Monday, November 15, 2010
Muddiest Point 11/15/2010
I do not have a muddy point from class today but I was wondering about how to link my pages together in Dreamweaver, as well as posting pictures to the page(s). I understand that this question may be best answered in the Lab, but I thought I'd post it in here as well and see if anybody could help me out.
Unit 11
Web Search Engines: Part 1 and Part 2
I am not really sure what I was supposed to look at/read for this article(s), so I just looked at the table of content and the website in general. From what I saw it seemed like they had a good number of articles on various subjects, especially in dealing with the IT world. I did not get a chance to read any of the articles but from just reading the authors mini biographies, I got the feeling that these articles were being written by people who know what they are talking about.
Current developments and future trends for the OAI protocol for metadata harvesting
The information in this article was informative, especially since I do not have that much background knowledge about OAI’s. The liked how the authors listed why something was both good and bad. Most articles go one way or the other, forcing readers to read multiple articles to get both sides of the story. Having everything in one place was very helpful I felt. I also liked how they listen various programs in work, such as the Sheet Music Consortium and Community- and Domain-specific OAI services. I am interested in how these services can be expanded in the future.
“The Deep Web: Surfacing Hidden Value”
The analogy in the begging about the Web being a sea was entertaining. I don’t think I fully understand exactly what the Deep Web is, but the way they explained their research and everything was very well done. Unlike after reading some articles and questioning where their information came from, I knew exactly where this information came from and how it came to be. I greatly appreciated it.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Muddy Point from Nov. 8
What is XSL? I was going over the slides and saw this in a few of them but could not readily find any point where it was explained. Also, simplecontent v. complexcontent? I'm a little unsure about this as well.
Unit 10 Readings
Digital Libraries: challenges and influential work
It is amazing to me how one thing can lead to another. Like how Google grew from the research the people with the Stanford DLI-1 project did. Although, it seems normal for this to happen, it is still amazing and interesting to see it happen. Hopefully federal funding will continue to be given to institutions to keep these projects going. More powerful and helpful research tools can and will be created with the help of federal government. This in turn will allow students and other researchers the change to look at more things to improve their theses.
Dewey meets Turing: librarians, computer scientists and the digital libraries initiative
The analogy of the parents with a child is slightly entertaining and describes the relationship between computer scientists and librarians and with the World Wide Web. The relationship though is a tad strained, at the beginning and now. Computer scientists do want to do things their way and sometimes ignore the needs of librarians. While librarians do the same thing on their end. The happy medium for these two is slowly being found. Arguments are still going to be fought, and may always be fought, but compromises will also be found. If a compromise is not found, then these two groups just need to move on to something else. The work that these two groups are doing is a great one. These collections do need to be moved online and libraries do need to find cheaper ways to get the information to their patrons. Hopefully computer scientists and librarians can stay in partnership and figure out new and improved ways for patrons to get information.
"Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age"
Lynch seems to have a good grasp on his thoughts. I am not sure if I fully agree or disagree with him. I may have to go back and read this again to fully understand what he is saying and to form my own thoughts.
Monday, November 1, 2010
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