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December 8, 2011

Unit 13 – I’ve learned a lot this semester!

I have learned so much this semester, it’s hard to know where to begin. But I guess I need to begin with metadata and taxonomy. Early in the semester I posted that “I read some articles this week that made me … Continue reading →

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November 21, 2011

Semantic Web Standards

Semantic Web Standards.  I just want to post this link for future reference.

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September 15, 2011

The Getty End-User Online Searching Project

The Getty End-User Online Searching Project. These studies about the online searching behavior of humanities scholars versus science scholars are important information that I need to take into account when designing my database. The notes and bibliographic entries to this … Continue reading →

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September 14, 2011

Zits Comic – Laundry Taxonomy

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September 14, 2011

IRLS675 – Unit 3 Pace of course so far

The pace of this course is killing me so far. It seems like more work than 672 was in the summer. But I recall that I felt overwhelmed at the beginning of that course too, and finally settled into a … Continue reading →

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September 11, 2011

Maps of Citations Uncover New Fields of Scholarship – Research – The Chronicle of Higher Education

Maps of Citations Uncover New Fields of Scholarship – Research – The Chronicle of Higher Education.   This is an interesting way to find articles – not searches by key word, but tracking citation links. A map like this that … Continue reading →

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September 7, 2011

I’m realizing that so much of librarianship is about metadata

Metadata – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. I read some articles this week that made me realize that much of what added value librarians provide to collections is in the form of metadata. I guess I always thought of librarians mainly … Continue reading →

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August 30, 2011

IRLS 675 Unit 1 – proposed digital collection

My eventual idea is for a site pertaining to the nineteenth century writer George Eliot. There are a variety of materials about her scattered all over the net, but no one main web portal that collects and makes a wide … Continue reading →

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