http://lis2600racheln.blogspot.com/2010/11/unit-12-social-software.html?showComment=1290871298273#c374523545775986662
http://pratt2600.blogspot.com/2010/11/112211-muddiest-points.html?showComment=1290871864263#c8128795891640739008
Saturday, November 27, 2010
11/ 29 Reading Notes
Weblogs: Their Use and Application in Science and Technology Libraries
I think the success of blogs in this environment is entirely dependent on the communities comfort level with them. Many people doubt the credentials of such an open format, and based on the ease of entry into the blogosphere (I hate that I used that as though it were a word) it’s tough to blame them. I so think that blogs allow for quick dissemination and access to new and current information, and as such could be ideal for administrative, public announcements, and general administration in libraries.
Using a wiki to manage a library instruction program: Sharing knowledge to better serve patrons
Wikis are by their nature collaborative, and as such are great for a workplace where so many people with diverse specialties are under a big umbrella. There is also a high level of accountability, usually. As with most of the tech-in-libraries we have discussed in this course, it will be interesting to see how and where wikis are being used in libraries in twenty years—if we haven’t moved on by then.
Creating the academic library folksonomy: Put social tagging to work at your institution
I think this is a great idea that could really help expand the usefulness of a search process. If I have a class that 5000 other students have taken in the past five years, there is a good chance that they will have already identified some useful materials for me. With some kind of administrative or editorial oversight, social tagging could make life much better for students—especially the dumb ones.
Jimmy Wales: “How a ragtag band created Wikipedia”
I didn’t realize that Wikipedia was such an active community, or so well-policed by volunteers. They seem to really care about their roles and the greater purpose of the site. It makes sense that the people who take time to post on their area of expertise will respect the work and try to keep it respectable.
Like others, I have to respect the folks at Wikipedia more than I used to. I guess it’s not a joke.
I think the success of blogs in this environment is entirely dependent on the communities comfort level with them. Many people doubt the credentials of such an open format, and based on the ease of entry into the blogosphere (I hate that I used that as though it were a word) it’s tough to blame them. I so think that blogs allow for quick dissemination and access to new and current information, and as such could be ideal for administrative, public announcements, and general administration in libraries.
Using a wiki to manage a library instruction program: Sharing knowledge to better serve patrons
Wikis are by their nature collaborative, and as such are great for a workplace where so many people with diverse specialties are under a big umbrella. There is also a high level of accountability, usually. As with most of the tech-in-libraries we have discussed in this course, it will be interesting to see how and where wikis are being used in libraries in twenty years—if we haven’t moved on by then.
Creating the academic library folksonomy: Put social tagging to work at your institution
I think this is a great idea that could really help expand the usefulness of a search process. If I have a class that 5000 other students have taken in the past five years, there is a good chance that they will have already identified some useful materials for me. With some kind of administrative or editorial oversight, social tagging could make life much better for students—especially the dumb ones.
Jimmy Wales: “How a ragtag band created Wikipedia”
I didn’t realize that Wikipedia was such an active community, or so well-policed by volunteers. They seem to really care about their roles and the greater purpose of the site. It makes sense that the people who take time to post on their area of expertise will respect the work and try to keep it respectable.
Like others, I have to respect the folks at Wikipedia more than I used to. I guess it’s not a joke.
Muddiest Point from 11/22
Muddiest Point
It is interesting to me that with so many millions of pages out there, so few are ever viewed. What percentage of users click past the first page of search engine results? I guess my real question is: Does it matter that the internet is so big and diverse if we can only search paid or “perfect” organic sites?
It is interesting to me that with so many millions of pages out there, so few are ever viewed. What percentage of users click past the first page of search engine results? I guess my real question is: Does it matter that the internet is so big and diverse if we can only search paid or “perfect” organic sites?
Saturday, November 20, 2010
11/22 Comments
http://kaitmlyons.blogspot.com/2010/11/muddiest-points-1115.html?showComment=1290282121810#c6594218598627478652
http://gemma2600.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-11-readings.html?showComment=1290282327615#c4765841129475771637
http://gemma2600.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-11-readings.html?showComment=1290282327615#c4765841129475771637
11/ 22 Reading Notes
Web Search Engines
Like usual, what is most striking to me about the internet in general is the scope of it, and the speed with which it can be navigated. Searched not take less than a second to complete, yet so much is accomplished in so little time, and with such good (usually) results.
Current Developments...OAI....
It seems like this group has OAI pretty well covered. Their future plans, which seem ambitious, will no doubt rely on the cooperation of other parties, and (like Dublin) on the general acceptance of their work. This all looks wildly complicated to me.
