INLS 461 Information Tools

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INLS 461 Information Tools

• Bill Meyers

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Introduction Housekeeping

• http//ils.unc.edu/courses/2007_spring/inls461_001
  
• UNIX, Internet, Web, Excel, Access
• Books
• Web Design in a Nutshell (required)
• UNIX Visual QuickStart Guide (optional)
• The Art of UNIX Programming (optional)
• Knoppix Hacks (on reserve)
• Microsoft Access Visual QuickStart Guide
  (optional)
• Databases Demystified (optional)
• Effective Business Presentations (on reserve)

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Assignments

• This class has frequent assignments
• Material in this class builds on previous
  assignments
• It is in your best interests to submit on time
• Late penalty
• 10 penalty for each day late
• (I can be more consistent grading assignments
  together)
• General
• Dont leave your assignment on a lab PC
• Backup your material regularly
• keep an electronic copy until at least a week
  after the final

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Course Objectives

• To understand the functions and management of
  computers
• To be able to interact with local and networked
  information collections
• To develop skill in preparing computer-based
  content
• (Also, a prerequisite to INLS 501, 523, 566, 572,
  574, 576, 578, 724, and 762)

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Course Outcome

• By the end of this course you will be able to
• Describe the infrastructure of the Internet and
  identify the IP address of a networked computer
• Manipulate and analyze large files
• Critique web pages
• Create a well designed web page, with basic and
  moderately complex components by hand
• Compare and contrast multimedia formats and their
  suitability in web page design
• Create and manipulate data in a spreadsheet
• Create a database and issue a basic query

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Technology Skills Every Librarian Should Have

• Word Processing Skills
• Spreadsheets Skills
• Database Skills
• Electronic Presentation Skills
• Web Navigation Skills
• Web Site Design Skills
• E-Mail Management Skills
• Digital Cameras
• Computer Network Knowledge Applicable to your
  School System
• Sourcehttp//www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives
  /2005/07/21/20_technology_skills_every_librarian_s
  hould_have.html

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General Help Resources

• UNC Computing and Wireless
• Academic technology and networking (ATN)
• http//help.unc.edu
• Excellent collection of information
• SILS computing
• IT Services
• http//sils.unc.edu/itrc/its/index.html
• Or ask at the help desk

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This Weeks To Do List

• Get hardware, if you dont have it already
• Ditto user accounts (both UNC and SILS)
• Ditto wireless connectivity
• Ditto (legal) software required for this class
• Wordpad, Browser, Excel, Access
• Send me a test email
• Join the class email list

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What You Will Need

• Your equipment http//sils.unc.edu/programs/msis/
  computingreq.html
• Your UNC account
• See onyen.unc.edu to learn more about the UNC
  Onyen
• provides access to email, file storage,
  registration, .
• Your SILS account
• Initial signing with your onyen
• Initial password is xx last five digits of
  student id !
• Provides access to both the PCs in the lab and
  UNIX

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Setting up Your Wireless Access

• More information - http//www.unc.edu/wireless/
• Full Instructions - http//help.unc.edu/?id4976
• You must first registering your MAC address see
  http//help.unc.edu/?id4924
• WEP configuration for campus wireless
  http//help.unc.edu/?trail3625withinsearch-1969
  585946
• (Check whether WPA/WPA2 is supported)

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Software Used in This Course

• Internet Browsers
• You can use Netscape, Explorer, Opera, or Mozilla
  Firefox
• (Preferably an up to date version)
• Secure CRT (remote login file transfer)
• shareware.unc.edu
• Microsoft office tools
• Including Microsoft Excel and Access (after
  Spring Break)
• Virus protection (usually Macafee or Norton)
• We dont use it, but you should have it
  installed and running

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Your Software Must Be Legal

• Some software available in SILS labs (free)
  http//sils.unc.edu/itrc/its/index.html
• UNC shareware (free) https//shareware.unc.edu/
• General shareware utilities (some free, some
  not)
• http//www.download.com/
• Discount student rate software packages
• check with the UNC bookstore
• check on websites of the software companies

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Remote Login (Telnet)

• The first remote login protocol (now a generic
  name)
• Enables you to log in to a computer over a
  network
• text-based
• Secure connectivity is required to gain access to
  SILS servers
• This means your telnet client must support SSH
• More information at www.ssh.com
• More information and instructions here
  http//sils.unc.edu/itrc/its/faq.php?id4681

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File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

• Used to transfer files efficiently to and from a
  remote server over the Internet.
• The user must have an account on the server
  unless the site is an anonymous FTP site.
• Also built into SSH.

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Email Access

• Your email account is tied to your onyen
  http//help.unc.edu/?trail1602id756typeallpa
  ge1sortscore
• Email Client from UNC webmail.unc.edu
• Email Clients in SILS include Mulberry, Outlook,
  and PINE
• More information on setting up IMAP email
  programs http//help.unc.edu/?id760

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Email Assignment

• Send me an email with the Subject heading INLS461
  Test
• Complete the following sentences in the main body
  of the email message
• I am taking 461 because
• Of the topics listed, I have seen before
• I would also like to learn
• My dream position after this degree is

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Join the Class Email List

• inls461_at_listserv.unc.edu
• Subscribe
• Web
• Email
• Help
• http//listserv.unc.edu/