Assignment # 6

Here is my website:

http://www.pitt.edu/~sat72/

Muddiest Point for 11/15

I was wondering if you could explain a bit more about metadata associated with copyright.

Comments for 11/12

Comments:

http://guybrariantim.blogspot.com/2010/11/readings-for-111510.html?showComment=1289588517461#c683726188555580033

http://megrentschler.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-10-readings-111510.html?showComment=1289588918700#c6933035859989277696

Reading Notes for 11/15

Digital Libraries
First off, I agree that Google Scholar is the competition of institutional repositories. Using Google anything is easier than searching university's databases. You can type searches using natural language and normally get relevant information back. Thank you Google, keep up the good work! Maybe if we could capture a Google employee and hold him/her hostage, they can give us some ideas about improving searching for more effective results.

(Disclaimer: I do not condone kidnapping.)

Dewey Meets Turing
This article was clearly written by a librarian; it used such gems as strutting computer scientists and naive computing partners. However, the article was an interesting look at the two sides of the Digital Libraries Initiative. I especially enjoyed the section concerning the conceptions and misconceptions. I agree that opportunites are arising for librarians and authors to connect.

Association of Research Libraries
This was a very interesting article; and probably could have useful to people in LIS2000 writing the first paper. I really enjoyed the finals thoughts in the article discussing the author's views on potential areas of counterproductivity. One possible problem is people wishing to change scholarly communication and trying to use IRs to this; since they may place constraints on the IR's services. This may take away from insitutional repositories primary point.

Muddiest Point from 11/12

I have no muddiest point this week.

Koha Assignment

http://upitt01-staff.kwc.kohalibrary.com/cgi-bin/koha/virtualshelves/shelves.pl?viewshelf=66

username: sat72
name of list: LIS2600

Muddiest Point for 11/1

Do you have to create the text for a website using a note pad instead of Microsoft Word? Or is it a preference?

Comments for 11/1

http://megrentschler.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-8-reading-notes-11110.html?showComment=1288465585836#c6398344535564106293

http://dougappich-informationtechnology.blogspot.com/2010/10/comments-for-930.html?showComment=1288465994493#c6350766865260532427

Reading Notes for 11/1

Developing and Re-imagining library....
I wonder why the GSU Library didn't expect things to be disorganized and inconsistent with multiple people working separately. But I guess hindsight is always 20/20. It was interesting to hear that the librarians have the option of tagging in CMS. Reading the article made me glad I won't be doing this type of stuff.

The Try It Yourself HTML was fun to play around with. I had to click back often to see what to do. CSS looked more difficult. The Introduction said you should already have some basic knowledge of HTML or XHTML. Something which I lack, even after reading and playing with HTML first. I love having clear and easy examples; thank you W3School.

Muddiest Point 10/25

I have no muddiest point this week. I was really interested to learn about the difference between the Internet and WWW. I have been using the words interchangeably.

Zotero & CiteULike Assignment 4

Here is the URL for my library: http://www.citeulike.org/user/sat72/library

I loved this assignment, it was so much fun.

Comments for 10/25 Week 7

http://megrentschler.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-7-reading-notes-102510.html?showComment=1287774754886#c7146313369212800345

http://magpie-maggiemagpie.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-7-readings.html?showComment=1287775123868#c2992972294342684360

Reading Comments for 10/25

Sergey Brin and Larry Page on Google
I liked the video on Google, especially the awesome visual of the world with the colored lights! I almost cried from laughing so hard about Las Ketchup, my friend used to be in love with that song. It was really interesting that Google lives by a 20% rule; that employees can do what they want for a small portion of the time. The guys are great presenters and entertaining.

Dismantling Intergrated Library Systems
The issue of interoperability seems to be a big one everywhere. And like everything, money is an issue. I think that libraries should embrace new technologies but I know that it is hard for them because of funding and budgets.

How the Internet Infrastructure Works
It is so interesting to see how something that I use everyday works. When I turn on a computer and get on the web I never think about what is going on. This article was pretty long and some things are still over my head. However, I know way more than I used to.

