The article “The Future of Libraries: Beginning the Great Transformation” talks about how the roles of libraries in society are changing as technology evolves. “A library role is no longer primarily to serve as a storehouse.” “The article talks about how we have moved from a time where information was scarce to a time where information is overflowing.” Then the article goes on to discuss “ten key trends that it believes will affect the development of the next generation library.” Lastly, it stresses that changes of technology will forever keep the way that information is being presented to be changing.
It was very interesting to me to read about the story of how the art collection of Leonardo da Vince has been preserved. Reading this story just made me realize how sometimes people of today do not appreciate being able to go to a library and find old books or whatever they need, for whatever reason. These things are just something that people expect to be there and they do not take the time to understand where it came from or how it’s been preserved over the years or decades. There’s this big debate going around about whether or not libraries will be needed in the future? In my opinion, I believe they will be needed because no matter how much technology evolves you’re still going to need the library. It goes back to the point of one of the fundamental roles of a library, to “serve as storehouse.” Society will always need a place where the original works of individuals can be stored for back-up. If only society could count on people to be able to accurately predict the future a hundred percent, then we would know what libraries would be like in the future.
Thomas Frey “The Future of Libraries: Beginning the Great Transformation”
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
News Report # 3
“More turning to Web to watch TV, movies”
Zach Pontz, CNN.com
2/6/09 (Date accessed: 2/10/09)
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/06/internet.tv/index.html
This article talks about how more people are using the internet to watch television programs because they can no longer afford to pay for cable services. There are several sites such as “Hulu,” “Joost,” and “Netflix” that offer a place for people to go to watch one of their favorite movies or television shows. The only problem with this is that most of these sites are limited to the television content they can provide. In other words, it is much harder to get a current or newly released footage online such as a “professional football game.” Lastly, the article talks about how it has been researched that more people are watching things online, but not enough to say that Internet TV will be the “new television.”
Honestly, I do not like watching movies or television shows on the internet. From time to time I might view a news video clip online, but that’s about it. When I purchase certain DVD’s, for example Dark Knight, they come with a digital copy to download to the computer. I have yet to use any of the digital copies that have come with movies I’ve bought. I feel that DVD’s that provide a digital copy to the movie is helping promote online viewing. This in results turns consumers away from purchasing the DVD if they can view it online for free. No matter how much they try to push TV consumers to viewing things online I do not think it will go far. For the simply fact, that you will have people such as myself who prefer to view it on a larger television instead of a small PC screen. Another factor I believe plays a part is being comfortable. A person might think to their self, is this comfortable sitting in front of a computer versus lying in bed to watch the same show? I understand that their laptops available in this world, but then you have to deal with the previous point I mentioned viewing it on a small screen. I do not think this will go very far because if it every got to the point where people could go online to watch a current movie, then the producer of the movie, probably would not make any money and that would not go far. Producers do not spend the time and cost to make a movie to give it away for free.
Zach Pontz, CNN.com
2/6/09 (Date accessed: 2/10/09)
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/06/internet.tv/index.html
This article talks about how more people are using the internet to watch television programs because they can no longer afford to pay for cable services. There are several sites such as “Hulu,” “Joost,” and “Netflix” that offer a place for people to go to watch one of their favorite movies or television shows. The only problem with this is that most of these sites are limited to the television content they can provide. In other words, it is much harder to get a current or newly released footage online such as a “professional football game.” Lastly, the article talks about how it has been researched that more people are watching things online, but not enough to say that Internet TV will be the “new television.”
Honestly, I do not like watching movies or television shows on the internet. From time to time I might view a news video clip online, but that’s about it. When I purchase certain DVD’s, for example Dark Knight, they come with a digital copy to download to the computer. I have yet to use any of the digital copies that have come with movies I’ve bought. I feel that DVD’s that provide a digital copy to the movie is helping promote online viewing. This in results turns consumers away from purchasing the DVD if they can view it online for free. No matter how much they try to push TV consumers to viewing things online I do not think it will go far. For the simply fact, that you will have people such as myself who prefer to view it on a larger television instead of a small PC screen. Another factor I believe plays a part is being comfortable. A person might think to their self, is this comfortable sitting in front of a computer versus lying in bed to watch the same show? I understand that their laptops available in this world, but then you have to deal with the previous point I mentioned viewing it on a small screen. I do not think this will go very far because if it every got to the point where people could go online to watch a current movie, then the producer of the movie, probably would not make any money and that would not go far. Producers do not spend the time and cost to make a movie to give it away for free.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
News Report # 2
“Obama unveils new presidential Web site”
Lisa Respers France, CNN.com
1/20/2009
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/white.house.website/
The article” Obama unveils new presidential Web site” is about how the redesign www.whitehouse.gov was released to the public that outline's President Barack Obama stamina. The redesign site includes “more interactive features” such as a “photo gallery, the ability to get e-mail updates, and a White House blog.” The article also talks about how the newly updated site is a huge step up from what former President George W. Bush used it for. One of the reasons the site was redesign was because President Barack Obama wanted to use the website as a means of communication between the public and himself. Lastly, the article warns people to make sure that they do not get www.whitehouse.gov confused with www.whitehouse.org a spoof website.
