http://maj66.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-12-readings.html?showComment=1290898929349#c5906083568763098496
http://acovel.blogspot.com/2010/11/unit-11-reading-notes_25.html?showComment=1290899329073#c6131496869789934771
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Notes for Unit 12: Social Software (11/29)
Weblogs: their use and application in science and technology libraries
It was beneficial to get information and links on where a library can get started on things like this. I cn see how things like this would be very beneficial to libraries and its patrons. It is nice to be able to know what is going on in a library at the tip of your fingers whenever you need it.
Using a wiki to manage a library instruction program: Sharing knowledge to better serve patrons
This was an interesting article. I had always thought of wikis and compared them to Wikipedia. I have always had a distrust for Wikipedia but I can see how it can be useful. Although similar, it seems that this could benefit a library very much. I especially like the ability to see if people are also having problems with a certain area and the wiki allowing them to post their concerns and to get help with it.
This was a basic and helpful article that easily spelled out the benefits of a library wiki.
Creating the academic library folksonomy: Put social tagging to work at your institution
I enjoy the beginning of the article where it talks of the benefits social tagging could give you. I have also had circumstances where I couldn't locate what I needed and didn't know how to get one object from one computer to the other. Sometimes I have to do this at home when I print.
Social tagging seems to be a benefit, however, I do see problems arising when it comes to vocabulary. Maybe in a library, to not run in to this problems, patrons would be able to only label LC or Dewey subject headings?
How a ragtag band created Wikipedia
I have to say, i have never liked the idea of Wikipedia. I know it is very popular, but I have to say, I do not like it as a source for information on things like term papers. I know high school students do this all of the time. Maybe I am just old fashioned, but....
It was interesting to see the build up and the structure as well as the cost of Wikipedia. I also found the discussion about the Bush vs. Kerry articles during the elections and I like to see that there is a neutral policy.
It was beneficial to get information and links on where a library can get started on things like this. I cn see how things like this would be very beneficial to libraries and its patrons. It is nice to be able to know what is going on in a library at the tip of your fingers whenever you need it.
Using a wiki to manage a library instruction program: Sharing knowledge to better serve patrons
This was an interesting article. I had always thought of wikis and compared them to Wikipedia. I have always had a distrust for Wikipedia but I can see how it can be useful. Although similar, it seems that this could benefit a library very much. I especially like the ability to see if people are also having problems with a certain area and the wiki allowing them to post their concerns and to get help with it.
This was a basic and helpful article that easily spelled out the benefits of a library wiki.
Creating the academic library folksonomy: Put social tagging to work at your institution
I enjoy the beginning of the article where it talks of the benefits social tagging could give you. I have also had circumstances where I couldn't locate what I needed and didn't know how to get one object from one computer to the other. Sometimes I have to do this at home when I print.
Social tagging seems to be a benefit, however, I do see problems arising when it comes to vocabulary. Maybe in a library, to not run in to this problems, patrons would be able to only label LC or Dewey subject headings?
How a ragtag band created Wikipedia
I have to say, i have never liked the idea of Wikipedia. I know it is very popular, but I have to say, I do not like it as a source for information on things like term papers. I know high school students do this all of the time. Maybe I am just old fashioned, but....
It was interesting to see the build up and the structure as well as the cost of Wikipedia. I also found the discussion about the Bush vs. Kerry articles during the elections and I like to see that there is a neutral policy.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Comments on other people's blogs for November 22nd.
http://acovel.blogspot.com/2010/11/unit-11-reading-notes.html?showComment=1290288990035#c3881281098778435644
http://cheyenneof2600.blogspot.com/2010/11/unit-11-web-search-and-oai-protocol.html?showComment=1290289354347#c4937992246009434309
http://cheyenneof2600.blogspot.com/2010/11/unit-11-web-search-and-oai-protocol.html?showComment=1290289354347#c4937992246009434309
Friday, November 19, 2010
Unit 11: Web Search and OAI Protocol (11/22)
Web Search Engines: Part 1 and 2
YAY! I was finally able to locate this article thanks to Aimee and Megan.
