Week 14- Comments
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Friday, December 5, 2008
Saturday, November 29, 2008
READING WEEK #13
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
It was very interesting reading the many articles on this site. Some examples were EPIC Urges Scrutiny of Proposed Federal Profiling Agency This office would oversee vast databases of digital fingerprints and photographs, eye scans and personal information from millions of American citizens and lawful foreign visitors. Homeland Security has announced that the office's operations would be conducted in a manner that safeguards civil liberties, but the agency has not yet explained how it proposes to protect privacy rights or ensure accountability. Another was Study Finds Extensive Data Mining in Federal Agencies. The General Accounting Office has issued a report (pdf) that identifies almost 200 data mining projects throughout the federal government that are either operational or in the planning stage. Many of them make use of personally identifiable data obtained from private sector databases. Sen. Daniel Akaka, who requested the study, released a statement and said, "It is time that we review agency practices and existing law to ensure that the privacy rights of individuals are not violated through the development of new technology." (May 27)
I was glad to be made aware of how to obtain this type of information.
When I went to find this site, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS8ywG5M_NQ this message appeared at the top of the page This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Viacom International Inc.
This was the first time I have come across not being able to view something because of a copyright claim.
No Place to Hide Site
These are the words that appear at the top of the site:
When you go to work, stop at the store, fly in a plane, or surf the web, you are being watched. They know where you live, the value of your home, the names of your friends and family, in some cases even what you read. Where the data revolution meets the needs of national security, there is no place to hide.
This is what the site is about: No Place To Hide is a multimedia investigation by news organizations working together across print and broadcast platforms, to make a greater impact than any one organization could alone.
According to Michiko Kakutani in the The New York Times wrote No Place to Hide - an America where citizens' 'right to be let alone,' as Justice Louis Brandeis of the Supreme Court once put it, is increasingly imperiled, where more and more components of our daily lives are routinely monitored, recorded and analyzed."
This is a site where you can find out different kinds of investigations that are being conducted by the government.
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It was very interesting reading the many articles on this site. Some examples were EPIC Urges Scrutiny of Proposed Federal Profiling Agency This office would oversee vast databases of digital fingerprints and photographs, eye scans and personal information from millions of American citizens and lawful foreign visitors. Homeland Security has announced that the office's operations would be conducted in a manner that safeguards civil liberties, but the agency has not yet explained how it proposes to protect privacy rights or ensure accountability. Another was Study Finds Extensive Data Mining in Federal Agencies. The General Accounting Office has issued a report (pdf) that identifies almost 200 data mining projects throughout the federal government that are either operational or in the planning stage. Many of them make use of personally identifiable data obtained from private sector databases. Sen. Daniel Akaka, who requested the study, released a statement and said, "It is time that we review agency practices and existing law to ensure that the privacy rights of individuals are not violated through the development of new technology." (May 27)
I was glad to be made aware of how to obtain this type of information.
When I went to find this site, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS8ywG5M_NQ this message appeared at the top of the page This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Viacom International Inc.
This was the first time I have come across not being able to view something because of a copyright claim.
No Place to Hide Site
These are the words that appear at the top of the site:
When you go to work, stop at the store, fly in a plane, or surf the web, you are being watched. They know where you live, the value of your home, the names of your friends and family, in some cases even what you read. Where the data revolution meets the needs of national security, there is no place to hide.
This is what the site is about: No Place To Hide is a multimedia investigation by news organizations working together across print and broadcast platforms, to make a greater impact than any one organization could alone.
According to Michiko Kakutani in the The New York Times wrote No Place to Hide - an America where citizens' 'right to be let alone,' as Justice Louis Brandeis of the Supreme Court once put it, is increasingly imperiled, where more and more components of our daily lives are routinely monitored, recorded and analyzed."
This is a site where you can find out different kinds of investigations that are being conducted by the government.
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Friday, November 28, 2008
MUDDIEST POINT #13
My muddiest point has been trying to connect to the internet and post. I have called everyone for help and have been told there seems to be no problem. When I try to connect it is only for a little while. I later find out things that I think have been posted are not. This has been very frustrating for me.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
READING WEEK #12
Using a Wiki by Charles Allan
This article stated that library instruction wikis have two chief uses : the sharing of knowledge and the ability to cooperate in creating resources, such as informational handouts and guides. It gave good and clear instructions on how to access commercial sites on the internet and create a wiki. Examples were given of how libraries use wikis to manage information and the development of instructional programs dealing with changing information and gaining independently held bits of knowledge. I have not had the experience of using a wiki at my library but think it would be a good way of communication for our poster projects.
