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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

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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?