Data compression article: This article descirbed data compression as encoding information using fewer bits that an unencoded representation would use through use of specific encoding schemes. It also said that encoding only works if the sender and the receiver use the same language. Data compressing is useful because it "reduces the expensive resources" like hard disks. The downside of data compression is that it must be decompressed which might hurt some applications.There are two kinds of compression, lossless and lossy. Lossless has less errors than lossy.
Data compression basics: This article basically describes encoding as short hand for the computer. While in most cases it is short hand, it can make the data longer than the original. For me, encoding is confusing. The data means the same thing but is shown different.
Imaging Pittsburgh: In 2002 the University of Pittsburgh received a grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services to create a "shared gateway to visual image collection over Pittsburgh region". The grant helped to create a collection of Pittsburgh and local people throught the years. The project took two years and was a great success.
YouTube and libraries: I never thought about using YouTube to promote libaries but I guess it can be done. The article also says that you can advertise new material and put a link on the video to go to the library web site. So many people use youtube that it would be easy to get the public to see your youtube video.
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I said the same thing about YouTube. How many times do you receive e-mail with YouTube links? It's amazing how widespread the use has become.
I was also really excited about YouTube being used in an educational format. That's why I think this technology class is so important. I am not familiar with a lot of modern social networks (like FaceBook, MySpace, and YouTube) and because I don't know how they work or their capabilities, I never think of using them for didactic purposes. But just imagine the amount of information you can post about the library and what's in the library through YouTube. Sometimes, I think updating libraries doesn't have to be as grand as creating independent network infrastructures; we can do so much in smaller ways like with YouTube. It's not a comprehensive solution to our problems but it's definitely a start.
I thought the YouTube idea was interesting also, but I was hoping to read about some great new idea on how to use UTube, and didn't think one was really delivered.
I can understand what you mean, Denise- there may not have been anything too profound, but I thought the idea about giving tours was cool. You know, a step by step log of how to get to different areas within a library. I thought that it might be helpful for incoming students who could be overwhelmed by huge academic libraries.
It seems like implementing YouTube into a library website would be a great idea, particularly with regard to the teen readership. I think it is incredibly important for libraries to relate with this demographic, as they are the next generation of library users.
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