Muddiest Point for 12/6

I have no muddiest point for this week.

Week 13 - Comments

http://lis2600fall2010priyashenoy.blogspot.com/2010/12/readings-for-12610.html?showComment=1291525896762#c7362402067389568613

http://att16.blogspot.com/2010/11/discussion-topic-online-privacy.html?showComment=1291527201593#c8035285562171804912

Muddiest Point for 11/29

I have no muddiest point this week.

Week 11 - Comments

http://elisaho.blogspot.com/2010/11/unit-11.html?showComment=1290309847115#c1867837919372852396

http://feliciaboretzkylis2600.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-11-notes.html?showComment=1290309521277#c3084968150538285211

Reading Notes Week 11

David Hawking , Web Search Engines

Shreeves, S. L., Habing, T. O., Hagedorn, K., & Young, J. A.

Michael K. Bergman, The Deep Web: Surfacing Hidden Value
My internship over the summer at a government agency was my first exposure to OAI – Metadata Harvesting. Although I used the harvester I didn’t truly understand what was technically occurring. Because of these readings it finally made sense, I now think of OAI for what it is; a protocol that submits request to a repository.

Muddiest point for 11/15

I have no muddiest point for class on Monday Nov. 15

Assignment 6: My Website

http://www.pitt.edu/~sek80/

Week 10 - Comments

http://barbcmblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/118-muddiest-point.html?showComment=1289518328041#c5454464828596745674

http://nearlyalibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/11/readings-for-wk-10.html?showComment=1289712834377#c8058082095898460505

Week 10 - Reading Notes

Mischo, W. (July/August 2005). Digital Libraries: challenges and influential work.

This article made me wonder if library science students are prepared to handle the back end of current and emerging technologies, compared to “information technology” or a “telecommunications” students. Althrough I can use the interace, I’m not sure if I could troubleshoot a “bug” in the system. I guess that is what IT departments are for.

Paepcke, A. et al. (July/August 2005). Dewey meets Turing: librarians, computer scientists and the digital libraries initiative.
 
Lynch, Clifford A. "Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age"

As libraries and technology continue to transform I wonder what new possibilities they hold for the actual concept of a book. Will future generations known what the physical container of a book looks like or will it fade away similar to the card catalog. It is not necessarily a bad thing, just interesting.

Muddiest points for 11/8

When will the labs be held for assignment 6? Thank you. 

Assignment 5: Koha

User Name: SEK80
List Name: Ice Cream

Week 9 - Comments

http://maj66.blogspot.com/2010/11/introducing-xml.html?showComment=1289070670098#c2757226782617752294

http://bobbaconross.blogspot.com/2010/11/reading-notes-for-11810.html?showComment=1289095695515#c2897328931777323236

Week 9 - Reading Notes

Uche Ogbuji. A survey of XML standards: Part 1. January 2004.
Martin Bryan.  Introducing the Extensible Markup Language (XML)

Although XML name space creates a slight complication to XML schema it is very important because it promotes interoperability between different standards (such as Dublin Core, MODS, VRA). The name space lets content creators understand the definitions of elements and attributes from different sets.

Extending your Markup: a XML tutorial by Andre Bergholz

I thought this article was a little confusing because it did not have many examples; but reinforcement is important  so the more I read the better my understanding will be.

XML Schema Tutorial

The W3 school tutorial does a better job of explaining XML. I appreciate the layout, examples, and practice. 

Muddiest points for 11/1

I have no muddiest point for lecture on Nov 1.

Week 8 - Comments

http://maj66.blogspot.com/2010/10/css-tutorial.html?showComment=1288532406939#c4525885403806940906

http://lehlis2600.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-8-reading-notes.html?showComment=1288533008944#c1172117076805137998

Week 8 - Reading Notes

W3schools HTML Tutorial, HTML Cheatsheet, W3 School Cascading Style Sheet

These three tutorials/guides/cheat-sheets are fantastic for learning about HTML and CSS. They provide a good base of information, the examples are easily to understand, and the “try it yourself” portion was beneficial.  Understanding codes and definitions for me is important because I have a hard time remembering what they stand for; also learning about HTML is an important foundation for XML.

