CS 6210 - Special Topics in CS: Digital Libraries and
Computing for the Humanities

What is a library?

What is a library?

Introduction

Vannevar Bush (1890-1974)

Design for Memex (c. 1945)

Memex

Memex

What is a Digital Library (DL)?

Outline for today

Course administration

Teaching staff

Course web sites

Objective

Syllabus

Syllabus (2/2)

Readings

Discussions

Freedom of information rule

Gilligan’s Island rule

Assessment overview

Homework and discussions

Literature survey

Final project

Outline for today

Reading and writing research papers

Why do you read a paper?

Reading a research paper

How to read a paper

How to read a paper - depth

How to read a paper - depth

How to read a paper - depth

How to read a paper - depth

How to read a paper - react

How to write a research paper

Any questions?

Survey on expectations

To think about for discussion