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Monday, November 24, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Muddiest Point 13
Open Source format is incredibly popular and gaining momentum as more and more people create digital tools to help the masses. Is the creation of a centralized Open Source Digital Library possible?-or will strict copyright laws and international boundaries forever prevent it from being created?
Week 13 Post
Weblogs: their Use and Applications in Science and Technology Libraries
Weblogs are used to streamline channels of communication. Weblogs integrate the activities of face to face interaction, e-mails, scheduling, training, other ways of communication; into one centralized location. Not only do these sites make communication more effective, they also build community.
Using a Wiki to Manage a Library Instruction Program: Sharing Knowledge to Better Serve Patrons
Wikis expand upon the concept of the Blog, allowing for asynchronous interaction of individuals who might not be able to meet, exchange ideas, otherwise. Although this article is focused on the use of Wikis in Library instruction programs, my brain kept jumping to my workplace, where many of us work opposite schedules, and communicate via emails, phone calls, face-to-face interactions, monthly meetings...what if all this information were to be condensed into a Wiki?!It would save so much time and confusion, and I wouldn't have to call the library all the time in order to verify my ever-changing schedule!
Creating the Academic Library Folksonomy: Put Social Tagging to Work at Your Institution
Basically-organizing information by way of tagging valuable and relevant websites. You can organize sites by subject...using sites like del.icio.us . This would be a great resource for libraries... It would be like organizing a virtual library from the ground up.
How a Ragtag Band Created Wikipedia
This was an inspiring talk--this web encyclopedia created from peoples' willingness to contribute something good to the world...without being paid. Wikibooks Projects is an ambitious and incredible idea.
Weblogs are used to streamline channels of communication. Weblogs integrate the activities of face to face interaction, e-mails, scheduling, training, other ways of communication; into one centralized location. Not only do these sites make communication more effective, they also build community.
Using a Wiki to Manage a Library Instruction Program: Sharing Knowledge to Better Serve Patrons
Wikis expand upon the concept of the Blog, allowing for asynchronous interaction of individuals who might not be able to meet, exchange ideas, otherwise. Although this article is focused on the use of Wikis in Library instruction programs, my brain kept jumping to my workplace, where many of us work opposite schedules, and communicate via emails, phone calls, face-to-face interactions, monthly meetings...what if all this information were to be condensed into a Wiki?!It would save so much time and confusion, and I wouldn't have to call the library all the time in order to verify my ever-changing schedule!
Creating the Academic Library Folksonomy: Put Social Tagging to Work at Your Institution
Basically-organizing information by way of tagging valuable and relevant websites. You can organize sites by subject...using sites like del.icio.us . This would be a great resource for libraries... It would be like organizing a virtual library from the ground up.
How a Ragtag Band Created Wikipedia
This was an inspiring talk--this web encyclopedia created from peoples' willingness to contribute something good to the world...without being paid. Wikibooks Projects is an ambitious and incredible idea.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
Muddiest Point 11
I keep wondering about the spaces in HTML and XML--Why is it that some spaces between words can remain blank, while others must be occupied by an underscore, or other type of symbol?
Week 11 Notes
The Deep Web has about 500 times the amount of info as the surface web. This is so interesting, as most people are unaware of this, operating strictly on the surface level. Most search engines 'crawl' over the surface of the web picking out and ranking the most popular pages. Pages under the surface are virtually invisible to the web crawlers, as they do not have the requisite links that would ensure their popularity.
Crawler algorithms have a 'politeness delay' so that websites/pages aren't bombarded .
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