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2005-10-20T18:24:00.000-07:00

Picasa Software

What have I learned from downloading Picasa? It is a painful experience when I saw pictures shown on my screen after finishing download the Picasa Software. I saw lots of surprising pictures which I don't want to see. I have known all the dates of each picture was posted and have found out the truth.The bad pictures can be deleted, but they can not escape from the computer, right?
I am so grateful that I have used and learned the Picasa software to post my photos in a painful way because I found out the truth. Thank God!
I hope everyone will have a very pleasant experience using the Picasa Software.
If you want to download the Picasa, you can click the icon which is next to my picture. Good Luck!

2005-10-18T11:24:00.000-07:00

Emerging Copyright

Issues

According to recent studies on the size and scope of the Web, its estimated that the “Hidden Web” far outnumbers the visible Web. One study estimates that there are 550 billion documents housed on Web sites including company information, job listings,and etc. Due to the rapid development of Web sites, some website owners concern that deep linking makes their ownership vague. Others argue that hypertext links are just a type of searching tool that simply leads the users to get their information. The amount of information available on the Web is tremendous. The Web should be designed to ensure easy access to information. The Web site owners should be interested in universal access information rather than their ownership.
Deep linking should be allowed because web sites have already created problems. Users’ complaint with the Web in general is that it is too difficult to locate exactly what users are looking for. Web site users do not care who owns the web. They just want to get the information they need. If web site owners play games with their users by making the searching situation worse by directing the users go around their main pages rather than directly access to the deep link to get the information they need, users will gradually push the web owners out of business. Maybe Blogs!
On the other hand, users always want to use effective and efficient tools to access online documents. And users choose the more convenient web sites which allow them to access online documents from a web page through deep link directly to interior pages of the web site. The ones that make the users feel inconvenient will sooner or later be obsolete. What is the purpose to design a web site? Providing facilitated tool for users to navigate the web sites should be their first priority to consider, namely, allowing direct, deep linking to the needed information.
Web should be barrier free and conveniently available to all. In order to ensure universal access, it is important to consider not only access to the web, but access to particular information on it through deep linking.
You can find information regarding to the links ownership on Linkes_Ownership or Wilsonweb.

2005-10-18T07:46:00.000-07:00

Photoblogs

What is Photoblogs? What is the purpose of Photoblogs? Is there any future for Photoblogs? I found these answers on FAQ-PhontoblogsWiki.

From the FAQ-PhotoblogsWiki site, I have learned great deal things related to photoblogs, such as how to make my own photoblog--Photoblog Hosting or Photoblog Software,how to take ownership my photoblog profile, and etc. I also searched the Forbes website. I found some good photos there.

As a future librarian, I might learn how to get my own photoblogs. A librarian has to know every technology is avaiable to the public because we are the educators who suppose to teach others.

Recently I read an article, which is about librarian should know nowadays technologies. There is a list for librarians. Twenty technologies so far are listed. In the near future, the list will get longer because of the rapid development of technology. Blogs may be become the twenty-first to be listed. Blogs! Blogs!! Photoblogs?

2005-10-14T12:37:00.000-07:00

Putting Books Online

Oct. 9, 2005, Daily Bruin posted "UC helps to put books online" by Lana Yoo. UC and Open Content Alliance will start the project in 2006. Together they will scan and upload thousands of print materials which are out-of-copyright onto the internet.
Digitization of print materials is the trend to preserve and free access information. However, the traditional forms to preserve information, such as books and music albums will change into electronic formats. More and more users will access online to get information because of the convenient technology.
Nowadays more and more users prefer the technology provided to them because they have already benefited from the internet--easy access and get information. Almost everything is online, patrons don't have to physically walk in distance to the library anymore. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't mean that library books will be replaced soon. I always doubt that digital scans can replace the library books.
However, online resources still make some librarians worry about the future of library-- usage of library and the books.
Librarians should not be scared of the technology rather than taking advantages of technology.
Library can add more computers to increase library attendance; and librarians might create some programs to promote reading, such as book discussion groups for teens and adults.
As someone said,"We, librarians are the masters, the technology is only our server!"
Librarians should welcome new technology into our libraries and stand in the forefront of new technology to serve our patrons better.

2005-10-05T11:09:00.000-07:00

Writing Web 2.0 for

Librarians

I have read Web 2.0 for librarians, which was posted by Michael Stephens on Techsource.ala.org. It is an awesome and a fantastic idea to write about Web 2.0 for librarians, especially for those who are unfamiliar with Web 2.0.

We all know that librarians are the pioneers to learn new things, such as new technology so that they can use what they have learned to serve others better.

The Web 2.0 tools are great for users, according to Michael, because users can use the tools of Web 2.0 to create, change and publish dynamic content of all kinds. Meanwhile, users become publisher, creator, and entertaining channel by using these tools.

I am looking forward to using the Web 2.0 tools in the near future with Michael's help--the book Web 2.0.

2005-09-30T15:38:00.000-07:00

Three Different Library

Blogs

I found three different types of library blogs. They are
Feel-good Librarian, ILL News , and Librarystuff.net blogs

The Feel-good Librarian blog seems for librarians who are working in libraries. They post their working experience (unusual) on the blog, such as what they can and cannot do, what kind of working envirnment they are in, and what the boundaries are for librarian. It is really helpful for new librarians to learn from their peers. Some comments are interesting.

The ILL News blog is the news related to OCLC resources, First Search, Worldcat datebase on First Search, and OCLC system alerts. I couldn't find one comment regarding the news which was posted.

The Librarystuff.net covers comprehensive issues which relate to public libraries and school libraries. It is more professional. I can find quality comments on this blog.

I like the Feel-good Librarian blog because not only I have learned how to do good work as a librarian, but also I have understood why they do this.
However, I recomment the Librarystuff.net for librarians because it is more professional.