Week 12:

Comments:
To Rand on the video:

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1003426038996200615&postID=1423558269580040554&page=1

To Alison on bookmark management:

http://ab2600.blogspot.com/

Science and Technology Libraries:

This was a very interesting article... One thing I liked is how they pointed out how you can search for different blogs of a related subject by clicking on keywords. It was also nice to be reminded that blog entries should be backed up, because the entries last only as long as the site hosting them. Its also amazing that the first blogs were created to point out new websites on the internet, and now blogs can be about practically anything. This article addresses different subject matter and types of blogging. I like to think that blogs are more organized than project discussion boards.

Using a Wiki...:

After reading the introduction I thought to myself that I wished that I knew of more Wiki sites than Wikipedia... Literally the next paragraph lists a couple of sites that enable you to build your own. It was cool to read about how Wiki sites are used in library instruction, and the different types of wiki literature out there. This article makes me want to contribute my own knowledge on Wiki sites.

Creating the academic library folksonomy...:

I think the first paragraph of this read makes bookmarking a way bigger deal than it is. It described new websites that enable bookmark management. The upside to this is that you can access them whenever, from any computer, and you can share them. The sharing would come in handy with research of course.

How a ragtag band created Wikipedia:

I like these TED videos, they're not boring at all and the presenters have a sense of humor... The speaker does a good job of describing what Wikipedia is, and good facts were presented:

Publicly funded
Size - 600,000 English articles
2,000,000 world wide
Different languages
Top 50 website
It compared Wiki users vs. NY times
Most of the work is volunteer work
Cost 5,000 dollars to run, cheap!
Occasionally gets locked with controversial topics

The presenter later describes real time peer review and its interesting to see how any changes made are columned up next to each other to view what was changed and when.

Muddiest Point:

The "new phenomenon" of there being websites that allow you to manage bookmarks is cool and all, but it probably takes a lot of your time to go to the site... login, enter a password, and actually organize your bookmarks... You do half of that anyway in Firefox and Internet Explorer.