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Assignment 4

http://www.citeulike.org/user/lyonka92

For some strange reason I found this extremely difficult, but here it is finally finished.

Website

This is my website!

http://www.pitt.edu/~kml96/

Reading notes 12/6

No Place To Hide-- This website gave me the creeps and made me feel like I'm being watched. I feel like there are eyes everywhere! As others said, "big brother is watching." It is something I really don't want to think about because I feel like I could become paranoid. "No Place To Hide" is a really good summary...

TIA--interesting (and a little frightening) concept. I wonder who they would decide to track because "TIA purported to capture the "information signature" of people so that the government could track potential terrorists and criminals involved in "low-intensity/low-density" forms of warfare and crime." sounds pretty vague to me.

Youtube video was taken down, but if anyone know what it is let me know!

Ahhh! The google ad right after I posted this was about video surveillance it's so creepy!

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muddiest points 11/29

No muddiest points this week...

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reading notes 11/29

Reichardt, Weblogs: their use...-  I think this is a good article to show how useful blogs can be in the library. "The simplicity of blogging and the practicality of putting much of our shared information on a Web site, allows for easy  searchability and up-to-the-minute awareness for all team members" (110). This is exactly why we use a blog for the reference department at the library I work at. Everyone can add to it and it keeps everyone up-to-date if, for example, there's something wrong with the printer, or there's a specific assignment a lot of people have been coming in about. The searchability is definitely a plus, as is the automatic archive.  I've never heard of students using a blog for group projects, but I guess that could work.

Allan, Using a Wiki... - "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." This sounds like a great resource more libraries should try! I know some of the professors at the college I work at use wikis for class, but I think using them at the library makes perfect sense. It seems to me this would be similar to using google docs. I'm sold on the idea of implementing the use of wikis in the reference department (and perhaps others as well!).

Xan Arch, Creating the Academic Library folksonomy- I like the idea of tagging; it sounds really useful, but I am confused as to where the tags show up (databases are mentioned, but could this be in the catalog as well? Where else?). I am unsure of how this differs from a subject lib guide which would also contain links to useful subject-specific sites. 


Wales, How a Retag Band...-  I cannot believe that wikipedia has surpassed NY Times! That is crazy! I didn't know it was a nonprofit. I like that. I agree that neutrality is really important. I'm curious about wikibooks...I wonder how far that has gone!

muddiest points

No muddiest points this week! Happy thankskgiving!

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reading notes 11/22

Hawking's Web Search Engines: I find it interesting that search engines must "reject as much low-value automated content as possible" (86). I always thought that they looked at everything. It is amazing that a search engine can even identify something as "low-value". The explanation of crawling is helpful. It is hard for me to comprehend how a computer can do such challenging work. I love the term "politeness" and "cloaking" (reminds me of Harry Potter!). The seemingly limitless vocabulary of search terms is amazing. I assume almost anything could be a search term and that words like "a" "the" etc are not indexed. I am amazed at how much a search engine can do in less than a second, especially when you think about how big the web is and how it is ever-increasing in size.

Shreeves OAI: This seems like a good way to help illuminate things in the "invisible" web and I feel like it have a pretty good following. I kinda found the article confusing tho.

Bergman: Just a side note I've never heard of the Northern Light search engine he speaks of as a top one. This is a pretty interesting about the Deep Web which I never much thought of (is that because I constantly use google and don't think about what it can't reach?). It really seems to be a promotion for BrightPlanet...

Muddiest points 11/15

My question is about working papers. Are those usually stored in IRs? When they're listed in databases they usually have a direct link to a PDF. But is that PDF stored on an IR?

reading notes 11/15

Mischo's Digital Libraries article-- I'm not sure I understand the federated search diagram, but I love federated searches. The library I work at just is working on adding one through Ebsco (I think it is called discover).
The background information is interesting. I like to see how involved the government has been in the digital library project. I hadn't realized that Google came out of this initiative.

Dewey Meets Turing--I didn't realize how much of a wrench the WWW had thrown in the DLI. I would have thought it to be much more beneficial, but it does make sense that it blurred the lines between "consumers and producers of information."  It is interesting to see the struggle between computer scientists and librarians.

Institutional Repositories--I like that in his definition he says the goal is to make the scholarship available and to preserve it. I think that is fundamental. His point about the need to change the way tenure track occurs is good. New digital scholarly communication does have an affect on this. Interesting article that relates well to things earlier in the semester in the 2000 class.

Muddiest points 11/8

No muddiest points. Class helped with understanding XML, although I must admit it's still cloudy. I just don't have any specific questions about it.

