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
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
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
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Comments Week 10
http://maj66.blogspot.com/2010/11/muddiest-point-week-10.html
http://guybrariantim.blogspot.com/2010/11/readings-for-111510.html
http://guybrariantim.blogspot.com/2010/11/readings-for-111510.html
Friday, November 12, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Week 10
Dewey Meets Turing: Librarians, Computer Scientists, and the Digital Libraries Initiative
Andreas Paepcke
I enjoyed getting a view of both sides of the DLI and what each groups’ expectations were. Librarians’ recognized that in order to remain essential they would have to get involved in IT, while computer professionals relished the opportunity to be a part of something new and different from their daily routine. This was a positive collaboration with a fruitful outcome.
Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age
Clifford Lynch
This was also an interesting article. I thought Lynch’s claims were worth noting; hopefully staff will recognize his concerns and try to prevent them from happening in their own institutions. I agree with his observation that faculty are spread to thin in the ever-growing list of tasks that must be completed; and often the most important task (teaching their students) is put on a back burner because the institution demands them to publish, publish, publish for the sake of the university’s reputation. This is unfortunate and I hope that it does not continue at this rate into the future.
Digital Libraries: Challenges and Influential Work
William Mischo
I think we were all aware of this fact, but this article points out the ways in which resource access is rapidly expanding. For me, I can see the drastic changes that have taken place in how I researched as a high school student, through college, and now in graduate school. It is great that information is so easy to access, especially when I don’t have time to go to the library. We just have to know which sources to trust.
Andreas Paepcke
I enjoyed getting a view of both sides of the DLI and what each groups’ expectations were. Librarians’ recognized that in order to remain essential they would have to get involved in IT, while computer professionals relished the opportunity to be a part of something new and different from their daily routine. This was a positive collaboration with a fruitful outcome.
Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age
Clifford Lynch
This was also an interesting article. I thought Lynch’s claims were worth noting; hopefully staff will recognize his concerns and try to prevent them from happening in their own institutions. I agree with his observation that faculty are spread to thin in the ever-growing list of tasks that must be completed; and often the most important task (teaching their students) is put on a back burner because the institution demands them to publish, publish, publish for the sake of the university’s reputation. This is unfortunate and I hope that it does not continue at this rate into the future.
Digital Libraries: Challenges and Influential Work
William Mischo
I think we were all aware of this fact, but this article points out the ways in which resource access is rapidly expanding. For me, I can see the drastic changes that have taken place in how I researched as a high school student, through college, and now in graduate school. It is great that information is so easy to access, especially when I don’t have time to go to the library. We just have to know which sources to trust.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Muddiest Point Week 8
Do you think that librarians and archivists will be more responsible for website design and need to be proficient in html and xml in the future? As it stands now, and I can only speak for archivists in a large archive, we have so much to do already that there is no way we would ever be able to tackle this as well as all the processing, accessioning, conservation, and many other tasks we are responsible for.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Links to Comments for Week 9
http://pittlis2600.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-nine-reading-notes.html
http://archivist-amy-in-training.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-9-xml.html
http://archivist-amy-in-training.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-9-xml.html
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Assignment 5 - Koha
http://upitt01-staff.kwc.kohalibrary.com/cgi-bin/koha/virtualshelves/shelves.pl?viewshelf=68
My username is JCG28 and the name of my virtual shelf is JGundy - Works of Edith Wharton.
My username is JCG28 and the name of my virtual shelf is JGundy - Works of Edith Wharton.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Week 8
W3 Schools HTML Tutorial
- HTML stands for: Hyper Text Markup Language
- What is markup language? It is a set of markup tags, and markup tags describe web pages.
- HTML documents are more commonly known as web pages. We use browsers to read HTML documents.
- HTML editors, such as Dreamweaver, are used to edit HTML.
- HTML elements include the following parts: a start tag, the element content, and an end tag.
I’m actually planning to take a course at work on how to use Dreamweaver. I’m really interested to see what it teaches me, and maybe after I learn how to use it I will practice a little at home. I have the entire Adobe Creative Suite, but only ever use Photoshop since I don’t know how the use the other applications!
