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==Schedule overview==
 
==Schedule overview==
* '''29 March''' Introduction (presenter: Josh)
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* '''date''' topic (presenter: xxx)
::Post-Reading:
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::Reading:
::*David Levy "A Bit of Digital History" Scrolling Forward p. 137-157 (20 pages)
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::*...
::Recommended Optional Reading:
 
::*Cliff Lynch [http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_6/lynch/ The Battle to Define the Future of the Book in the Digital World] (43 pages)
 
* '''5 April''' Conceptual Framework (presenter: Josh)
 
::Read, prior to class:
 
::*Christopher Dreher [http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/12/03/prices/print.html "Why do books cost so much?"] Salon.com (3 pages)
 
::*Marshall Poe [http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/poe.html “Note to Self: Print Monograph Dead; Invent New Publishing Model”] Journal of Electronic Publishing 7, December 2001 (5 pages)
 
* '''12 April''' Copyright Law Intro (presenter: Ben)
 
::Read, prior to class:
 
::*Landes & Posner, [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/IPCoop/89land1.html An Economic Analysis of Copyright Law]
 
::*The 1976 Copyright Act:  sections 101, 102, 103, 106, 107 [http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/usc_sup_01_17_10_1.html 17 USC s101 et seq.]
 
* '''19 April''' Technology overview: DRM and the technology of copying (presenter: Keunwoo)
 
::Read, prior to class:
 
::*Cory Doctorow, [http://www.craphound.com/msftdrm.txt DRM talk given at Microsoft Research], 17 June 2004
 
::*Peter Biddle et al., [http://crypto.stanford.edu/DRM2002/darknet5.doc The Darknet and the Future of Content Distribution] (Word document; [http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:L_ZH_mj6-5AJ:crypto.stanford.edu/DRM2002/darknet5.doc&hl=en Google HTML cache]
 
::*Kocher et al., [http://www.cryptography.com/resources/whitepapers/SelfProtectingContent.pdf Self-Protecting Digital Content], Techical Report from Cryptography Research, Inc.
 
* '''26 April''' Libraries and ebooks in practice (presenter: Angie Benedetti, from the King County Library System)
 
::Read, prior to class:
 
::*David Kirkpatrick, [http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/17/technology/17LIBR.html Battle Over Access to Online Books], ''New York Times'', June 17, 2002
 
::*[http://www.lib.washington.edu/ebooks/ UW NetLibrary FAQ]
 
::*Skim [http://www.kcls.org/about/abtfront.cfm King County Library System "about" pages]
 
* '''3 May''' Licensing (presenters: Shange Petrini and Brian Ferris)
 
::Read, prior to class:
 
::*Andy Raskin, [http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/bdferris/Business-2.0-CreativeCommons.pdf Giving it away for Fun and Profit], ''Business 2.0'', May 2004
 
::*Another Creative Common's article if the first one doesn't strike your fancy: [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35297-2005Mar14.html Creative Commons Is Rewriting Rules of Copyright], ''Washington Post'', Mar 15, 2005
 
::*EFF [http://www.eff.org/share/collective_lic_wp.php EFF: Collective Licensing: A Better Solution]
 
* '''10 May''' Licensing discussion (continued from previous week)
 
::Read, prior to class: [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:H.R.2281.ENR: Digital Millennium Copyright Act]
 
* '''17 May''' Ebook usage models: licensing, cataloguing (presenter: Keunwoo)
 
::Read, prior to class: [http://shirky.com/writings/ontology_overrated.html Ontology is Overrated], by Clay Shirky
 
* '''24 May''' Digital documents in international development (presenter: Shange Petrini + possible guest)
 
:Prior to class:
 
::Please browse the following
 
:::*[http://www.ejds.org/ eJournals Delivery Service]
 
:::*[http://www.library.cmu.edu/Libraries/MBP_FAQ.html Million Book Project]
 
:::*Will discuss this one in class briefly [http://www.geocities.com/ucghanaproject The UC-Ghana Book Project]
 
::Please read the following (very brief) articles
 
:::*Use of wireless internet in Nepal among Yak farmers [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3744075.stm BBC Article]
 
:::*The Importance of Electronic Journal Publishing for Developing Countries [http://www.inasp.info/psi/ejp/hussein.html INASP Article]
 
::Skim the following
 
:::*Wireless Internet Opportunity for Developing Countries [http://www.infodev.org/files/838_file_The_Wireless_Internet_Opportunity.PDF infoDEV article] See especially the case studies begining on page 60 (page 43 of the print copy)
 
:::*Economics, real costs and benefits of electronic publishing in science [http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/icsu/execsumm.htm Oxford Conference Summary]
 
* '''31 May''' Accessibility (presenter: Kate Deibel)
 
::Please read the following:
 
:::* [http://www.loc.gov/nls/other/guidelines.html Guidelines for Accessing Alternative Format Educational Materials]
 
:::* [http://www.leg.wa.gov/wsladm/billinfo1/dspBillSummary.cfm?billnumber=6501&year=2004 WA Bill 6501: Regarding instructional materials for students with disabilities at public and private institutions of higher education.]
 
:::* [http://www.washington.edu/accessit/articles?216 The Kentucky Postsecondary Textbook Accessibility Act: A Promising Practice on Textbook Accessibility Legislation]
 
::Optional readings:
 
:::* [http://www.disabilities.gov/digov-public/public/ExitSite.do?parentFolderId=109&linkId=9204&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.resna.org%2Ftaproject%2Flibrary%2FAccessibleIT.rtf&linkExternal=true  Accessible Information Technology An Overview of the Current State of Federal and State Laws and Policies]
 
:::* [http://www.washington.edu/accessit/index.php The ACCESS-IT Website]
 
  
 
==Mailing list==
 
==Mailing list==

Revision as of 00:01, 26 February 2006

Society and technology seminar: SLN 2932 CSE 590 SO, Tue 12:30-1:20, CSE 403

Spring 2006: The Social Ramifications of Search Technologies

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Administrative info

Course grading and credit-load policies: Subject to change, but variable credits are available to meet differing levels of participation:

  • Sign up for 1 credit if you plan to attend, do the readings, and participate in discussions.
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  • Sign up for 3 credits if you wish to either (a) lead a discussion/present, AND write a short paper, or (b) write one long paper.

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