Through a series of presentations, demonstrations, group exercises, handouts, and video interviews, this one-day workshop will address the issues surrounding the initial development and ongoing maintenance of useful World Wide Web (WWW) servers.

TOPICS
Specifically, the workshop will focus on five major WWW server topics:

1. Hardware and software
2. Qualities of useful servers
3. Content
4. Server maintenance
5. Staffing

EMPHASIS
In an effort to appeal to the widest audience and provide the foundation for individual growth, principles and guidelines will be emphasized over platform-dependent functions and features.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The workshop is intended for those considering or beginning the implementation of a WWW server. The only prerequisites are knowledge of basic computer operations (creating, deleting, and moving files and directories), a sense of curiosity, and a willingness to learn.

WHEN AND WHERE
Tuesday, March 17, 1998 9:00 - 4:00

Chicago Illini Union
University of Illinois at Chicago
828 S. Wolcott Ave., Chicago, IL 60612

PRESENTER
The workshop will be lead by Eric Lease Morgan, a systems librarian from the North Carolina State University Libraries. "I consider myself a librarian first and a computer user second whose professional goal is to discover new ways to use computers to provide better library services."

An Internet user since 1989, Eric has given dozens of presentations, written more than a few articles, and published two books (WAIS and Gopher Servers and Teaching a New Dog Old Tricks: A Macintosh-based World Wide Web Starter Kit Featuring MacHTTP and Other Tools).

Introduction	Specifically...
(Click the images above to see movies describing the workshop.)

COSTS AND REGISTRATION
For registration and hotel information see the LITA Regional Institutes description of the program.

WORKSHOP AGENDA
The workshop's agenda is below. The free, complete, 76-page handout is available here in three formats:

1. text version 1.4 (167K)
2. PDF version 1.4 (248K)
3. MacWrite version 1.4 (162K)

Alternatively, you can download this entire set of web pages:

1. First download all the HTML code version 1.4 (79K). This will create a directory/folder named "waves" containing all the text.
2. Next, if desired, download all the media version 1.4 (5.3MB) and put the resulting directory/folder in the waves directory.
3. Last, if desired, download all the handouts version 1.4 (516K) and put the resulting directory/folder in the waves directory also.

Acknowledgements

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Introduction

• History
• Client/server model of computing
• Hypertext transfer protocol
• Comparing WWW to other Internet services

• MIME types
• Hardware
• Software
  • Apache
  • Quid Quo Pro
  • WebSite
• Access control

Essential qualities of information systems

• Readability
• Browsability
• Searchability
• Assistance

Gentle introduction to CGI using Perl

• Hello, World!
• Creating valid HTML
• Using environment variables
• Getting input from FORMS

• Analysing log files
• URL integrity

• Staffing
• Your OPAC

Webliography

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