Koha Assignment

http://upitt01-staff.kwc.kohalibrary.com/cgi-bin/koha/virtualshelves/shelves.pl?viewshelf=127

username: KML96 and my list is "Kaitlyn's Virtual Bookshelf"

This is literally a virtual peek at my bookshelf. Just a taste of the things I like to read in my spare time :)

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reading notes 11/8

Intro to XML: Seems like more than an intro to me. I found this article quite confusing, except the parts that are similar to HTML, which I finally feel like I'm getting a hang of.
This part confused me:

"It is important to note, however, that XML is not

• • a predefined set of tags, of the type defined for HTML, that can be used to markup documents
• • a standardized template for producing particular types of documents."  Can anyone "dumb-down" this "important" note for me?
  
  Also, what is boilerplate text? I feel like I could use more examples
  
  
  Survey of XML Standards: Not much better. I'm still confused. I feel like that whole thing was over my head. I don't think I understand the difference or connection between XML and HTML.
  
  
  Extending Your Markup: The intro to this read my mind! I don't think the article lived up to the intro. I feel like I keep reading the same thing again and again, but not getting it. I don't understand the child/siblings bit.
  
  
  XML Schema Tutorial: I really like these tutorials. I think this was the most useful article of the bunch. It's still a strange concept to me, but I find the examples useful.

muddiest points 11/1

I'm curious about the https. Can that be used on any website? I noticed my gmail and the pitt webpage were automatically using it even though I never typed it in. Could I use it, for example, on my blog?

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reading notes 11/1

HTML Basic. This is an interesting site that explains the basics very simplistically. I like that they show you the actual HTML examples and how they look on a webpage while explaining the elements and attributes that make it up. It makes HTML very simple. I especially find the formatting interesting.

The cheat sheet has a lot of the information found in the HTML basic page. I think it would be a useful tool if I was writing a webpage! It is interesting to see all of the little tags that make up a webpage.

CSS is a little more complicated. It seems useful, but I'm not sure I understand how it is external. It sounds like the external CSS can be used for multiple pages and an internal one is used for a single page.

Beyond HTML. This article shows how useful a CMS is. The college I work at uses this and it is helpful that all the libguides are similar. I cannot imagine each librarian being forced to make their own with no training. This would make them extremely difficult to use. The CMS really levels the playing field for people that don't know how to write in HTML. I liked this article because it is a real life example of an issue libraries have. Thanks GSU for sharing!

Muddiest points 10/25

Can you explain the difference between a URL and PURL again? Why would someone prefer to have a PURL?

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Reading Notes 10/25

Dismantling Integrated Library Systems
I found this article really interesting because I often wonder about ILS. I often use Innovative's Millenium system and it seems like it's pretty old school. It's very simple and I find it pretty slow. I never had thought about the price of this system, but from what I've heard additional applications on it are pretty expensive so maybe this is the best we get? I find the idea of having to "dismantle the ILS in order to rebuild it." This seems like the best choice to me.

How Stuff Works
This article was so easy to understand and I especially liked the graphics. It gave me a much better idea of how the internet works.

Inside the Google Machine
That picture of the globe with the languages of google searches is most interesting. It is crazy to think about how many people are doing google searches at one time. Once I thought about I realized I alone probably do about a dozen searches a day, both on my iPod and on my computer. Google is such an impressive company. I wish I worked somewhere you can have dogs and that takes you skiing! AdSense is brilliant. I had looked into it before when I interned for a consulting firm that only does work for non-profits. I find the related searches hilarious...that poor kid. I have so much respect and awe for them.

Muddiest points fasttrack weekend

No muddiest points from FastTrack weekend. It was great to see everyone in person!!

Assignment 3 Jing

ILLiad tutorial video:
http://screencast.com/t/yce5Jypuyf

Screen shots:
1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/53945245@N04/5073805807/

2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/53945245@N04/5074410346/in/photostream/

3. http://www.flickr.com/photos/53945245@N04/5073817945/in/photostream/

4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/53945245@N04/5074424346/in/set-72157625146343222/

5.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/53945245@N04/5074430346/in/set-72157625146343222/

6.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/53945245@N04/5073837841/in/set-72157625146343222/

7. http://www.flickr.com/photos/53945245@N04/5074442488/in/set-72157625146343222/


This was a really fun and interesting assignment! Jing was so easy to use; I may start using it all the time!

Reading Notes 10/15

I had no clue the ethernet had been around for so long. Many times I've noticed the "LAN" icon on my computer, but was not sure what it is. I didn't realize there were so many different ways to spread information (through different wires and various rays).

Can a device be connected to more than one network at a time?

muddiest points 10/4

It seems like any kind of database has a table; does that mean that any sort of table is a database? For example, if I drew a table on paper with some data on it is it a database? Or what about something like a color wheel?

