A word about our textbook

At first glance some may feel the text is more than we need to get a good handle on networking for school library media centers. Well, it is. However, in reviewing over 50 potential networking textbooks over the past four years of this class I've yet to see anything that comes close to a combination class textbook and reference work for ongoing education in this critical field. As networks move from distant and large-scale operations, to day-to-day elements in our personal and professional lives, understanding where we are now and where things will be in the next few months or years is critical to everyone...librarian, teacher, administrator, et al. There are many sections of the book we will only touch on or cite for future reference. Please stay tuned to our class website to be sure you're spending your reading time on things we're going to actually use this term. For example we're not going to spend more than a minute or two on chapter one and only a few minutes on the whole OSI concept. I do want everyone to know where to find such information if they need it later and in good measure that's why I choose this textbook. More during our class sessions.