MALIT 216: Information Networks & Resource Sharing
(3 units)
Course Objective:
To be able to give MALIT students a clear understanding of the role of computer networks and the Internet in information and resource sharing and be able to describe the hidden technical details behind what is happening in a networked environment when applied to a library setting.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Autobiography
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
I am Rebecca S. Tique. I was born August 5, 1984 in the cool quiet place of Wayside, Puguis,La Trinidad,Benguet. My mother is Mrs. Teresita Salvador and my father is George Salvador.
The day which I was born was the happiest yet saddest moment I ever imagined, hmmmm...your mind is twisted don't you? My mother died of giving birth to me. Since that day on, I grew up with my aunt’s care. Growing up without your parents is never that easy. At a young age- 6 years old to be exact, I was trained to do household choirs. This was the age were I had first learned to cook for my self, I learned to cook rice, noodles, eggs and some simple dishes. This is the stage were I also learn to wash my own clothes. At age 11, I learned to work for my own schooling. I work in the garden. I became a laundry girl, housekeeper, baby-setter and work on a small factory of crochet slippers and shoes for babies. I went through so many ups and downs. I walked on thorns and thistles. I cried so many times all alone in the dark. Until alas! The victory came, I graduated in college. Upon graduation I work as an administrative crew at Jollibee La Trinidad with a minimal salary. I thought everything was okay but I was wrong it wasn't. To when will I please the person who took good care of me since the day I has seen the light of this world? I’m afraid of this feeling she had never loved me at all. To when will I struggle for the life I have? I'm human I get tired, I give up, I want to die and put a mark on my wrist but who I am to think such all this? God suffered more than I am facing. That day on I give everything to Him, to the one whom I know could carry the burden with me as I travel along to the path of life I am traveling on. Blessings pour upon my life. I work as a librarian at Luzon Nazarene Bible College. I was so blessed, God made a way for me to be nearer to Him. God provided me a family whom I could be with-a Church family. I had been an active Church member, I joined the Church choir. I attended several seminars related to my work as the librarian of the Bible College.
A next stage of my life comes my way that is building my own family. Need to be with my husband, I was relocated at University of Eastern Pangasinan. Adjusting to the culture, mingling with people first time I meet is never that easy but I do everything for my family. I was so blessed God gave me a mother and father in law who really cares and accept me as their daughter-in-law. With a loving husband who is there to give a hand if I stumble and lend a shoulder that I could cry on. A little cute baby who cheers me up if tired at work, a little angel soon to see the light when I give birth.
At present I am pursuing my master degree in Library and Information technology. Hoping to finish for the good future of my children, or for the family I build, for my self and to help as well the institution I am currently working with.
This is my own story, the life I have, so many trials yet lots of blessings.
In life we face problems, we struggle, we walk on thorns but this is the way it is for God to make strong and put our faith in Him as we travel along life's way. As it says “After the rain there will always be a rainbow"
Smile, God blesses us everyday.
I am Rebecca S. Tique. I was born August 5, 1984 in the cool quiet place of Wayside, Puguis,La Trinidad,Benguet. My mother is Mrs. Teresita Salvador and my father is George Salvador.
The day which I was born was the happiest yet saddest moment I ever imagined, hmmmm...your mind is twisted don't you? My mother died of giving birth to me. Since that day on, I grew up with my aunt’s care. Growing up without your parents is never that easy. At a young age- 6 years old to be exact, I was trained to do household choirs. This was the age were I had first learned to cook for my self, I learned to cook rice, noodles, eggs and some simple dishes. This is the stage were I also learn to wash my own clothes. At age 11, I learned to work for my own schooling. I work in the garden. I became a laundry girl, housekeeper, baby-setter and work on a small factory of crochet slippers and shoes for babies. I went through so many ups and downs. I walked on thorns and thistles. I cried so many times all alone in the dark. Until alas! The victory came, I graduated in college. Upon graduation I work as an administrative crew at Jollibee La Trinidad with a minimal salary. I thought everything was okay but I was wrong it wasn't. To when will I please the person who took good care of me since the day I has seen the light of this world? I’m afraid of this feeling she had never loved me at all. To when will I struggle for the life I have? I'm human I get tired, I give up, I want to die and put a mark on my wrist but who I am to think such all this? God suffered more than I am facing. That day on I give everything to Him, to the one whom I know could carry the burden with me as I travel along to the path of life I am traveling on. Blessings pour upon my life. I work as a librarian at Luzon Nazarene Bible College. I was so blessed, God made a way for me to be nearer to Him. God provided me a family whom I could be with-a Church family. I had been an active Church member, I joined the Church choir. I attended several seminars related to my work as the librarian of the Bible College.
A next stage of my life comes my way that is building my own family. Need to be with my husband, I was relocated at University of Eastern Pangasinan. Adjusting to the culture, mingling with people first time I meet is never that easy but I do everything for my family. I was so blessed God gave me a mother and father in law who really cares and accept me as their daughter-in-law. With a loving husband who is there to give a hand if I stumble and lend a shoulder that I could cry on. A little cute baby who cheers me up if tired at work, a little angel soon to see the light when I give birth.
At present I am pursuing my master degree in Library and Information technology. Hoping to finish for the good future of my children, or for the family I build, for my self and to help as well the institution I am currently working with.
This is my own story, the life I have, so many trials yet lots of blessings.
In life we face problems, we struggle, we walk on thorns but this is the way it is for God to make strong and put our faith in Him as we travel along life's way. As it says “After the rain there will always be a rainbow"
Smile, God blesses us everyday.
