation of information in digital libraries, existing and emerging mechanisms for retrieval, and the political and legal forces that may shape the digital library environment. Students will incorporate these lessons into a term-long project – the design of their own digital libraries. This course will give students a thorough grounding for understanding, evaluating and working with a wide variety of digital libraries. This is a distance course with individual assignments that give students opportunities to investigate some of the specific issues surrounding digital libraries. Guest lectures, class exercises and discussions, individual quizzes, short papers and a term-long project will provide experiences and learning opportunities for pursuing topics in greater depth and gaining proficiency in understanding and communicating technical and pragmatic issues surrounding digital libraries. Students will be provided with a format for designing their own digital libraries, using lessons learned in class readings, lectures and discussions. Students completing this course will possess their own project plan for a digital library that will be suitable for implementation either in other IST courses, or in their professional settings.
Seats:	10
Delivery:	Asynchronous
Start Date:	5/28/2007
End Date:	8/10/2007
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Last Add Day:	5/14/2007
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Residency Location:	No Residency
Syllabus Link:	https://wiseeducation.org/documents/syllabi/Syracuse University-IST 676-Summer 2007(4.23.2007).doc
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Class Disclaimer:	Students agree to the course parameters of the host institution, including but not limited to: course management tools, grading, any required residencies, possible synchronous sessions, and academic calendars. Students are expected to meet deadlines as outlined in course syllabus and to contribute to class participation. Please allow 2-3 weeks for grade processing after the end date of the course. Check that this delay will not interfere with deadline dates at your school for graduation or financial aid.