Telecom/1996-04-telecom-walnutcreek.iso/miscellaneous/uiuc.telecom.syllabus

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Date: Thu, 18 Nov 93 21:33:21 EST
From: [e-mail] (Nigel Allen)
Subject: UIUC Telecom course syllabus
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I received the following course syllabus from [e-mail],
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           Graduate School of Library and Information Science
               University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

                      LIS450CC:  Telecommunications

                              Spring, 1993

Instructor:
      Greg Newby, 417 DKH, 244-7365
      Email:  [e-mail]
      Office hours:  Tuesday 8:00 am - 10:00am, by appointment, and
            whenever my office door is open.  Also most days, all day,
            via email.

Class meetings:
      Room 307 David Kinley Hall.  Monday afternoon 12:00 - 3:00.

Course description:
      This course will give you both conceptual and practical expertise
as an information networker.  As the global telecommunications infrastruc-
ture continues to shrink the world, you will be better prepared to deal
with the new forms of communication which are emerging, and able to apply
them in information service settings.

Computer use:
      You will make frequent use of GSLIS and CCSO computing facilities.
This will include logging into a computer and checking your electronic
mailbox at least two times per week.  (The GSLIS lab and other campus
sites provide access to computer terminals.  You can also access computing
resources from any telephone using a modem.)  You will be given all the
training, documentation, and assistance needed to use the computer
facilities successfully.  No prior computer experience is required.

Evaluation:
      You must complete ALL assigned work in order to receive a passing
grade for the course.  As the semester progresses, you will be expected
to incorporate deeper knowledge of the course issues and demonstrate
mastery of the readings and technical skills through your written
assignments.

      --  Assignment 1 (15%):  Human communication.  Identify, analyze,
and write about a specific example of human communication.  Include
mention of the participants and their roles, the situations, the channels of
communication used, and some of the messages and their effects.  Due in
class on February 15.

      -- Assignment 2 (15%):  Literature presentation.  Find and report
to the class on one article in the literature (on paper or electronic)
pertaining to a topic of your choice.  The report will be in the form of
an electronically distributed summary and evaluation of the article.
Include identification of the audience, required background knowledge,
usefulness, scope, etc.  You will choose a due date on which the article
content most appropriately matches the class schedule for that day.

      -- Assignment 3 (20%):  Analysis of an ongoing electronic interaction.
Choose one or several ongoing networked communication forum(s).  These
may be mailing lists, newsgroups, regular 'chats,' MUDs, or other ongoing
communication.  Participate or just observe.  Prepare a written report on
the interaction, including such items as the participants, the 'rules' of
communication, issues discussed, the level of cooperation and contention,
etc.  Due in class April 5.

      -- Assignment 4 (40%):  Term Assignment.  The term assignment is
the major portion of your work for this class.  The goal is for it to be
useful and interesting to you.  Choose ONE of the three options.  You may
choose to modify or expand on any of these options.  A written (or
electronic) proposal for the term assignment will be submitted on April 5
or before.  Due at 5:00 pm on Friday, May 7.

      You will briefly share your findings with the class on either April
26 or May 3.

      Option A:  Resource Description and 10-Minute Tutorial.  Choose a
network-accessible resource, service, standard, or norm.  Describe it in
detail, including its functions, audience, access methods, cost, people to
contact, related resources, and (if applicable) some sources for literature
or additional information (2-5 pages).  Then, write a tutorial for using the
resource for a user of a specified level of profiency (e.g., novice; expert;
dislocated).   One recommended format is a "10-minute tutorial," in which
users are introduced to major concepts, brought through examples
(preferably ones which they can try on-line), and given the opportunity
to test and review their knowledge.  The topics may be very narrow (such
as, using the Telnet command) or very broad (such as, how to make
yourself understood during electronic communication).  Both components
(description and tutorial) should be part of a unified whole, but should
also be able to stand alone.  You must pre-test your tutorial with at least
two novice users, and include a brief review of their evaluation (and any
changes you made as a result of it) as an appendix to your assignment.

      Option B:  Term paper.  Twenty to thirty pages on a topic of your
choice.  An evaluative review and synthesis of an area of relevance to
information networking.  Include a review of related literature and a
forecast for the future.