Goans, D., Leach, G., & Vogel, T. M. (2006). Beyond HTML: Developing and re-imagining library web guides in a content management system

This research paper reminds me of the importance for information professionals to have a good understanding of technology and web architecture. These skills are useful for small libraries because staff members wear many hats and updating library content will have to be accomplished by someone. Also your resume will thank you.

Week 7 - Muddiest Point

I have no muddiest point for the lecture on 10/25.

Assignment 4: Zotero and CiteULike

http://www.citeulike.org/user/sek80

My three topic areas:

1. Fashion Design and Copyright
2. Diet, Nutrition, and Health
3. Higher Education, Cost, and Student Debt

Comments for 10/25

http://mszewczak.blogspot.com/2010/10/reading-notes-week-7.html?showComment=1287857766571#c5350265102190306452

http://sarahwithtechnologyblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-7-reading-notes.html?showComment=1287859111157#c5025666762042436610

Reading notes for 10/25

Tyson, Jeff.  How Internet Infrastructure Works

I wonder what Vannevar Bush’s opinion would be about the growth of the Internet today and the utilization of his automatic citation linking concept in databases (Scopus and Web of Science).

It is also interesting to see how different entities (MIT, scientific researchers looking to create a network of compatible computers, and the U.S. military) were able to create the necessary components (Domain Name System and TCP/IP) and how Tim Berners-Lee was able to tie the concepts together. 

Andrew K. Pace (2004). Dismantling Integrated Library Systems. Library Journal, 129(2), p.34-36.

Interoperability of Integrated Library Systems can be expensive, especially for smaller library consortiums, but is important because of the potential for alienation from a shifting patron base that ties the Internet into many daily functions. The transfer protocol Z39.50 and MARCXML start to bridge those gaps but more must be done to incorporate Internet capabilities.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page: Inside the Google machine.

Google has really been instrumental in transforming the Internet and the expectations of users and the services/applications received from content providers.

Muddiest points for 10/15 & 10/16

What is mesh networking?

Assignment 3 – Jing

Tutorial Video: How to order material from Allegheny County Public Libraries Catalog

http://www.screencast.com/users/sek80/folders/Jing/media/fead8cf4-7bc9-4eb7-ae2f-e1eddca91a23

Annotated Images Set Location:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sek80/sets/72157625021629823/

Annotated Images - Individual Steps

http://www.flickr.com/photos/54379792@N08/5074395422/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sek80/5073908843/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54379792@N08/5073957991/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54379792@N08/5073975741/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54379792@N08/5074592768/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54379792@N08/5074605626/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54379792@N08/5074016687/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54379792@N08/5074627908/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54379792@N08/5074046101/

Week 6 - Reading Notes

Wikipedia article: Local Area Network (LAN)

Learning about Local Area Network (LAN) and the wireless network was intresting. I still prefer to connect through the ethernet/broadband connection because it is more stable than the wireless network. I was once told by a Comcast representative that they provide wireless routers via a third party because of the specialized attention required.

Wikipedia article: Computer network
 
YouTube: Common types of computer networks

When I connected to Millennium Circulation from my personal computer I had to connect through an Internet VPN (Cisco). I didn’t understand how the VPN network worked until this article. 

Coyle, K. (2005). Management of RFID in libraries. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 31(5), 486-489.

I just think there are other intergrated libraries systems that are less expensive, more flexible, and will serve the same purpose.

Week 6 - Muddiest Point

I have no muddiest points pertaining to the lecture for week 6.

