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Monday, December 8, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
Week 14 Readings and Muddiest Point
1) Galen Gruman. “What cloud computing really means” InfoWorld, April 2008.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/07/15FE-cloud-computing-reality_1.html
Cloud computing seems like the more economically viable future of internet servers. I definitely see the benefits and think the IT world will continue to progress in such a direction. it particularly seems useful in a library because of problems dealing with a magnitude of interested parties. I never knew how much I already depended on it in daily life (SAAS).
2) Explaining Cloud Computing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hplXnFUlPmg&NR=1
This video is a much better explanation. I understand the different divisions and types much better and see how it is so much more conveneiet for the person managing "gogle maps" for instance. Companies such as the aforementioned need such capabilites or they would require a much larger evaluative/tracking client staff.
3) Thomas Frey. The Future of Libraries: Beginning the Great Transformation
http://www.davinciinstitute.com/page.php?ID=120
This article summarizes the ways in wich libraries are percieved as "no longer useful" or "obsolete". These are the same beliefs I have been trained during the school year to combat. it is apparent that liraries are no longer repositories of informaiton, but filters and qualit inspectors of that information. I feel that libraries are adequately prepared for a shift that is already well underway.
Muddiest Point: Regarding concepts such as ones in the "nowhere to hide" literature and class discussion, what is a souce that provides some "dos and don'ts" for protecting private information. This should have a definitive guide. it would easily be a "most accesed" document if it were tracked.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/07/15FE-cloud-computing-reality_1.html
Cloud computing seems like the more economically viable future of internet servers. I definitely see the benefits and think the IT world will continue to progress in such a direction. it particularly seems useful in a library because of problems dealing with a magnitude of interested parties. I never knew how much I already depended on it in daily life (SAAS).
2) Explaining Cloud Computing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hplXnFUlPmg&NR=1
This video is a much better explanation. I understand the different divisions and types much better and see how it is so much more conveneiet for the person managing "gogle maps" for instance. Companies such as the aforementioned need such capabilites or they would require a much larger evaluative/tracking client staff.
3) Thomas Frey. The Future of Libraries: Beginning the Great Transformation
http://www.davinciinstitute.com/page.php?ID=120
This article summarizes the ways in wich libraries are percieved as "no longer useful" or "obsolete". These are the same beliefs I have been trained during the school year to combat. it is apparent that liraries are no longer repositories of informaiton, but filters and qualit inspectors of that information. I feel that libraries are adequately prepared for a shift that is already well underway.
Muddiest Point: Regarding concepts such as ones in the "nowhere to hide" literature and class discussion, what is a souce that provides some "dos and don'ts" for protecting private information. This should have a definitive guide. it would easily be a "most accesed" document if it were tracked.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Week 13 Readings and Muddiest Point
No Place to Hide: I am pleasantly surprised to see that such a group exists. I often wonder exactly how mch of my personal information is visible to "the powers that be". Due to all the activities I pursue that require personal information, i am sure that there are extensive records of everything I do. It is clear to me that, under conditions such as those instated by the patriot act, my privacy has been weighed against national security interests.
http://www.epic.org/privacy/profiling/tia/: This website furthers the beliefs articulated by "no place to hide". It seems as though everyone feels safer under such restrictions. I have, however, been asking myself how often someone is falsely accused of terrorist or other harmful activities. Is there any way to document an accuracy rate?
Youtube video: Unable to access due to copyright restrictions.
Muddiest Point:
Of late, I have understood the content of our classes completely. Accordingly, I have used my "muddiest point" as an opportunity to ask topical questions. i am wondering if there is an "anti-weblog" movement in the library community. IS there a group of librarians strongly opposed to their use? This is interesting to me because I cannot se any visible "cons".
http://www.epic.org/privacy/profiling/tia/: This website furthers the beliefs articulated by "no place to hide". It seems as though everyone feels safer under such restrictions. I have, however, been asking myself how often someone is falsely accused of terrorist or other harmful activities. Is there any way to document an accuracy rate?
Youtube video: Unable to access due to copyright restrictions.
Muddiest Point:
Of late, I have understood the content of our classes completely. Accordingly, I have used my "muddiest point" as an opportunity to ask topical questions. i am wondering if there is an "anti-weblog" movement in the library community. IS there a group of librarians strongly opposed to their use? This is interesting to me because I cannot se any visible "cons".
