Local Area Network - Wikipedia
Yet another Wikipedia article that can give the basic information about a topic. Having grown up in the "digital age," I was already pretty familiar with the LAN concept. The article did a good job of clearing up a few of the details that I was unfamiliar with. In today's society though, with wireless being available at McDonalds of all places, how many people are familiar with LAN outside of an office setting?
Computer Network - Wikipedia
This Wikipedia article, unlike the previous one, brought up some information that I wasn't familiar with. I had never really thought about campus networks and metropolitan networks before, just took them for granted. Now I understand what having an entire campus with available internet really entails.
Common Types of Computer Networks - YouTube
PAN, LAN, WAN, and other types are explained. I do think its interesting how the presenter explained that a lot of what we used to have to do on a Wide Area Network can now be done on a LAN. Ethernet cables and technology have really made vast improvements on what is possible for everyone.
Management of RFID in Libraries
RFID is the acronym for radio frequency identifier. RFID is a small microchip and an antenna embedded in a piece of paper. It is essentially like a barcode, but operates using electro-magnetic field. RFID can be used for inventory and security reasons. Libraries can use this to track their inventory as it is checked in or out. Currently, I work for Barnes and Noble, mostly in the receiving room. I deal with RFID tags everyday. We choose to tag some of our books according to the threat of shoplifting. The tags are helpful, but my experience shows that they are not infallible. They can easily be removed, they can be deactivated, and the readers can be fooled. Yet, we still use them because they are effective. And the noise that the readers make when a tag goes through them still active, well...it's pretty annoying.
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