Folkaonomy by Xan Arch
Xan Arch explains the phenomenon of social tagging which allows an individual to create bookmarks (or tags) for Web sites and save them online. Librarians can provide an index to quality Internet resources created by the librarians at their institutions. Librarians and faculty working in a subject area could immediately and easily share sites they find. One must be careful of spam tagging where users with bad intentions can tag unsuitable sites for their own profit or create havoc. Even though a true folksonomy is one without restraints I think there should be some control over the information that is included in sites open for all library patrons.
This article stated that library instruction wikis have two chief uses : the sharing of knowledge and the ability to cooperate in creating resources, such as informational handouts and guides. It gave good and clear instructions on how to access commercial sites on the internet and create a wiki. Examples were given of how libraries use wikis to manage information and the development of instructional programs dealing with changing information and gaining independently held bits of knowledge. I have not had the experience of using a wiki at my library but think it would be a good way of communication for our poster projects.
Folkaonomy by Xan Arch
Xan Arch explains the phenomenon of social tagging which allows an individual to create bookmarks (or tags) for Web sites and save them online. Librarians can provide an index to quality Internet resources created by the librarians at their institutions. Librarians and faculty working in a subject area could immediately and easily share sites they find. One must be careful of spam tagging where users with bad intentions can tag unsuitable sites for their own profit or create havoc. Even though a true folksonomy is one without restraints I think there should be some control over the information that is included in sites open for all library patrons.
MUDDIEST POINT #11
I enjoyed getting the information to the locations of various digital websites. My muddiest point is will we be able to access the information we are getting in the classes after the classes are over or should we be downloading the information we are interested in keeping?
Saturday, November 15, 2008
READING WEEK #11
Clifford Lynch, “Information Literacy and Information Technology Literacy: New Components in the Curriculum for a Digital Culture”
OCLC report: Information Format Trends: Content, Not Containers
Lied Library
OCLC report: Information Format Trends: Content, Not Containers
Lied Library
MUDDIEST POINT #10
My muddiest point this week was trying to post my website. After many days of trying and the assistance of my classmates, I finally discovered you can not be working in Mozilla Firefox. I had to be working in Internet Explorer. I am not sure why? Now I am trying to view the lecture for this week but can not get through. I guess I will have to read the slides.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Assignment #6
My Website
http://jab224.com/index.html
My 2600
http://jab224.com/about.html
Myfavorites
http://jab224.com/favorite_links.html
MyLinks
http://jab224.com/custom.html
http://jab224.com/index.html
My 2600
http://jab224.com/about.html
Myfavorites
http://jab224.com/favorite_links.html
MyLinks
http://jab224.com/custom.html
Friday, November 7, 2008
READING WEEK #10
Digital Libraries
The author states that the Federal government has supported digital library research in a series of community-based planning workshops sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and has funded six projects under the Digital Libraries Initiative (DLI-1 and DL-2) programs. These programs comprised of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the Library of Congress (LC), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), and the D-Lib Test Suite program. Between 1994 and 1999, $68 million in federal research grants were awarded to these two programs.
The University of Michigan, Stanford University, The University of California-Berkeley, The University of California-Santa Barbara, Carnegie Mellon University and The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign were each awarded grants to pursue research in digitalization. This article was very interesting and informative to me as it made me aware of the various funding the Federal Government give to digital research and the funding awarded to universities.
Dewey Meets Turing
This article gives the history and outcome of the National Science Foundation Digital Libraries Initiative (DLI) in which computer scientist, librarians, and publishers came together to make up digital libraries. The main 2 parties were the computer scientists and the librarians. The computer scientists imagined how current library functions would be moved forward by an injection of computing insight and librarians saw obvious opportunities lay in novel search capabilities, holdings management, and instant access for the librarians. This seemed simple and fine until the interruption World Wide Internet. The internet shattered both parties outlooks by it integration and sharing of information. In time computer scientists and librarians learned the advantages of reaching more people in an open form via the net. Now they see their struggle as finding ways to contain the net/
The author states that the Federal government has supported digital library research in a series of community-based planning workshops sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and has funded six projects under the Digital Libraries Initiative (DLI-1 and DL-2) programs. These programs comprised of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the Library of Congress (LC), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), and the D-Lib Test Suite program. Between 1994 and 1999, $68 million in federal research grants were awarded to these two programs.
