1. Mischo, W. (July/August 2005). Digital Libraries: challenges and influential work. D-Lib Magazine. 11(7/8).
An interesting review of how these technologies have evolved ... perhaps the most telling point in this article is the amount of standards developed outside of federally-funded research projects. The line between the academy and popular or business development is always a blurry one when it comes to technological development as advancement gets absorbed by the marketplace.
2. Paepcke, A. et al. (July/August 2005). Dewey meets Turing: librarians, computer scientists and the digital libraries initiative. D-Lib Magazine. 11(7/8).
While reading this piece, I couldn't help but recall our discussions of The Social Life of Information in our other courses. The discussion of how librarians had to "humanize" technology - and get over technophobe anxiety - is especially indicative of this. More importantly, though, is the general relationship of the institutions of THE LIBRARY and COMPUTER SCIENCE and how this seemingly wasn't as prominent? If that is what the authors are arguing I would disagree that this relationship is something that happened in 1994 due to the DL projects. I have the impression that libraries, especially in the the late 20th century, have been involved in offering new technologies to their communities. Does anyone else feel this way?
3. Lynch, Clifford A. "Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age" ARL, no. 226 (February 2003): 1-7.
I was particularly drawn to what the author sees as failures of institutions to disseminate knowledge. While working as a research assistant for a faculty member in another program, I ran up against the issue of "lost" articles that she and other scholars had written in the '70s and '80s. In some cases, her personal filing cabinet was more efficient than the university databases in tracking down specific types of subject matter and sources. The uneven nature of dissemination and preservation was very evident.
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I agree about libraries being at the forefront of technology before this magic date. While I remember using the card catalog in my public library, I also vividly recall the implementation of computers when the idea of owning a computer was a pipe dream.
I also agree about the instablity of digital repositories. Ask me about the attempt to 'go paperless' at the dentist office sometime. The creation of an office network led to the printing of 10 times the paper to keep track of things in case something went wrong...again.
Yeah, I understand waht you're getting at regarding the second article. I wonder if the computer science folks start these trends, and then librarians introduce them to the public at large. Maybe now blogs introduce new technologies more than librarians. Just a thought.
Justin, I tried to go paperless at my library and the university administration put the brakes on that real quick.
due to a misunderstanding over already posting 10 readings i thought that i was exempt from any more reading and posting business. boy was i wrong: the first one does not count as its part of week one. so here i am racking up comment points and letting you know not to follow in my foolish footsteps...
in this case i will just say thanks because i did not read the articles, and too late now, but after having read your posts i do feel like i gleaned the best possible information available from the readings. also, i do "feel this way" about libraries offering technological advances to the community. Its almost like a "potlach" in fact.
In the first article I was more impressed that Google's founders based their very successful business on government funded information. This had me thinking about copyright law and derivative works.Do you think the government is due royalties?
I agree that libraries are at the forefront of new technology. For many people, the library is the only place to go to learn and use technology without a price tag.
I find the entire idea of institutional repositories a necessary extension to library and archival activities. With a successful repository comes a commitment to migration.
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