Digital library

Washburn National Honor Society Chapter: Statement of Purpose Regarding the Washburn Memorial Library Today, February 12, I am here to address you about the Washburn Memorial Library: I, Julia Dahlgren, Vice President and representative of the Washburn National Honor Society, am here this evening to discuss the issue of closing the Washburn town library. Our community rests upon the fragile structures of historical monuments and the atmosphere that we, as Washburn residents, have provided to our…

not examine what else Simmons offers?” And that’s when the connection was made. As I browsed Simmons’ library and information science classes, my excitement bubbled: history of the book, cataloging, book publishing and librarianship, metadata, visual communication. This is what I’ve been searching for! Jenna Freedman, Associate Director of Communications and Zine Librarian at Barnard College Library, is quoted by Marilyn Johnson in This…

learning system that combines together the effect of social networking and urban computing within the same curriculum. Interactive learning has become dominant from a round 2000 and this is due to the increase in the number of people involved in the digital technology and virtual communication. It is a system where the boundary between the educator and the learner means completely nothing and the educators can no longer be regarded as the keeper of knowledge but the facilitators of knowledge…

My Response to Ritchin and Balsamo. From the four reads of the week by Ritchin and Balsamo, my main takeaway from Ritchin was the advancement of digital photography and how it has made it easier for photographers to tell their story through imagery, plus the added effect that tells a false story and Balsamo the unconscious consequence of technological innovations on culture. “Photography, as we have known it, is both ending and enlarging, with an evolving medium hidden inside it as in a…

OVERVIEW: I AM DIGITAL™ 101 The time to bring “I Am Digital™” literacy in the mainstream of American communities is now. Digital literacy can be defined as the ability to access, analyze and engage in critical thinking about the array of messages they receive and send in order to make informed decisions about the everyday issues they face regarding health, work, politics and leisure. Most American families live in “constantly connected” homes with 500+ TV channels, broadband Internet access, and…

Digital Supply Chain https://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.itbusinessedge.com/imagesvr_ce/2707/AribaDigitalSupplyChain01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.itbusinessedge.com/slideshows/how-to-build-business-value-with-a-digital-supply-chain.html&h=353&w=520&tbnid=yf44XYnA5Lmd2M:&docid=7Fkm-D6ZnbNoiM&ei=slZqVq2xOYute7OSsKgD&tbm=isch&ved=0ahUKEwit0q_LgdPJAhWL1h4KHTMJDDUQMwhZKDMwMw “Supply chain digitization means moving all aspects of a supply chain online, including procurement, invoicing,…

Digital Privacy Without privacy there is no freedom. Conversely, without security there is no country. Imagine a chaotic world where citizens live in constant fear of what could happen to them, because of the lack of safety in their country. Terrorism has especially been an issue in America, and with the growing number of threats, it is impossible to tell when or where domestic attacks may occur. The government should have every right to access digital information of their citizens, to maintain…

We are known as the digital native 's, if you put all of us together on an island we would honestly not know how to survive. Ever since we were children there have been cell phones, or computers to distract us when we were bored. You then have the digital immigrants who are now adults that grew up with out technology and had to learn how to communicate with it as they got older. People born in the digital native era have a different kind of knowledge then digtal…

DIMENSION SEVEN: THE RELATION OF THE OLD TO THE NEW Defining change and a digital workplace Change is inevitable. Change is significantly apparent in ‘New learning’ or ‘21st learning’ as there is a substantial amount of research contributing to the idea of transforming learning environments, in turn, changing ‘classroom’ or ‘learning space’ dynamics. Change can be relative. Cuban (1993) explains that for some teachers substituting textbooks, deciding to implement technology such as computers…

being used in Libraries Expectation, Situation Introduction Due revolution in information technology, the role of library has been changed astonishingly in past decades. Traditional libraries emphasis on providing quiet space and printed books, however, modern libraries are not only providing traditional academic reference service but also providing digital information service; not only for study but also for socialising. Scott Bennett deemed, “at the heart of any effort to design library…