Module 10 Lesson

1.        MediaSite video of the lecture on “Library ILS”

I have learned about OPAC in other classes in the past, but I did not remember that cataloguing was first used in Muslim world in 9^th century. After studying how to access information throughout this course, the three strategy types- lead, expand, and extend, made much more sense to me. The lecture was certainly a good way to relearn about OPAC again. Also, because I was able to study about different kind of information, social media, or ways to access to information through this course, I appreciate and deepen my understanding more that how OPAC has significant impact to libraries around the world.

2.        TEDTalk video: “Brewster Kahle builds a free digital library”

This video was very interesting to me. It was also great to know that this kind of wonderful project has been happening. I am excited about the project that to scan books, however, I have a few concerns. One of them is about copyright. My understanding is that each country has different and unique copyright laws. As Brewster Kahle said, I believe that it is possible to scan all the books around the world, but I think it would not be possible to do it legally.

If there are some countries where there are no copyright restrictions, it would be great if every author of the countries would send him the original data of books so that the project team would not have to scan printed books.

Another thing I was impressed was about archiving homepages. I think it is very clever and useful to save every website. In fact, I have used their collections before. I think many people including me do not save previous pages. It could be a great business, but it is wonderful that they are all shown for free.