Friday, December 3, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Reading Notes - Week 11
Current Developments and future trends for the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
This project sounds similar to Dublin Core...almost. Collaboration is so incredibly important especially in this digital age that we live in. It is also interesting to see the spread of different repositories that are involved. I can appreciate the challenge that that creates, especially with such different metadata being introduced.
White Paper: The Deep Web: Surfacing Hidden Value
Wow. I never realized how huge the Internet really was. I mean, I knew that there were millions of sites out there, but seeing it in numbers really hits home. I remember from computer class in high school when we learned about search engines and how they work. I also remember "webcrawler" as one of the original programs, and how similar these search engines really are to spiders.
David Hawking - Web Search Pt 1 and 2
I can't seem to find these articles in their entirety. However, from the abstracts, I'm getting the idea that these are really interesting and a nice overview of the topic.
This project sounds similar to Dublin Core...almost. Collaboration is so incredibly important especially in this digital age that we live in. It is also interesting to see the spread of different repositories that are involved. I can appreciate the challenge that that creates, especially with such different metadata being introduced.
White Paper: The Deep Web: Surfacing Hidden Value
Wow. I never realized how huge the Internet really was. I mean, I knew that there were millions of sites out there, but seeing it in numbers really hits home. I remember from computer class in high school when we learned about search engines and how they work. I also remember "webcrawler" as one of the original programs, and how similar these search engines really are to spiders.
David Hawking - Web Search Pt 1 and 2
I can't seem to find these articles in their entirety. However, from the abstracts, I'm getting the idea that these are really interesting and a nice overview of the topic.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Reading Notes - Week 10
Digital Libraries - Challenges and Influential Work
I think the thing that struck me most in this article was the following quote:
"Another interesting effect of the increased federal funding for digital library research was that senior scholars from other computing disciplines were brought into the field (Lesk, 1999). Whether digital library work will continue to be interesting to the computer science community at large is an open question."
Huh. I, as a future librarian/archivist, would hope that digital library work is not just a passing diversion. Seeing as it is the future of just about everything...but I'm probably overreacting.
Dewey Meets Turing
I find it interesting how those involved in this project expected that computer science and libraries would just mesh completely with no problems. Anything that involves the internet is bound to have issues.
Also, I'm glad that the author mentioned that other disciplines were drawn into the project. As a historian/anthopologist (with a degree I might add), I have witnessed firsthand how helpful digital library resources can be. Many a paper would not have been completed without those resources. Ah, all nighters...
Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age
As I mentioned earlier, I owe a bachelor's degree to the institutional repository at my former college. Being able to access information easily was key to any paper that I attempted to write. Lynch's article sheds some light on some of the issues and solutions that would be necessary for dealing with an essentially digital repository at such an institution.
I think the thing that struck me most in this article was the following quote:
"Another interesting effect of the increased federal funding for digital library research was that senior scholars from other computing disciplines were brought into the field (Lesk, 1999). Whether digital library work will continue to be interesting to the computer science community at large is an open question."
Huh. I, as a future librarian/archivist, would hope that digital library work is not just a passing diversion. Seeing as it is the future of just about everything...but I'm probably overreacting.
Dewey Meets Turing
I find it interesting how those involved in this project expected that computer science and libraries would just mesh completely with no problems. Anything that involves the internet is bound to have issues.
Also, I'm glad that the author mentioned that other disciplines were drawn into the project. As a historian/anthopologist (with a degree I might add), I have witnessed firsthand how helpful digital library resources can be. Many a paper would not have been completed without those resources. Ah, all nighters...
Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age
As I mentioned earlier, I owe a bachelor's degree to the institutional repository at my former college. Being able to access information easily was key to any paper that I attempted to write. Lynch's article sheds some light on some of the issues and solutions that would be necessary for dealing with an essentially digital repository at such an institution.
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