The University of Michigan, Stanford University, The University of California-Berkeley, The University of California-Santa Barbara, Carnegie Mellon University and The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign were each awarded grants to pursue research in digitalization. This article was very interesting and informative to me as it made me aware of the various funding the Federal Government give to digital research and the funding awarded to universities.
Dewey Meets Turing
This article gives the history and outcome of the National Science Foundation Digital Libraries Initiative (DLI) in which computer scientist, librarians, and publishers came together to make up digital libraries. The main 2 parties were the computer scientists and the librarians. The computer scientists imagined how current library functions would be moved forward by an injection of computing insight and librarians saw obvious opportunities lay in novel search capabilities, holdings management, and instant access for the librarians. This seemed simple and fine until the interruption World Wide Internet. The internet shattered both parties outlooks by it integration and sharing of information. In time computer scientists and librarians learned the advantages of reaching more people in an open form via the net. Now they see their struggle as finding ways to contain the net/
MUDDIEST POINT #9
My muddiest point the past week was trying to decode the XML. It is taking me a while to understand the layout.
Friday, October 24, 2008
READING WEEK #9
Introducing the ExtensibleMarkupLanguage(XML) by Martin Bryan.
Extensible Markup Language (XML) brings multiple files together to form compound documents that is designed to make it easy to interchange structured documents over the Internet. The article states that XML files always clearly mark where the start and end of each of the logical parts (called elements) of an interchanged document occurs. The main things that XML does are: (1)identify where illustrations are to be incorporated into text files, and the format used to encode each illustration (2)provide processing control information to supporting programs, such as document validators and browsers (3)add editorial comments to a file. This article seemed to give simple and clear information about XML.
In A survey of XML standards Uche Ogbuji provides a summary of what he sees as the most important XML technologies, and discusses how they each fit into the greater scope of things in the XML world. I will be able to use the recommend tutorials and other useful resources for evaluating and learning to use each technology. It seems as though this will take a lot of time.
Extending your Markup: a XML tutorial
by Andre Bergholz
Just as I thought. Andre Bergholz explains that XML is not as simple as you think. He gives more examples and details into the XML language. He states that XML is important for presentation, exchange, and management of information. I did get a clearer description of the difference between HTML and XML. HTML links are one-way, and external link definitions are not possible. XML extends HTML’s linking capabilities with three supporting languages. Bergholz goes on to list other languages and their advantages and disadvantages.
XML Schema Tutorial http://www.w3schools.com/Schema/default.asp
Just when things were getting more confusing the XML Schema Tutorial was presented as a tool which I could use to clear up my confusion about XML. I will be able to use this tutorial to go over the individual components such as simple types; complex types, and data types in XML Schema. There is a lot of work for me to do. Being that I have never published a web page, I am sure I will need to know much of the information on XML in order to do so.
Extensible Markup Language (XML) brings multiple files together to form compound documents that is designed to make it easy to interchange structured documents over the Internet. The article states that XML files always clearly mark where the start and end of each of the logical parts (called elements) of an interchanged document occurs. The main things that XML does are: (1)identify where illustrations are to be incorporated into text files, and the format used to encode each illustration (2)provide processing control information to supporting programs, such as document validators and browsers (3)add editorial comments to a file. This article seemed to give simple and clear information about XML.
In A survey of XML standards Uche Ogbuji provides a summary of what he sees as the most important XML technologies, and discusses how they each fit into the greater scope of things in the XML world. I will be able to use the recommend tutorials and other useful resources for evaluating and learning to use each technology. It seems as though this will take a lot of time.
Extending your Markup: a XML tutorial
by Andre Bergholz
Just as I thought. Andre Bergholz explains that XML is not as simple as you think. He gives more examples and details into the XML language. He states that XML is important for presentation, exchange, and management of information. I did get a clearer description of the difference between HTML and XML. HTML links are one-way, and external link definitions are not possible. XML extends HTML’s linking capabilities with three supporting languages. Bergholz goes on to list other languages and their advantages and disadvantages.