W3 School Cascading Style Sheet Tutorial
Just a few of the things I learned while reading this tutorial:
CSS-Cascading Style Sheets
CSS defines how HTML elements are to be displayed.
- There are three ways to insert a style sheet: external, internal, and inline style. An external style sheet is preferred when the style is applied to numerous pages. An internal style sheet should be used when a single document has a unique style. An inline style should be used infrequently and with caution.
- CSS background properties include: background, background-attachment, background-color, background-image, background-position, and background-repeat.
- The difference between a serif font and a sans-serif font (Times New Roman is the former and Arial is an example of the latter.)
- A CSS box model is a box that wraps around HTML elements, which consists of margins, borders, padding, and content.
I like that these tutorials give readers the opportunity to try each exercise throughout the lesson with the ‘try it yourself’ button.
HTML Cheatsheet
HTML is like a foreign language to me. This will be a great help if I ever need to enter HTML tags for a website.
Beyond HTML: Developing and re-imagining library web guides in a content management system
This article shows what a good partnership between web and library professionals can produce. I like how they made it possible for information to be added to the webpage by librarians without an intricate knowledge of web developing. This way the librarian can concentrate on content without getting stuck along the way with trivial website difficulties that the web designer was trained to handle. This is a collaboration that can benefit all types of libraries. Depending on the size and budget of the library, the web designer could be contracted out when needed (for smaller budgets) or could be hired by the library for a full-time partnership (for larger budgets).
- HTML stands for: Hyper Text Markup Language
- What is markup language? It is a set of markup tags, and markup tags describe web pages.
- HTML documents are more commonly known as web pages. We use browsers to read HTML documents.
- HTML editors, such as Dreamweaver, are used to edit HTML.
- HTML elements include the following parts: a start tag, the element content, and an end tag.
I’m actually planning to take a course at work on how to use Dreamweaver. I’m really interested to see what it teaches me, and maybe after I learn how to use it I will practice a little at home. I have the entire Adobe Creative Suite, but only ever use Photoshop since I don’t know how the use the other applications!
W3 School Cascading Style Sheet Tutorial
Just a few of the things I learned while reading this tutorial:
CSS-Cascading Style Sheets
CSS defines how HTML elements are to be displayed.
- There are three ways to insert a style sheet: external, internal, and inline style. An external style sheet is preferred when the style is applied to numerous pages. An internal style sheet should be used when a single document has a unique style. An inline style should be used infrequently and with caution.
- CSS background properties include: background, background-attachment, background-color, background-image, background-position, and background-repeat.
- The difference between a serif font and a sans-serif font (Times New Roman is the former and Arial is an example of the latter.)
- A CSS box model is a box that wraps around HTML elements, which consists of margins, borders, padding, and content.
I like that these tutorials give readers the opportunity to try each exercise throughout the lesson with the ‘try it yourself’ button.
HTML Cheatsheet
HTML is like a foreign language to me. This will be a great help if I ever need to enter HTML tags for a website.
Beyond HTML: Developing and re-imagining library web guides in a content management system
This article shows what a good partnership between web and library professionals can produce. I like how they made it possible for information to be added to the webpage by librarians without an intricate knowledge of web developing. This way the librarian can concentrate on content without getting stuck along the way with trivial website difficulties that the web designer was trained to handle. This is a collaboration that can benefit all types of libraries. Depending on the size and budget of the library, the web designer could be contracted out when needed (for smaller budgets) or could be hired by the library for a full-time partnership (for larger budgets).
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Muddiest Point Week 7
Google clearly has the majority of users of all the search engines. I’m not sure if this was addressed or not, but do you foresee this to ever become a detrimental monopoly for users (for example, such as implementing a payment for search services)?
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Links to Week 7 Comments
http://acovel.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-7-reading-notes.html
http://mfarina.blogspot.com/2010/10/1023-notes-for-readingsviewings-week-7.html
http://mfarina.blogspot.com/2010/10/1023-notes-for-readingsviewings-week-7.html
Friday, October 22, 2010
Week 7
How Internet Infrastructure Works
By Jeff Tyson
Wow the short video at the beginning of this article is enough to make anyone worry about internet privacy and safety! I don’t use public WiFi frequently, but I will be very careful when I do. I like how this article is organized and the illustrations were helpful in understanding the topics addressed. I’m still amazed at how the internet works.