I just love the whole idea of President Barack Obama taking a serious interest in using the site. This shows that he is trying to keep that constant line of communication from Americans open. It lets Americans know that he is interested and concerned with their voice. It is flabbergasting to me to know that I can e-mail the president about any of my concerns as an American and it will get to him. I also like the idea of the White House blog. I feel that this blog will allow people in general, not just Americans, to talk to each other about present or upcoming issues. I’m pretty sure that the staff of the White House will be monitoring this for the president somehow. Again, this gives President Barack Obama the opportunity to hear people concerns. I really hope that Americans will use this tool that is available to them for free. It is not every day you have the president wanting to hear your view or concern. Indeed, “Change has come to America” as you see even with something as small as the progression or changes made to the official white house site.
Lisa Respers France, CNN.com
1/20/2009
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/white.house.website/
The article” Obama unveils new presidential Web site” is about how the redesign www.whitehouse.gov was released to the public that outline's President Barack Obama stamina. The redesign site includes “more interactive features” such as a “photo gallery, the ability to get e-mail updates, and a White House blog.” The article also talks about how the newly updated site is a huge step up from what former President George W. Bush used it for. One of the reasons the site was redesign was because President Barack Obama wanted to use the website as a means of communication between the public and himself. Lastly, the article warns people to make sure that they do not get www.whitehouse.gov confused with www.whitehouse.org a spoof website.
I just love the whole idea of President Barack Obama taking a serious interest in using the site. This shows that he is trying to keep that constant line of communication from Americans open. It lets Americans know that he is interested and concerned with their voice. It is flabbergasting to me to know that I can e-mail the president about any of my concerns as an American and it will get to him. I also like the idea of the White House blog. I feel that this blog will allow people in general, not just Americans, to talk to each other about present or upcoming issues. I’m pretty sure that the staff of the White House will be monitoring this for the president somehow. Again, this gives President Barack Obama the opportunity to hear people concerns. I really hope that Americans will use this tool that is available to them for free. It is not every day you have the president wanting to hear your view or concern. Indeed, “Change has come to America” as you see even with something as small as the progression or changes made to the official white house site.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Reading Assignment # 2
The article “Can Wikipedia Ever Make the Grade?” is about the controversy of whether Wikipedia can be consider a reliable source or not, being that anyone can post or edit an article on this site. Furthermore, Wikipedia at one point in time did not require posters to register to their site before posting or editing information. Wikipedia did explain that they have editors that monitor the site 24/7 to look at recently updated information, to deal with misinformation immediately. Many people believe this process is not efficient in terms of the amount of times the article is viewed, before editors are able to check it. In the article many scholars argued, that the site could not be a reliable source because anyone could post or edit it. They felt that there should be some kind of credential requirement to be able to post or edit to the site. On the other hand, Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia, argued that anyone who has reliable knowledge of a subject should be able to post or edit the content. He believes that the site should not be limited to scholars only. Wales also encouraged scholars to participate in the site, since a lot of them were unhappy with the content posted. So this question was raised, “Can Wikipedia Ever Make the Grade?”
I understand were scholars are coming from as far as anyone being able to post to the site. I agree that there should be some kind of academic requirement because you have a lot of people coming to this website to get research information, and not just to use it as a pleasure website. I also like the idea of Citizendium, “an alternate version of Wikipedia that lets an editorial panel of experts put articles through a form of peer review before certifying them as worthy of public,” because I believe with this process you’ll end up with a more reliable source. One thing that I did not like was the harassment people were giving Wikipedia towards their editorial process. I felt that the majority of the arguments were nonsense. For example, one argument was that Wikipedia provided too much misinformation. Other sites on the world-wide web provide just as much misinformation as they claim Wikipedia does. At least Wikipedia is working towards trying to not have misinformation posted on their site often. I think that they should not get the boot because of someone else posting misinformation on their website, it’s not like their purposely trying to provide the public misinformation. It will be interesting to see were Wikipedia stands on this issue over the next five to six years.
Brock Read, “Can Wikipedia Ever Make the Grade?,” October 27, 2006.
I understand were scholars are coming from as far as anyone being able to post to the site. I agree that there should be some kind of academic requirement because you have a lot of people coming to this website to get research information, and not just to use it as a pleasure website. I also like the idea of Citizendium, “an alternate version of Wikipedia that lets an editorial panel of experts put articles through a form of peer review before certifying them as worthy of public,” because I believe with this process you’ll end up with a more reliable source. One thing that I did not like was the harassment people were giving Wikipedia towards their editorial process. I felt that the majority of the arguments were nonsense. For example, one argument was that Wikipedia provided too much misinformation. Other sites on the world-wide web provide just as much misinformation as they claim Wikipedia does. At least Wikipedia is working towards trying to not have misinformation posted on their site often. I think that they should not get the boot because of someone else posting misinformation on their website, it’s not like their purposely trying to provide the public misinformation. It will be interesting to see were Wikipedia stands on this issue over the next five to six years.
Brock Read, “Can Wikipedia Ever Make the Grade?,” October 27, 2006.
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