XML Schema Tutorial http://www.w3schools.com/Schema/default.asp
Just when things were getting more confusing the XML Schema Tutorial was presented as a tool which I could use to clear up my confusion about XML. I will be able to use this tutorial to go over the individual components such as simple types; complex types, and data types in XML Schema. There is a lot of work for me to do. Being that I have never published a web page, I am sure I will need to know much of the information on XML in order to do so.
MUDDIEST POINT #8
The muddiest point for me this week is to get started on my webpage. I am not sure exactly how to start. I want to know if when I input my previous work is it okay for me to correct mistakes that I had on my work? And, what is the other information that I will include in my webpage?
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
COMMENTS WEEK #8
Liz Pender's Reading #8
http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5418895447708724556&postID=8681363969956155705
Susanna Woods Week #7 Muddiest Blog
http://woodss53.blogspot.com/2008/10/muddiest-point-week-7-class.html
http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5418895447708724556&postID=8681363969956155705
Susanna Woods Week #7 Muddiest Blog
http://woodss53.blogspot.com/2008/10/muddiest-point-week-7-class.html
READING WEEK #8
W3schools HTML Tutorial:
Being that I am on a journey in learning more and more about Information Technology I find myself getting excited about my accomplishments even though they are far from perfect. It was quite a surprise when I opened this Tutorial because it is the answer to my problems and questions of the past few weeks. I have had problems sometimes posting to my blog. I would get an error with HTML notice. I could not figure out what the language was about. This tutorial is just what I needed. I will be spending more time in the future to learn what the different tags are and how to reconize their symbols. This increase in knowledge if giving me a more confident feeling in accomplishing my work.
HTML Cheatsheet
It was hard for me to find the Cheat sheet website. the URL was not correct. I tried various ways of finding this site. Finally I was successful. I see that I will really have to put more time in studying the webmonkey cheatsheet tutorial inorder for me to produce a website. This also will be something new for me.
Goans, D., Leach, G., & Vogel, T. M. (2006). Beyond HTML:
I could not find the Beyond HTML article at all. After talking to another student who was also having the same problem. We remembered having to find articles from one of our past assignments. We went to Google Scholar and there it was. This article as well as the others will help in my making my website. There is so much for me to learn.
Being that I am on a journey in learning more and more about Information Technology I find myself getting excited about my accomplishments even though they are far from perfect. It was quite a surprise when I opened this Tutorial because it is the answer to my problems and questions of the past few weeks. I have had problems sometimes posting to my blog. I would get an error with HTML notice. I could not figure out what the language was about. This tutorial is just what I needed. I will be spending more time in the future to learn what the different tags are and how to reconize their symbols. This increase in knowledge if giving me a more confident feeling in accomplishing my work.
HTML Cheatsheet
It was hard for me to find the Cheat sheet website. the URL was not correct. I tried various ways of finding this site. Finally I was successful. I see that I will really have to put more time in studying the webmonkey cheatsheet tutorial inorder for me to produce a website. This also will be something new for me.
Goans, D., Leach, G., & Vogel, T. M. (2006). Beyond HTML:
I could not find the Beyond HTML article at all. After talking to another student who was also having the same problem. We remembered having to find articles from one of our past assignments. We went to Google Scholar and there it was. This article as well as the others will help in my making my website. There is so much for me to learn.
MUDDIEST POINT #7
This weeks lecture was very helpful in clarifying many details to questions that I had from the video and readings. One of my muddiest points is when viewing Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) in describing the structure of text-base information in a document can the user change the information on the page where the HTML is coded or does the change have to occur from re-entering the data?
