0 Holiday (25/2)
1 Introduction to Concepts of Library Information Networks (4/3)
2 Historical Background -- Network Topologies/ Local Area Networks (11/3)
3 Development of Wide Area Networks (BITNET, EARN, Internet); Internet2, Next Generation Internet, TEN 155/ European Academic and Research Networks (18/3)
Homework: Find information about academic network of a given country and be prepared to discuss its architecture, technology, services, etc. in class on April 1, 2002. Country names will be assigned in class.
Attention: No class on Monday, March 25, 2002 due to the opening of the Library Week.
4 History of Networking in Turkey (TÜVAKA, TRNET, TURNET, ULAKNET, TTNet, etc.) (1/4)
5 Information Networks and Interlibrary Cooperation (MORENet, GALILEO, ICOLC, JISC, CICNet, ANKOS, etc.) (8/4)
6 Network Standards, Hardware, Software, New Standards and Services (Z39.50 Information Retrieval Standard) (15/4)
7 Distributed Digital Libraries (NCSTRL, NDLTD); Federated Search Concept; Access Management; Authentication & Authorization (22/4; Midterm I)
8 Access to Networked Information Sources/Search Engines/Meta Search Engines (29/4)
9 Metadata; Digital Object Identifiers (6/5)
10 Data Security in Information Networks (13/5)
11 Organization and Administration of Information Networks; Future of Information Networks / Conclusions and Evaluation (Midterm II (20/5) )