The Deep Web
I love the language employed in this discussion: deep, "animalcules," spidering, crawlers; it's all terribly romantic.... I want to bring Indiana Jones or Steve Zissou with me to explore it.
I'm a bit murky on the content of the Deep Web. I know that it is way bigger than the surface internet. I know that because the author mentioned it about seventy times. Maybe I missed this information in the text, but other than vague databases, what exactly are these enormous sited hidden menacingly beneath the surface?
Like usual, what is most striking to me about the internet in general is the scope of it, and the speed with which it can be navigated. Searched not take less than a second to complete, yet so much is accomplished in so little time, and with such good (usually) results.
Current Developments...OAI....
It seems like this group has OAI pretty well covered. Their future plans, which seem ambitious, will no doubt rely on the cooperation of other parties, and (like Dublin) on the general acceptance of their work. This all looks wildly complicated to me.
The Deep Web
I love the language employed in this discussion: deep, "animalcules," spidering, crawlers; it's all terribly romantic.... I want to bring Indiana Jones or Steve Zissou with me to explore it.
I'm a bit murky on the content of the Deep Web. I know that it is way bigger than the surface internet. I know that because the author mentioned it about seventy times. Maybe I missed this information in the text, but other than vague databases, what exactly are these enormous sited hidden menacingly beneath the surface?
Friday, November 12, 2010
11/15 Comments
http://kaitmlyons.blogspot.com/2010/11/koha-assignment.html?showComment=1289592061102#c3829716563633810560
http://saralis2600.blogspot.com/2010/11/reading-notes-for-1115.html?showComment=1289592329522#c1864724202358557755
http://saralis2600.blogspot.com/2010/11/reading-notes-for-1115.html?showComment=1289592329522#c1864724202358557755
11/ 15 Reading Notes
Digital Libraries
It seems like every time I learn about the origins of complex or innovative internet-based or -focused technologies, the US government is buried somewhere in its murky past.... It would be nice to think that this whole global community formed organically around freedom and opportunity, but I guess that's not the case.
You're welcome, all of you, for my tax dollars (and my parents') which made this all possible.
Dewey Meets Turing
So it was the Web that brought sex appeal to Library Science.... At least for computer scientists. I wondered why it was so irresistible.
I usually dislike tragedies where no one learns a lesson. This is no exception. I'm not surprised that the nerds and the...other nerds (I guess) couldn't agree over the prioritization of grant allocations. If I had to fight for a free pass to work on whatever I wanted to for the foreseeable future, I would be snippy, too. In the end, the computer scientist won (in my humble opinion), because their field is young and hip, and librarianismshipdom is seen as old and stodgy.
And have you notices that they don't make clothes for us anymore? Everything in stores is targeted toward them!
Institutional Repositories
I'm interested to hear more about this in class. I'm not clear on the normal scope of an IR. Also, do some institutions pool their resources to limit the costs, or should each institution have their own repository? Does anyone else feel feel awkward typing "repository?"
It seems like every time I learn about the origins of complex or innovative internet-based or -focused technologies, the US government is buried somewhere in its murky past.... It would be nice to think that this whole global community formed organically around freedom and opportunity, but I guess that's not the case.
You're welcome, all of you, for my tax dollars (and my parents') which made this all possible.
Dewey Meets Turing
So it was the Web that brought sex appeal to Library Science.... At least for computer scientists. I wondered why it was so irresistible.
I usually dislike tragedies where no one learns a lesson. This is no exception. I'm not surprised that the nerds and the...other nerds (I guess) couldn't agree over the prioritization of grant allocations. If I had to fight for a free pass to work on whatever I wanted to for the foreseeable future, I would be snippy, too. In the end, the computer scientist won (in my humble opinion), because their field is young and hip, and librarianismshipdom is seen as old and stodgy.
And have you notices that they don't make clothes for us anymore? Everything in stores is targeted toward them!
Institutional Repositories
I'm interested to hear more about this in class. I'm not clear on the normal scope of an IR. Also, do some institutions pool their resources to limit the costs, or should each institution have their own repository? Does anyone else feel feel awkward typing "repository?"
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Muddiest Point from 11/8
Looking at this website assignment now, it seems impossible..... I think it will be a bad couple of days leading up to the due-date.
Friday, November 5, 2010
11/8 Comments
http://tabialibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/11/copyright-entertainment.html?showComment=1288969281817#c8975517122224060841
http://annebetz-lis2600.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-nine-readings.html?showComment=1288969731447#c847180264422060470
http://annebetz-lis2600.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-nine-readings.html?showComment=1288969731447#c847180264422060470
11/ 8 Readings
Burks (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bult.104/full)
Thanks, Megan and Katie, for the link to this.
