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announcements/
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class notes
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INF/IST 301X
Fall 2010
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announcements/
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Announcements
Any non-IS major who has taken/is taking INF/IST 100 should complete the final project (FP), rather than the annotated bibliography (AB).
See below (Assignments section) for the instructions on choosing a topic for the Annotated Bibliography
or Research Project.
The hour exams are available in the CCI Student Office, LI-84 (between the IS Advisor's Office and the
Computer Science Department Office). The office is open daily, 10:00-4:00. Be sure to bring your student ID card.
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Office Hours
Prof. DeLong is available TWTh 2:00-4:00 and by appointment in LI 67, in the
Computer Science Department Office.
Prof. Güney is available W 2:00-4:00 and by appointment in LI 84B, the CCI
Student Office.
The Undergraduate TAs will be available in the CCI Student Center, with special focus on the annotated bibliography for the non-IS majors:
Seth Shapiro -- M 2:00-4:00
Eric Vincent -- F 3:00-5:00
Class schedule
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assignments
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Sample annotated bibliography
"Aboutness" -- due Tuesday, 10/5
Final project topic -- due Thursday, 11/11, or sooner....
Science Friday podcast on Internet history -- due Thursday, 12/2
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books
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Books
Floridi, L. (2010) Information: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford Univ. Press.
Shirky, C. (2008) Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations. Penguin Books.
Stross, R. (2008) Planet Google. Free Press.
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class notes
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Annotated Bibliography: 9/7
Directories and Indexes: 9/7
Computing & Information Disciplines: 9/14
Information vs. Reality: 9/16
The Nature of Information: 9/21
All that text, "text," text, text stuff.
And the information mind map.
The 'bit.ly' Analysis: 9/23
Information Metaphors: 9/28
Aboutness: 9/30
Guest-Prof. George Berg: 10/7
Information Retrieval: 10/12
See links to Boolean connectors in Readings (below)
Guest-Carol Anne Germain: 10/14
Guest-Prof. Ozlem Uzuner: 10/21
Social Networking: 10/26
Guest-Prof. Abebe Rorissa: 11/2
Data, text, and Web mining: 11/4
Information in Organizations: 11/9
Usability-Yu-Hui Chen and Carol Anne Germain: 11/18
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readings: articles
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Readings
C&I disciplines: Wikipedia entries for:
"computer science"
informatics
"information science"
"library science"
History & philosophy of information: Floridi, chapters 1 and 2
Physical & cognitive information: Floridi, chapter 4
Intellectual property: Floridi, chapter 8
Boolean connectors:
Boolean and related basics
Google Web Search Help
LexisNexis Boolean Searching (requires UAlbany login)
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syllabus
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Syllabus
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Original posting: September 5, 2010
Latest revision: November 29, 2010
Send questions to Prof. DeLong
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