I found the “How Stuff Works” article to be interesting. The one part made sense about trying different IPs until it found one that works. I noticed that when my Internet connection is down and I don’t know it, and I type in say google.com, it will show at the bottom of the screen all the different ways it is trying to connect to the site. I have seen it do google.net, google.org, google.gov, and even google.com.com. I never really thought about what it was doing, and kind of found it a little weird that it wouldn’t just connect to the site. But I guess if it couldn’t find a match, it would keep trying until it did. But I still find it fascinating that it can try all of these different connections in a split second.
I can see the frustrations from a librarian’s point of view with different library systems. Yes, at first it is all overwhelming, but you do get used to it. There are so many different aspects of it, though, that you have to wonder if you will ever learn all there is to offer. On the other hand, you think of ways that it could be more useful to you. Then in the back of your mind, you have to think that if something would seem that obvious that it would make something easier, it has to be there somewhere. And that takes you back full circle to not knowing all it has to offer. I could see how a librarian could think they would do better creating their own sometimes..
The Google search earth was really cool. Looking at who was accessing the site, versus who was not links to everything we already really know about the world. Look at the places the lights were going crazy…Europe, USA, China, Japan… These are all places where technology is exploding. We see the same thing with education. The darker places however are all the places with either no power or no advanced technologies. These are the same places where they have no established education and are terribly undeveloped. On a lighter note, I think Google is going to take over the world someday. Haven’t you noticed that everything sounds better coming after Google? It seems like it would be awesome to work there though. I have to agree, the more you enjoy your job, the better at it you want to do.
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I feel the same about internet searching as a library tool. Although I'm not sure we could live without it and we don't want to, I also feel that there must be a better way. I wonder if libraries would be better starting from the ground up instead of trying to mesh to different types of systems.
Even though I can see the benefits of technological advancements, I get very frustrated as the various computer systems change. I'm sure some of the Librarian's frustrations come from the same place as my personal ones do...time! It seems to take a lot of time to learn the little nuances of a new system, even an updated system. Sometimes the benefits seem to be outweighed. When I am trying to discover all that a new system has to offer, I often find myself still on the computer hours after I intended to be. As a librarian, it seems that that time could be better spent.
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