Jeff Tyson’s article, How Stuff Works was extremely informative. There was so many terms that I was familiar with, but not what the jobs they were actually fulfilling. POP(point of presence), Internet router, and Internet Protocol. A new term for me was the Internet Backbone.
Andrew Pace’s Dismantling Integrated Library Systems was actually a walk down memory lane. My library system a few years ago moved from the DRA system (which I still love) To Sirsi Unicorn which is a thorn in my side. The article also offered solutions to dismantling such as My Library Portal Interfaces, subject guides, dynamic web pages and PC management systems to name a few.
Lastly, The Google video was interesting. Just when I believe I know all there is to know…I am glad to see that they are an employee friendly company and also take the passions of their employees to heart by giving them room to be creative. Froogle was also something that I hadn’t heard about.
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Hi Liz,
I also worked with DRA and liked it much better than I do SIRSI. It's very frustrating when you have to go to another screen to find out how many or the title of the books the patron has checked out, especially when there is a line of people. And now we are going to have another new form of technology which allow a patron to use their library card as a debit card to make copies from the copier and pay their fines. Sounds good? The technology won't be hooked up to SIRSI until sometime in the future. I wonder what types of problems this will bring about?
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