Resume
RESUME
Name: Rebecca S. Tique
Date of Birth: August 5, 1984
Place of Birth: La Trinidad, Benguet
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
College: Bachelor of Secondary Education(Library Sceince Major)
Benguet State University
La Trinidad, Benguet
April 2006
High School: Benguet National High School
Wangal, La Trinidad, Benguet
March 2002
Elementary: Puguis Elementary School
Puguis, La Trinidad, Benguet
March 1998
WORK EXPERIENCE
Librarian: University of Eastern Pangasiann
Binalonan, Pangasinan
November 2008- present
Librarian: Luzon nazarene Bible College
Pico Rd., La Trinidad, Benguet
August 2006 to November 2008
Administrative Crew: Jollibee
Km 5, La Trinidad, Benguet
May to August 2006
Library Assistant: University of Baguio
Baguio City
November 2005 to March 2006
Li8brary Assistant: Benguet State University
La Trinidad, Benguet
June to October 2005
EXAMINATION TAKEN:
Board for Librarians (November 2007- Passed)
TRAINING AND SEMINARS ATTENDED
Theological Librarians Riding the Wind of Change. Sudlung Lahug, Cebu City.
September 12-14, 2007
Revitalizing the Library Collection: Implications to Library Cooperation. Baguio City.
May 28-29, 2007
Theological Librarians in 21st Centruy: where are we Now? Baguio City.
May 1,2007
REFERENCE PERSONS
Rev. Viollydia C. Lartec
Pastor and Teaching Faculty
Korean Nazarene University
09153146122
Rev. Billy C. Verceles
Teaching Faculty
Luzon Nazarene Bible College
09195556643
Mrs. Jasmin G. Eugenio
Registrar
University of Eastern Pangasinan
09162447957
Name: Rebecca S. Tique
Date of Birth: August 5, 1984
Place of Birth: La Trinidad, Benguet
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
College: Bachelor of Secondary Education(Library Sceince Major)
Benguet State University
La Trinidad, Benguet
April 2006
High School: Benguet National High School
Wangal, La Trinidad, Benguet
March 2002
Elementary: Puguis Elementary School
Puguis, La Trinidad, Benguet
March 1998
WORK EXPERIENCE
Librarian: University of Eastern Pangasiann
Binalonan, Pangasinan
November 2008- present
Librarian: Luzon nazarene Bible College
Pico Rd., La Trinidad, Benguet
August 2006 to November 2008
Administrative Crew: Jollibee
Km 5, La Trinidad, Benguet
May to August 2006
Library Assistant: University of Baguio
Baguio City
November 2005 to March 2006
Li8brary Assistant: Benguet State University
La Trinidad, Benguet
June to October 2005
EXAMINATION TAKEN:
Board for Librarians (November 2007- Passed)
TRAINING AND SEMINARS ATTENDED
Theological Librarians Riding the Wind of Change. Sudlung Lahug, Cebu City.
September 12-14, 2007
Revitalizing the Library Collection: Implications to Library Cooperation. Baguio City.
May 28-29, 2007
Theological Librarians in 21st Centruy: where are we Now? Baguio City.
May 1,2007
REFERENCE PERSONS
Rev. Viollydia C. Lartec
Pastor and Teaching Faculty
Korean Nazarene University
09153146122
Rev. Billy C. Verceles
Teaching Faculty
Luzon Nazarene Bible College
09195556643
Mrs. Jasmin G. Eugenio
Registrar
University of Eastern Pangasinan
09162447957
Significant Learning Outline
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OUTLINE
(TABLE FORMAT)
DATE LECTURE TOPIC WHAT I LEARNED
May 4- Tuesday Introduction to Information Networks: Introduction to Computer Networks I learned the history of network.
I identified the different types of networks: LAN, Man, WAN
Had been able to differentiate the 5 basic types of networks.
May 5- Wednesday Introduction to Information Networks: Proprietary Versus Open Source Software Had been able to differentiate proprietary software with open source software.
Enumerated several examples of websites and blogs.
May 6- Thursday Introduction to Computer Networks and the Internet: a. Computer Networks Versus Distributed Systems
b.Uses of computer networks.
c. Social issues involved in using computer networks and the internet. Enumerated several uses of computer networks.
Shared an article regarding computer networks and the internet. My article was entitled “Perception of Quality and Trustworthiness of Internet resources by Health Personal Information Seekers.”
May 7- Friday Finding Digital Resources on the Internet Have been able to browse the installed GSDL in the computer.
Had successfully made a personal website URL’s with a short profile information on www.blogspot.com/blogger site available in the internet.
May 10, 2010 Holiday/ Election Day
May 11, 2010 Tuesday Finding Digital Resource on the Internet.
How Internet Search Engines Work.
Searching the Internet.
Electronic Sources and Services. Had browsed the internet for the article to be shared (Information Networks and Resource Sharing).
Differentiated information network from resource sharing.
May 11-May 17, 2010 Been able to browsed MALIT 216 website.
Navigated several posted link for the topics discussed in class to catch up for my absences due to unexpected emergency with regards to family.
May 18, 2010 Tuesday Introduction to Web Services Been able to define what web is.
Listed several web services in the library.
Enumerated some library programs for networking, resources sharing, on the internet.
Presented the PowerPoint entitled “Library Networking in India for Resources Sharing: present Status and Prospects.”
May 19, 2010 Wednesday Web 2.0
Library 2.0 Presented the PowerPoint entitled “Align IT with a Health Information Exchange for SOA Solutions.”
