Friday, November 28, 2008
Week 13 Muddiest Point
Is social tagging really a good idea? It seems like it has great potential to be a big jumble of terms that only a handful of people use, with a million different ways to say one thing.
Week 13 Readings
I don't have much to say about this weeks readings, other than CREEPY! While we're all aware that today's technologies make spying on everyday folks super easy, I'd really rather not know that it's going on... but I guess that's just the world we live in, huh?
In a way, I find it interesting that the YouTube video was taken down for copyright reason. Again, one of those "it supposedly happens, but I've never encountered it" moments.
In a way, I find it interesting that the YouTube video was taken down for copyright reason. Again, one of those "it supposedly happens, but I've never encountered it" moments.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Week 12 Muddiest Point
Is Wikipedia becoming more accepted by teachers, etc, the longer it "lasts"? I still have middle and high school students saying that they need "real" websites, or books, for their assignments because the teacher says no Wikipedia.
Week 12 Readings
Weblogs:
Even though the article was old-ish (by technology standards) I liked the definitions it gave for frequently heard terms.
Using a Wiki to manage a library instruction program:
Much less time consuming than sending things around in those "routing" envelopes! It was nice to see a real world example in the ETSU paragraph.
Creating the academic folksonomy:
Another good article, especially the examples given. And at the end, wondering if librarians are ready to give up the reins to allow folksonomies to actually exist.
Wikipedia:
I watched this after dinner at my parents' house, and my dad and brother in law actually stopped watching thier tv show about how safety goggles are made (whooo...) to watch/listen to this. What I thought was a little weird is how he pretty much called himself the "King of Wikipedia" and that it seems like he (even though the Wikipedians pretend that he doesn't) has total comtrol over the venture.
Even though the article was old-ish (by technology standards) I liked the definitions it gave for frequently heard terms.
Using a Wiki to manage a library instruction program:
Much less time consuming than sending things around in those "routing" envelopes! It was nice to see a real world example in the ETSU paragraph.
Creating the academic folksonomy:
Another good article, especially the examples given. And at the end, wondering if librarians are ready to give up the reins to allow folksonomies to actually exist.
Wikipedia:
I watched this after dinner at my parents' house, and my dad and brother in law actually stopped watching thier tv show about how safety goggles are made (whooo...) to watch/listen to this. What I thought was a little weird is how he pretty much called himself the "King of Wikipedia" and that it seems like he (even though the Wikipedians pretend that he doesn't) has total comtrol over the venture.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Week 11 Muddy Point
Institutional repositories seem like a good idea. Why are more Universities not jumping on the bandwagon?
Week 11 Readings
Digital Libraries:
I'd never considered the difference between digital a "digital library collection" and "digital library services". I mean, I guess I just figured that without digital library services, digital library collections would be kind of useless.
Dewey Meets Turing:
I must have missed in all the Google readings and learning that we've done, that Google has its roots in a federally funded program. Besides that, I wonder if more could have been accomplished in a pertnership between computer scientists and librarians had the WWW crashed the party...
Institutional Repositories:
Great idea! Especially in having student done research and writings as accessible as that done by faculty.
I'd never considered the difference between digital a "digital library collection" and "digital library services". I mean, I guess I just figured that without digital library services, digital library collections would be kind of useless.
Dewey Meets Turing:
I must have missed in all the Google readings and learning that we've done, that Google has its roots in a federally funded program. Besides that, I wonder if more could have been accomplished in a pertnership between computer scientists and librarians had the WWW crashed the party...
Institutional Repositories:
Great idea! Especially in having student done research and writings as accessible as that done by faculty.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
Muddiest Point Week 10
Why is the world so Google-centric? If other search engines produce good results, why did Google take over as the ultimate search engine? I feel bad for the other guys...
Week 10 Readings
Web Search Engines, Parts 1 & 2:
I like that these articles gave a fairly detailed "overview" of search engines without focusing on Google, as much of what we've dealt with in terms of searching has been Google-related. I found them easy to read and understand for the most part.
I like that these articles gave a fairly detailed "overview" of search engines without focusing on Google, as much of what we've dealt with in terms of searching has been Google-related. I found them easy to read and understand for the most part.
Current developments and future trends for the OAI protocol for metadata harvesting:
Too many acronyms for me! I got lost about halfway through the article, but the open language archives community and the sheet music consortium seem like neat projects. I will try to reread the article. Wish me luck!
The Deep Web:
I attended a workshop a few years ago called "The Invisible Web," which I'm thinking is a more marketable term for Deep Web. I wonder where I stashed the CDs I brought home from that workshop... I want to play around with this...
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