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Muddiest Point- Week 5

When digitizing physical materials... like photographs in an archive collection... are we damaging the original with the scanning process and are we losing quality with the digital image, even though we can't see it with our human eyes? As these digital collections need to be updated for software updates, will we continue to lose quality with these photos in the future?

Week 6

I really appreciated the articles and the youtube video explaining networks. I like being able to have a listing of all the different networks for future reference.

The article I enjoyed the most was K. Coyle's "Management of RFID in Libraries." Working in the circulation area of a library everyday, I tried to invision the changes we'd undergo to switch to the RFID system. I can see both the advantages and the disadvantages of having the RFID system in the library. I really like the security feature of the RFID with the alarm being able to tell what is checked out and what isn't... also the added benefits to making inventory a whole new story all together!!! I don't like the idea of having self checkout stations set up though... I think RFID could improve the efficiency of the library operations without having to completely eliminate all social interaction! Plus... has anyone tried the self-checkout at WalMart or Tops??? You always get stuck behind someone who doesn't know what they're doing and the whole operation takes sooooooo much longer than just going through the regular line... I'm all for change, but lets not get carried away :)

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Week 5

I really enjoyed this week's readings, especially the youtube article!!! I think reaching out to patrons/students in this way is just the neatest idea!!! I know a librarian that read an article about youtube and had no idea what it even was, meanwhile the patrons that frequent her library are all college age... kudos to the universities that are up and on these new opportunities!!!

I also enjoyed reading about Imaging Pittsburgh. I liked being able to read more about the processes of working on a project like that, just to get a little break from all of the technical terminology!!!

I also found it interesting (from the Data Compression article) that things like pictures and audios are slightly altered, but thanks to the "limitations of the human sensory system" we don't even know! I must admit... the technology monster is shrinking a bit for me... this week was really neat!!!

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Muddiest Point

Being that I haven't been able to access the video yet... my muddiest point from last week is about Linux... the only experience I have with it is completely old school and horrid to work with... I know they have made drastic changes to it, but I am still wondering why they think it is a good idea to have a program that multiple people can hack into and rework all the time... they think more hands will make this better... what about the negative? Sorry if class answered this...

Week 4

This week's readings focused on data: metadata, databases, etc. I must admit th majority of all three readings went right over my head... I think the bsic concept is that data and metadata is where access begins... having data about data is useful when it comes to finding the information, preserving it, etc. I think I understand that part about cataloguers and archivists... the Dublin Core Data Model article was completely lost on me... I think it explains the idea behind addresses and being able to find specific topics, etc... I'm not entirely sure though... I didn't realize there were multiple kinds of databases though, reading about their history was interesting.

Hopefully I'm not the only one that is feeling a bit lost with these readings...

Assignment #2

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Week 2 Muddiest Point

The muddiest point that I'm having a hard time with after Week 2's class is with Moore's Law. I understand the concept of doubling and how far we've come since this law was established, but I want to know where this is taking us... the readings state that we're good to go for another 10 years... what happens after that?

Week 3

Operating Systems

This week’s readings discussed the operating systems that are in our future. Linux, an implantation of UNIX, has been around the longest and seems the most complicated to me. Luckily it has come a long way in being user friendly, rather than just being for the experienced. Checking out some of the web sites that give examples of how Linux will look on the desktop (http://kd.org/screenshots/) I think it looks really neat! I like how the setup is easy to see all your windows at once and then have the one you want zoom in for you when you click on it… Mac OS X (Leopard) is also UNIX based and it looks very similar. I don’t have a Mac, but I like the looks of Leopard, especially the new additions like the Finder feature that lets you search through your files like your itunes…

Windows Vista is also moving in the same direction, though they’re already talking about releasing Windows 7 in a few years…

I should probably be embarrassed that I haven’t actually upgraded to any of the systems that we read about this week… still using XP… but I think the new looks are very appealing and, just like anything else, one familiarized with navigation using them would be fun!!!