LBSC 690 - Information Technology
Spring 2008 - Section 0101
Reading List
In general there are two readings per week for the first half of the
class and one reading per week in the second half. The readings
serve two important functions in this class. The first is to
introduce you to the topics that we will discuss in the class,
something that can only be done before the indicated week's class
begins.
The second important function of the readings is to convey material in
more detail than it is possible to discuss in class. Since the
material in the readings is testable regardless of whether it is
discussed directly in class, it would be a good idea to go back over
the readings after class is over in order to ensure that you have
understand the details that are related to the concepts we discussed
in class.
Information technology is a rapidly changing field, and occassionally
new readings become available (or come to my attention) that I would
like to take advantage of. In these cases I will endeavor to replace
a reading that is on this list with another at least two weeks in
advance. On occasion I may choose instead to assign an additional
reading if there is no existing reading for which the new one provides
a reasonable substitute.
"Shelly" refers to the textbook: Gary B. Shelly, Thomas J. Cashman
and Misty E. Vermaat, Discovering Computers 2008: Complete.
Readings for Week 1:
- Shelly chapter 4 (Hardware)
- Shelly chapter 7 (Storage)
Readings for Week 2:
- Shelly chapter 2 (Web)
- Shelly chapter 9 (Networks)
Readings for Week 3:
Readings for Week 4:
Readings for Week 5:
- Shelly Chap 3 (Application software)
- Shelly Chap 13 (Programming)
Readings for Week 6:
- Shelly Chapter 10
- Brooks, Frederick P., "The Mythical Man Month", Chapter 2 (will
be placed on e-reserve)
Readings for Week 7:
No readings for Week 8 (midterm)
Readings for Week 9:
- Shneiderman, Ben, Designing
the User Interface: Strategies for effective
human-computer interaction, 4th ed. (Addison-Wesley, 2004),
Chapter 1 (will be placed on e-reserve)
Readings for Week 10:
Readings for Week 11:
Readings for Week 12:
- Ricardo Baeza-Yates and Berthier Ribeiro-Neto, Modern
Information Retrieval, Addison Wesley Longman, 1999, Chapter
1
Readings for Week 13:
- Shelly Chapter 11 (Ethics)
Readings for Week 14:
- Shelly Chapter 12 (Systems Analysis)
Doug Oard