I commented on Ashley's blog
http://laine05.blogspot.com/2009/11/week-14-reading-notes.html?showComment=1259543876378_AIe9_BGuZoWPimFqaR9yIuUOaBayW7bWYJxVInVAuHW5fXx9b27EyIxhVfJpfs4FSluuNn2DaWhiWN-_zOFz1jaakv9f1dUn25OQIDBLqpOgfVchTe4ZPII9EcmQ9RW4NV1X_s_jyd_FW0BUkd6fTzmt0iBws_brAPZ3UzJP_PAq74wQ0vUerEU1g4qao75H6Gim4y7r16tTE34eQKovYsIdxTli0PVcggLnMin2GHHSid5ipTuCf-E#c1523718001058858728
and Rafeef's blog
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3120806507352967540&postID=4536138016908497129&page=1&token=1259544205818_AIe9_BERiqUVIjUgV1dgK6RZ8A_lcuWCa9B1Fflc0FEXJqgz_pwrsYECNWkjaVuIqOVlu1momQPS4NSqB6SXqPh6H1ZQesFzy7kwKHy1hIo1WDC3sGzuqDdYYkG1-Tby-1XbyEFV6ZEiSAum3Wq3f9zVStP3JKq2-o3RVviE6koVJWWGiYnSZfn9-yqj8_8s--wqsqQahHlfBb8vNemUHRMZZl3CsDFSKI6rss3-kUedfp4TJz6E_wg
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Muddiest Point: Week 13 (11/24)
In PageRank modeled sites, to the results for a particular topic change with every search? Another words if I searched for "topic" and clicked on site B even though A was ranked first, would site B likely move up to be ranked first?
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Readings: Week 14 (12/1)
Using a wiki to manage a library instruction program- This was a very interesting article with a good description of what wikis are and how they can work in a library setting. However, I thought the section the Description of the library instruction program at ETSU was a bit out of place. While the rest of the article discussed wikis specifically, that section started talking more about digital services in general and how to educate users about them. Also they never made clear who the 'users' where when discussing who could make changes to the wiki. Are these people librarians, library patrons or both?
Creating the academic library folksonomy- This article presents a very interesting idea. However, it seems to neglect certain important points. For example it discusses the idea of allowing students access to articles unavailable at their own institutions. But how would that be possible? Wouldn't the student still have to pay to see that information? Also I think the true folksonomy can cause more difficultly in finding resources, as the same item or idea can be known by several different names, which causes trouble.
Jimmy Wales on the birth of Wikipedia- I thought that this was a very interesting lecture. I especially was interested in the way that he referred to Wikipedia more as a community than anything else. I had never thought of Wikipedia in that way. I was also very interested to hear about how they deal with the issue of accuracy and quality control. I am glad to hear that they do not simply rely on the idea of the neutral point of view policy, as many people may not adhere to that policy. I was also surprised by many of the statistics, while these may no longer be completely accurate as the film is several years old, I was surprised at how many people outside of the English speaking countries use the site. I had always assumed it was a more English-centric website.
Weblogs- The first part of this article is a very good introduction to what a blog is and to the history of the medium. The second part provided some interesting ideas about the application of blogs to the library field. The author seemed to put more emphasis on the use in more academic and research libraries. I thought that most of these suggestions were very interesting and worth looking into in many libraries.
Creating the academic library folksonomy- This article presents a very interesting idea. However, it seems to neglect certain important points. For example it discusses the idea of allowing students access to articles unavailable at their own institutions. But how would that be possible? Wouldn't the student still have to pay to see that information? Also I think the true folksonomy can cause more difficultly in finding resources, as the same item or idea can be known by several different names, which causes trouble.