Week 5 - Comments

http://dougappich-informationtechnology.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-5-reading-notes.html?showComment=1286033119166#c2991624803700575098

http://bookwormsince84.blogspot.com/2010/10/overview-of-dublin-core-data-model.html?showComment=1286033806484#c8803918771622787527

Week 5 - Reading Notes

Wikipedia Article: Database

Understanding more about database structures was interesting because I use the integrated library system – Millennium at work the database has cataloging, acquisitions and other modules built into it. When I help patrons request material from the catalog I have noticed that it is not as user friendly as Amazon or Boarders. One would think that the consortiums first priority would be to create a catalog interface that is user friendly. I have seen people become so discouraged with requesting material from the catalog .

Anne J. Gilliland. Introduction to Metadata, pathways to Digital Information: 1: Setting the Stage
 
Eric J. Miller. An Overview of the Dublin Core Data Model

I am in the Metadata class offered this semester and this article was required reading for the second week. It is interesting to learn that metadata located on an information object does not only apply to the electronic/digital environment. I understand why there are so many different standards/schemas to describe these objects. Dublin Core is one of the more popular and generalized schemas.  

Week 5 - Muddiest Point

The RGB color model is red, green and blue, Sharp Electronics has now offered LCD television with the color yellow in the RGB model. How does the addition of the color yellow change the RGB spectrum? 

http://www.aquos-world.com/

Assignment 2 - Image collection in the Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sek80/

Week 4 - Comments

http://maj66.blogspot.com/2010/09/imaging-pittsburgh.html?showComment=1285432231947#c7356079056389427749

http://mdunawa.blogspot.com/2010/09/unit-four-multimedia-representation-and.html?showComment=1285435117833#c1226299107428356023

 http://sek80.blogspot.com/2010/09/week-4-reading-notes.html?showComment=1285435385915#c2027088999788394224

Week 4 – Reading Notes

Wikipedia article: Data Compression

Data compression is great for saving space but I have had some lousy experiences with data decompression (as the article points out). When I attempt to decompress word documents and choose Microsoft Word 2007 as the application to open the file I usually receive an “unable to complete the task message.”

Side note: If possible, can someone provide me with technical instructions? Thanks. 

DVD HQ: Data compression basics

The layman's terms used in this article are perfect in helping  me understand a little more about data compression algorithms. These works are usually written for an audience familiar with technical jargon so at times the concepts are hard to grasp.   

Edward A. Galloway, “Imaging Pittsburgh:”

Digitization is vital to a region because it allows individuals to explore/connect with the places and people in their community without having to travel. Opening access to the Pittsburgh regions cultural and people is important for growth and I think it is best articulated through images.  As a Pittsburgh native the Institute of Museum of Library Services made a good investment by providing the grant. 

Paula L. Webb, YouTube and libraries: 

Using YouTube to reach a broader audience is a creative idea and inexpensive. The public library I work at would not use the resource because it is an nontraditional method of dissemination. Another branch is staffed by older adults who are unfamiliar with the technology. I find this both interesting and unfortunate. Something else to think about is how to preserve this medium owned by a third party.

Muddiest points for 9/20

We talked about the various types of software; Are certain types more vulnerable to viruses or bot-nets? 

Week 3 - Comments

http://kaitmlyons.blogspot.com/2010/09/reading-notes-920.html?showComment=1284782724145#c7290638850391602979

http://sarahwithtechnologyblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/week-3-reading-notes.html?showComment=1284781858280#c4420582220593193794

Week 3 – Reading Notes

Machtelt Garrels. “Introduction to Linux: A Hands on Guide”

Learning about the history and function of Linux is interesting because I have heard of the software but was unaware of its purpose. I highly doubt that I will utilize Linux in the near future become “desktop user” friendly software is much more manageable. Given the software’s history (made by techies for techies) I’m not surprised.

What is Mac OS X? and Wikipedia article: Mac OS X

There is factual information in this work but I took it with a grain of salt because there was some clear basis. The Wikipedia article gave a more balanced view about Mac OS X. Like all written material it is good to remember there are two sides to every story.