I think that if I more fully understood HTML, XML would be easier to understand. I understand that it is a near-universally accepted language that allows most systems and computers to interpret HTML formatting. If I’ve missed the ball on this, please correct me.
XML http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-stand1.html
This site provided so much technical information that I, like many others, reverted to a Wikipedia article to make sense of it. The lasting value I’ll take from this link is an understanding of the vastness and complexity of the XML world. I should not be surprised, because XML makes internet authoring easier, and that is a huge industry.
I haven’t thought before about the hundreds of thousands of people who get paid to design products that make it easier for millions of others to post things online. It must be the same as the people who make pallets and boxes and shrink-wrap and forklifts and trucks and uniforms and coffee and insurance policies and razors and sunglasses and cigarettes and boots and fast food to ensure that my grocery store is stocked with food every day.
Andre Bergholz PDF
SGML “defines structure for documents…”
HTML dictates the layout of documents, but doesn’t address their content.
XML allows a user to “meaningfully annotate text” so that people and computers can more easily read and interpret it. In other words: XML lets you make your text look the way you want it to, no matter which system or machine is decoding it. I think.
I bookmarked this site, because I appreciated that it was written by people for other people to read.
http://www.w3schools.com/Schema/default.asp
Because XML allows more direction than HTML, it was more difficult to play around with in the tutorial.
“Start learning XML Schema Now!” This page makes me want to jump right in and learn XML this afternoon! Once again, I feel like some hyperbole (or at least a negligent or imprecise usage of implied meaning) was employed here.
What it really means is: Start the arduous chore of mastering a vast, logically-foreign language of Gordian complexity that may require three hours of study a day for several weeks, and a few trips to your IT-trained brother-in-law’s house, three bottles of ibuprofen, and could result in deep feelings of inadequacy.
I liked it.
Thanks, Megan and Katie, for the link to this.
I think that if I more fully understood HTML, XML would be easier to understand. I understand that it is a near-universally accepted language that allows most systems and computers to interpret HTML formatting. If I’ve missed the ball on this, please correct me.
XML http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-stand1.html
This site provided so much technical information that I, like many others, reverted to a Wikipedia article to make sense of it. The lasting value I’ll take from this link is an understanding of the vastness and complexity of the XML world. I should not be surprised, because XML makes internet authoring easier, and that is a huge industry.
I haven’t thought before about the hundreds of thousands of people who get paid to design products that make it easier for millions of others to post things online. It must be the same as the people who make pallets and boxes and shrink-wrap and forklifts and trucks and uniforms and coffee and insurance policies and razors and sunglasses and cigarettes and boots and fast food to ensure that my grocery store is stocked with food every day.
Andre Bergholz PDF
SGML “defines structure for documents…”
HTML dictates the layout of documents, but doesn’t address their content.
XML allows a user to “meaningfully annotate text” so that people and computers can more easily read and interpret it. In other words: XML lets you make your text look the way you want it to, no matter which system or machine is decoding it. I think.
I bookmarked this site, because I appreciated that it was written by people for other people to read.
http://www.w3schools.com/Schema/default.asp
Because XML allows more direction than HTML, it was more difficult to play around with in the tutorial.
“Start learning XML Schema Now!” This page makes me want to jump right in and learn XML this afternoon! Once again, I feel like some hyperbole (or at least a negligent or imprecise usage of implied meaning) was employed here.
What it really means is: Start the arduous chore of mastering a vast, logically-foreign language of Gordian complexity that may require three hours of study a day for several weeks, and a few trips to your IT-trained brother-in-law’s house, three bottles of ibuprofen, and could result in deep feelings of inadequacy.
I liked it.
Muddiest Point 11/Something
Is it necessary to learn HTML anymore? I'm not complaining about the coursework or assignments, I'm just curious. I know that some of my friends who design websites (even for profit) do not know HTML. On the other hand, I have been told by employers that I would be more valuable if I already knew it....
Monday, November 1, 2010
Koha Assignment: For Raising Children of Quality
User Name: apk33
List Name: For Raising Children of Quality
http://upitt01-staff.kwc.kohalibrary.com/cgi-bin/koha/virtualshelves/shelves.pl?display=publicshelves&shelfoff=3
List Name: For Raising Children of Quality
http://upitt01-staff.kwc.kohalibrary.com/cgi-bin/koha/virtualshelves/shelves.pl?display=publicshelves&shelfoff=3
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