I feel like I’m neglecting this blog–SNL videos and class assignments aside–but there hasn’t been much to say: I’ve been sick for about a month (bronchitis and a never-ending cold), which has left me completely drained and not really feeling up to the time, energy, and brainpower requirements of my…
I have no muddiest point. Is anybody dying to meet up and discuss digital library-y goodness, the day before our midterm?
I loved the following quote (from our Week 8 Readings): Google has taught us, quite powerfully, that the user just wants a search box. Arguments as to whether or not this is “best” for the user are moot—it doesn’t matter if it’s best if nobody uses it. Moreover, as both…
Muddiest Point: My muddiest point from last week didn’t get answered. Since it directly impacts the homework that’s due on Monday, I’d be really grateful if somebody could help me out: I’m not sure I understand what an attribute is in XML. We saw a schema and how to set…
I’ve been meaning to post a “State of the Schooling” kind of thing for quite a while, as the six week mark of the semester neared and then swooped past–it’s funny how “six weeks” still has meaning to me, nearly ten years removed from high school as I am. Having…
LibraryJournal covers some of the controversy around Google Books: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6601209.html?nid=3285
Muddy point: I’m not sure I understand what an attribute is in XML. We saw a schema and how to set an attribute up in it, but not how it would look in the XML that fit the schema. (Apologies for imprecise terminology.) Reading response (digital preservation – list below):…
I confess: I do not believe in a Semantic Web. I sincerely hope to be proven wrong–we should all hope to have information resources that powerful–but I do not believe, given my understanding of the way the Web works, the way search engines work, and computers’ consistently poor understanding of…