Muddiest Points 9/27

I don't really have a muddiest point from this week, but I was curious about higher resolution photos. If the human eye cannot see the difference, why does it matter? If we can't see that it's better how do we know it's better quality?

Flickr

Check out my old pictures from Italy!

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Reading Notes 9/27

I think it is interesting that there are two kinds of compressed files. I would think that lossless are more popular, but I understand why lossy are able to be used in some cases. It is amazing that a computer can figure out what contrast/colors can be cut down in a JPEG so that the human eye will still see the picture properly. I like the second article; it is very informative with lots of easy to understand example (which are what I need to understand). I love the online collection about Pittsburgh. This is a great way for digitization to be used. One of the ways we use digitization at the library I work at is preserving photos, flyers, ticket stubs and playbills from plays over the decades. It is great to put access to these things online so that more people have access to them. I'm glad that the article discussed that challenges. I will definitely be checking their page out.

Anyone else have trouble finding the last article?

Muddiest point 9/20

I was just curious if you can buy a computer without an OS already loaded because it seems to me that everything already comes with windows or Mac OS and that it would be impossible to have a computer with linux alone

Vatican Library

The Vatican Library re-opened yesterday with a bunch of hi-tech security devices! Man I wish I could go there and look at stuff!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOpnQAySMWg

Reading Notes 9/20

I have never heard of Linux and I do not think I know any one that uses it. I don't really see why I would when I am perfectly comfortable with Windows and MacOS and haven't had any problems with it. It is interesting to know that there's a free system out there that people can change and debug by themselves, but that is something beyond my capabilities. I never knew so much went into each OS or that there were so many choices. I'm one of those people that just turns the computer on and pokes around until I find what I need, which has been pretty easy when just using newer and newer versions of the same OS.


(more thoughts to come)

Muddiest Points 9/13

My question is about binary and it's a pretty simple one, but something I don't know because this is all new to me. I understand that everything is 0 or 1, but is there a blank? Like when I type a space is that blank or is there a binary code that means space? I'm guessing there is no blank because if blanks were used there would be exponentially more outcomes...

Reading Notes 9/13

I didn't know how many parts there are in a computer. It is an amazing piece of technology. It's hard to believe how much smaller and faster computers are made these days.

It is amazing how accurate Moore's Law is when he had predicted this over 40 years ago. This statement confuses me: "As more transistors are put on a chip, the cost to make each transistor decreases, but the chance that the chip will not work due to a defect increases" (Wikipedia). It is strange how companies took the law to be a challenge and that actually helped it stay true for so long. Much of the in depth information they talk about in that article is beyond me, but I find it amazing. I feel like at some point the technology will be impractical. The pictures of the transistors over the years on the Computer History Museum's website are impressive. It really helps me see how much change there has been. I had no idea that computer technologies had been being developed since 1833.

Reading Notes 8/30

I found the article about Lied Library very interesting. Since I have only worked in one academic library it was interesting to see how another (larger) school works. At Gettysburg we spend a lot of effort to expand our digital resources. I like that Lied Library has laptops that students can check out. I think that is a really good resource. I like that they have a system for keeping track of who uses the lab computers they have in the building, but I am very uncomfortable with the fact that they sometimes have to go up to community patrons and ask them to leave. At Gettysburg community patrons check out USB keys that time out after 2 hours. I feel a lot more comfortable with that than asking employees to kick people off computers. I love that Vaughan says "Staff are not conducting brain or heart surgery, or flying an airplane. Acknowledging this helps keep thing in perspective" (46). My boss constantly says something similar, and it's good to keep in mind. Nothing in the library is a life or death situation, even though some people try to make it seem like it is, and that's good to keep in mind.

I never thought about the issue of information technology literacy until I read Lynch's short paper. Since I grew up in a digital age I never thought about how much of a struggle everything must be for people that are not IT literate.

I agree with the OCLC report that people are more concerned about content, not how they receive it. I believe that patrons tend to be "format agnostic" (2). Many things are now only available digitally. the Oxford English Dictionary may no longer be available in print and even the New York Times said they eventually won't print either (see my earlier post). I have seen situations where a professor will interlibrary loan request a book we hold as an ebook because they rather have a hard copy, but generally patrons are happy with either, especially students.

Muddiest Points

No muddiest points from the first class

Interesting comment about the NY Times

Aparently the New York Times will eventually go out of print... haha who'd of thought that?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/09/arthur-sulzberger-we-will_n_710251.html?igoogle=1?igoogle=1

LIS 2600

This blog is for my LIS 2600 class. I'm a bit confused on how all this works so I thought I'd test out this posting thing and see what happens.