Monday, November 24, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Muddiest Point
Although this post does not pertain to a point of class that was unclear (class was very understandable!! ), I am wondering where I can find more information about resistance to digitization and the apparent downsides of digital libraries. Any ideas?
Week 12 Readings
Reichardt, R., & Harder, G. (2005). Weblogs: their use and application in science and technology libraries.
Science & Technology Libraries, 25(3), 105-116.
This article has provided me with several instances in which weblogs have been helpful yo my discipline as well as the hard sciences. In fields that emphasize empirical observation, weblogs aggregate information from several sources that have been approved for their quality of observation and field expertise. It also serves as an excellent means of communication between parties.
Charles Allan, "Using a wiki to manage a library instruction program: Sharing knowledge to better serve patrons"
C&RL News, April 2007 Vol. 68, No. 4 http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crlnews/2007/apr/usingawiki.cfm
I recently engaged in lirbary isntruction as part of my appointment at Point Park University and have reached many of the same conclusions as the author of this piece. Personally, I view instruction as a natural extension of reference and believe that questions can be answered much mroe efficiently using a wiki. In librayr school, I have used several wikis to undertake projects and find that the services they offer are primarily responsible for keeping me educated and informed. I also see that instruction sessions can be very tiresome for many students. This is an excellent alternative medium!!!
Xan Arch, "Creating the academic library folksonomy: Put social tagging to work at your institution" C&RL News,
February 2007 Vol. 68, No. 2 http://www.ftrf.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crlnews/2007/feb/libraryfolksonomy.cfm
Once again, I am reminded of my duties behind the reference desk. Social tagging could potentially take away a lot of my work, but it would also allow questiosn to be answered much mroe efficiently. In our current age, a librarian primarily functions on the customer service level as a means opf validating the quality of a source. On the other hand, social tagging might also just change the fucntion of my vocation as a manager of such tags in which I would be performing the same task through a different method. Overall, I am in favor of implementing social tagging.
Jimmy Wales: “How a ragtag band created Wikipedia”
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jimmy_wales_on_the_birth_of_wikipedia.html
Wikipedia has always been a subject of great interest for me. I personally believe that it is one of the greatest creations in the past ten years. Although many articles contain profanity and information that is generally unreliable, one can always check the cited sources for comfort and as a means of beginning research. The creation of "The Free Encyclopedia" is definitely the most egalitarian undertaking I've ever encountered.
Science & Technology Libraries, 25(3), 105-116.
This article has provided me with several instances in which weblogs have been helpful yo my discipline as well as the hard sciences. In fields that emphasize empirical observation, weblogs aggregate information from several sources that have been approved for their quality of observation and field expertise. It also serves as an excellent means of communication between parties.
Charles Allan, "Using a wiki to manage a library instruction program: Sharing knowledge to better serve patrons"
C&RL News, April 2007 Vol. 68, No. 4 http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crlnews/2007/apr/usingawiki.cfm
I recently engaged in lirbary isntruction as part of my appointment at Point Park University and have reached many of the same conclusions as the author of this piece. Personally, I view instruction as a natural extension of reference and believe that questions can be answered much mroe efficiently using a wiki. In librayr school, I have used several wikis to undertake projects and find that the services they offer are primarily responsible for keeping me educated and informed. I also see that instruction sessions can be very tiresome for many students. This is an excellent alternative medium!!!
Xan Arch, "Creating the academic library folksonomy: Put social tagging to work at your institution" C&RL News,
February 2007 Vol. 68, No. 2 http://www.ftrf.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crlnews/2007/feb/libraryfolksonomy.cfm
Once again, I am reminded of my duties behind the reference desk. Social tagging could potentially take away a lot of my work, but it would also allow questiosn to be answered much mroe efficiently. In our current age, a librarian primarily functions on the customer service level as a means opf validating the quality of a source. On the other hand, social tagging might also just change the fucntion of my vocation as a manager of such tags in which I would be performing the same task through a different method. Overall, I am in favor of implementing social tagging.
Jimmy Wales: “How a ragtag band created Wikipedia”
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jimmy_wales_on_the_birth_of_wikipedia.html
Wikipedia has always been a subject of great interest for me. I personally believe that it is one of the greatest creations in the past ten years. Although many articles contain profanity and information that is generally unreliable, one can always check the cited sources for comfort and as a means of beginning research. The creation of "The Free Encyclopedia" is definitely the most egalitarian undertaking I've ever encountered.
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