My thoughts on this article are mainly about how the web crawlers actually search for this information and why they only search for certain information. I understand that they try to get rid of calenders and other probably remedial information, but what if that is specifically what I am looking for? Otherwise, a very informative article that touches on information that I really haven't thought about before. I just assumed I was getting back information from EVERYTHING I was searching for out that. Apparently, this is not the case.
Current developments and future trends for the OAI protocol for metadata harvesting
I was also unable to get to this article. I searched on the internet and databases and it would not link to the PDF.
The Deep Web: Surfacing Hidden Value
It is crazy that search engines only scrape the surface of the internet at 16%! I also had no idea that when you conducted a search, that isn't all that shows up. I wonder how many important articles I have missed because the search engine doesn't go in to the deep part of the internet. Too bad.
It is also interesting how the search engines actually search for this information. I found the paragraph on the "what's related" section and it was interesting to see that 71% of the deep web is searched for this. As the article moved on, I got a little lost on the many layers that actually do make up the internet and how absolutely deep they actually are.
YAY! I was finally able to locate this article thanks to Aimee and Megan.
My thoughts on this article are mainly about how the web crawlers actually search for this information and why they only search for certain information. I understand that they try to get rid of calenders and other probably remedial information, but what if that is specifically what I am looking for? Otherwise, a very informative article that touches on information that I really haven't thought about before. I just assumed I was getting back information from EVERYTHING I was searching for out that. Apparently, this is not the case.
Current developments and future trends for the OAI protocol for metadata harvesting
I was also unable to get to this article. I searched on the internet and databases and it would not link to the PDF.
The Deep Web: Surfacing Hidden Value
It is crazy that search engines only scrape the surface of the internet at 16%! I also had no idea that when you conducted a search, that isn't all that shows up. I wonder how many important articles I have missed because the search engine doesn't go in to the deep part of the internet. Too bad.
It is also interesting how the search engines actually search for this information. I found the paragraph on the "what's related" section and it was interesting to see that 71% of the deep web is searched for this. As the article moved on, I got a little lost on the many layers that actually do make up the internet and how absolutely deep they actually are.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Muddiest Point for November 15th.
A few weeks ago, Jiepu was saying he would post our grades for Assignments 3 and 4 (maybe 5, too). Is this going to happen or should we just wait for the end of the semester to hear about what we got for these assignments?
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Comments on other people's blogs for November 15th.
http://emilydavislisblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-10-reading-notes.html?showComment=1289687617838#c220061539650403966
http://acovel.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-10-reading-notes.html?showComment=1289687952898#c1807855304443827550
http://acovel.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-10-reading-notes.html?showComment=1289687952898#c1807855304443827550
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Unit 10: Digital Library, Institutional Repositories (11/15)
Digital Libraries: Challenges and Influential Work
This is an interesting article considering all of the scholarly journals I have had to look up lately. I noticed that many of these journals that started becoming available online all seemed to be scientific journals.
It would be nice to search for these journal articles in an easier manner like a Google search instead of a Boolean type language or having to enter in a specific journal as I don't have a very vast knowledge of scholarly journals available.
Dewey meets Turing: Librarians, Computer Scientists and the Digital Libraries Initiative
It is interesting to see how libraries and science benefited each other in this digital initiative. Neither could do one without the other. It does seem a little one sided that libraries always do get left in the dust. They, unlike their scientific counterparts, aren't funded the money that hey should be. It is interesting that they aren't because the library is for everyone. I should stop before I get too political...
"Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age"
This article seems to have some pretty big and nice ideas. I am apprehensive to see how well this really works. I suppose it is because of all of the copyright reading I have done lately. I feel in this instance, this will be a big issue. It would be nice to have such great access and such control over what we want to research and study. It would be great to break down these very rigid and robber baron sort of structures that seem to exist now.
