INLS 180 Day 14 Notes

February 25, 2004

 

 

  1. One minute papers (last week)

Main Points

Internet is disrupting the traditional information life cycle

Discovering and leveraging info relationships is promising area

Form influences lifeàe.g., metaphor body proportion:gait as info forest:usage pattern

Link typing/look aheads

The pros and cons of relationship mining

 

Questions

What new niches can info professionals create?

Footnotes as important links being used less?

Will paper disappear in 50-200 years?

Why is there media consolidation when online publishing implies universal publishing?

How has the editing process changed?  What are the roles for libraries?

Can we develop an excerpting standard to link quotes back to full text automatically wherever they may appear?

How popular are hypernovels?  [see http://eastgate.com/]

Can users contribute to link analysis?

Just because everyone can publish, should they?  Just because we can save everything, should we?

 

  1. Discuss readings

Catherine, Maureen, Peter, Elizabeth, Kristen B

Jane, Chris, Craig, John, Kasia

Jeff, Becca, Margaret, AJ, Courtney

Tim, Robin, Chad, Marisa, Lourdes

Allison, Mara, Will, Cynthia, Crystal

Scott, Tim, Sarah, Alida, Lynne

Disussion 1:  relevance:  discuss the Harter paper and the Schambler et al. paper.   15 min in group, 15 min report out.

 

Discussion 2: quality and popularity: Amento, et al.  15 min in group, 15 min report out.

 

3. One-minute paper

What was the big point you learned in class today?

What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?