- No one owns the internet but it is monitored and maintained- The Internet Society est in 1992 oversees the formation of policies and protocols that define how we use the internet
- All computers with internet connect to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) regardless of the type of network or connection- The ISP is a network that connects to a larger network which connects to another network and so on and so forth creating the internet!
- There is no controlling network- just several high-level networks connection to each other through Network Access Points (NAPS)
- Networks rely on routers to "talk to each other"
- IP Address/internet protocol- is the language that computers use to communicate over the internet- consider 32-bit numbers
- URL stands for uniform resource locator which contains the domain name (human-readable domain name v machine readable IP)
- Root DNS servers handle billions of url/ip address request and are the reason the internet runs so smoothly-reduncy is the key to DNS servers success
2) Andrew K. Pace “Dismantling Integrated Library Systems” Library Journal, vol 129 Issue 2, p34-36. 2/1/2004 http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2004/02/ljarchives/dismantling-integrated-library-systems/
I hesitate to take much of this article as applicable to today's "library land" issues as the article is ten years old and I am sure much has changed on the ILS front in that time. I would hope that in the last ten years from when this article was first written, that solutions addressing interoperability and software issues have been found. I also struggled with some key terms and references to library software. It seems this article requires a bit of working library background and jargon to be able to follow the author smoothly.
I would also make the argument that this "struggle" to integrate new technology but still provide the same level of library service to patrons is not a new one. Librarians pre Gutenberg Press had to deal with the radical shift from scribes to printing presses and the mess that came along with it. And a more recent example is the inception of the typewriter and the technology changes that it brought along. Librarians have to reason to struggle and fuss over this drastic, large scale shift into a new digital age. But they need to remember that they have been doing this sort of thing for a looong time and there is no reason to doubt their capabilities.
3) Sergey Brin and Larry Page: The genesis of Google (Inside the Google machine). http://www.ted.com/talks/sergey_brin_and_larry_page_on_google
I wonder if we were to see the globe searches and bit travel mapping would be any different today since this video was filmed in 2014. I'm sure access and availability has increased in ten years time. It's interesting to me that Google mentions wanting to grow their company with more searches and to do that the have invested in charities and grant programs under Google Foundations.
When they talked about the over 100 Googlette projects and issues of staying organized. I immediately thought that librarians would't have this problem! Prioritizing and organizing a large list of projects is exactly what we are trained to do. But taking the initiative to start over 100 different innovating projects at one time, with no guarantee of success, that is what librarians don't always do. And it is a problem Google jumps in starts something even if it fails. And that's why Google beat libraries to the punch when it comes to digital preservation and access to information with Google Books. Money is the major dividing factor between Googles innovations versus library innovations. Libraries do not have the same capital to play with that Google does.
Also, Google better have librarians working on the research end of Google Answers!
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