Sergey Brin and Larry Page: Inside the Google Machine
Some interesting tidbits I didn’t know about Google. The world view that opened the video was neat to see, and it was shocking to see how very few light beams were coming out of countries such as Africa. Hopefully someday that will change and connectivity will be readily available everywhere.
Dismantling Integrated Library Systems
By Andrew K. Pace
From reading this article, I got the idea that the library systems are not working well when taken apart from each other. It would not be beneficial to begin anew with a brand new ILS and would be even more expensive as well. New ways to integrate systems need to be developed so that the ILS system can operate with commercial modules.
By Jeff Tyson
Wow the short video at the beginning of this article is enough to make anyone worry about internet privacy and safety! I don’t use public WiFi frequently, but I will be very careful when I do. I like how this article is organized and the illustrations were helpful in understanding the topics addressed. I’m still amazed at how the internet works.
Sergey Brin and Larry Page: Inside the Google Machine
Some interesting tidbits I didn’t know about Google. The world view that opened the video was neat to see, and it was shocking to see how very few light beams were coming out of countries such as Africa. Hopefully someday that will change and connectivity will be readily available everywhere.
Dismantling Integrated Library Systems
By Andrew K. Pace
From reading this article, I got the idea that the library systems are not working well when taken apart from each other. It would not be beneficial to begin anew with a brand new ILS and would be even more expensive as well. New ways to integrate systems need to be developed so that the ILS system can operate with commercial modules.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Comments Week 6
http://mfarina.blogspot.com/2010/10/jing-assignment.html
http://maj66.blogspot.com/2010/10/rfid.html
http://maj66.blogspot.com/2010/10/rfid.html
Friday, October 8, 2010
Muddiest Point Week 5
In reference to Data Redundancy, aren’t there programs that would alert the user if a person is entered into the system multiple times? Then the user who is entering the information would be notified of the possible error…I could be wrong, though, or misunderstanding this point.
Jing - Assignment 3
Link to Jing video:
http://www.screencast.com/t/aeUR0amwTa
Links to Flickr screen shots:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53590238@N08/5062942773/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53590238@N08/5063553142/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53590238@N08/5063553260/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53590238@N08/5063553392/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53590238@N08/5062943483/in/photostream/
http://www.screencast.com/t/aeUR0amwTa
Links to Flickr screen shots:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53590238@N08/5062942773/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53590238@N08/5063553142/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53590238@N08/5063553260/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53590238@N08/5063553392/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53590238@N08/5062943483/in/photostream/
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Week 6
Local Area Network, Wikipedia
LAN is a term with which I am familiar, but can definitely learn more about. Wikipedia defines a local area network as a computer network that connects computers and devices in a limited geographical area (for example a home or school). The need for LANs was recognized in the 1960s and has developed greatly since then. Most of us are probably familiar with the examples Ethernet and Internet Protocol (aka TCP/IP) from hooking up internet in our homes.
Computer Network, Wikipedia
Computer networks are also a familiar term, since many of us use these daily at work. Without computer networks, it would be difficult to connect employees at a large company or firm and things would not get done as efficiently. However, when a network fails, we all know what a catastrophe that can be, since nothing can get done. :-)
Common Types of Computer Networks, YouTube
I liked this video because it offered a short, concise overview and explanation of some of the acronyms that I had come across and wondered exactly what they were. Now I know what all those abbreviations on my internet router mean.
Management of RFID in Libraries
This was a fascinating topic for me to read about. I think there are many wonderful things, as the author points out, that RFID can do for libraries, but I also understand that there are privacy issues to address as well. I agree with the idea of having both a traditional circulation desk and a self-checkout center…it kind of goes along with the way supermarkets offer a self-checkout yet still have a few checkouts manned by employees. It will be interesting to see where this new technology takes libraries.
LAN is a term with which I am familiar, but can definitely learn more about. Wikipedia defines a local area network as a computer network that connects computers and devices in a limited geographical area (for example a home or school). The need for LANs was recognized in the 1960s and has developed greatly since then. Most of us are probably familiar with the examples Ethernet and Internet Protocol (aka TCP/IP) from hooking up internet in our homes.
