Digital Libraries: challenges and influential work by William H. Mischo
What is federated search? How is it better than non-federated search?
I think it's interesting that government agencies began looking at the idea of the digital library before the idea of the Internet even really caught on with the general public. Most importantly, they started by involving the community, most of whom probably had no idea what the government meant.
I also found it interesting that Google was a result of the early project, as were many other developments. The creators wanted to create one thing but ended up creating a lot more. We can't imagine a world without Google and these programs helped make it possible.
Dewey meets Turing: librarians, computer scientists and the digital libraries initiative
I like the idea that librarians had to work with computer scientists. This partnership is bound to create new ideas (like Google). However, the article makes it seem like the two groups did not have much respect for each other or even bother to explain the basics of their jobs. Perhaps the partnership would have worked better then.
How much of a disruption did the Internet cause in the partnership? Why could the computer scientists explained the more technical concepts to the librarians? What advances have been made since that time?
Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age
Does Pitt have a digital repository? Who created it? Who maintains it? Do librarians play any part in the upkeep or organization of the digital repository?
I like the idea of a digital repository because you can keep a lot of useful information in one place. However, what happens if the system crashes? Is there a backup? Where is the information stored? How do you convince technology-reluctant faculty members and staff to use the repository?
I also appreciated that the author included some of his concerns about repositories.
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