1 Introduction to Concepts of Library Information Networks (17/2)
2 Historical Background -- Network Topologies/ Local Area Networks (24/2)
3 Development of Wide Area Networks (BITNET, EARN, Internet); Internet2, Next Generation Internet, European Academic and Research Networks (TERENA, GEANT) (2/3)
Homework: Library and Information Networks. Further instructions are given in the homework. Deadline: 11 May 2004 09:00am. Homework is worth 20% of the final grade.
4 History of Networking in Turkey (TÜVAKA, TRNET, TURNET, ULAKNET, TTNet, etc.) (9/3)
5 Information Networks and Interlibrary Cooperation (MORENet, GALILEO, ICOLC, JISC, CICNet, ANKOS, etc.) (16/3)
6 Network Standards, Hardware, Software, New Standards and Services (Z39.50 Information Retrieval Standard) (23/3)
7 (30/3; Midterm I (Please note: exam time is from 11:00 to 13:00, same place (Amfi I).)
8. Distributed Digital Libraries (NCSTRL, NDLTD); Federated Search Concept; Access Management; Authentication & Authorization (6/4)
9 Access to Networked Information Sources/Search Engines/Meta Search Engines (13/4)
10 Metadata; Digital Object Identifiers (20/4)
11 Data Security in Information Networks; Organization and Administration of Information Networks (27/4)
12 (Midterm II (4/5) )
13 Future of Information Networks (11/5)
14 Conclusions and Evaluation (18/5)