      Option C:  Term Project.  You may choose any topic on which to
complete some project.  Projects might consist of empirical research, an
RFC, some software, a bibliography, etc.

All term assignments will result in some form of written work.  For the
assignment, you will use both traditional and electronic resources to
complete the paper -- in addition to doing library research, you will be
expected to contact experts using information networking tools.  Your work
will take a human-based approach to information networking (as opposed
to a technology-based approach).  You are encouraged to consider
electronic (or non-electronic) publication of your term assignment.  Methods
for electronic publication will be discussed in class.  Whether you decide
to publish or distribute your work or not, your term assignment should
be of a quality such that it is suitable for wide-spread distribution and
use.

      -- Class participation and preparedness (10%).  Includes regular use
of the computer for email, participation in class discussions, etc.

Readings:
      All required readings are available on reserve in the Library and
Information Science Library.  Many may also be obtained electronically.
Several supplemental texts are available in the bookstore and will be
discussed in class.  The one required text is:

      Krol, Ed.  (1992).  The Whole Internet.  Sebastapol, California:
      O'Reilly & Associates.

Assigned readings are listed for each class day.  These must be completed
BEFORE the class during which they will be discussed.  In addition, you
should select an additional reading from the course bibliography or online
collection for each class date.  This may be a journal article, chapter from
a book, or substantive electronic file or discussion.  Or, you may identify
your own supplemental reading in the library or online.

Course schedule and readings:
      Readings with a plus sign + are available online (as discussed in
class).  Copies of all readings are available in both the LIS library and
the LRL in GSLIS.

1.  Jan 25        Introduction to the course
                        -     What is information networking and why is
                              it shrinking the world?
                        -     Introduction to the tools of information
                              networking
                        -     The human communication perspective on
                              information networking
                        -     Information networking as an emerging form
                              of human communication
                        -     Metacomputing concepts
                        -     Overview of networking applications for
                              library environments
                        -     Course objectives and overview

      Assignment 1 discussed

      Read:  Computers Under Attack (articles 1, 2, 3); Krol (chapters 1
      & 2)

2.  Feb 1         *** Entire class meets in 70 Commerce West computer
                  lab

                  Hands-on training:  Getting started with Unix and
                  networking
                        -     Introduction to ux1 and alexia
                        -     Protecting your account (security, viruses,
                              etc.)
                        -     Some basic Unix skills
                        -     Introduction to electronic mail (email) with
                              Unix and in general
                        -     Accessing course readings (on ux1 and with
                              gopher)

      Read:  Krol (chapters 5, 7, 11); + Shapiro & Anderson

3.  Feb 8         *** Class meets in 70 Commerce West from 12:00 - 1:30

                  Hands-on training:  Additional basic computer skills
                        -     More Unix commands and email
                        -     Printing
                        -     Uploading & downloading to the IBM PC
                        -     Sharing resources; using telnet and FTP
                        -     Using 'ph,' the UIUC phonebook

                  Introduction to human communication
                        -     Introduction to theory of human
                              communication
                        -     Human communication theory as a perspective
                              on information networking
                        -     Information networking as a medium for
                              communication
                        -     Information networking as an emerging form
                              of human communication
                        -     Introduction to "netiquette"

      Assignment 2 discussed

      Read:  + Rosenbaum & Newby; Krol (chapters 6, section "Resources
      on the Internet")

4.  Feb 15        *** Class meets in 70 Commerce West from 12:00 - 1:30

                  Hands-on training:  communication and resource access
                        -     Getting started with mailing lists and
                              sending network mail
                        -     Listserv
                        -     Usenet
                        -     Anonymous FTP

                  A.  Information access issues in networked environments
                        -     Search strategies
                        -     Some common sources
                        -     Exhaustive versus sufficient searching
                        -     Identifying resources
                        -     Print and non-print resources for
                              information about networks and networking

                  B.  The Wired Campus at The University of Illinois and
                  somewhat larger networks
                        -     Basic concepts (From LANs to WANs, from
                              ethernet to token rings)
                        -     Bitnet; Internet
                        -     Fileservers and gateways
                        -     What networks exist at UIUC?