(TABLE FORMAT)
DATE LECTURE TOPIC WHAT I LEARNED
May 4- Tuesday Introduction to Information Networks: Introduction to Computer Networks I learned the history of network.
I identified the different types of networks: LAN, Man, WAN
Had been able to differentiate the 5 basic types of networks.
May 5- Wednesday Introduction to Information Networks: Proprietary Versus Open Source Software Had been able to differentiate proprietary software with open source software.
Enumerated several examples of websites and blogs.
May 6- Thursday Introduction to Computer Networks and the Internet: a. Computer Networks Versus Distributed Systems
b.Uses of computer networks.
c. Social issues involved in using computer networks and the internet. Enumerated several uses of computer networks.
Shared an article regarding computer networks and the internet. My article was entitled “Perception of Quality and Trustworthiness of Internet resources by Health Personal Information Seekers.”
May 7- Friday Finding Digital Resources on the Internet Have been able to browse the installed GSDL in the computer.
Had successfully made a personal website URL’s with a short profile information on www.blogspot.com/blogger site available in the internet.
May 10, 2010 Holiday/ Election Day
May 11, 2010 Tuesday Finding Digital Resource on the Internet.
How Internet Search Engines Work.
Searching the Internet.
Electronic Sources and Services. Had browsed the internet for the article to be shared (Information Networks and Resource Sharing).
Differentiated information network from resource sharing.
May 11-May 17, 2010 Been able to browsed MALIT 216 website.
Navigated several posted link for the topics discussed in class to catch up for my absences due to unexpected emergency with regards to family.
May 18, 2010 Tuesday Introduction to Web Services Been able to define what web is.
Listed several web services in the library.
Enumerated some library programs for networking, resources sharing, on the internet.
Presented the PowerPoint entitled “Library Networking in India for Resources Sharing: present Status and Prospects.”
May 19, 2010 Wednesday Web 2.0
Library 2.0 Presented the PowerPoint entitled “Align IT with a Health Information Exchange for SOA Solutions.”
Narrative Reflection
NARRATIVE REFLECTION
“Cataloguing is becoming irrelevant as a result of widespread use of library computer networks”
With development of information technology especially that of the computer networks, maximizes the interaction among computer users with various tools and methods. This leads to the introduction and the explosive growth of automation into any professions which seek for open and easy access with the dispersed types.
Librarianship is one example of profession that was drastically impacted by automation- such as with the present of library computer networks.
The recent introduction of automation-library computer networks has changed the library situation in various aspects. Automation-library computer networks has impacted on the traditional ways how work is done in the library, particularly, in cataloguing departments—changing how, and by whom, the cataloguing is done. Historically, professional librarians with at least a Master's in Library Science have been responsible for cataloguing library materials and making knowledge accessible to library patrons. From the time Melvin Dewey opened the first library school in 1886, librarianship was recognized as a profession, and cataloguing a primary activity. Fine-tuned, authority-checked, and original records were the hallmarks of this great age of librarianship which began to change with the introduction of computer technology in libraries in the 1970s, along with a reduction of allocated budgets, inflation, the explosion in information, and a demand for more access. From the mid-1800s to today, there has been a preoccupation with the cost of cataloguing, and it remains an underlying concern. For libraries, one solution has been to use copy cataloguing. Automation of library cataloguing departments became the way libraries could participate in sharing catalogue copy and get rid of their backlogs (Smith 1994, 1). To do original cataloguing for all these materials is an extravagance that can no longer be financed as libraries need to use their shrinking budgets in more creative ways. Advancements in keyword searching capabilities, allows that fewer subject headings are required for the items being catalogued, and the introduction of bar codes for circulation makes the call numbers less important (Rider, 1996, 28).
In the last few decades we have witnessed an explosion in how much information is being published, accumulating into what is now described as the Information Explosion. Original cataloguing or the so called traditional cataloguing, using basic word processing and card catalogues, translated into major backlogs in cataloguing departments throughout the world. Ever more material and new formats were being made available to the public, but no corresponding system to keep up with the increasing demands. Libraries were also beginning to feel the first wave of budget cutbacks, and strategies of how to do more with less was the primary concern of library administrators. Automation of manual systems was seen as the panacea for libraries, but it also brought many unforeseen changes as well.
One unforeseen and unexpected change was that workflow had to be centered on the new computer system: a machine directing the people, rather than the other way around. As Karen L. Horny states in New Turns for a New Century: Library Services in the Information Era, "it now seems safe to admit that computerization is the determining technology of our era" (Horny 1987,11). Hafter points out, schedules, work assignments, and planning were no longer decisions made by the head cataloguing librarian, instead, "network computer availability affected scheduling while system analysts and non-cataloguing administrators began to exert more influence over setting production standards" (Hafter 1986, 64). For example, if OCLC's system failed, then the copy cataloguers could not do any work, and backlogs would develop. In addition, there are certain times of the day which libraries are charged cheaper prices to use the big bibliographic utilities, and that affects scheduling. It was not simply the adoption of automation that caused major changes in technical service departments, rather, it was the simultaneous introduction of bibliographic utilities into cataloguing operations that forever reorganized the work of professional cataloguers and made "skills that were once important in older routines . . . rendered obsolete" (Futura 1990,248). Libraries could get cataloguing for most of their acquisitions from the big utilities like OCLC, RLIN, and WLN, instead of developing original copy for each item, and thereby saving huge amounts of money. Collectively, libraries could share their copy and take better advantage of the high quality records available from the Library of Congress. It has been estimated that Library of Congress cataloguers spend three to five hours cataloguing one item. The introduction of automation and bibliographic utilities allowed cataloguing librarians to move away from continual clerical work and learn new skills in database searching, however, before long, administrators realized that it does not take a well-paid professional cataloguer to search for routine copy on a database, and the bulk of the work was transferred to support staff (Futura 1990, 242). Thus, was the inception of a new stratum of library employees, the paraprofessionals, who have become increasingly more powerful and vocal (Futura 1990, 243).