Fasttrack Muddiest Point

Could you explain the use of P2P in regards to librarthing.com please?

JING Assignment

http://www.screencast.com/users/Sara_Tekavec/folders/Jing/media/3c9643b6-04bf-43e6-b26f-63d7eca246b0

There is the link to my JING video which shows how to access the libraries' websites tofigure out their hours and other stuff. I also show how the website can be used to find a University of Pittsburgh library using google maps. There is no audio, sorry!

Here are the links to the flickr screen captures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53971311@N07/5072478359/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53971311@N07/5073008314/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53971311@N07/5072420179/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53971311@N07/5072446065/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53971311@N07/5072516887/

Comments for 10/12

http://megrentschler.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-6-reading-notes-101210.html?showComment=1286652755391#c7472789719309244373

http://guybrariantim.blogspot.com/2010/10/reading-for-fasttrack-weekend.html?showComment=1286653164472#c1065094964619882449

Reading Notes for 10/12

Management of RFID in Libraries
I don't know if I see how great these tags will be. People will still need to manage a library because at some point something will go wrong with technology. Yes, it may speed things up, but by how much? These tags may be a great way to prevent theft in a library. But, are people really stealing that many books from libraries? I think this may be a great thing for a large library but I can't imagine smaller libraries embracing it (I am assuming these RFID tags are not cheap). I guess we will see how things pan out.

Computer Network -Wikipedia
If the optical fiber is so much better and faster than the coaxial and twisted cables, why aren't we using it? I am assuming it is probably more expensive and that is why. I have to say that when I was reading the wireless technologies and terrestrial microwaves was a bullet, I thought they were going to discuss kitchen microwaves! I just thought I would include this because it really cracked me up. Although I had seen the acronyms before, I never knew what LAN, WAN, or PAN meant before reading this article. I was wondering if University of Pittsburgh employs a campus network or a metropolitan area network.

Local Area Network - Wikipedia
It is interesting that the attraction to using LAN was to share laser printers and disk space, because they were expensive. I have never even heard of Netware, Windows NT, or Windows for Workgroups. Thank goodness for the links to words and terms that wikipedia has!

Common Types of Computer Networks -Frank Klein (YouTube)
I really like that someone took the time to answer a question posted in the comments section. I went to the relativitycorps website and browsed for a bit. I read about Mr. Klein, and he is a pretty interesting guy. He was Assistant Superintendent of Information Systems in Pueblo School District 60. He also received some acclaim for his dedication to technology solutions. Among many other things. I liked the video; it was nice to hear it in the shortened version after reading.

Muddiest Point 10/4

I was wondering if you could clarify the differences between structure, semi-structured, and unstructured data. I am a little confused about them. The definition of semi-structured data (from my notes): is that is does not use tables in database for structure; does this imply that structured data does? Thanks!

Comments Week 5 (9/30)

http://gemma2600.blogspot.com/2010/09/week-5-readings.html?showComment=1285874413680#c752715305347010093

http://guybrariantim.blogspot.com/2010/09/readings-for-october-4th.html?showComment=1285875348491#c5302079806686769120

Reading Notes for 10/4

I liked how the wikipedia article on databases used examples. Especially the types of databases. It was easier to understand when they used real situations. I was a little iffy on the post-relational database models. I didn't really understand what was meant that it incorporated relations that were not constrained by E.F. Codd's Information Principle. I will probably have to some more searching to clarify that (thankfully wikipedia has links to other articles).

The article on metadata was helpful to me because we were recently discussing this in another class (LIS2005) and I was feeling very lost. I think that is is a good idea that we should be able to related materials across institutions. Also that we are able to search for something using similar words and phrases. If Dublin Core can be used by anyone, in any field, why isn't everyone doing this? Or using an equivalent? Wouldn't it be more beneficial? I actually printed off the tables 2 & 3 about the different types of metadata.

The aritcle on Dublin Core was good. I don't know if I have a really good grasp on it. After seeing the first example I felt a little confused but the graphical representation at the end helped me to visualize what was going on. I wonder if this is being implemented? The article was written in 1999, so I might check out an update.