      Read:  Krol (chapters 3, 8, 9); + EDUCOM's "Bitnet Overview;"
      Usenet's news.announce.newusers (entire newsgroup contents);
      Tenopir

      Assignment 1 due in class

5.  Feb 22        *** Class meets at 901 W. Oregon from 12:00 - 1:30

                  Hands-on training:  Useful Unix tools and more hands-
                  on experience
                        -     Uploading & downloading on the Macintosh
                        -     Editing with emacs and vi
                        -     More on pipes, shells, and redirection
                        -     Customizing your environment
                     -     Telnet to remote resources

                  History and pre-history of networks and networking
                        -     The pre-history of computer networks,
                              including the telephone
                        -     The history of computer networks
                        -     Bitnet and other "public" store-and-forward
                              networks
                        -     Resources available over Bitnet

                  Nuts and bolts of networking
                        -     Protocols
                        -     Gateways
                        -     Addresses

      Read:  Krol (appendix A); + Kehoe

6.  Mar 1         *** Class meets at 901 W. Oregon from 12:00 - 1:30

                  Hands-on training:  Focus on some specific network
                  resources
                        -     Archie
                        -     WAIS
                        -     FreeNet

                  Public access to networking tools
                        -     The library as an internet node
                        -     Access issues
                        -     What's available; what needs to be done
                        -     Current efforts to facilitate network resource
                              access (OCLC, LC, CNI, NREN, and others)

      Read:  Bishop (1990); + Library of Congress (dp54)

7.  Mar 8         *** NO CLASS MEETING (Spring Break) ***

8.  Mar 15        *** Class meets at 901 W. Oregon from 12:00 - 1:30

                  Hands-on training:  Additional specific network
                  resources; advanced skills
                        -     Hytelnet
                        -     www
                        -     Unix power tools

                  Impact of networking on social institutions and structure
                        -     The changing nature of the book
                        -     The changing nature of scholarly
                              communication
                        -     The changing nature of democracy and
                              government process
                        -     The changing nature of organizational
                              communication
                        -     How can we deal with information overload?

      Read:  Seiler; + Harnad; Cushman & King

9.  Mar 22        Impact of networking on social groups and individuals
                        -     Social equality and social inequality as
                              supported by electronic communication
                        -     Censorship issues
                        -     Gender issues
                        -     Issues for developing nations

      Read:  + Barlow; Sauvant

10.  Mar 29       A.  Information policy
                        -     What is information policy?
                        -     Introduction to information policy today
                        -     What are the issues for national information
                              policy today?

                  B.  Commercial networking tools
                        -     Information retrieval systems (from a human
                              communication point of view)
                        -     Compuserve and other for-profit systems

                  C.  ISDN

      Read:  Bishop et al. (1989); + Kaman; Gore

11.  Apr 5        Network administration and getting connected
                        -     Basics of network administration
                        -     Bsis of system administration
                        -     Selecting and installing LANs
                        -     Getting connected to Internet
                        -     War stories

      Read:  + Fitzpatrick; iMia

      Assignment 3 due in class
      Proposal for term assignment due (1-2 pages)

12.  Apr 12       Ethics of networking
                        -     What are the issues for networking ethics?
                        -     Movie:  Cliff Stoll's NOVA episode
                        -     Discussion of case studies
                        -     The written and unwritten ethics for
                              information networking; the emergence of
                              an ethics for information networking

      Read:  Computers Under Attack (articles 8, 12, 15 and section 6);
      Dibble

13.  Apr 19       Libraries and networked information
                        -     Cataloging issues
                        -     Selection/acquisition issues
                        -     Cost issues
                        -     Liability
                        -     Electronic reference

      Read:  Atkinson; Saunders; Turner

14.  Apr 26       A.  Class presentations on term assignments

                  B.  Possible futures for information networking
                        -     Science fact or science fiction?
                        -     NREN, CREN, and other immediate futures
                        -     A terminal in every home and other less
                              immediate futures
                        -     What's in the way of the future?
                        -     The future of research on information
                              networking