With the advent of library automation or library computer networks, a real library scenario was being viewed by many, it had make the traditional cataloguing be irrelevant but it also make work in the library more easier and faster for all library personnel’s and library patrons as well.
A study done by Cathleen C. Palmini in 1992, found that the introduction of computerization increased job satisfaction in over half of all support staff in Wisconsin academic libraries, citing an increase in new skills (Palmini 1994, 123). A corresponding increase in satisfaction was noted in professionals. Automation also changed the way many library departments were traditionally structured: before the introduction of computer technology, services were segregated from each other (McCombs 1992, 138). Automation caused a unification of once separate work done by acquisitions, collection development and management, and cataloguing. These departments now flow together as technical services, and are connected with all other areas of the library, including the library catalogue (Macoomb’s 1992, 136-137). Public services and technical services are no longer separate entities; they are currently interconnected through automation, and are two sides of the same coin. This organizational evolution has systematically and radically changed workflow in libraries, making it far less regimented, more efficient, and centralized (McCoombs 1992, 137). It has transformed the way staff, librarians, and paraprofessionals interact with each other (Bednar 1988, 145). For fiscal reasons, workflow must be integrated and streamlined.
These realities brought about by the advent of library automation- especially that of the presence of library computer networks have changed the face of cataloguing forever. Is it less professional? Thus it became irrelevant? With the advent of automation in libraries, deprofessionalization is precipitated or had occurred, cataloguing on traditional way became irrelevant with the presence of online cataloguing, however, in the realistic world of library budgets and computer technology, what matters most is servicing the reading public, in the quickest and cheapest manner possible. According to Marie Bednar in Automation of Cataloguing: Effects on Use of Staff, Efficiency, and Service to Patrons, the days when near-perfect LC and member copy were commonly revised to meet local standards are over (Bednar 1988,148). Online public access computers do not have to be filled with exemplary examples of perfect cataloguing records since technology can make up for the deficiencies, and catalogues can no longer be both finding tools and perfectly organized databases (Bednar 1988,148). Currently, the measure of what is good cataloguing is no longer based on strict quality controlled standards, but whether the copy is available from a network member and appears adequate, with an increased pressure to accept the records as they are (Bednar 1988, 145).
In today’s information age or the so called new information era we need to face the reality, cataloguers are in a losing battle if they think they can turn back the clocks because it is just not the same world out there anymore. A new way of accessing information is already here-library computer network is at the hand of every library personnel’s and patrons. Accessing information with various tools and methods is just one click away. For one thing, there is simply too much information to catalogue in the old-fashioned manner, but what it really comes down to is money. Original cataloguing departments are going the way the university presses have, and the way the dinosaur did before. As Gillian McCoombs points out:
Species that do not evolve in response to a changing environment do not survive, dinosaurs being a case in point. Librarians have the opportunity to choose to evolve, to emphasize relationships, and to respond to the environment. Unless we pause to take stock, to reach out to librarians in other parts of the library, to sound out our users as to their informational needs, we will find ourselves, like relics of the past instead of active participants in the information services of the future (McCoombs 1992,147).
Librarians should not take the deprofessionalization and the irrelevance of the traditional cataloguing in today’s era of their work personally, it is just a fiscal and technological reality that is prevalent across the board, and it does not mean they are not valued. It’s just that reality calls it impossible to go back in traditional ways if new ways is already there. We are not meant to be dominated by the use of automation rather we just need to link it up with our work for efficient and effective delivery of library services to all patrons.
“Cataloguing is becoming irrelevant as a result of widespread use of library computer networks”
With development of information technology especially that of the computer networks, maximizes the interaction among computer users with various tools and methods. This leads to the introduction and the explosive growth of automation into any professions which seek for open and easy access with the dispersed types.
Librarianship is one example of profession that was drastically impacted by automation- such as with the present of library computer networks.
The recent introduction of automation-library computer networks has changed the library situation in various aspects. Automation-library computer networks has impacted on the traditional ways how work is done in the library, particularly, in cataloguing departments—changing how, and by whom, the cataloguing is done. Historically, professional librarians with at least a Master's in Library Science have been responsible for cataloguing library materials and making knowledge accessible to library patrons. From the time Melvin Dewey opened the first library school in 1886, librarianship was recognized as a profession, and cataloguing a primary activity. Fine-tuned, authority-checked, and original records were the hallmarks of this great age of librarianship which began to change with the introduction of computer technology in libraries in the 1970s, along with a reduction of allocated budgets, inflation, the explosion in information, and a demand for more access. From the mid-1800s to today, there has been a preoccupation with the cost of cataloguing, and it remains an underlying concern. For libraries, one solution has been to use copy cataloguing. Automation of library cataloguing departments became the way libraries could participate in sharing catalogue copy and get rid of their backlogs (Smith 1994, 1). To do original cataloguing for all these materials is an extravagance that can no longer be financed as libraries need to use their shrinking budgets in more creative ways. Advancements in keyword searching capabilities, allows that fewer subject headings are required for the items being catalogued, and the introduction of bar codes for circulation makes the call numbers less important (Rider, 1996, 28).