Computer Network, Wikipedia
Computer networks are also a familiar term, since many of us use these daily at work. Without computer networks, it would be difficult to connect employees at a large company or firm and things would not get done as efficiently. However, when a network fails, we all know what a catastrophe that can be, since nothing can get done. :-)
Common Types of Computer Networks, YouTube
I liked this video because it offered a short, concise overview and explanation of some of the acronyms that I had come across and wondered exactly what they were. Now I know what all those abbreviations on my internet router mean.
Management of RFID in Libraries
This was a fascinating topic for me to read about. I think there are many wonderful things, as the author points out, that RFID can do for libraries, but I also understand that there are privacy issues to address as well. I agree with the idea of having both a traditional circulation desk and a self-checkout center…it kind of goes along with the way supermarkets offer a self-checkout yet still have a few checkouts manned by employees. It will be interesting to see where this new technology takes libraries.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Week 5
Setting the Stage (Anne J. Gilliland)
This article gave a great definition of metadata and how it is used by various disciplines. I have generated metadata myself when writing archival descriptions, but I never think to myself, oh I am generating metadata about these records! So this put it into better perspective for me, and how it is very directly related to my profession. I also like how the author addressed user-created metadata and the pros and cons associated.
An Overview of the Dublin Core Date Model (Eric J. Miller)
What I understood was that the Dublin Core Data Model is set up to establish overarching descriptors for electronic materials. This endeavor is new to me, but it seems as though it is still in the earlier stages and has some further development in progress. This should make searching for resources easier for those in academia or library and archives researchers.
Database, Wikipedia Article
I never knew that a database consists of three levels, external, conceptual, and internal. The most interesting part of this article for me was the section on security and locking. These are useful things to know, and I would assume that these could apply to other online texts as well, such as webpages or blogs?
This article gave a great definition of metadata and how it is used by various disciplines. I have generated metadata myself when writing archival descriptions, but I never think to myself, oh I am generating metadata about these records! So this put it into better perspective for me, and how it is very directly related to my profession. I also like how the author addressed user-created metadata and the pros and cons associated.
An Overview of the Dublin Core Date Model (Eric J. Miller)
What I understood was that the Dublin Core Data Model is set up to establish overarching descriptors for electronic materials. This endeavor is new to me, but it seems as though it is still in the earlier stages and has some further development in progress. This should make searching for resources easier for those in academia or library and archives researchers.
Database, Wikipedia Article
I never knew that a database consists of three levels, external, conceptual, and internal. The most interesting part of this article for me was the section on security and locking. These are useful things to know, and I would assume that these could apply to other online texts as well, such as webpages or blogs?
Comments Week 5
Here are links to my comments from Week 5:
http://archivist-amy-in-training.blogspot.com/2010/09/assignment-3.html
http://bds46.blogspot.com/2010/09/reading-notes-week-5.html
http://archivist-amy-in-training.blogspot.com/2010/09/assignment-3.html
http://bds46.blogspot.com/2010/09/reading-notes-week-5.html
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Muddiest Point Week 4
I noticed on the MPEG slide there are MPEGs 1, 2, and 4...is there or was there ever an MPEG 3? What do these numbers represent? (it appears to me they are perhaps in order of oldest technology to newest)
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Comments Week 4
http://jsslis2600.blogspot.com/2010/09/week-4-reading-notes-representation-and.html
http://sek80.blogspot.com/2010/09/week-4-reading-notes.html
http://sek80.blogspot.com/2010/09/week-4-reading-notes.html
Friday, September 24, 2010
Week 4
YouTube and Libraries: It Could be a Beautiful Relationship
This was an enjoyable article to read, not too long yet informative. I am not a frequent user of YouTube, but it looks like a handy tool to use when trying to reach many current library users or potential users. As long as the content is yours alone, there are few limits to what can be posted and many people can access it instantly and whenever they want…the library does not have to be open to view the video.