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
jing project
http://screencast.com/t/mhGx01OMp
http://content.screencast.com/users/jab224/folders/Jing/media/03658b50-1b7b-4b2d-8c36-df72e012bb0f/2008-10-07_0536.png
http://www.screencast.com/users/jab224/folders/Jing/media/4791508a-475b-4c05-a765-c68fa6eee18a
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30487734@N06/2922438908/
http://content.screencast.com/users/jab224/folders/Jing/media/914046c8-f869-4120-a0ab-811ba8e39ad1/2008-10-07_1415.png
http://www.screencast.com/users/jab224/folders/Jing/media/6254bd97-953c-45d5-9c38-f891e845535e
http://content.screencast.com/users/jab224/folders/Jing/media/03658b50-1b7b-4b2d-8c36-df72e012bb0f/2008-10-07_0536.png
http://www.screencast.com/users/jab224/folders/Jing/media/4791508a-475b-4c05-a765-c68fa6eee18a
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30487734@N06/2922438908/
http://content.screencast.com/users/jab224/folders/Jing/media/914046c8-f869-4120-a0ab-811ba8e39ad1/2008-10-07_1415.png
http://www.screencast.com/users/jab224/folders/Jing/media/6254bd97-953c-45d5-9c38-f891e845535e
Friday, October 3, 2008
READING WEEK #7
How Internet Infrastructure Works
by Jeff Tyson
Jeff Tyson's article gave information and details about the computer network hierarchy. I was amazed to know that the Internet is not really owned by anyone. I never stopped to think as to who owns the Internet? At my library branch, from time to time there are problems with the computers. I can relate to the interconnections of the computers in a smaller network in the article because of these experiences. An example would be: When there is a power failure and the computers are shut down. When starting the computers up again you must do so in sequence. If you don't start with the so called "mother computer" patrons will not be able to print out from the printer because the printer will be out of the loop. After reading this article I now know it is because of the relationships of the server "the mother computer" which provide the services to the other computers which are the clients.
Dismantling Integrated Library Systems. Library Journal, 129(2), p.34-36.
by Andrew K. Pace
"Dismantling Integrated Library Systems mentions that some of the best ideas in online library service have come not from vendors but from librarians themselves. Having worked with INNOPAC, DRA, and now SIRSI I have found when libraries acquire the new systems they sometimes fail to get suggestions from those who are using the systems daily. The systems are not tailored specifically for the individual institutions. An example would be: having the vendor of books do the processing and entering of the book into the system. All the staff has to do is check it in. This is suppose to help speed up the process of from the box to the patron. Not so. After checking in the book, you have to go to another screen to add location, genere, etc. It usually takes years to update the system to meet the needs of the library. By the time it works well for the librarians, staff, and patrons its time for a new system. As Roland Dietz, Endeavor's president and CEO, suggests that even "incremental functionality improvements (to existing systems) are more and more expensive." (pg. 1)
Talks Sergey Brin and Larry Page: Inside the Google machine
This video gave us a view of various projects going on at Google. Google has started a Google Foundation to expand the Internet in various parts of the world which do not have access to the Net. Even though it was mentioned from time to time about all over the world, when looking at the globe, Africa the world’s second-largest and second most-populous continent with 922 million people hardly has any access to the Internet.
Google has more than 100 projects going on at the same time. Some are Google Answers Research; Blogger Publishing (which we use); Global Company; and Adsense. A project call Orkut has over 100,000 members from around the world. Viewing the video showed me a human connection in relation to Google Search Engine.
by Jeff Tyson
Jeff Tyson's article gave information and details about the computer network hierarchy. I was amazed to know that the Internet is not really owned by anyone. I never stopped to think as to who owns the Internet? At my library branch, from time to time there are problems with the computers. I can relate to the interconnections of the computers in a smaller network in the article because of these experiences. An example would be: When there is a power failure and the computers are shut down. When starting the computers up again you must do so in sequence. If you don't start with the so called "mother computer" patrons will not be able to print out from the printer because the printer will be out of the loop. After reading this article I now know it is because of the relationships of the server "the mother computer" which provide the services to the other computers which are the clients.
Dismantling Integrated Library Systems. Library Journal, 129(2), p.34-36.
by Andrew K. Pace
"Dismantling Integrated Library Systems mentions that some of the best ideas in online library service have come not from vendors but from librarians themselves. Having worked with INNOPAC, DRA, and now SIRSI I have found when libraries acquire the new systems they sometimes fail to get suggestions from those who are using the systems daily. The systems are not tailored specifically for the individual institutions. An example would be: having the vendor of books do the processing and entering of the book into the system. All the staff has to do is check it in. This is suppose to help speed up the process of from the box to the patron. Not so. After checking in the book, you have to go to another screen to add location, genere, etc. It usually takes years to update the system to meet the needs of the library. By the time it works well for the librarians, staff, and patrons its time for a new system. As Roland Dietz, Endeavor's president and CEO, suggests that even "incremental functionality improvements (to existing systems) are more and more expensive." (pg. 1)
Talks Sergey Brin and Larry Page: Inside the Google machine
This video gave us a view of various projects going on at Google. Google has started a Google Foundation to expand the Internet in various parts of the world which do not have access to the Net. Even though it was mentioned from time to time about all over the world, when looking at the globe, Africa the world’s second-largest and second most-populous continent with 922 million people hardly has any access to the Internet.