In the last few decades we have witnessed an explosion in how much information is being published, accumulating into what is now described as the Information Explosion. Original cataloguing or the so called traditional cataloguing, using basic word processing and card catalogues, translated into major backlogs in cataloguing departments throughout the world. Ever more material and new formats were being made available to the public, but no corresponding system to keep up with the increasing demands. Libraries were also beginning to feel the first wave of budget cutbacks, and strategies of how to do more with less was the primary concern of library administrators. Automation of manual systems was seen as the panacea for libraries, but it also brought many unforeseen changes as well.
One unforeseen and unexpected change was that workflow had to be centered on the new computer system: a machine directing the people, rather than the other way around. As Karen L. Horny states in New Turns for a New Century: Library Services in the Information Era, "it now seems safe to admit that computerization is the determining technology of our era" (Horny 1987,11). Hafter points out, schedules, work assignments, and planning were no longer decisions made by the head cataloguing librarian, instead, "network computer availability affected scheduling while system analysts and non-cataloguing administrators began to exert more influence over setting production standards" (Hafter 1986, 64). For example, if OCLC's system failed, then the copy cataloguers could not do any work, and backlogs would develop. In addition, there are certain times of the day which libraries are charged cheaper prices to use the big bibliographic utilities, and that affects scheduling. It was not simply the adoption of automation that caused major changes in technical service departments, rather, it was the simultaneous introduction of bibliographic utilities into cataloguing operations that forever reorganized the work of professional cataloguers and made "skills that were once important in older routines . . . rendered obsolete" (Futura 1990,248). Libraries could get cataloguing for most of their acquisitions from the big utilities like OCLC, RLIN, and WLN, instead of developing original copy for each item, and thereby saving huge amounts of money. Collectively, libraries could share their copy and take better advantage of the high quality records available from the Library of Congress. It has been estimated that Library of Congress cataloguers spend three to five hours cataloguing one item. The introduction of automation and bibliographic utilities allowed cataloguing librarians to move away from continual clerical work and learn new skills in database searching, however, before long, administrators realized that it does not take a well-paid professional cataloguer to search for routine copy on a database, and the bulk of the work was transferred to support staff (Futura 1990, 242). Thus, was the inception of a new stratum of library employees, the paraprofessionals, who have become increasingly more powerful and vocal (Futura 1990, 243).
With the advent of library automation or library computer networks, a real library scenario was being viewed by many, it had make the traditional cataloguing be irrelevant but it also make work in the library more easier and faster for all library personnel’s and library patrons as well.
A study done by Cathleen C. Palmini in 1992, found that the introduction of computerization increased job satisfaction in over half of all support staff in Wisconsin academic libraries, citing an increase in new skills (Palmini 1994, 123). A corresponding increase in satisfaction was noted in professionals. Automation also changed the way many library departments were traditionally structured: before the introduction of computer technology, services were segregated from each other (McCombs 1992, 138). Automation caused a unification of once separate work done by acquisitions, collection development and management, and cataloguing. These departments now flow together as technical services, and are connected with all other areas of the library, including the library catalogue (Macoomb’s 1992, 136-137). Public services and technical services are no longer separate entities; they are currently interconnected through automation, and are two sides of the same coin. This organizational evolution has systematically and radically changed workflow in libraries, making it far less regimented, more efficient, and centralized (McCoombs 1992, 137). It has transformed the way staff, librarians, and paraprofessionals interact with each other (Bednar 1988, 145). For fiscal reasons, workflow must be integrated and streamlined.
These realities brought about by the advent of library automation- especially that of the presence of library computer networks have changed the face of cataloguing forever. Is it less professional? Thus it became irrelevant? With the advent of automation in libraries, deprofessionalization is precipitated or had occurred, cataloguing on traditional way became irrelevant with the presence of online cataloguing, however, in the realistic world of library budgets and computer technology, what matters most is servicing the reading public, in the quickest and cheapest manner possible. According to Marie Bednar in Automation of Cataloguing: Effects on Use of Staff, Efficiency, and Service to Patrons, the days when near-perfect LC and member copy were commonly revised to meet local standards are over (Bednar 1988,148). Online public access computers do not have to be filled with exemplary examples of perfect cataloguing records since technology can make up for the deficiencies, and catalogues can no longer be both finding tools and perfectly organized databases (Bednar 1988,148). Currently, the measure of what is good cataloguing is no longer based on strict quality controlled standards, but whether the copy is available from a network member and appears adequate, with an increased pressure to accept the records as they are (Bednar 1988, 145).
In today’s information age or the so called new information era we need to face the reality, cataloguers are in a losing battle if they think they can turn back the clocks because it is just not the same world out there anymore. A new way of accessing information is already here-library computer network is at the hand of every library personnel’s and patrons. Accessing information with various tools and methods is just one click away. For one thing, there is simply too much information to catalogue in the old-fashioned manner, but what it really comes down to is money. Original cataloguing departments are going the way the university presses have, and the way the dinosaur did before. As Gillian McCoombs points out:
Species that do not evolve in response to a changing environment do not survive, dinosaurs being a case in point. Librarians have the opportunity to choose to evolve, to emphasize relationships, and to respond to the environment. Unless we pause to take stock, to reach out to librarians in other parts of the library, to sound out our users as to their informational needs, we will find ourselves, like relics of the past instead of active participants in the information services of the future (McCoombs 1992,147).
Librarians should not take the deprofessionalization and the irrelevance of the traditional cataloguing in today’s era of their work personally, it is just a fiscal and technological reality that is prevalent across the board, and it does not mean they are not valued. It’s just that reality calls it impossible to go back in traditional ways if new ways is already there. We are not meant to be dominated by the use of automation rather we just need to link it up with our work for efficient and effective delivery of library services to all patrons.