Data Compression, Wikipedia
I liked the fact that this article used everyday examples of technology that use data compression (such as digital cameras and DVDs). The explanations of compression and decompression were clear and easily understood by readers who are not extremely tech savvy. I was also unaware that there are actually two types of compression, lossy (where some information or detail is lost) and lossless (where there is no loss of detail in the compression).
Data Compression Basics
This article goes into much more detail than the Wikipedia site, but builds upon the overview given by the aforementioned article. I appreciated the charts provided for a visual to help understand the concepts explained, but it was still a bit much for me to absorb after one read-through!
Imaging Pittsburgh
This article was fascinating to read, especially because I am from the Pittsburgh area. I give lots of credit to those involved in such a tremendous undertaking. I was somewhat surprised at the amount of challenges facing this project, but the outcome has definitely been worth it. If only every collection/archive were given this opportunity!
This was an enjoyable article to read, not too long yet informative. I am not a frequent user of YouTube, but it looks like a handy tool to use when trying to reach many current library users or potential users. As long as the content is yours alone, there are few limits to what can be posted and many people can access it instantly and whenever they want…the library does not have to be open to view the video.
Data Compression, Wikipedia
I liked the fact that this article used everyday examples of technology that use data compression (such as digital cameras and DVDs). The explanations of compression and decompression were clear and easily understood by readers who are not extremely tech savvy. I was also unaware that there are actually two types of compression, lossy (where some information or detail is lost) and lossless (where there is no loss of detail in the compression).
Data Compression Basics
This article goes into much more detail than the Wikipedia site, but builds upon the overview given by the aforementioned article. I appreciated the charts provided for a visual to help understand the concepts explained, but it was still a bit much for me to absorb after one read-through!
Imaging Pittsburgh
This article was fascinating to read, especially because I am from the Pittsburgh area. I give lots of credit to those involved in such a tremendous undertaking. I was somewhat surprised at the amount of challenges facing this project, but the outcome has definitely been worth it. If only every collection/archive were given this opportunity!
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Comments Week 3
http://acovel.blogspot.com/2010/09/week-3-update-on-windows-roadmap.html
http://mfarina.blogspot.com/2010/09/915-reading-notes-linux-mac-os-x.html
http://mfarina.blogspot.com/2010/09/915-reading-notes-linux-mac-os-x.html
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Week 3
'What is Linux?'
Out of the three systems, Linux is the system with which I am the least familiar. To be honest, I did not know anything about it before I read this article. It seems to have some positive advantages (it is free, versatile, and portable), but its greatest disadvantages are too many different distributions and it is not user-friendly.
'What is Mac OS X?' and 'Wikipedia Mac OS X'
This article, for me, did not necessarily answer the question posed in the title for a general user of Macs. I do own and use a Mac computer, but this was completely over my head! Way too much technical jargon. The Wikipedia article, on the other hand, was much easier to understand and I learned a lot about the history, compatibilities, and features of the Mac operating system.
Paul Thurott 'An Update on the Windows Roadmap'
I thought this reading was the most easy to understand and quite informative, but also possibly the most biased since it is coming straight from Microsoft. From reading this, it seems as though Microsoft aspires to provide support for out of date Windows systems, which is a positive benefit, and they respond to feedback from the consumer to improve their product.
Out of the three systems, Linux is the system with which I am the least familiar. To be honest, I did not know anything about it before I read this article. It seems to have some positive advantages (it is free, versatile, and portable), but its greatest disadvantages are too many different distributions and it is not user-friendly.
'What is Mac OS X?' and 'Wikipedia Mac OS X'
This article, for me, did not necessarily answer the question posed in the title for a general user of Macs. I do own and use a Mac computer, but this was completely over my head! Way too much technical jargon. The Wikipedia article, on the other hand, was much easier to understand and I learned a lot about the history, compatibilities, and features of the Mac operating system.
Paul Thurott 'An Update on the Windows Roadmap'
I thought this reading was the most easy to understand and quite informative, but also possibly the most biased since it is coming straight from Microsoft. From reading this, it seems as though Microsoft aspires to provide support for out of date Windows systems, which is a positive benefit, and they respond to feedback from the consumer to improve their product.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Muddiest Points Week 2
Does our first blog entry (technically assignment number 1) also count toward our 10 entries for the semester?