Google has more than 100 projects going on at the same time. Some are Google Answers Research; Blogger Publishing (which we use); Global Company; and Adsense. A project call Orkut has over 100,000 members from around the world. Viewing the video showed me a human connection in relation to Google Search Engine.
MUDDIEST POINT #6
My muddiest point this week was understanding the packets and packet switching networks. Also, trying to find who owns my IP address and tracking the routing of my computer. I would like to learn how to do this correctly. I am beginning to understand what the help desk at Dell was doing when I needed help troubleshooting my computer.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
ASSIGNMENT #3
Personal Bibliographic Management Systems
ZOTERO & CITELIKE
http://www.citeulike.org/user/jab224
I have 9 more sites. They can be viewed when in my library. I just found out how to get the other articles from citeulike on to my blog but can not do it on this computer. I will enter the other 9 after 6:00 today.
ZOTERO & CITELIKE
http://www.citeulike.org/user/jab224
I have 9 more sites. They can be viewed when in my library. I just found out how to get the other articles from citeulike on to my blog but can not do it on this computer. I will enter the other 9 after 6:00 today.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
MUDDIEST POINT #5
One of the muddiest points for me this week was trying to post my reading to my blog. I didn't have a problem in the previous week but this week I could not post my blog on time. I could not figure out what was going wrong. It was very frustrating. I kept getting the error message but did not understand what it meant.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Readings #5
Data compression, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and Data compression basics
In the article Data compression it states that the fundamental idea behind digital data compression is to take a given representation of information (a chunk of binary data) and replace it with a different representation (another chunk of binary data) that takes up less space (space here being measured in binary digits, better known as bits), and from which the original information can later be recovered. These two articles really answered the question that I have had in my mind over the past few weeks as to how all the collected information and data would be stored. Wikipedia names two types of systems one being Lossless data compression systems which can be viewed in terms of a four-stage model. And, Lossy data compression systems typically include even more stages, including, for example, prediction, frequency transformation, and quantization. Truly I was not able to grasp all of the termology and information presented in the two articles. I must take more time to go over the information to come up with questions and suggestion on how to use this information in library of today.
Imaging Pittsburgh: Creating a shared gateway to digital image collections of the Pittsburgh region, by Edward A. Galloway
It was interesting to note the way the University of Pittsburgh is digitalizing their photographic collections. More and more I am understanding the significance of doing such projects. Even though many people were displaced in the 50's with little evidence of having existed in that location the pictures tell the story. In the 50's people were putting valuables, photographs and important information and documentation into what they called time capsules to be opened up at a later date. These isolated artifacts would remain isolated and opened by individuals. The shared gateway to digital image collections of the Pittsburgh region allows many individuals at near and distant places to view collections. Not only can they view their own but others also now or in the future. This is a project that is spearheading the change from paper to electronic data.
YouTube and libraries: It could be a beautiful relationship, by Paula L. Webb
Paula Webb gives various examples as to how YouTube can be of great use to Libraries. Using videos to display different types of information in regards to your library's activities and collections is one example. I could see this working in a library. Patrons could view coming attractions to book clubs, missed workshops, and children's programs. Demonstrations on using the library could also be viewed. Branches who have their own local specialties could share their events with other library branches. I think this would be a great relationship between YouTube and libraries.
MUDDIEST POINT #4
I am understanding the differences between database and metadata, but I do not know if I can give a good definition of metadata because it seems to encompass so much. Also I am wondering at this point in time how much is metadata being used in libraries of today? It seems that in creating metadata you need the combined work of the fields of information technology and librarianship. Is there a new field being developed for those who are working with the creation and maintenance of metadata?
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Joyce's Flickr Project
This is the link to my flickr account.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30487734@NO6/sets/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30487734@NO6/sets/
Monday, September 15, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Readings #4
Reading this article has given me a more in depth view of the many database software I am now using or have used in the past. I used the SFSS statistical tool in studying and analyzing sociological data. At the Free Library of Philadelphia I am using their online catalogue which operates in SIRSI, and for my classes at Pitt I am using various types databases. When using the software I would follow instructions in order to finish my task. The Wikepedia article on databases has given me the history of databases and shown the various different types of software. The information is useful to libraries and distributors of information in knowing which type of software is best for the storage and indexing of information.