Bibliography
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Books
Faustino D. Reyes II, Introduction to Information Technology (Manila: Rex Book Store, 2005), 22-50.
James A. O’Brien, George M. Marakas, Management Information System (Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2006), 439-450.
Stephen Haag, Maeve Cummings, Management Information Systems for the Information Age (Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2008), 243,351,369-399.
Veronica L. Borbon et al., College Science, Technology and Society (Manila: Rex Book Store)
Articles on web
Debal C. Kar, Parha Bhattacharya and Subrata Deb, “Library Networking in India for Resources Sharing: present Status and Prospects,”World Libraries 9, no.1 (1999), http://www.worlib.org/vol09no1/kar_v09n1.shtml (accessed May 11, 2010).
G.K. Manjunath, Library Automation: Why and How? http://www.igidr.ac.in/lib/paper1.htm (accessed May 19, 2010).
Moya K. Mason, Automation: Has it Deprofessionalized the Work of Cataloguing Librarians?
http://www.moyak.com/papers/automating-cataloguing.html (accessed May 19, 2010)
Jean Wang, Align IT with a Health Information Exchange for SOA Solutions, http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-soa-health/index.html?ca=drs- (accessed May 11, 2010).
Books
Faustino D. Reyes II, Introduction to Information Technology (Manila: Rex Book Store, 2005), 22-50.
James A. O’Brien, George M. Marakas, Management Information System (Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2006), 439-450.
Stephen Haag, Maeve Cummings, Management Information Systems for the Information Age (Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2008), 243,351,369-399.
Veronica L. Borbon et al., College Science, Technology and Society (Manila: Rex Book Store)
Articles on web
Debal C. Kar, Parha Bhattacharya and Subrata Deb, “Library Networking in India for Resources Sharing: present Status and Prospects,”World Libraries 9, no.1 (1999), http://www.worlib.org/vol09no1/kar_v09n1.shtml (accessed May 11, 2010).
G.K. Manjunath, Library Automation: Why and How? http://www.igidr.ac.in/lib/paper1.htm (accessed May 19, 2010).
Moya K. Mason, Automation: Has it Deprofessionalized the Work of Cataloguing Librarians?
http://www.moyak.com/papers/automating-cataloguing.html (accessed May 19, 2010)
Jean Wang, Align IT with a Health Information Exchange for SOA Solutions, http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-soa-health/index.html?ca=drs- (accessed May 11, 2010).
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1. Ohio State University (OSU) Virtual Finance Library- http://fisher.osu.edu.fin/overview.html or finance and investment: www virtual library
The WWW Virtual Library is a resource that Ohio State's Department of Finance provides to academia and investors alike. This web page provides financial resource. The information contained on these pages is provided to all for free.
2. Industry Portals / Industry Hubs- http://www.virtualpet.com/industry/mfg/mfg.htm
These Portals are major sources of information for over 100 U.S. industries. They provide rapid access to vast amounts of information for those in the industry, researchers, investors, market research professionals, and inventors. They often include industry news, statistics and sometimes include B2B (Business to Business) commerce.
3. My Ántonia: Study Guide and Homework Help - CliffsNotes - http://www.cliffsnotes.com/math-study-guides.html- A study help for free. Help students of all grades including graduates, K-12, Pre-college, schools and Universities by providing services like homework help, assignment help, essay writing, case studies, data analysis, online test preparation help, etc.
4. University Library of UP Diliman - http://www.mainlib.upd.edu.ph/mainlib.php?p=1 The University Library of UP Diliman encompasses one Main Library and thirty-seven College or Unit Libraries. It envisions global information exchange throughout the UP Library System. It is mandated to be the information resource center of excellence in the social sciences, humanities and basic sciences. It strives for full automation, a world-class collection and a staff of thoroughly modern information professionals. Provides all the following services: 1. Local Databases; Web OPAC, Philippines Languages and Lingusitics Bibliography, Manuel A. Roxas Bibliography, Index to the National Geographic, Studies in Philippine Culture & Society, etc. 2. Electronic Resources; online subscriptions, Databases On-Trial, Open Access.
5. Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary- http://www.apnts.org/ and http://learn.apnts.org/moodle/index.php APNTS equips each new generation of leaders to disseminate the Gospel of Jesus Christ throughout Asia, the Pacific, and the world. A graduate school in the Wesleyan tradition preparing men and women for Christ-like leadership and excellence in ministries. It provides an online learning for students of APNTS. To be able to avail of the online learning student should log in on the log in site.
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Title of the Article: Library Networking in India for Resource Sharing: Present Status and Prospects
Bibliography:
Debal C. Kar, Parha Bhattacharya and Subrata Deb, “Library Networking in India for Resources Sharing: present Status and Prospects,”World Libraries 9, no.1 (1999), http://www.worlib.org/vol09no1/kar_v09n1.shtml (accessed May 11, 2010).
Summary/Salient Points:
Today’s information age resource sharing and cooperative functioning through networking have become inescapable for libraries and information centers worldwide. India is no exception; for that matter, it is even more necessary to network libraries in newly developing countries like India than in the developed nations.
Reasons of the need for resource sharing
• Deluge of information.
• Cost of collecting, processing, storing and disseminating information has been spiraling-up.
• Information buying power of libraries has been declining year after year.
Efficient resource sharing can be achieved by using the recent advances in information technology for realizing a network of libraries-this is what we so called “networking.”
