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LBSC 708T/INFM 718T - Transformational Information
Technologies
Spring 2007 - Section 0101
Useful Resources
Library Resources
- McKeldin Library and the Engineering and Physical Sciences
Library (which is entered from the first floor of the Math building)
have a number of useful books (particularly near T14.5 for innovation
generally and HD30 for innovation in business). It is best to search
the catalog for materials you need as early as possible because it can
take several days to order a book that is not available on our campus
and it can take several weeks to recall a book if all available copies
are checked out. A few books are available online through NetLib,
which can be reached in those cases through the university's online
catalog. Be sure to check NetLib boks back in when you are done with
them so that others can use them without waiting for your loan to time
out. Don't overlook the collections of the local public library
systems if you are looking for something that is not easily available
through the university's system.
- In order to ensure the availability of a few books that are
expected to he in high demand, some books may be moved the course
reserve desk in McKeldin and placed on 2-hour or 24-hour reserve
(generally 2-hour reserve will be used only for books that are also
being used for other courses). A 24-hour reserve means that you can
check a book out for an entire day whenever you are on campus, and
that if you take it home that you will need to return it by the same
time the next day. Note that all this applies only to complete books.
Some book chapters and journal articles that are assigned as readings
will be available through the library's electronic reserves, which
shound not be confused with the physical course reserve service for
full books.
- Nonprint Media Services in the basement of the main section of
Hornbake Library (which has a separate entry from the one you use to
reach CLIS) has recordings for some video programs on innovation, most
notably the BBC television series by James Burke.
- The Research Port service
provides online access to journal articles. Futures Research
Quarterly and The Futurist provide useful entry points into
the Futures Studies literature. The IEEE Annals of the History of
Computing and IEEE's Technology and Society magazine are both
available through IEEE Xplore, and publications of the ACM Special Interest Group on
Computers and Society are available through the ACM Digital
Library.
Web Resources
This is an incomplete and somewhat eclectic list of useful resources
to which we can add over the course of the semester. Suggested
additions should be sent to the professor by email.
- History of Science and Technology
- Science and Technology Studies
- Futures Studies
Local Groups
These groups are an excellent source of potential contacts in the
local area, and they sometimes host pograms that touch on topics that
we will be discussing.
People on Campus
Several faculty members on our campus have interests that overlap in
some way with what we are covering in this course. If you elect to
contact any of these people, you should check with your classmates
first (in class or using the mailing list) to see if someone else is
already in touch with them. If not, you should explain the context of
your inquiry (perhaps referring them to the course Web page for
additional deatails) when you first contact them.
Doug Oard