Are the terms digitalize and digitize interchangeable? I always used the term digitize, but I could have been incorrect…
Are the terms digitalize and digitize interchangeable? I always used the term digitize, but I could have been incorrect…
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Week 2
Moore’s Law video and reading
This video really helped me to understand Moore’s Law. I really liked the host’s car analogy in relation to Moore’s Law. The accuracy of Moore’s Law is incredible; it will be interesting to see how long it continues to be true. Maybe we will see an eventual decline in the speed of electronic gadgets in our lifetime.
Computer History Museum site
I found this website to be engaging and informative. It offers lots of different things for visitors to see and is up to date with current exhibitions as well as upcoming exhibits. I thought the computer timeline was a nice section of the site, as well as the This Day in History page. This would be a great resource for elementary students doing a project or research paper on computers.
Wikipedia: Computer Hardware
Let’s just say there are many more parts to a computer that I will barely scratch the surface in understanding all of them! I give credit to those who can take these complex machines apart and tinker with them. If I ever have a problem, perhaps I will refer to this site.
This video really helped me to understand Moore’s Law. I really liked the host’s car analogy in relation to Moore’s Law. The accuracy of Moore’s Law is incredible; it will be interesting to see how long it continues to be true. Maybe we will see an eventual decline in the speed of electronic gadgets in our lifetime.
Computer History Museum site
I found this website to be engaging and informative. It offers lots of different things for visitors to see and is up to date with current exhibitions as well as upcoming exhibits. I thought the computer timeline was a nice section of the site, as well as the This Day in History page. This would be a great resource for elementary students doing a project or research paper on computers.
Wikipedia: Computer Hardware
Let’s just say there are many more parts to a computer that I will barely scratch the surface in understanding all of them! I give credit to those who can take these complex machines apart and tinker with them. If I ever have a problem, perhaps I will refer to this site.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Muddiest Point
I think someone might have mentioned this in class, but is Ad-Aware available for Mac? I went to the site and didn't see any. If not, is there a similar program for Mac users?
Week 1
2004 Information Format Trends: Content, Not Containers
I really enjoyed reading this article because it brought up many valid points. It is interesting to see how the spread of information has changed in such little time. But with the speed of information exchange often comes more difficulty in archiving said information (for example digital formats, etc.). This is another challenge that librarians and archivists are facing and will continue to do so in the future.
Information Literacy and Information Technology Literacy: New Components in the Curriculum for a Digital Culture (Clifford Lynch)
Lynch does a great job of deciphering the differences between information literacy and information technology literacy. I had not heard these two terms before, and his paper gave a comprehensible overview of both.
Lied Library at Four Years: Technology Never Stands Still (Jason Vaughan)
It was amazing to read about all the work that goes into keeping a library technologically up-to-date. In an ideal world all libraries would be kept as such, but it is out of the financial capabilities of most to do so. Perhaps Lied Library can stand as an example for others of how to maintain this ideal. I appreciated the section on balancing computer use; I’m sure we can all empathize with the student population that went into the library to do research only to find all the computers are in use. Lied Library’s efforts to maintain a fair balance is commendable.
I really enjoyed reading this article because it brought up many valid points. It is interesting to see how the spread of information has changed in such little time. But with the speed of information exchange often comes more difficulty in archiving said information (for example digital formats, etc.). This is another challenge that librarians and archivists are facing and will continue to do so in the future.
Information Literacy and Information Technology Literacy: New Components in the Curriculum for a Digital Culture (Clifford Lynch)
Lynch does a great job of deciphering the differences between information literacy and information technology literacy. I had not heard these two terms before, and his paper gave a comprehensible overview of both.
Lied Library at Four Years: Technology Never Stands Still (Jason Vaughan)
It was amazing to read about all the work that goes into keeping a library technologically up-to-date. In an ideal world all libraries would be kept as such, but it is out of the financial capabilities of most to do so. Perhaps Lied Library can stand as an example for others of how to maintain this ideal. I appreciated the section on balancing computer use; I’m sure we can all empathize with the student population that went into the library to do research only to find all the computers are in use. Lied Library’s efforts to maintain a fair balance is commendable.
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