Jimmy Wales on the birth of Wikipedia- I thought that this was a very interesting lecture. I especially was interested in the way that he referred to Wikipedia more as a community than anything else. I had never thought of Wikipedia in that way. I was also very interested to hear about how they deal with the issue of accuracy and quality control. I am glad to hear that they do not simply rely on the idea of the neutral point of view policy, as many people may not adhere to that policy. I was also surprised by many of the statistics, while these may no longer be completely accurate as the film is several years old, I was surprised at how many people outside of the English speaking countries use the site. I had always assumed it was a more English-centric website.
Weblogs- The first part of this article is a very good introduction to what a blog is and to the history of the medium. The second part provided some interesting ideas about the application of blogs to the library field. The author seemed to put more emphasis on the use in more academic and research libraries. I thought that most of these suggestions were very interesting and worth looking into in many libraries.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Week 13 (11/24) Comments
I commented on Natalie's blog
http://introtoinfo.blogspot.com/2009/11/readings.html?showComment=1259013913545_AIe9_BFA0IpUo0CL6vqtFp0Vv3v4g1qQ1k9cL9conZxrS7ojFw_9LJVriYKdfgG8S6Nr3_2ZXe2QUsg24JDhvsC91daGh5O-3q3NosPWDY7GmqipaNNF-HV0RJ9UUhfoXLmjkUfxo0M8s4XCwqwsScsxcpMu1LWxq1wEYwdbpVOcl4e8_AvUOfv1iytnEJSa6xfLQmt9_WcOe7JTBz1cMEfFEaV09KbjvA#c3022914535706575477
and Jaime's blog
http://jfilipek2600.blogspot.com/2009/11/week-ten-notes.html?showComment=1259014365765_AIe9_BEB2njaxnsEJe4zkoI0fW1BIfw27_Li5inLBH9p5JRW_AHLjW1E7pxkhd5wB0PPMpfyxM3b5Z9TYwkztrL3CFR2uCG3t5dYbPcXrjC2_zw_i-IEFihKiR3cq9ACybLNz2hHZmLTspZOAkj3ZNhsCM__KB5Nfdr6PMTYxrQg8VeszG9r2QDTsNN7mfJvl8HTxSXKrE7fIDP3ZfoBs_sO2J1Gqg4HuWHji61sYX_Vm7E5JJvr2Qs#c1684946590871980793
http://introtoinfo.blogspot.com/2009/11/readings.html?showComment=1259013913545_AIe9_BFA0IpUo0CL6vqtFp0Vv3v4g1qQ1k9cL9conZxrS7ojFw_9LJVriYKdfgG8S6Nr3_2ZXe2QUsg24JDhvsC91daGh5O-3q3NosPWDY7GmqipaNNF-HV0RJ9UUhfoXLmjkUfxo0M8s4XCwqwsScsxcpMu1LWxq1wEYwdbpVOcl4e8_AvUOfv1iytnEJSa6xfLQmt9_WcOe7JTBz1cMEfFEaV09KbjvA#c3022914535706575477
and Jaime's blog
http://jfilipek2600.blogspot.com/2009/11/week-ten-notes.html?showComment=1259014365765_AIe9_BEB2njaxnsEJe4zkoI0fW1BIfw27_Li5inLBH9p5JRW_AHLjW1E7pxkhd5wB0PPMpfyxM3b5Z9TYwkztrL3CFR2uCG3t5dYbPcXrjC2_zw_i-IEFihKiR3cq9ACybLNz2hHZmLTspZOAkj3ZNhsCM__KB5Nfdr6PMTYxrQg8VeszG9r2QDTsNN7mfJvl8HTxSXKrE7fIDP3ZfoBs_sO2J1Gqg4HuWHji61sYX_Vm7E5JJvr2Qs#c1684946590871980793
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Readings: Week 13 (11/24)
I'm not sure which readings were supposed to be for this week, so I did the ones that I have not yet done for November...
Challenges and Influential Work- It was interesting to see where a lot of the early digital libraries came from and why they were developed. However, this article got a bit technical for me with a lot of terms and concepts with which I am unfamiliar. It was interesting that they mentioned Google Scholar as a goal to live up to for institutions. I admit that I frequently use the site, but like someone brought up in the digital libraries class, you cannot access much of the content you find through Google with out either paying or being part of an institution who already subscribes to the databases.
