Comments for 10/30

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Notes for 10/30

1) W3schools HTML Tutorial
    I wish HTML were as easy as this tutorial made it sound. Having used HTML in the past, I can tell you it is not this easy! Still, this is a fun tutorial with some useful information. I definitely see myself using this tutorial to help me the next time I try to set up a webpage.

2) HTML Cheatsheet
 

This is basically a dummy's guide to HTML. I actually like this better than the tutorial because it does a better job of simplifying HTML without being misleading to the viewer. My problem with the first tutorial is that I feel it is a little misleading as to what HTML really is and how to use it. 

3) Beyond HTML: Developing and re-imagining library web guides in a content management system. 
      
Like others, I also do not understand why libraries are trying to limit their staff accessing/contributing to the website. Can someone please explain this to me?

4) W3 School Cascading Style Sheet Tutorial

   It looks like CCS is a lot easier to use than HTML. I definitely would like to have more hands-on experience with CCS as I think it is a much easier and much more efficient way to create web pages. 

Muddiest Points for 10/29

I have no muddiest points this week.

Appich- Assignment 4

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10/23 notes

Brin and Page

The Brin and Page talk was okay, but a little outdated. Technology has changed a lot in 6 years. In 6 years, Google has evolved from a fledgling search engline to a corporate giant. I just heard a news story on the radio last week that stated Google is now experimenting with A.I. cars that are able to drive themselves without human operators. There is no way that Google would have been doing that kind of stuff 6 years ago. I think that Brin and Page should do a new interview where they talk about how much Google has changed and how it has branched out into other business ventures.

ILS

The ILS article was good. I do not have any experience working with ILS, so it was great to learn about it. I think the ILS is under-utilized in libraries due to the fact that it is difficult to use. However, it has the potential to become a larger factor in libraries as the years go on, so it is important that future librarians know how to use it. 

howstuffworks.com

I loved the howstuffworks article. It really taught me a lot about the history of the Internet, such as HTTP and URL. In my opinion, too many people log on to the Internet every day without having any idea how it works or the history behind it, and this article explains a lot of that in Layman's terms that are easy to understand.

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10/22 Muddiest Points

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Assignment 3- Jing

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Week 6 Readings

RIFDs

RIFDs are very complicated, but Karen Coyle did a great job of explaining them in Layman's terms for technologically-challenged people like me. I am glad that she is advocating for libraries to keep circulation staff, despite the fact that many of them could one day be terminated due to this new technlogy. She is right that the circulation staff represents the human aspect of libraries.

LANs

The YouTube video about LANs was great! When learning new information, I am the kind of person that does well when hearing or listening to a lecture as opposed to having to read about it. So, needless to say, I got more out of the YouTube video than the Wikipedia article. Also, I had never heard about MANs or PANs before, so it was great to learn about them.

Computer Network

 

It was great to learn about the various types of networks that are out there. I erroneously commented on another students wall that a dial-up network was a LAN, and this article taught me that a dial-up is not a LAN but an overlay network. Oops, my bad! :)

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Muddiest Points Week 6

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Week 5 Reading Notes

Databases

It's important for librarians to know about databases because we are going to be dealing with them A LOT in our field. Digital databases are an important advancement for libraries because they allow users to find information that they are looking for very quickly.  I like this article because it gives me information about specific types of databases I'm not familiar with.

Metadata

Metadata is a very interesting concept. The phrase "data about data" is often used when describing metadata. At first, this definition may sound kind of confusing and ambiguous. However, as you read on, you discover that metadata really is data about data. Metadata is especailly important to libraries because they use metadata to help patrons not only search for information, but find the information that they are searching for. For example, if I am looking for a book about bald eagles, I may find that there are a lot of books about this particular bird, and I may want to narrow my search down. Therefore, I could use a metadata system to find the BEST and most RELEVANT books before I checked them out. PittCat is a good example of this kind of metadata system. 

 

Dublin Core

It's interesting how Dublin Core uses computers to create metadata.The Dublin Core metadata record can describe various types of data, including books, images, soundbytes, and more. Metadata based on Dublin Core is used specifically in the field of library science. Personally, I think it's great that  libraries have their own specific type of metadata that it uses. Hopefully, libraries can figure out how to further use Dublin Core to their benefit in the future.

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