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Title: Introduction to LIS508


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Introduction to LIS508
  • Thomas Krichel
  • 2002-09-05

2
Structure of talk
  • First talk about me
  • Then talk about you.
  • Then talk about the course

3
About me
  • Born 1965, in Völklingen (Germany)
  • Studied economics and social sciences at the
    Universities of Toulouse, Paris, Exeter and
    Leiceister.
  • PhD in theoretical macroeconomics
  • Lecturer in Economics at the University of Surrey
    1993 and 2001
  • Since 2001 assistant professor at the Palmer
    School

4
Why?
  • During research assistantship period, (1990 to
    1993) I was constantly frustrated with difficult
    access to scientific literature.
  • At the same time, I discovered easy access to
    freely downloadable software over the Internet.
  • I decided to work towards downloadable scientific
    documents. This lead to my library career
    (eventually).

5
Steps taken I
  • 1993 founded the NetEc project at
    http//netec.mcc.ac.uk, later available at
    http//netec.ier.hit-u.ac.jp as well as at
    http//netec.wustl.edu.
  • These are networking projects targeted to the
    economics community. The bulk is
  • Information about working papers
  • Downloadable working papers
  • Journal articles were added later

6
Steps taken II
  • Set up RePEc, a digital library for economics
    research. Catalogs
  • Research documents
  • Collections of research documents
  • Researchers themselves
  • Organizations that are important to the research
    process
  • Decentralized collection, model for the open
    archives initiative

7
Steps taken III
  • Co-founder of Open Archives Initiative
  • Work on the Academic Metadata Format
  • Co-founded rclis, a RePEc clone for (Research in
    Computing, Library and Information Science)

8
What is IT
  • Computer
  • Some devices attached to computers, such as
    printers, screens etc
  • Networks
  • In colloquial language, also related to
    information that is being transformed by these
    tools. This is the I without T, IwoT.

9
Why study IT
  • Mastery of a tool
  • Understanding information in a precise way
  • Interact with service providers in a competent
    way
  • Play an active role in transformation of library
    and information services
  • Saving the planet

10
Study IT to master a tool
  • A computer is not like a car
  • A network more than a wire
  • Arguably one of the most complex thing create by
    (wo)man, subject to its own scientific discipline
  • Since much time is spent on computers optimizing
    interaction is productive.
  • But there is a danger to study proprietary
    technology.

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Study IT to understand Information
  • To make information computer processable, it
    needs to be digitized and
  • there have to be precise instructions for the
    computer to deal with the information in every
    situation that can possibly arise
  • Learning how to do that is a considerable help to
    understanding information itself

12
Study IT to interact with others
  • In many libraries, there is insufficient computer
    support. The answer is no, what is the
    question?
  • Without knowledge, you are completely at the
    mercy of your surroundings for help.

13
Study IT to transform services
  • Walk-in physical libraries will decline over
    time, and this decline will take place over your
    professional work time
  • Those who have good IT skills with thrive, and
    those who dont will perish
  • Networked information and archiving will become
    more important

14
Study IT to save the planet
  • There is a divide between have and have-nots in
    information.
  • More free information will make the world a
    better place
  • Move away from commercial information
  • Organize freely available information
  • Promote access to information

15
Organization
  • Normal lecture
  • Quiz at the beginning of every lecture
  • Topics to be fixed by next week
  • Essay 50 on an approved topic
  • Since the course is NOT a hands-on introduction,
    I will add a hands-on tail after each lecture
  • No text purchase required

16
What do you want to learn
  • Computers
  • Networks
  • IwoT

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  • Thank you for your attention!
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