Dewey meets Turing- It was interesting to look at some of the tensions that emerged between librarians and computer scientists when digital libraries were first on the scene. Though I really agree with the statement that "the core function of librarianship remains. I think it would be very difficult to completely replace a librarian with only a computer. There is often too much to reference questions to leave it fully up to a computer, which does not understand the context of what the person is looking for.
Institutional Repositories- This seemed to be a good intro to some of the issues surrounding digital repositories. I thought it was especially interesting that the author argued that digital repositories should not be treated as journals. He seemed to argue that peer review was an unnecessary process in that environment. However, I disagree, if just anyone could publish whatever they wanted, not only would the prestige of publishing disappear, but the value of information in digital repositories would likely decrease.
Challenges and Influential Work- It was interesting to see where a lot of the early digital libraries came from and why they were developed. However, this article got a bit technical for me with a lot of terms and concepts with which I am unfamiliar. It was interesting that they mentioned Google Scholar as a goal to live up to for institutions. I admit that I frequently use the site, but like someone brought up in the digital libraries class, you cannot access much of the content you find through Google with out either paying or being part of an institution who already subscribes to the databases.
Dewey meets Turing- It was interesting to look at some of the tensions that emerged between librarians and computer scientists when digital libraries were first on the scene. Though I really agree with the statement that "the core function of librarianship remains. I think it would be very difficult to completely replace a librarian with only a computer. There is often too much to reference questions to leave it fully up to a computer, which does not understand the context of what the person is looking for.
Institutional Repositories- This seemed to be a good intro to some of the issues surrounding digital repositories. I thought it was especially interesting that the author argued that digital repositories should not be treated as journals. He seemed to argue that peer review was an unnecessary process in that environment. However, I disagree, if just anyone could publish whatever they wanted, not only would the prestige of publishing disappear, but the value of information in digital repositories would likely decrease.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Week 12 (11/17) Comments
I commented on Natalie's blog:
http://introtoinfo.blogspot.com/2009/11/week-10-readings.html?showComment=1258409241572_AIe9_BHMN9Gwe9sDkDUkDBSJGI6l0GG7Bl4Zb_zrQOXBCIBnGUDyjjnHgMZ5feBWJ1GSlgXssRqfnJIx93Kc3v19317cNn6Z6OlebjEEb3soV5bnBTwvlfyca4ihQCQXdRNSjzznKUalZmyJDuaStB7o0IJ12JSsLdtSa86b7nR3t1G7REteLkEkq3kNcLxFLy5DRvmEcwFpBnbp5Dm7t4jRQ_m6rx8VvHyGx5BVBrWm1SgjQs8SWgk#c9081835345223342103
and on Ashley's blog
http://laine05.blogspot.com/2009/11/reading-notes-for-1117-class.html?showComment=1258409551876_AIe9_BFiQ7T_emvnfFOeHbIuqwKpjCH5AGim-ARfvVHsJ5A4llayZLPwsKkw5BV2GCqIxOphx6lAS9tDzHUITQccG_ZbmBtivsNaG8JnSBN2b9-JPtVIrrDQLoKgOOumBt0RLpxFCDj70A1XdSdUjSXfjmhAHj-jMiQ_rP0tkSyM4ngTD75e0vo0apwtEqxuvo7HCmr_zi6-_gYty3yqzVrZG5SLCpdbmVJUTPO16DbgMBKRDqpalBE#c3821974572687733550
http://introtoinfo.blogspot.com/2009/11/week-10-readings.html?showComment=1258409241572_AIe9_BHMN9Gwe9sDkDUkDBSJGI6l0GG7Bl4Zb_zrQOXBCIBnGUDyjjnHgMZ5feBWJ1GSlgXssRqfnJIx93Kc3v19317cNn6Z6OlebjEEb3soV5bnBTwvlfyca4ihQCQXdRNSjzznKUalZmyJDuaStB7o0IJ12JSsLdtSa86b7nR3t1G7REteLkEkq3kNcLxFLy5DRvmEcwFpBnbp5Dm7t4jRQ_m6rx8VvHyGx5BVBrWm1SgjQs8SWgk#c9081835345223342103
and on Ashley's blog
http://laine05.blogspot.com/2009/11/reading-notes-for-1117-class.html?showComment=1258409551876_AIe9_BFiQ7T_emvnfFOeHbIuqwKpjCH5AGim-ARfvVHsJ5A4llayZLPwsKkw5BV2GCqIxOphx6lAS9tDzHUITQccG_ZbmBtivsNaG8JnSBN2b9-JPtVIrrDQLoKgOOumBt0RLpxFCDj70A1XdSdUjSXfjmhAHj-jMiQ_rP0tkSyM4ngTD75e0vo0apwtEqxuvo7HCmr_zi6-_gYty3yqzVrZG5SLCpdbmVJUTPO16DbgMBKRDqpalBE#c3821974572687733550
