1, Title: OCLC report: Information Format Trends: Content, Not Containers (2004).
Notes: After reading the essay, I still can not differentiate the content and container in information. I think blogs and new media are containers of information. What do "micro content" and "multimedia content" mean? The adjective before content is still talking about new containers. As far as I am concerned, people and librarians pay more attention to containers, specially the newly form, such as blogs, emails, wiki. On one hand, patrons are more interested in new skills. On the other hand, librarians focus more on display organized information through various technology forms these years. I think the whole librarianship are emphasizing information containers now. How dose content work out? I am a litter confusing.
2) Clifford Lynch, “Information Literacy and Information Technology Literacy: New Components in the Curriculum for a Digital Culture”
Notes: The definition of information technology literacy is new to me. I heard more about information literacy in the past. This essay is usefull. I knew the brief meanings about these two definitions and their differences. We need to be skilled in both sides as a professional librarian.
3) Vaughan, J. (2005). Lied Library @ four years: technology never stands still.
Notes: This essay is good example for me to get the whole knowledge of changing technology in academic libraries. The author explains every aspects in details and analyzes their methods of solving various problems. I am a bit confused about the phrase of "feeding the beast". I do not know the meanings that the author use this words here. And I saw this phrase in "Double Fold" ,too.
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I think content is everything that is inside a container. as you say contianer is like blogs,email. so because of technology and internet , we start to have more meaningful content. people can send information by text messgaes from thier mobile phone or thier personal computer.
ReplyDeleteaccoridng to wikipedia, microcontent is small groups of words that can be skimmed by a person to get a clear idea of the content of a Web page.