Networking- Connecting two or more computer to communicate with others and share information, software, peripheral devices, and or processing power.
During the last six to seven years, library and information activities in India have entered a new era. Individual libraries are coming out of the proverbial “Berlin Wall” around them. They are trying to form a larger community with the use of networking.
Reasons for building up a larger community
• To be able to tackle the ever increasing demands for better services.
• Quantitatively and Qualitatively.
• Environment already over strained by financial pressures.
Forced, motivated, or logic driven the librarians are coming out of their shell in large numbers. This resulted in discernible change in the information scenario. Now large numbers of library resource sharing networks are under various stages of conceptualization, design and development.
The ultimate goal of information/ library networks is to interlink information resources in a metropolitan area, so that users could access information irrespective of its location, format, medium, language, and script.
In India, the need for resource sharing has been well recognized but the technology options available until now were limited.
Library networks in India
• Delnet- established in 1988 due to the limitation of financial resources and space for housing library collections on the libraries in Delhi. Provides access to the central union catalogue for books and monograph, efficient electronic mailing facilities to access databases of member libraries.
• Calibnet-Calcutta Library Network was inaugurated on December 21, 1993.Established a high-tech resource base and provides the ff. services: Online/ CD-Rom based global information search and retrieval service. Full-text document delivery. Database services.
• Malibnet- Madras Library Network. Visualized in the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC) in 1991.
• MyLibnet-Launching of this in association w/ Mysore City Library Consortium (MCLC) took place on June 12, 1995.
• Bonet-Bomabay Library Network was set at the National Centre for Software technology (NCST), Bombay, on November 6, 1992. Aim is to build a low cost library information system which can possibly be used as a model for future expansion of this service even outside Bombay.
• Punenet- Members of this network are accessing data, using the e-mail and internet facilities.
• Adinet- Ahmedabad Library Network was formally inaugurated in February 1995.
• Inflibnet- Information and Library Network, was launched in May 1991.
Aim is to provide the end-users a mechanism for sharing and using information resources and for exploiting modern information technology.
With the development of several networks in India many members of the community had been benefited. There are three (3) major benefits which had been offered to member libraries of the particular networks.
Benefits of networks in India
• One gets access to a very large volume of literature without increase in the budget.
• Library budget can now be diverted to acquire the most important (even expensive) information required by an institution.
• One gets real time access to about 1,000 international databases apart from the electronic mail and remote log in facilities.
Conclusion:
Following the launching of several library networks in India, the library automation and networking movement in India is surely catching on. India is working on for not being behind with others.
Title of the Article: Align IT with a Health Information Exchange for SOA Solutions
Bibliography:
Jean Wang, Align IT with a Health Information Exchange for SOA Solutions, http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-soa-health/index.html?ca=drs- (accessed May 11, 2010).
Summary/ Salient Points:
Healthcare organizations are actively looking to service-oriented archeticture (SOA) for an IT solution to help transform the industry. Analyzing business vision and requirements and linking them to technology is the most essential step for SOA implementation. To be able to implement SOA, Health Information Exchange Network is necessary in a healthcare organization. But there are challenges of aligning IT with Health Information Exchange.
Challenges of Aligning IT w/ Health Information Exchange
Requires an Effective Information Exchange Network to satisfy the demands of all participants.
Requires tight collaboration of all parties.
Building a health information exchange network is never that easy, you need to face challenges you need too to fill-in the gap and the space that disconnects technology and health business together. Lets take a look at the several disconnects between the technology ad the business needs of a true health information exchange.
Disconnects Between Technology and Business Needs
IT Perspective
Many IT groups developed components and assets either for internal consumption or for open source usage.
Business Perspective
The requirements for a health information network are being identified by business users, but many of these people are not fully aware of the technologies available to support an SOA-enabled version of this.
Model that connects health information exchange requirements to IT
Establish a reusable layer that connects business capabilities of the health information exchange to IT assets.
Capture business requirements from entities in the health information exchange.
Map requirements to functional capabilities.
Transparently connect business objectives and requirements to technology assets.
Conclusion:
Bridging the gap between delivering healthcare services and adopting technology is a huge challenge for the healthcare industry while employing IT to advance the practice of medicine. An SOA provides an effective approach to meet this challenge while creating the healthcare information exchange system. SOA-enabling such a system starts with an understanding of business needs followed by how and what technology will satisfy these needs.
Reaction:
If information network is readily available to be use in library, offices, schools, business
then it would also be good to use in health organizations. Benefits of information networks such as- one gets near real time access to about 1,000 international databases apart from the electronic mail and remote log-in facilities would also be experience by health organization personnel’s, and patients, Building a health information network is not a one man work but rather a collaboration between health organization personnel’s and patients and with information technology experts.
Bibliography:
Debal C. Kar, Parha Bhattacharya and Subrata Deb, “Library Networking in India for Resources Sharing: present Status and Prospects,”World Libraries 9, no.1 (1999), http://www.worlib.org/vol09no1/kar_v09n1.shtml (accessed May 11, 2010).
Summary/Salient Points:
Today’s information age resource sharing and cooperative functioning through networking have become inescapable for libraries and information centers worldwide. India is no exception; for that matter, it is even more necessary to network libraries in newly developing countries like India than in the developed nations.
Reasons of the need for resource sharing
• Deluge of information.
• Cost of collecting, processing, storing and disseminating information has been spiraling-up.
• Information buying power of libraries has been declining year after year.
Efficient resource sharing can be achieved by using the recent advances in information technology for realizing a network of libraries-this is what we so called “networking.”
