http://archivist-amy-in-training.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-13-it-issues-security-and-privacy.html
http://acovel.blogspot.com/2010/12/week-13-reading-post.html
Thursday, December 2, 2010
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Week 12
How a Ragtag Band Created Wikipedia
Jimmy Wales
This was an excellent video! I really learned a lot about Wikipedia, how it came to be, and how it is organized and regulated today. I wouldn’t have guessed that it is more popular than the NY Times and that it is funded by public donations. I also found it amusing that it even has exactly one employee. Jimmy Wales appears to be an intelligent individual, but also has common sense that makes him good at supervising such an endeavor.
Weblogs: Their Use and Application in Science and Technology Libraries
Randy Reichardt
Geoffrey Harder
The first half of this article just seemed like definitions and regurgitation of information, but I liked how the last half explained the relevancy of blogs in today’s libraries and how we can use them to improve our services, as well as communication between each other. I wonder if, since the publication of this article in 2004, many libraries have adopted blogs as a daily routine?
Creating the Academic Library Folksonomy
Xan Arch
This is an interesting concept. Apart from our previous assignment using CiteULike, I do not have any experience with social tagging, but it appears to be a useful idea. It mentions del.icio.us and storing bookmarked pages online for access from any computer. Is it possible to upload an existing bookmarks list to this site as well?
Using a Wiki to Manage a Library Instruction Program
Charles Allan
This article seemed like it was attempting to sell wikis as the only way a library instruction program could succeed. It would be a good addition to a library program, but I would like to read about a real-life example of one that garnered results as well.
Jimmy Wales
This was an excellent video! I really learned a lot about Wikipedia, how it came to be, and how it is organized and regulated today. I wouldn’t have guessed that it is more popular than the NY Times and that it is funded by public donations. I also found it amusing that it even has exactly one employee. Jimmy Wales appears to be an intelligent individual, but also has common sense that makes him good at supervising such an endeavor.
Weblogs: Their Use and Application in Science and Technology Libraries
Randy Reichardt
Geoffrey Harder
The first half of this article just seemed like definitions and regurgitation of information, but I liked how the last half explained the relevancy of blogs in today’s libraries and how we can use them to improve our services, as well as communication between each other. I wonder if, since the publication of this article in 2004, many libraries have adopted blogs as a daily routine?
Creating the Academic Library Folksonomy
Xan Arch
This is an interesting concept. Apart from our previous assignment using CiteULike, I do not have any experience with social tagging, but it appears to be a useful idea. It mentions del.icio.us and storing bookmarked pages online for access from any computer. Is it possible to upload an existing bookmarks list to this site as well?
Using a Wiki to Manage a Library Instruction Program
Charles Allan
This article seemed like it was attempting to sell wikis as the only way a library instruction program could succeed. It would be a good addition to a library program, but I would like to read about a real-life example of one that garnered results as well.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Comments Week 11
http://christyfic.blogspot.com/2010/11/reading-notes-week-11-nov-22-2010.html
http://archivist-amy-in-training.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-11-web-search-and-oai-protocol.html
http://archivist-amy-in-training.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-11-web-search-and-oai-protocol.html
Week 11
Web Search Engines Parts One and Two
David Hawking
After reading the first article in this series, I can’t say I’m an expert on web-crawling! But it gave a decent overview and familiarized me with the meaning of the term a bit more.
The second article was easier for me to understand. The portion about ‘term lookup’ was interesting; I did not consider the fact that all languages would be included in a search, but that makes perfect sense.
The Deep Web
Michael Bergman
This is a good discussion and explanation of the deep web versus the surface web. I now realize that when I am entering a search term into Google, the results that come up are far less than I think I am getting. I always took it for granted that when I search I am getting good results, and if I don’t, then it is my fault because my search term was not optimal. I guess this is not the case if many webpages are so remotely embedded in the deep web that they are not pulled up in my search. The BrightPlanet Technology about which the author speaks sounds like a positive change for web searching, but unfortunately, I don’t think we’ve reached this level yet and it’s been almost 10 years since the publication of this article.
Current Developments and Future Trends for the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
Shreeves, Habing, Hagedorn, Young
As I understand it, OAI is dedicated to the distribution of archival content. The OAI has been applicable not only to archives, but museums and libraries as well, and the authors note the current developments of this project. I appreciated the fact that not only they discussed the positive benefits of this initiative, but also the shortcomings and where it could be improved. I also liked learning about the different types of initiatives that are taking place in the field.
David Hawking
After reading the first article in this series, I can’t say I’m an expert on web-crawling! But it gave a decent overview and familiarized me with the meaning of the term a bit more.
The second article was easier for me to understand. The portion about ‘term lookup’ was interesting; I did not consider the fact that all languages would be included in a search, but that makes perfect sense.
The Deep Web
Michael Bergman
This is a good discussion and explanation of the deep web versus the surface web. I now realize that when I am entering a search term into Google, the results that come up are far less than I think I am getting. I always took it for granted that when I search I am getting good results, and if I don’t, then it is my fault because my search term was not optimal. I guess this is not the case if many webpages are so remotely embedded in the deep web that they are not pulled up in my search. The BrightPlanet Technology about which the author speaks sounds like a positive change for web searching, but unfortunately, I don’t think we’ve reached this level yet and it’s been almost 10 years since the publication of this article.
Current Developments and Future Trends for the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
Shreeves, Habing, Hagedorn, Young
As I understand it, OAI is dedicated to the distribution of archival content. The OAI has been applicable not only to archives, but museums and libraries as well, and the authors note the current developments of this project. I appreciated the fact that not only they discussed the positive benefits of this initiative, but also the shortcomings and where it could be improved. I also liked learning about the different types of initiatives that are taking place in the field.
Friday, November 19, 2010
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