      Read:  + Furness ; The Matrix (Chapter 8); Smarr & Catlett

15.  May 3        A.  Class presentations on term assignments

                  B.  Conclusions:  Towards the networked future
                        -     What is information networking and why is
                              it making the world larger?
                        -     Information networking as an emerging form
                              of human communication revisited

      Read:  Winograd; Wright

      Term Assignments due at 5:00 pm on Friday, May 7.
 LIS450CC "Telecommunications"
Spring, 1993.  G. Newby

                          Partial Bibliography

NOTE:  Materials which are available electronically via ftp to
gpx.lis.uiuc.edu may also be viewed or retrieved using the gpx gopher
server.  Use 'gopher gpx.lis.uiuc.edu'  Not all of the items listed here are
available in the library or LRL.  Prof. Newby can provide copies of
materials which are not available elsewhere.

Atkinson, Ross.  (1992).  "The acquisitions librarian as change agent in
the transition to the electronic library."  Library Resources and
Tchcal Services 36(1):7-20.

Avram, Henriette D.  (1989).  "Copyright in the electronic environment."
EDUCOM Review (Fall) 31-33.

Barlow, John P. <[e-mail]>.  (1991).  "Desparados in the
Datasphere."  Available:  ftpgplis.uiuc.edu  File:
pub/netinfo/readings/Barlow.desparados

Bishop, Ann <[e-mail]>.  (1990).  "The National Research
and Education Network (NREN):  Promise of new information
environmental."  ERIC Digest #ED327219.  Available:  ftp gpx.lis.uiuc.edu
File:  pub/netinfo/readings/Bishop.nren.90

------, Philip Doty <[e-mail]>, and Charles R. McClure
<[e-mail]>.  (1989).  "Federal information resources
management (IRM):  A policy review and assessment."  in Jeffrey Katzer
and Gregory B. Newby, eds. Proceedings of the American Society for
Information Science Annual Meeting.  Medford, New Jersey:  Learned
Information.

Bishop, Katherine.  (1992).  "The Electronic Coffeehouse."  New York
Times.

Brandt, D. Scott.  (1991).  Unix and Libraries.  Westport, Connecticut:
Meckler.

Cerf, Vint.  (1989).  "Ethics and the Internet."  Communications of the
ACM 32(6):710.

Computing and Communications Services Office <[e-mail]>.  (1992).
"Computing handbook for students and everyone else."  Urbana, Illinois:
University of Illinois.

Cushman, Donald P. and Dudley D. Cahn, Jr.  (1985).  Communication in
Interpersonal Relationships.  Albany, New York:  State University of New
York Press.

Cushman, Donald P. and Sarah S. King.  (1989).  "The role of
communication in high-technology organizations:  The emergence of high-
speed management."  in Sarah S. King, ed. Human Communication as a
field of study:  Selected contemporary views.  Albany, NY:  State
University of New York Press, pp 135-150.

Denning, Peter J.  (Ed.).  (1990).  Computers Under Attack.  New York:
ACM Press.

Deutsch, Peter <[e-mail]>.  (1991).  "Archie -- An electronic
directory service for the internet."  Available: ftp gpx.lis.uiuc.edu  File:
pub/netinfo/resources/archie.description

Dibble, Julian.  (1990).  "On line and out of bounds."  Village Voice July
24:27-30.

DiMattia, Ernest A., Jr.  (1991).  "New technologies and the library:  A
remote access perspective."  Microcomputers for Information Management
8(1):45-51.

EDUCOM.  (1989).  "Bitnet Overview."  An electronic file available from
LISTSERV @ BITNIC.  Available:  ftp gpx.lis.uiuc.edu  File:
pub/netinfo/bitnet-info/bitnet.overview

Electronic Frontier Foundation <[e-mail]>.  (1990).  "New foundation
established to encourage computer-based communications policies."  in
Tom Benson (Ed.) <[e-mail]> CRTNET 259, an electronically
distributed newsletter.   Available:  ftp gpx.lis.uiuc.edu  File:
pub/netinfo/readings/eff.founded

