Infosys 101: Information Systems.   M. Buckland.   Spring 1997.

Exercise 8: Content of Personal Home-pages. Due March 18.

This exercise examines content rather than searching skills. As an example we will examine the new practice of mounting personal home-pages on the World Wide Web.

Part 1: What information do you think that a Berkeley professor's home-page should contain?   Make a list before you continue to part 2.








Part 2:   Berkeley professors' home-pages can be found from
http://www-resources.berkeley.edu/nhpteaching/
Examine some Berkeley professors' home-pages (other than Professor Buckland's).   Evaluate the home-pages that you you look at with respect to what they contain. Is the range of content suitable? What about the quantity of content, quality of content, and presentation?




Identify two examples, give the professor's name, cite the location (address, URL) of the home-page, and note the exact date and time you looked.   Write down your evaluative comments.











Part 3: What would you now add to your list in Part 1?




Part 4: [OPTIONAL] Can you find any interesting personal home-pages elsewhere on the WWW?   If so, please give the location (address, URL) and add your comments on why you consider it an interesting or worthwhile example.
(Revised 3/10/96)