Libraries that are going through a paradigm shift from being a holder of printed materials to that of one that has transferred its important information and documentation to be electronically based in a digitial information system are in the need of a stage by stage description and illustration of getting from one point to another. It is not necessary for the developers of such methods to start from scratch. It is possible to build on previous models. Anne J. Gilliland in her article Setting the Stage gives the necessary information needed to make such a transition. Some of the important task are: " identifying which metadata schema or schemas should be applied in order to best meet the needs of the information creator, repository and users; deciding which aspects of metadata are essential for what they wish to achieve, and how granular they need each type of metadata to be - in other words, how much is enough and how much is too much. She says that there will likely always be important trade offs between the costs of developing and managing metadata to meet current needs, and creating sufficient metadata that can be capitalized upon for future, often unanticipated uses; and ensuring that the metadata schema being applied are the most current versions" Along with this one must have a staff that is trained and skilled in bringing about this change.
Instead of just transferring the metadata of one specific library or organization into digital information, Eric J. Miller has embarked on a mission with others, not just locally or nationally but internationally, to set up a model that can be used by others. The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) is an international effort designed to foster consensus across disciplines for the discovery-oriented description of diverse resources in an electronic environment. Miller says that he means for a formalized representation to support the encoding needs for implementers. It is my understanding that this initative will bring about the collection of data of different disciplines and combine the information into one interactive electronic source. Not only will libraries, museums, and other institutions be able to digitize their own information, they will also be able to connect, interact, and digitize the resources of other organizations and disciplines around the globe.
MUDDIEST POINT #3
I had a few muddiest points this week. I was adventurous and started downloading Vista. I keep getting coded data instead of English. I am still working on correcting this problem. I am trying to work on time management and wanted to view the class video earlier. Video #3 was full of a lot of information that seems interesting and important. It was not easy to pick one point of interest. I wanted to go back and review the video a few times before writing this muddiest point. I could not get the slides to match-up with the video. Even though things are getting better it seems as though I am not moving fast enough in completing my work.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Friday, September 5, 2008
Readings #3
Introduction to Linux A Hands on Guide Mattel, Garrels & Kernelthread.com
Although I have been using computers for many years I am beginning to realize that I have only been using it for word processing, checking e-mail, class projects and searching for information on different kinds of software. Being introduced to the Linux A hands on Guide has made me aware of the fact that many different kinds of software are available in many different forms. The statement in section 1.4.2 that at first glance, the amount of Linux distributions can be frightening... is very true to me. I have the same apprehensions about using the software on Mac OS X. Although it mentions there is plenty of advice on the subject, from my point of view it is confusing and presents a fearful situation. How can I feel comfortable to trust using and testing different software after just learning about debugging, viruses, and cleaning up my computer. Since at the end of the Linus article it states that it is strongly advised that beginners stick to a mainstream distribution, supporting all common hardware and applications by default I am looking for various points of views about the list of distributions at the end of the article as well as software for the Mac OS X. After receiving comments about the software I will become adventurous and begin to sample different software.
An Update on the Windows Roadmap
I received a lot of information from this reading. The conversations between Cybrett, Snakedoctor and Waethorn are conversations I have heard about on my job who in the past year has install Windows Vista at various pilot sites. Most employees have encountered many problems with the Vista. After reading the article I see many of the problems could be a lack of knowledge in Information Technology and Information Technology Literacy. Class are now being offered in Windows Vista for the staff. At home, I use Windows XP that had been updated but I requested the Vista software from Pitt. I had used this software at LaSalle University but never on my own computer. I never installed the Windows Vista software after hearing about the many problems experienced by my fellow co-workers and the students at Pitt. Windows roadmap gave me sufficient information on the past, present, and future directions of Windows XP and Vista. I am wonder if it will be feasible for me to install the Vista and continue to use the Windows XP until I feel more comfortable with the WindowsVista which should last me until 2011. Once I gain more knowledge and information on Linux and Mac OS X software, who knows, maybe I will be able to download all my software that I need without ever having to buy software again.