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Readings: Week 12 (11/17)
Web search engines Parts 1 & 2- I agree with the first part of this article,that there is no need to be able to access every single web page in existence. There are many that have no real significance except to the creator of the page, such as a personal blog, or online calendar. It was interesting to hear how web search engines work, especially in terms of the algorithms that rank results. The second article, however, was a bit dense.
Metadata Harvesting- Maybe I missed something, but I never got a good sense as to what The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting actually is. Overall, the article had some interesting ideas and suggestions for ways in which to create comprehensive listings for various online databases.
Deep Web- This was an interesting article. I knew that there was both a surface web and a deep web, but I had not idea that the deep web was so large! I was also surprised to see that some of the sites on the deep web were actually fairly large sites. I had always assumed that the deep web consisted mostly on small sites that would not have a lot of interest.
Metadata Harvesting- Maybe I missed something, but I never got a good sense as to what The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting actually is. Overall, the article had some interesting ideas and suggestions for ways in which to create comprehensive listings for various online databases.
Deep Web- This was an interesting article. I knew that there was both a surface web and a deep web, but I had not idea that the deep web was so large! I was also surprised to see that some of the sites on the deep web were actually fairly large sites. I had always assumed that the deep web consisted mostly on small sites that would not have a lot of interest.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Week 11 (11/10) Comments
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Readings: Week 11 (11/10)
Intro to XML- I found this article to a bit confusing. It seems that XTML coding requires a bit more knowledge of computers and how to program them than HTML does. Also I’m not sure I understand how it is not a standardized language as the article notes, to me it seems like it would be.
Survey of XTML standards- This seems like a great reference for looking deeper into learning how to use XTML codes. It offers many good comments in regard to the different places to look for information on this particular topic.
Extending your mark up- I actually was unable to open this document, I tried over several days in a few different ways, but it wouldn’t work :(
XML W3 schools- While I still don’t understand XTML as well as I do HTML, this website helped. I like that these tutorials provide the codes in the separate box as it helps them to stand out more from the text, so I can get a clearer view of how the correct code should look. This site also helped me to see how many cool things you can do with XTML, I really like the idea that you can limit the values entered into a system.
Survey of XTML standards- This seems like a great reference for looking deeper into learning how to use XTML codes. It offers many good comments in regard to the different places to look for information on this particular topic.
Extending your mark up- I actually was unable to open this document, I tried over several days in a few different ways, but it wouldn’t work :(
XML W3 schools- While I still don’t understand XTML as well as I do HTML, this website helped. I like that these tutorials provide the codes in the separate box as it helps them to stand out more from the text, so I can get a clearer view of how the correct code should look. This site also helped me to see how many cool things you can do with XTML, I really like the idea that you can limit the values entered into a system.
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