This is an interesting article considering all of the scholarly journals I have had to look up lately. I noticed that many of these journals that started becoming available online all seemed to be scientific journals.
It would be nice to search for these journal articles in an easier manner like a Google search instead of a Boolean type language or having to enter in a specific journal as I don't have a very vast knowledge of scholarly journals available.
Dewey meets Turing: Librarians, Computer Scientists and the Digital Libraries Initiative
It is interesting to see how libraries and science benefited each other in this digital initiative. Neither could do one without the other. It does seem a little one sided that libraries always do get left in the dust. They, unlike their scientific counterparts, aren't funded the money that hey should be. It is interesting that they aren't because the library is for everyone. I should stop before I get too political...
"Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age"
This article seems to have some pretty big and nice ideas. I am apprehensive to see how well this really works. I suppose it is because of all of the copyright reading I have done lately. I feel in this instance, this will be a big issue. It would be nice to have such great access and such control over what we want to research and study. It would be great to break down these very rigid and robber baron sort of structures that seem to exist now.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Assignment #5
KOHA
Here is the URL to my virtual bookshelf titled Revolution Books:
http://upitt01-staff.kwc.kohalibrary.com/cgi-bin/koha/virtualshelves/shelves.pl?viewshelf=107
My username is CDS46.
Here is the URL to my virtual bookshelf titled Revolution Books:
http://upitt01-staff.kwc.kohalibrary.com/cgi-bin/koha/virtualshelves/shelves.pl?viewshelf=107
My username is CDS46.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Comments on other people's blogs for November 8th.
http://amybeeslisblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/unit-9-readings.html?showComment=1289000260468#c2075694207154159511
http://emilydavislisblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-9-reading-notes.html?showComment=1289000745530#c1311576805783526436
http://emilydavislisblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-9-reading-notes.html?showComment=1289000745530#c1311576805783526436
Notes for Unit 9: XML (11/8)
Introducing the Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Like the rest of this weeks readings, this was over my head a little bit. It seems that XML and HTML are similar, but XML is more complicated. HTML seems a bit more accessible to the average person. I have had to use it before (even though I didn't know what I was doing). I managed to figure it out. I am sure this will end up the same way.
A survey of XML standards: Part 1.
Wow, I had no idea there were so many parts to XML. It was interesting to see the various types, but I have to say it was a bit over my head. I did find XLink to be pretty interesting and understandable. It was interesting to be introduced to these so that I have a basic idea of these functions.
Extending your Markup: a XML tutorial
I found this article to be easier to understand. I liked the examples it gave as that helped me see how XML functioned. It was interesting to see the stylesheets and how they can be organized. It is incredible to see what it takes to show a web page and it isn't as simple as it looks.
XML Schema Tutorial
I guess I am slowly getting to this idea of XML. The tutorials help but I am hoping I will get a better idea of it by seeing examples in next weeks class. That really helped me understand HTML when we were showed examples during the November 1st class.
Like the rest of this weeks readings, this was over my head a little bit. It seems that XML and HTML are similar, but XML is more complicated. HTML seems a bit more accessible to the average person. I have had to use it before (even though I didn't know what I was doing). I managed to figure it out. I am sure this will end up the same way.
A survey of XML standards: Part 1.
Wow, I had no idea there were so many parts to XML. It was interesting to see the various types, but I have to say it was a bit over my head. I did find XLink to be pretty interesting and understandable. It was interesting to be introduced to these so that I have a basic idea of these functions.
Extending your Markup: a XML tutorial
I found this article to be easier to understand. I liked the examples it gave as that helped me see how XML functioned. It was interesting to see the stylesheets and how they can be organized. It is incredible to see what it takes to show a web page and it isn't as simple as it looks.
XML Schema Tutorial
I guess I am slowly getting to this idea of XML. The tutorials help but I am hoping I will get a better idea of it by seeing examples in next weeks class. That really helped me understand HTML when we were showed examples during the November 1st class.
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