Although I have been using computers for many years I am beginning to realize that I have only been using it for word processing, checking e-mail, class projects and searching for information on different kinds of software. Being introduced to the Linux A hands on Guide has made me aware of the fact that many different kinds of software are available in many different forms. The statement in section 1.4.2 that at first glance, the amount of Linux distributions can be frightening... is very true to me. I have the same apprehensions about using the software on Mac OS X. Although it mentions there is plenty of advice on the subject, from my point of view it is confusing and presents a fearful situation. How can I feel comfortable to trust using and testing different software after just learning about debugging, viruses, and cleaning up my computer. Since at the end of the Linus article it states that it is strongly advised that beginners stick to a mainstream distribution, supporting all common hardware and applications by default I am looking for various points of views about the list of distributions at the end of the article as well as software for the Mac OS X. After receiving comments about the software I will become adventurous and begin to sample different software.
An Update on the Windows Roadmap
I received a lot of information from this reading. The conversations between Cybrett, Snakedoctor and Waethorn are conversations I have heard about on my job who in the past year has install Windows Vista at various pilot sites. Most employees have encountered many problems with the Vista. After reading the article I see many of the problems could be a lack of knowledge in Information Technology and Information Technology Literacy. Class are now being offered in Windows Vista for the staff. At home, I use Windows XP that had been updated but I requested the Vista software from Pitt. I had used this software at LaSalle University but never on my own computer. I never installed the Windows Vista software after hearing about the many problems experienced by my fellow co-workers and the students at Pitt. Windows roadmap gave me sufficient information on the past, present, and future directions of Windows XP and Vista. I am wonder if it will be feasible for me to install the Vista and continue to use the Windows XP until I feel more comfortable with the WindowsVista which should last me until 2011. Once I gain more knowledge and information on Linux and Mac OS X software, who knows, maybe I will be able to download all my software that I need without ever having to buy software again.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Readings #2
COMMENTS
http://jwi5.blogspot.com/2008/08/reading-notes-1.html?showComment=1220321100000#c735261855577950079
Computer Hardware:From Wikipedia
Although I have watched the development of computers over the past decades until reading this article I never knew how very little I know about computers. Most of the terms such as Motherboard, CPU, Ram, CD/DVD drives, Hard Disk, and Power Supply just to name a few are terms that I have been familiar with or at least had heard about from my working around computers. If asked to explain or show the relationship of the various pieces of hardware I would not have been able to do that task. This article was very helpful for me i showing the diagrams and relationships of the various hardware. I could further click on the names of the different parts to get a more detailed description and definition. It will be very helpful to me in my future studies and work with Information Technology.
Moore's Law & Computer History Museum
I was amazed at the trend in the history of computer hardware and the size and amount of transistors that are being placed on integrated circuits. The fact that the number is doubling approximately every two years is remarkable. Moore's law has caused much controversy among various scientific settings: economical, social, political, mathematical, etc. There are many who think his law will not hold up over time. Christie Nicholson in the video explaining Moore's law state the transistors will become so compact they will lose their ability to work. The transistors are reaching the size of molecules. Some say the closer they reach the size of atoms Moore's law will fall apart. When viewing the timeline of the computer and exploring the Computer History Museum it came to my attention that one computer use to take up many rooms of space. No one ever thought you would be able to have something as small as a molecule acting as a computer. Throughout time man has been at the crossroads of predicting failure when dealing with the unknown. Could it be possible that somewhere in the future using Moore's law man will be designing transistors that ride on the electrons inside of atoms?Thursday, August 28, 2008
MUDDIEST POINT #1
My first muddiest point is making sure I understand the proper times and dates to do the readings and submit the assignments. It is my understanding 1) Muddiest point is to be submitted on Friday (this week); 2) Reading notes are to be submitted on Friday (this week) formal or informal; 3) Submission of 2 comments/answers on other students muddiest points or readings are due on Monday of the next week; 4) A clear presentation of my ideas in one or two pages is due 3 pm on the due date 1st one on September 2nd. I am not sure if I have my submissions correct. Since this is the first time I am doing a blog it has taken me much longer than 10 minutes to set up my blog. I had difficulty in getting my links to be live.
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My first muddiest point is making sure I understand the proper times and dates to do the readings and submit the assignments. It is my understanding 1) Muddiest point is to be submitted on Friday (this week); 2) Reading notes are to be submitted on Friday (this week) formal or informal; 3) Submission of 2 comments/answers on other students muddiest points or readings are due on Monday of the next week; 4) A clear presentation of my ideas in one or two pages is due 3 pm on the due date 1st one on September 2nd. I am not sure if I have my submissions correct. Since this is the first time I am doing a blog it has taken me much longer than 10 minutes to set up my blog. I had difficulty in getting my links to be live.
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