Division of Information Studies
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Lecture 1 |
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Introduction and
Course Overview |
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National
Information Infrastructure (NII) Key policies in Singapore such as IT2000, Library2000, Internet and E-Commerce |
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Tutorial
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Identify areas in
which the government can play a role in the development of the Information
Society in Singapore |
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Lecture 3 |
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Communication and
information transfer |
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Tutorial |
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Information
dissemination within the virtual
communities regardless of borders and corporate structures |
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Lecture 4 |
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Electronic Publishing in the Digital Era |
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Tutorial |
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What are the threats
and the opportunities that electronic publishing might bring? Will electronic publishing replace the exiting paper-based publishing or will it continue to run in parallel? |
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Lecture 5 |
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Digital Libraries:
Content Management and Access Control |
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Tutorial |
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Discuss access
control and security issues related to digital libraries |
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Lecture 6 |
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Knowledge Based
Society and Economy |
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Tutorial |
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Today, economic and
personal development is linked to knowledge. Knowledge is the key to
competitiveness and employment.Discuss the role that information specialist
played in the knowledge creation process.
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Lecture 7 |
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Intellectual Property and the Economy of Ideas |
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How to protect
intangible assets. Who has the right to an Idea? |
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Lecture 8 |
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Copyright and Trade Mark in the Digital Era |
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Copying a document from the cyberspace is not the same as that of making a photocopy of paper document. How Fair Use can be applied to cyberspace material. |
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Lecture 9 |
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Education and Training in the Information Society |
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How can teachers and
trainers be best prepared for the information age? To what extent new tools
such as multimedia, information visualization and so on can encourage
creative thinking. |
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Lecture 10 |
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Privacy in the Information Age |
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How do you draw the line between public information and private information? Consumer information and employee information. |
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Lecture 11 |
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Information
Standards and Standardization activities in the information Society |
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Discuss two of the standardization activities in Singapore highlighting the impact of such standards on productivity. |
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Lecture 12 |
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Information
Security and Information Ethics |
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Tutorial |
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To what extent
ethical and moral values can help in dealing with computer security issues
such as hacking and virus development |
Lecture 13 |
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Review |
Al-Hawamdeh, Suliman and Hart, Thomas (2001) Information and Knowledge Society. McGraw-Hill
Baase, S. (1997) A gift of fire: social, legal, and ethical issues in computing. Prentice-Hall, Inc. New Jersey. Chapter 5.
Choo C. W. (1987) “The National Computer Board's Roles and Activities in Standardization and Computerization of Information”, Proceedings of the Asian Forum for Standardization of Information Technology. September 14, Tokyo, Japan. http://www.cicc.or.jp/homepage/english/library/af1/1-10.html
Chaudhry, A. S. and Al_Hawamdeh, S. ( 1998) “National Information Infrastructure development and Internet applications in Singapore.” Proceeding of the Conference on Achieving Excellence in Information Organization and Delivery: Strategies for the 2tst Century, 25-27 November 1998, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf Chapter of the Special Libraries Association. pp: 41-50.
Collection of papers on IT Standardization in Asian Countries, http://tyo-cc-server.cicc.or.jp/homepage/english/library/in_af.htm
Creating a user-friendly information society, http://www.cordis.lu/esprit/src/istwork.htm
Digital Libraries and the Practices of Scholarly Communication, http://www.slis.indiana.edu/CSI/wp97-03.html
Duggan, M. K. (1991) “Copyright of electronic information: issues and questions.” Online, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp: 20-26.
E-Commerce in Singapore, Electronic Transactions Act 1998, http://www.cca.gov.sg/eta/index.html
Information Research: an Electronic Journal, http://www.shef.ac.uk/~is/publications/infres/ircont.html
Information Society Forum theme paper, http://www.ispo.cec.be/infoforum/pub/themepap.html
IT2000 - A Vision of an
Intelligent Island , http://www.ncb.gov.sg/ncb/it2000.asp