Muddiest point - October 20th

I do not have a muddiest point for this week.

Assignment Four

Below is the link to my Citeulike page.  The two topics I chose were newspaper libraries and intellectual property.  I added citeulike in the tags to identify which ones I found through the cite.

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

Muddiest point - October 13th

Are there any projects in place like the Internet Archive?  Is there any competition to this site or has this site proved to be the best one for archiving Internet content?

Reading Notes October 20th

"Beyond HTML: Developing and re-imaging library web guides in a content management system"
- Content management can be defined as the process of collecting, managing and publishing content.
- In a CMS, the content is disconnected from the layout and design elements of the page.
- Allows librarians to focus on identifying, creating, annotating and selecting the content itself as opposed to exploring HTML format.
- In CMS, the content can be repurposed or repackaged.
- A CMS can allow more content creators to have direct editorial access to their assigned areas or components of a web site.
- Tagging content is an important feature of the CMS because it allows librarians to work in the same system and allows them to repackage it in ways that are most meaningful to the users.
- Reusing and repurposing is a benefit of using a CMS.  Librarians have the ability to add a resource item once, and then reuse that item in many research or course goals.
- Study in article about Georgia Southern University found that the move to a CMS has been a positive experience and an overall success.
   - In part because of the collaboration between the web development personnel and the liaison librarians.
- The CMS makes up the vast majority of GSU library's web site infrastructure.

HTML Cheatsheet Guide
- This is an extremely helpful resource. It helps simplify HTML code a little bit for me.

Muddiest point - October 6th

This is more in relation to the readings than what we talked about in class, but can you further explain the concept of "dismantling LIS systems," and similar themes discussed in that article?

October 13th Reading Notes

"How stuff works"
- Nobody really owns the Internet. It is a collection of networks.
- Grown from four host computer systems to millions.
- When you connect to your ISP, you become part of their network. The ISP may then connect to a larger network.
- Point of Presence: a place for local users to access the company's network.
- The routers determine where to send information from one computer to another.
- Routers are specialized computers that send your messages.
- Two jobs of routers: 1. Ensures that information doesn't go where it's not needed. 2. It makes sure that information does make it to the intended destination.
- National Science Foundation created the first high-speed backbone in 1987 called NSFNET.
- Backbones are fiber optic trunk line and has multiple lines to increase the capacity.
- IP Address: Internet Protocol, which is the language that computers use to communicate over the Internet.
- Four numbers in an IP address called octets.
- URL: Uniform Resource Locator

Dismantling Integrated Library Systems
- "GIS has been successful in offering public libraries tightly integrated core functionality in its Polaris product."
- Automation vendors have their own motivations: new revenue streams.
- ILS maintenance fees are relatively cheap.
- Library vendors have two choices. 1. They can continue to maintain large systems that use proprietary methods of interoperability and promise tight integration fo services for their customers. 2. They can choose to dismantle their modules in such a way that librarians can reintegrate their systems through web services and standards.
- May be necessary for librarians and vendors to dismantle the ILS in order to rebuild it.

Muddiest Point - September 29th

My muddiest point for September 29th is about RFIDs.  What are a few benefits of using them as opposed to bar codes?