Networking- Connecting two or more computer to communicate with others and share information, software, peripheral devices, and or processing power.
During the last six to seven years, library and information activities in India have entered a new era. Individual libraries are coming out of the proverbial “Berlin Wall” around them. They are trying to form a larger community with the use of networking.
Reasons for building up a larger community
• To be able to tackle the ever increasing demands for better services.
• Quantitatively and Qualitatively.
• Environment already over strained by financial pressures.
Forced, motivated, or logic driven the librarians are coming out of their shell in large numbers. This resulted in discernible change in the information scenario. Now large numbers of library resource sharing networks are under various stages of conceptualization, design and development.
The ultimate goal of information/ library networks is to interlink information resources in a metropolitan area, so that users could access information irrespective of its location, format, medium, language, and script.
In India, the need for resource sharing has been well recognized but the technology options available until now were limited.
Library networks in India
• Delnet- established in 1988 due to the limitation of financial resources and space for housing library collections on the libraries in Delhi. Provides access to the central union catalogue for books and monograph, efficient electronic mailing facilities to access databases of member libraries.
• Calibnet-Calcutta Library Network was inaugurated on December 21, 1993.Established a high-tech resource base and provides the ff. services: Online/ CD-Rom based global information search and retrieval service. Full-text document delivery. Database services.
• Malibnet- Madras Library Network. Visualized in the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC) in 1991.
• MyLibnet-Launching of this in association w/ Mysore City Library Consortium (MCLC) took place on June 12, 1995.
• Bonet-Bomabay Library Network was set at the National Centre for Software technology (NCST), Bombay, on November 6, 1992. Aim is to build a low cost library information system which can possibly be used as a model for future expansion of this service even outside Bombay.
• Punenet- Members of this network are accessing data, using the e-mail and internet facilities.
• Adinet- Ahmedabad Library Network was formally inaugurated in February 1995.
• Inflibnet- Information and Library Network, was launched in May 1991.
Aim is to provide the end-users a mechanism for sharing and using information resources and for exploiting modern information technology.
With the development of several networks in India many members of the community had been benefited. There are three (3) major benefits which had been offered to member libraries of the particular networks.
Benefits of networks in India
• One gets access to a very large volume of literature without increase in the budget.
• Library budget can now be diverted to acquire the most important (even expensive) information required by an institution.
• One gets real time access to about 1,000 international databases apart from the electronic mail and remote log in facilities.
Conclusion:
Following the launching of several library networks in India, the library automation and networking movement in India is surely catching on. India is working on for not being behind with others.
Title of the Article: Align IT with a Health Information Exchange for SOA Solutions
Bibliography:
Jean Wang, Align IT with a Health Information Exchange for SOA Solutions, http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-soa-health/index.html?ca=drs- (accessed May 11, 2010).
Summary/ Salient Points:
Healthcare organizations are actively looking to service-oriented archeticture (SOA) for an IT solution to help transform the industry. Analyzing business vision and requirements and linking them to technology is the most essential step for SOA implementation. To be able to implement SOA, Health Information Exchange Network is necessary in a healthcare organization. But there are challenges of aligning IT with Health Information Exchange.
Challenges of Aligning IT w/ Health Information Exchange
Requires an Effective Information Exchange Network to satisfy the demands of all participants.
Requires tight collaboration of all parties.
Building a health information exchange network is never that easy, you need to face challenges you need too to fill-in the gap and the space that disconnects technology and health business together. Lets take a look at the several disconnects between the technology ad the business needs of a true health information exchange.
Disconnects Between Technology and Business Needs
IT Perspective
Many IT groups developed components and assets either for internal consumption or for open source usage.
Business Perspective
The requirements for a health information network are being identified by business users, but many of these people are not fully aware of the technologies available to support an SOA-enabled version of this.
Model that connects health information exchange requirements to IT
Establish a reusable layer that connects business capabilities of the health information exchange to IT assets.
Capture business requirements from entities in the health information exchange.
Map requirements to functional capabilities.
Transparently connect business objectives and requirements to technology assets.
Conclusion:
Bridging the gap between delivering healthcare services and adopting technology is a huge challenge for the healthcare industry while employing IT to advance the practice of medicine. An SOA provides an effective approach to meet this challenge while creating the healthcare information exchange system. SOA-enabling such a system starts with an understanding of business needs followed by how and what technology will satisfy these needs.
Reaction:
If information network is readily available to be use in library, offices, schools, business
then it would also be good to use in health organizations. Benefits of information networks such as- one gets near real time access to about 1,000 international databases apart from the electronic mail and remote log-in facilities would also be experience by health organization personnel’s, and patients, Building a health information network is not a one man work but rather a collaboration between health organization personnel’s and patients and with information technology experts.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
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Name: Rebecca S. Tique
Date of Birth: August 5, 1984
Place of Birth: La Trinidad, Benguet
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
College: Bachelor of Secondary Education(Library Sceince Major)
Benguet State University
La Trinidad, Benguet
April 2006
High School: Benguet National High School
Wangal, La Trinidad, Benguet
March 2002
Elementary: Puguis Elementary School
Puguis, La Trinidad, Benguet
March 1998
Date of Birth: August 5, 1984
Place of Birth: La Trinidad, Benguet
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
College: Bachelor of Secondary Education(Library Sceince Major)
Benguet State University
La Trinidad, Benguet
April 2006
High School: Benguet National High School
Wangal, La Trinidad, Benguet
March 2002
Elementary: Puguis Elementary School
Puguis, La Trinidad, Benguet
March 1998
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