When I look at Wiki'ing, at how much I just massacred "Wiki", I see "Viking" for some reason.
Cool.
And actually, I'll use that as a way to discuss my thoughts about Wikis and libraries.
I've reviewed the links, and they're alright. A little too much detail from me.
I just can't get past something I really can't think too much on, despite the obliviousness of my intelligence, but also maybe because I'm not really a librarian.
Well, it seems that the data that Wikis contain are managed by the people who surf it themselves. They can create new content, manage it, link to it for whatever purposes, etc. I feel as if the data is Viking plunder, and you really don't knwo the original owner.
So you can't really just trust it 100%.
And it seems that libraries are probably in a constant need for information especially reference information like the data that is easily found in a Wiki.
Question is, is who really says that the data used for reference questions, or the data used for any library related reason, is right?
I mean is it now, thanks to Web 2.0 and Wikis that've spawned over the past few years, a real matter of who moderates said data?
Hmm, sound like a job for... "Specialized Librarians" across the world.
Ta-Da. Now all specialized librarians should "unite" I guess. Hmm, maybe they can get a cool "Watchtower" base of operations like the Justice League.
My thoughts end here, for now, but that'd be cool.
Maybe this is the future of librarians? They just don't have question coming in, they end up asking the questions, and they moderate what data they're responsible for.
Hmm, sounds Utopian.
Friday, August 31, 2007
15 Of 23: Perspectives On Web/Library 2.0 Concerning Libraries
Ok, so I looked into "To a temporary place in time..." by Dr. Wendy Schultz.
I couldn't have written something better. I've been waiting for someone ot simply come out and say here's what Library 2.0 will become, and here's where it's heading to as Library 3.0, 4.0, etc.
Well according to the doc, she thinks that certain things we are dealing with now in 2.0 are really more defined in 3.0 and 4.0.
That's cool, and she mentions a little about what she sees us going in the not to a far sci-fi future, but not too much.
I was hoping more of the sci-fi stuff, especially more on the idea of a future library being a place as a "mind gym", and really I didn't get it from this.
Oh well, I guess I'll have to stick to the virtual librarian from the movie A.I.
I couldn't have written something better. I've been waiting for someone ot simply come out and say here's what Library 2.0 will become, and here's where it's heading to as Library 3.0, 4.0, etc.
Well according to the doc, she thinks that certain things we are dealing with now in 2.0 are really more defined in 3.0 and 4.0.
That's cool, and she mentions a little about what she sees us going in the not to a far sci-fi future, but not too much.
I was hoping more of the sci-fi stuff, especially more on the idea of a future library being a place as a "mind gym", and really I didn't get it from this.
Oh well, I guess I'll have to stick to the virtual librarian from the movie A.I.
14 Of 23: Technorati
Yes, the results were different in the blogs/tags/directory, but I did find some similar results as I digged among them.
It's sort like the thing that may happen when you're in Google and you search for web pages and images, and you end up going to the same web site and probably to its different sections.
I wasn't surprised at the top items.
I mean, some things seemed misspelled like "utube" and the like. I was surprised that "britney spears" was in the top searches. Yes, that was misspelled too, so it must be from a real person and not a bot. But the more I think about it, I'm not really surprised, it's just that she's not someone I'd look for.
"Boing Boing" was listed as the top Blog. Schweet, I use them for things sometimes, end up going there, so that was expected.
I'll add this to my Bookmarks for links to use in searches.
It's sort like the thing that may happen when you're in Google and you search for web pages and images, and you end up going to the same web site and probably to its different sections.
I wasn't surprised at the top items.
I mean, some things seemed misspelled like "utube" and the like. I was surprised that "britney spears" was in the top searches. Yes, that was misspelled too, so it must be from a real person and not a bot. But the more I think about it, I'm not really surprised, it's just that she's not someone I'd look for.
"Boing Boing" was listed as the top Blog. Schweet, I use them for things sometimes, end up going there, so that was expected.
I'll add this to my Bookmarks for links to use in searches.
13 of 23: Del.icio.us
Yes, Del.icio.us is nice. It tastes even better.
If things had to be collected, "bagged and tagged", this site does it well.
But as before, I do get the impression that most tools I used for 23 Things do seem to scream for some sort of real integration with other tools viewed and used so far.
Also should mention that "tagging" is a big part of programming software.
I mean really, I remember using "GOTO" statements in High School that moved to other certain/needed sections of code based on how you used colon-like tags through your conditional statements. The term/style is "spaghetti coding", and yeah, it can get messy since all your code lives on one long sheet/file of a program that runs/compiles not as a running binary, but as a top/down live thing.
I also learned HTML and it's really more of the same for every "< /a >" that you use, or pic you post, if you write or generate a web page.
It's all really the same thing. I guess here it's more about data and not conditions for Del.icio.us.
If things had to be collected, "bagged and tagged", this site does it well.
But as before, I do get the impression that most tools I used for 23 Things do seem to scream for some sort of real integration with other tools viewed and used so far.
Also should mention that "tagging" is a big part of programming software.
I mean really, I remember using "GOTO" statements in High School that moved to other certain/needed sections of code based on how you used colon-like tags through your conditional statements. The term/style is "spaghetti coding", and yeah, it can get messy since all your code lives on one long sheet/file of a program that runs/compiles not as a running binary, but as a top/down live thing.
I also learned HTML and it's really more of the same for every "< /a >" that you use, or pic you post, if you write or generate a web page.
It's all really the same thing. I guess here it's more about data and not conditions for Del.icio.us.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
11 Of 23: LibraryThing
My Profile and Catalog links for LibraryThing are:
Profile
Catalog
I really like this! I wonder what I could do with Koha, Evergreen, or another open source library system instead though?
Eh, I like this and it seems to be pretty good so far. I feel kind of awkward using this for some reason.
Hmm, this combined with Scribd... wow, that's an idea. See my previous post on Scribd.
Profile
Catalog
I really like this! I wonder what I could do with Koha, Evergreen, or another open source library system instead though?
Eh, I like this and it seems to be pretty good so far. I feel kind of awkward using this for some reason.
Hmm, this combined with Scribd... wow, that's an idea. See my previous post on Scribd.
10 Of 23: Double Digits And Me As A...
Retard! I mean Meez!
Whoo! Finally, double digits, and on my way to 20 and to the finish at 23.
Speaking of, here's me to every little detail except the important stuff:
Whoo! Finally, double digits, and on my way to 20 and to the finish at 23.
Speaking of, here's me to every little detail except the important stuff:
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