Fitzpatrick, Laurie M.  (1992).  The Public Library Potentialities.
Urbana, Illinois (Unpublished manuscript).  Available:  ftp
gpx.lis.uiuc.edu  File:  pub/netinfo/readings/Fitzpatrick.library-access

Furness, Thomas.  (1990).  "Description of the objectives of the Human
Interface  Technology Laboratory."  Available:  ftp gpx.lis.uiuc.edu  File:
pub/netinfo/readings/hitl.manifesto

Goodfellow, Geoff <[e-mail]>.  (1990).  "Legal overview -
The electronic frontier and the bill of rights."  in Tom Benson, ed.
<[e-mail]> CRTNET 260, an electronically distributed newsletter.
Available:  ftp gpx.lis.uiuc.edu  File:  pub/netinfo/readings/eff.frontier-
rights

Gore, Albert.  (1990).  "Remarks on the NREN."  EDUCOM Review
(Summer).

Grundner, Tom M. <[e-mail]>  (1990).  "'Free-Netting:'  The
development of free, public access community computer systems."
Information Packet on the Proposed National Research and Education
Network (NREN) distributed at the American Library Association Annual
Conference.

Harnad, Stephan P. <[e-mail]>.  (1992).  "Post-
Gutenberg galaxy:  The fourth revolution in the means of production of
knowledge."  Public Access Computer Systems Review 2(1)39-53.
Available:  ftp gpx.lis.uiuc.edu  File:  pub/netinfo/readings/Harnad.post-
gutenberg

Hiltz, Starr Roxanne <[e-mail]> & Turoff, Murray
<[e-mail]>.  (1985).  "Structuring computer-mediated
communication systems to avoid information overload."  Communications
of the ACM 28(7):680-689.

Kahin, Brian.  (1992).  "Scholarly communication in the network
environment:  Issues of principle, policy and practice."  The Electronic
Library 10(5):275-285.

Kahle, Brewster <[e-mail]>.  (1991).  "Overview of Wide Area
Information Servers."  Available:  ftp gpx.lis.uiuc.edu  File:
pub/netinfo/resources/wais.overview.txt

Kalin, Sally W. & Tennant, Roy.  (1991).  "Beyond OPACs...  The wealth of
information resources on the Internet."  Database.  August:28-33.

Kaman, Geraldine <[e-mail]>.  (1992).  ISDN.
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pub/netinfo/readings/Kaman.isdn

Kehoe, Brendon <[e-mail]>.  (1992).  Zen and the Art of the
Internet.  Urbana, Illinois:  Project Gutenberg.  Available:  ftp
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Krol, Ed <[e-mail]>.  (1989).  "RFC1118:  The hitchhikers guide to
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------.  (1992).  The Whole Internet.  Cambridge, Massachusetts:
O'Reilly.

LaQuey, Tracy <[e-mail]>.  (1993).  The Internet Companion.
Reading, Massachusetts:  Addison-Wesley.

Library of Congress.  (1991).  "Discussion paper 54 (Providing access to
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pub/netinfo/readings/dp54.txt

Littlejohn, Stephen W.  (1983).  Theories of Human Communication 2d Ed.
Belmont, California:  Wadsworth.

Lynch, Clifford A. <[e-mail]>.  (1992).  "Networked
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Davis, Eds.  Networks, Open Access, and Virtual Libraries:  Implications
for the Research Library.  Urbana, Illinois:  Graduate School of Library
and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Marshall, Peter <peterjun.uwo.ca>.  (1992).  "WAIS:  The Wide Area
Information Server or anonymous what???"  Available:  ftp
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National Academy of Sciences.  (1989).  Information Technology and the
conduct of research.  Washington, DC:  National Academy Press.

Peters, Paul E.  (1992).  "Networked information resources and services:
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Pliskin, Nava.  (1989).  "Interacting with electronic mail can be a dream
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Quarterman, John <[e-mail]>.  (1990).  The Matrix.  Digital Press.

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Newby.1990.tables

Saunders, Laverna M.  (1992).  "The virtual library revisited."
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Sauvant, Karl P.  (1983).  "Transborder data flows and the developing
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Seiler, Lauren H.  (1992).  "The concept of book in the age of the
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