rexsavior: weblogs - social informatics - librarianshipweblogs - social informatics - librarianshipIn conclusion- April 30, 2004 If you havent already guessed from this entrys title, the semester has finally come to an end, and with it my work here at rexsavior. All along this has been something of a research paper masquerading as a weblog, so...http://rexsavior.sixfoot6.com/archives/cat_project_info.html#000696 Blogs in education- April 29, 2004 In an effort to breathe life into the traditional student-journal format, many teachers are now using weblogs in their classrooms. Some characteristics of the medium may be particularly applicable to instruction. A blog entry is usually concise, and writing within...http://rexsavior.sixfoot6.com/archives/cat_education.html#000686 Cyberbalkans- April 28, 2004 Since the first popular methods of computer mediated communications, participants and observers have been concerned about technologys potential for balkanization of interactions. As early as 1997, the authors of Electronic Communities: Global Village or Cyberbalkans suggested that emerging information technologies...http://rexsavior.sixfoot6.com/archives/cat_balkanization.html#000682 A ghost of a blog- April 26, 2004 The potential role of weblogs in politics has received a great deal of press this year, much of which can be attributed to Howard Deans use of the medium during his campaign for Democratic presidential candidate. Dave Winer, a fellow...http://rexsavior.sixfoot6.com/archives/cat_politics.html#000673 Free to blog- April 26, 2004 In the United States we trust the courts to strike a balance between free speech and the protection of competing interests. Since the Supreme Courts 1997 ruling in Reno v. ACLU, all communications on the Web have been protected by...http://rexsavior.sixfoot6.com/archives/cat_first_amendment.html#000672 The learned blog, continued- April 24, 2004 As a follow up to my latest post on academic weblogs, I thought I would address an interesting discussion recently preoccupying certain members of that community. Posting to Crooked Timber last week, John Holbo tried to generate some interest in...http://rexsavior.sixfoot6.com/archives/cat_scholarly_communication.html#000669 The learned blog- April 23, 2004 Libraries have long played a part in providing, evaluating and preserving scholarly information. UThink (discussed in a previous entry) has demonstrated that offering weblogs to the academic community may soon become an extension of this role. The possibilities for weblog...http://rexsavior.sixfoot6.com/archives/cat_scholarly_communication.html#000663 Privacy and weblog literacy- April 19, 2004 Although not always the case, more and more weblogs are treated as receptacles for personal information. In general, social interaction online has resulted in a vast amount of aggregated personal data, the consequences of which are still unclear to many...http://rexsavior.sixfoot6.com/archives/cat_privacy.html#000646 Offering weblogs, building community- April 16, 2004 University of Minnesota Libraries are now offering a free weblog service to all faculty, staff and students. This new service (appropriately named UThink: Blogs at the University Libraries) is not the first of its kind, but is quite possibly the...http://rexsavior.sixfoot6.com/archives/cat_librarianship.html#000645 Reference and information authority- April 13, 2004 Information professionals, who in their role as evaluators tend to require a certain level of authority and credibility from information sources, may balk at considering weblogs as little more than forums for personal opinion. To confront this reservation, I think...http://rexsavior.sixfoot6.com/archives/cat_.html#000641 |