Database Management Systems
Preliminaries
Course Outline
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Content of LIS558
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Introductory Lecture
Database Context
6 Principles of IRM
6 Principles of IRM cont’d
Information is a Major Organizational Resource
Historical Roots of Databases In the beginning…(in the 1950s)
Historical Roots
Limitations of Data File Systems
File System Critique
Summary of Problems with Datafile Systems
Historical Roots of Database Systems
Overview of Database System Environment
The Database System Environment
Database Systems
What is a Database?
Data versus Information
Database Design?
What is a Database Management System (DBMS)?
Features of a DBMS
Introducing Database Management Systems
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Other information: Week 1 - May 8, 2000
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