Assignment 5: Collection Building in Koha ILS

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Fungi Facts

http://upitt01-staff.kwc.kohalibrary.com/cgi-bin/koha/virtualshelves/shelves.pl?viewshelf=61

This task surprised me. Perhaps it was just me, but I wanted to save more than one book at a time and found I had to restart the search from the marc record and go through the search each time. It was really time consuming!  Did I miss a way to toggle back and forth or leave the search results up?

Muddiest points for 10/25

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Week 8 Comments

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Week 8 Reading Notes

W3 Schools HTML Tutorial - HTML Cheatsheet

These articles were clear and well written even for one that has a tendency to glaze over at the prospect of learning something in such a foreign area.  Hyper text Mark up Language (HTML) uses a set of mark up tags to describe web pages.

Web browsers ‘read’ documents and interprets them as web pages. I bookmarked the tutorial along with the list of tags for future reference. I can see where I might need to use this information in the future.

I really enjoyed being able to try out some of the examples and it demystified the process for me.

Beyond HTML Developing and re-imagining library web guides in a content management system
By: Doug Goans, Guy Leach & Teri M. Vogel

This article was about a study that was conducted at a large University Library on the benefits of using a content management system (CMS). There were many of the details that were lost on me, but the overarching theory is that the CMS model allows libraries to retain control of publishing their web sites while clients can tag content. The conclusion stated the transition to CMS was positive and that its use would expand to other areas.

Assignment # 4 Personal Bibliographic Management Systems

http://www.citeulike.org/user/kcc18

Wow! I had a really hard time with this assignment. The learning curve was huge for me. I think it still is faster with the method I have developed for myself over the years. It would really help if i could sit down with someone that uses these methods and see the advantages when I am not under pressure to produce an assignment.

Internet and WWW Technologies (10/25) Week 7

Sorry for the brevity I had this all typed out and went to search something and came back and it was gone! So now I am doing it over in word and will cut and paste.

 Tyson, Jeff. http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet-infrastructure.htm/printable

Great graphics! Easy to understand and quick video. From the inception the Internet free and accessible by all has grown exponentially. Finally a nuts and bolts picture of how the Internet works.

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

This was an interesting and timely article for me. My library system has just gone through the process of finding a new ILS and will begin the changeover, spending several months preparing for a smooth transition.

 Sergey Brin and Larry Page: Inside the Google machine.
    http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/sergey_brin_and_larry_page_on_google.html 

Finally the answer to the burning question....Seriously, these guys clearly explain the Internet connections and what they are working on. This is a bit dated and I have seen it before  but it is a real concrete look at the Internet.  I would like to see what the Internet world looks like now.


 I think the company is incredible. What a dream job that would be. I did not realize the extent of their charitable contributions. Also this is a great example of project management and organization.

Lots of good humor and enjoyable to listen to.

October 22 Muddiest Points

This was FT weekend and I got my questions answered in class. I have no muddiest points this week.

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Week 6 Muddiest Points

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Week 6 Reading Notes

Local Area Network (Wikipedia

A clear and concise explanation of what a LAN (local area network) is from it’s conception, development and it’s application. LAN is used in a smaller setting where the WAN (wide area network) is used in much larger settings like businesses and schools.

I was glad to know and understand this information. When my son was in high school, he and his friends would have an annual LAN Party on the New Years weekend lasting for days. It was obvious what a LAN party was, but I never knew or thought  about the technical physicality of it all.

Computer Network (Wikipedia):

The different types of computer networks were explained along with the necessary hardware. I had no knowledge of most of these and had only heard a few of the terms before.

Common Types of Computer Networks (Youtube):

Just what I needed! The basics without all the in-depth techno jargon. It made it easy to understand.

Management of RFID in Libraries: 

Karen Coyle’s article gave a great explanation in everyday basic terms of RIFD’s. I agree that anything that can prevent the loss of materials is great. Stewardship of libraries finances is certainly a primary concern and of course having the ‘bugs’ worked out. I like the idea that library users could have a choice and have contact with the circulation staff or not.

Week 6 Comments

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Week 5 nformation Organization by Database, Metadata

      Database. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database 

Whew! This Wiki article is not the kind I have come to know and love. What did it say? No really, this article really broke down the function of the database and how it recognizes and categorizes bits of information and stores it. I found it more technical than I was comfortable with and I am thankful there is no test.  Certainly this was a place to go to reference database structures and models.

  Anne J. Gilliland. Introduction to Metadata, pathways to Digital Information: 1: Setting the Stage 

http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/standards/intrometadata/setting.html

Metadata “data about data” This writing, I could understand, although technical and more information than I ever wanted to know, it was broken down succinctly and clearly. All data whether complex or singular have three components “-content context and structure” These three features allow the data to be organized and retrieved because of standard structure of expression.  The author used cataloging as an example and one I could relate to. Never having to have made the decisions for cataloging it certainly is necessary for the retrieval process to have order and categories.

Metadata traditionally in museums has been largely by context, but consensus and collaboration using descriptors is rising. There is a wide array of standards and approaches. The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES) using a smaller set of generic elements can be used by any group expert or non expert. Everyday users are contributing to the metadata form through various personal and social web content identifiers. Folksonomies and tagging are specialized tools that broaden the retrieval capabilities.

Metadata is important to us as future librarians and archivists in the way we search and use information.

  Eric J. Miller. An Overview of the Dublin Core Data Model 

http://dublincore.org/1999/06/06-overview/,

Miller’s article is a work in progress but he has laid out a concise description and breakdown of the DCMI. Essentially this system is based primarily on semantic identifiers and common qualifiers. There can never be one set of identifying descriptors. The DCMI is a continuation of  the resource  Description Language. I really don’t understand this well enough to discuss. I understand data and the need to categorize and retrieve but I don’t feel able to interpret this paper in a coherent way. To me it is referencing and cross referencing down to a minute format. 

Week 5 comments

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Week 5 Muddiest Points

I am confused enough by this weeks readings that I don't think I can make a coherent question. Thank you for posting last weeks question and including it in your class discussion.