Although I'm not a member of the GSLIS faculty, I have taught classes in
the past, and occasionally give guest presentations.
Table of Contents
- LIS450-DP Document Processing, Spring 2001
- LIS353-B Using Networked Information Systems, Spring 2001
- LIS317 Foundations of Data Processing in Library and Information Science, Fall 2000
- LIS329 Information Storage and Retrieval, Fall 2000
- LIS450-DA Data Analysis for LIS Research, Spring 2000
- LIS450-DP Document Processing, Spring 2000
- LIS429 Implementation of Information Storage and Retrieval, Spring 1999
- LIS353 Using Networked Information Systems, Spring 1999
- LIS450-DP Document Processing, Fall 1998
- LIS450-DSI Foundations of Data Processing in LIS, Fall 1998
- LIS450-OPR Open Problems in Information Retrieval, Spring 1998
- LIS329 Information Storage and Retrieval (LEEP), Spring 1998
This is a list of guest presentations I've made in various GSLIS classes.
- Introduction to Information Retrieval
- I define information retrieval as "the art of unreasonable demands."
IR is contrasted with DBMS. I introduce influential IR models (Boolean, Vector
Processing, Probabilistic) and enabling technologies. I demo several IR and
text processing utilities.
- Introduction to Markup and Structured Document Standards
- I contrast structural and presentation markup, and introduce ISO 8879
(SGML). I discuss SGML's advantages and disadvantages, and give examples of
its use in academia and industry. I give a basic overview of elements, content
models, attributes, and entities. I contrast the levels of document instance,
document type definition, concrete syntax and abstract syntax. I demonstrate
some SGML-aware software, and finish with a discussion of the XML dialect of
SGML.
- Visualization Interfaces for Information Retrieval Systems
- A variety of visualization interfaces have been proposed and built for
information retrieval systems. I give some basic background on this topic,
discuss the attraction of such interfaces, and demonstrate the VIBE system.
- Cluster Analysis in LIS Research
- This is an overview of how cluster analysis works, and how it is applied
LIS research. I contrast clustering with more familiar kinds of classification,
and discuss both word-based and citation-based clustering.
- Library and Information Science Standards
- This is an introduction to de jure and de facto standards, and other kinds
of public specifications. I discuss the motivation and impetus for creating
a standard, the organizations that produce them, and the systems of formal
approval. I usually zero in on two specific standards, the choice of which
depend on the class to which I am presenting.
- The Free Software and Open Source Movements
- I give a layman's explanation of the various free and open source licenses
that govern the distribution of application programs such as Gnu Emacs,
programming languages like Perl, and the Gnu/Linux operating system. I discuss
the broader implications of these kinds of licenses for the library and
information systems communities.
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