This course will explore the history and ongoing transformation of recorded information, stretching back five thousand years and extending to the present time. Team based student projects using Microsoft server technologies, object models and development tools. Topics covered include web application architectures, IIS, ASP, Visual Interdev, Access and SQL Server. Component based application design and implementation to support application migration from LAN to Web environments. The role of team knowledge manager in computer supported collaborative work teams.
Students analyze and present recent research publications in the field.
Within this framework, course analyzes various methods used to study information needs and seeking behavior and methods for data analysis and presentation that can inform system design .