Library

70-451 Library
Students in 70-451 Management Information Systems are responsible for building an online library of references to useful and interesting materials relating to information systems. Each student is responsible for adding at least eight annotated references to articles, books, videos, papers, websites, or other resources over the course of the semester. You may also add additional commentary to items that other students have posted. Please note that adding eight annotated references is simply a baseline expectation and is probably not sufficient to get an A for this part of your grade (unless they are really well written commentaries on the articles). You are encouraged to add more than the minimum number of articles and to provide a thoughtful review of the material that they contain.

The library is initially populated and structured with a few relevant topic areas. Feel free to add your resource entries within these topic areas. You are also encouraged to help us add additional topic areas or restructure the library topic categories to make the material more accessible and the structure more easy to work in.

Categories:

 * Information Systems management
 * Economics of Information Systems
 * Enterprise information systems (CRM, SCM, ERP, etc.)
 * Databases and business analytics
 * Information security
 * Technology strategy
 * The business of technology
 * Emerging information technologies
 * Social Media
 * IT Infrastructure
 * Emerging IT and Education
 * ... add categories as you find interesting articles that don't fit in one of the existing categories!

Format:
Entries into the library should be formatted according to the following template:


 * Title**: << title of the article, book, video, etc. >>
 * Author(s)**: << the author(s) who wrote the article, video, book, etc. >>
 * Link or reference information**: << the URL to the article and/or bibliography reference >>
 * Core ideas** (1, 2, or 3 bullet points that summarize the core idea presented in the article):
 * Commentary**:


 * Posting history**:
 * [Bob Monroe, initial post on Oct. 1, 2011]
 * [<>, < >]

Posting expectations:
Each student is expected to post a minimum of eight entries over the course of the semester. There will be three points in the semester that your work will be evaluated and grades posted. The dates and expectations for those evaluations follow:


 * First two entries are due by Thursday October 20, 2011
 * Second two entries are due by Sunday, November 20, 2011
 * Final four+ entries are due by Tuesday, December 13, 2011

You are encouraged to post more than the minimum number of entries, and to do so sooner than the deadlines. Eight basic entries should be enough to earn a grade of B overall. If you want to get an A then your entries need to be properly formatted, include carefully thought through statements of core ideas, and thoughtful commentary. It will also help your grade to post more than the minimum number of entries, though the quality of your postings will count more than the quantity of them.