Paul Thurott “An Update on the Windows Roadmap”

I actually like Windows Vista but the overwhelming majority of consumers didn’t so Microsoft developed Windows 7. I probably won’t upgrade for a while but I do like the Windows 7 marketing commercials.

Here is an article from CNN that talks about Window’s Vista aggravations.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/22/windows.seven/index.html?iref=allsearch

Week 2 - Muddiest Points

I have no muddiest points pertaining to the lecture for week 2.

Week 2 – Reading Notes

Wikipedia Article: Personal computer hardware

I like this article because it was fun to test my knowledge. I looked at the picture and named as many components as possible. I was able to name most of the external hardware but only a few of the internal pieces. This article did increase my knowledge of internal computer parts.

Wikipedia Article: Moore's law

Technological increases and consumer demand has transformed our expectations of technology and the speed at which information is processed. This is a blessing and a curse because when technology fails the systems starts to shut down (education, payroll, business, and so on).

Computer History Museum

The timeline of computer history exhibit is interesting to see the physical change in technology size. I remember in middle school inserting a pancake size floppy disk into a computer :)

Hand's on point: machine adware cleaning using Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware

After running a Lavasoft Ad-aware scan I was completely shocked to learn the program had deleted a high level spy-ware threat because I only frequent trusted sites. When I ran the software on a friend’s computer it deleted 240 cookies privacy objects and 2 high level spy-ware threats.

Stacey Kinsel

Week 1 – Readings Notes

OCLC report: Information Format Trends: Content, Not Containers (2004).

“Historically, libraries have been the unparalleled collectors of content, and for many reasons: their mandate to protect collections that reflect local communities; the necessity of a single place to find and obtain information; and because, frankly, no one did it better” (OCLC, 2004, p. 13).


It is irrefutably true that increasingly consumer consumption of content/information is being distributed using a “just-in-time” business model. Through my actions of previewing and downloading individual songs using the iTunes business model/platform I reinforce the main point of the author’s argument. But I ask the question:


If the container is irrelevant as the article suggests why has library circulation increased?


Major bookstore chains would have moved to an entirely electronic business model if there was not a demand for the container. The report also failed to articulate that libraries “just-in-case” business model serves a greater purpose than reasons mentioned in the quote above. Libraries are the great equalizer in regards to access and dissemination of information serving populations with increased needs such as the elderly, poor, disabled, and unemployed.

I agree that the library community traditionally lags when incorporating information technology trends. Although libraries should be wary of temporary trends by not adapting to permanent trends they risk alienating younger generations. It is more difficult for libraries to incorporate innovative technology into the OPAC because of limited resources and a public (not corporate/profit) service business model. Realistically I think the library community should take steps that move in the right direction, adding a spell check and automatic suggested authors reading function.

Information Literacy and Information Technology Literacy: New Components in the Curriculum for a Digital Culture

Lynch has established solid definitions and detailed components involving information technology and information literacy. Due to limited monetary funding and staff constraints I don’t believe it is realistic to expect some elementary and/or high school's to have access to the latest technology. The information technology literacy component can be taught alone as a foundation or basis of knowledge which can be built upon at a later date. In this regard I do not believe students would be at a disadvantage with just one component.

Lied Library @ four years: technology never stands still

This article articulates perfectly through its own challenges with funding, security, and space how it is not easy for small – medium sized libraries to make transitions with information technology. I find it interesting that some articles can recommend many changes libraries should incorporate but do not provide practical steps for making the developments.      

Stacey Kinsel

Muddiest point

Are the notes/comments we write in our blogs each week different and/or in addition to the structured discussion topic questions posted on Blackboard? For example: For next week Blackboard has posted - Unit 2: Discussion Topic: Digitization, with structured discussion questions on the readings. Should the questions listed in the Blackboard discussion section be answered in addition to our blog postings?