Muddiest Point (9/27)

This really isn't a muddiest point, but I was wondering when we will receive grades for the blogs and flickr assignment. I'm just wondering so I know if I am doing this correctly. I would hate to be doing something wrong and not know. Thanks!

Assignment 2: Flickr

I am unsure if I did the thumbnails correctly, but here it is:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53971311@N07/

Week 4 Reading Comments

http://guybrariantim.blogspot.com/2010/09/week-4-readings.html?showComment=1285355597116#c2356949517226457073

http://magpie-maggiemagpie.blogspot.com/2010/09/week-4-readings-data-compression.html?showComment=1285354583362#c7359350212696768676

Week 4 Readings (9/27)

Week 4 Readings:

I loved the ideas expressed in the YouTube and Libraries article.  Utilizing YouTube would not only be a way to help patrons find things but also a way to show that we are embracing new technologies.  I liked the example of one library using video to show a patron how to find the reference desk.  People may not feel comfortable asking that type of question.  In my undergrad we had to attend an in-library class to go over research methods specific to our class's needs.  A YouTube video could be used in place of this and students could watch it if they encountered research problems. 

The "Imaging Pittsburgh" article was also interesting.  I appreciated that the author posted problems that they had encountered. It is nice to be able to peek behind the curtains to see how much work is really put into things.  I also thought it was a great idea that one question is sent out goes to a few different people so that it is answered swiftly and by the best suited person.

The readings on data compression were interesting.  The Data Compression Basics was easier for me to understand, although I do like wikipedia.  It is interesting to think about how much work really goes into images, videos, and sound recordings.  I really liked how it showed  the compression of colors with the example picture of the little girl drinking. It was easier to understand with the visualization. 

Muddiest Point 9/20

In class there was a list of common pre-loaded OS (usually on smartphones and etc.) Is it possible to remove andriod from your phone? And use another? If possible do people do this?

Week 3 comments

http://magpie-maggiemagpie.blogspot.com/2010/09/week-3-readings.html?showComment=1284760773417#c4585438267165014472

http://gemma2600.blogspot.com/2010/09/week-3-readings.html?showComment=1284762198627#c6012642223693103533

Week 3 blog

I really don't know how to use the other operating systems besides Windows.  I have used mac before, although rarely, but I could probably muddle my way through it. I have never used Linux...although I was confused about the relationship of Linux and Foxfire (there was a link from the Linux info to mozilla.org). However, I was very intrigued about the mozilla calendar systems: Sunbird and Lightening.  Although I had heard the name Linux I really didn't know anything about it (even that it is an operating system).  I really liked the history of the MAC and linux system.  It was really interesting to see the progression.  Since being in this program I have realized how technologically stunted I am. Hopefully this class will help!

Muddiest Point 9/13

I have no muddiest point.

Update on Ad-Aware

Update: I was able to download it and ran a scan.

Muddiest Point Week 1

1. When is the exact due date to blog about the readings?

2. Also after downloading Ad-Aware, I attempted a scan of my computer and it did not work. I think I will uninstall it and try again. 

Week 1 Readings

Week 1 Readings:

I think "Content, Not Containers" was my favorite article.  I especially agree that we as a society do not necessarily care what the information looks like as long as it gets to us fast, conveniently, and with little/to no-cost. On many search engines you can now move your mouse over a link and a little box will pop up allowing you to read the first few lines before you even click on it.
In response to "Content, Not Containers" (p. 6) about libraries needing to find something akin to Google-Answers, I think we have that solution with chat with a librarian.  Many universities have this option and even some smaller libraries. 
I would be interested to see how the predicted 2009 figures in "Content, Not Containers" actually held up. 
The Lied Library article was a little dry, but slightly interesting in the amount of the work involved in running a university library. 
"Info Lit. & Info. Tech. Lit......" was dead-on saying that we need to keep pace with emerging technologies since they permeate everyday life.  I think the statement especially applies to us as librarians in training and is confirmed by what we read in the Lied Library article.