CS 695: Introduction to Digital Libraries 

Instructor: Michael L. Nelson <mln@cs.odu.edu>
                http://www.cs.odu.edu/~mln/

Office Hours: T,R - 2:30 - 4:15 or by appointment

Time: R 4:20 pm - 7:00 pm

Place: 

Digital Libraries (DLs) are increasingly popular research area that
encompass more than traditional information retrieval or database methods
and techniques. We will cover a brief history of DL development, with
emphasis on World Wide Web implementations. Case studies will be performed
on various DLs. The class will focus heavily on project work, especially
writing and/or coding. At the end of the course, students will be prepared
to develop, evaluate, or apply digital library technologies in their work
environment.

Grading: 

Assignments: 100% 

Class Homepage: 

http://www.cs.odu.edu/~mln/teaching/cs695-f04/

Textbook: 

Digital Libraries - William Y. Arms
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/wya/DigLib/
Readings will be assigned weekly (check class home page). 

Tentative Schedule: 

Week 1 - (Digital) Libraries Defined
Week 2 - Metadata
Week 3 - Intellectual Property
Week 4 - on travel, no class
Week 5 - Kahn-Wilensky Framework
Week 6 - Object Models
Week 7 - Repositories
Week 8 - Distributed Searching
Week 9 - Metadata Harvesting
Week 10 - Naming
Week 11 - Reference Linking
Week 12 - OpenURL
Week 13 - Focused Crawling
Week 14 - Preservation
Week 15 - Summary