"Adoption seekers using YouTube, Facebook to find moms"
By Stephanie Chen, CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/10/adoption.internet.advertise/index.html#cnnSTCText
In this article it talks about how people that are currently looking to have their child adopted are starting to resort to things like YouTube and Facebook to find couples that are looking to adopt. Also it discusses how couples looking to adopt are posting videos online so that they might be found by someone giving their child up for adoption. These videos are allowing for parents to see how the people they could potential give their child to live and interact with each other. The article talks about how these videos are allowing people to see what these couples homes look like, interviews with people that are close to them that can discuss how they feel about their parenting skills, how the couple interacts with each other, and things along those lines.
I think that this is a very creative way to potentially speed up the adoption process. In today’s culture people have come to depend on and really learn to utilize the internet. I do not think that I personally would have thought to do this or go looking to adopt YouTube but with the increased use in things like these, I think it is a very intelligent idea. I do agree with the article when it says that you can better get to know a couple through watching their videos and interviews from their friends and families. I think that you can truly see the love that they have for each other and the commitment they have to finding a child. Overall I think that this is a very positive thing and I would not be surprised if this became extremely popular and they new way of adoption.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
News Report #4
“Stimulus Package Funds Libraries as Economy Boosters”
American Libraries Association
2/18/2009
http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/newsarchive/2009/February2009/libsinstimulus.cfm?persistent=&expy_dt=
In this article is discusses exactly what the stimulus package is can do to help libraries. The package will allow for 7.2 billion dollars for broadband access and usage, 200 million dollars in grants for computers at public facilities, 90 million dollars for outreach and education to low class people and families. The package will also offer 5 billion dollars in bonus grants to states that meet education performance requirements. The package will offer an additional 130 million dollars for rural area public facility upgrades and 120 million dollars for community service job openings for senior citizens at places such as libraries. The final option libraries have at trying to obtain money from the stimulus package is from the 8.8 billion dollars for states that need drastic improvements, upgrades and renovations. In this article it states the President Obama feels that education and the ability to access information is necessary to the counties future. Obama says, “America can’t out-compete the world tomorrow if our children are being out-educated today.”
I think that it is very important for libraries to have these opportunities. Libraries are very important to our society and the education it receives. Also libraries are used more in times of economic crisis and therefore their resources are in high demand so libraries should be offered assistance. They should be able to access money that will allow them to buy computers, upgraded technologies, books and so on. Overall I think that the stimulus package will be able to help libraries and I think that it is a good thing that they are included in the package. Libraries truly are a key resource to our countries future and they should be treated as such.
American Libraries Association
2/18/2009
http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/newsarchive/2009/February2009/libsinstimulus.cfm?persistent=&expy_dt=
In this article is discusses exactly what the stimulus package is can do to help libraries. The package will allow for 7.2 billion dollars for broadband access and usage, 200 million dollars in grants for computers at public facilities, 90 million dollars for outreach and education to low class people and families. The package will also offer 5 billion dollars in bonus grants to states that meet education performance requirements. The package will offer an additional 130 million dollars for rural area public facility upgrades and 120 million dollars for community service job openings for senior citizens at places such as libraries. The final option libraries have at trying to obtain money from the stimulus package is from the 8.8 billion dollars for states that need drastic improvements, upgrades and renovations. In this article it states the President Obama feels that education and the ability to access information is necessary to the counties future. Obama says, “America can’t out-compete the world tomorrow if our children are being out-educated today.”
I think that it is very important for libraries to have these opportunities. Libraries are very important to our society and the education it receives. Also libraries are used more in times of economic crisis and therefore their resources are in high demand so libraries should be offered assistance. They should be able to access money that will allow them to buy computers, upgraded technologies, books and so on. Overall I think that the stimulus package will be able to help libraries and I think that it is a good thing that they are included in the package. Libraries truly are a key resource to our countries future and they should be treated as such.
Reading Report 5
“Information Navigation 101”
By Andrea Foster
Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/free/v53/i27/27a03801.htm
The article begins by saying that students today can so some many things whether it is texting, using MySpace and so on but they are not able to find academic research as easily. The article says that the student populations today is not used to using things like databases and resort to things like Google for their research needs. The article also discusses how schools are trying to solve this problems by having librarians teach this information to students whether it is offered as a class or as a requirement in a core class. Learning how to find this information and access it is now being referred to as “information literacy.” The article then goes on to discuss the history of how this problem came about. The article finally talks about how few people question that information literacy is a problem and how some schools are requiring students to take standardized tests that have been made in order to graduate.
This article really makes you think about students today. It does not really surprise me that students do not know how to find this information. I personally did not know about all of the things the library had to offer until this class. I knew there were databases and scholarly information but how to use them and the different information that they offer was not something I knew about. I do think that schools should be making it a requirement for students. I also think that classes should be required early in the college curriculum because students will get more use out of the information if they know about it earlier.
By Andrea Foster
Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/free/v53/i27/27a03801.htm
The article begins by saying that students today can so some many things whether it is texting, using MySpace and so on but they are not able to find academic research as easily. The article says that the student populations today is not used to using things like databases and resort to things like Google for their research needs. The article also discusses how schools are trying to solve this problems by having librarians teach this information to students whether it is offered as a class or as a requirement in a core class. Learning how to find this information and access it is now being referred to as “information literacy.” The article then goes on to discuss the history of how this problem came about. The article finally talks about how few people question that information literacy is a problem and how some schools are requiring students to take standardized tests that have been made in order to graduate.
This article really makes you think about students today. It does not really surprise me that students do not know how to find this information. I personally did not know about all of the things the library had to offer until this class. I knew there were databases and scholarly information but how to use them and the different information that they offer was not something I knew about. I do think that schools should be making it a requirement for students. I also think that classes should be required early in the college curriculum because students will get more use out of the information if they know about it earlier.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Reading Report # 4
"The Infodiet: How Libraries Can Offer an Appetizing Alternative to Google"
By: Steven J Bell
The article begins by discussing how students today are becoming more and more dependent on search engines such as Google and are not taking advantage of the resources libraries have such as databases. The article then talks about how more and more students are not able to understand the scholarly information in things like databases and are not willing to search and dig for the information they need. The article says that students want fast, easy and most of the time junk information. The term coined for this type of information in infobesity. Then it goes on to talk about how some believe that search engines should be easier for students to use because some current interfaces are extremely difficult to understand. For example their interfaces should appear like search engines such as Google. Finally the article discusses some experiments that have been done and wrap up by saying that the experiments show that databases should be more like search engines but need to get more sophisticated software so that it produces better and more relevant results.
I think that this article discusses many relevant issues. I believe that it is a serious problem that students today don’t know how to use and access information in libraries. It is even more absurd that students don’t even know that a library is available on their campus. However I do agree that it can be extremely difficult to navigate databases and sifting through it all is very time consuming. I truly believe that if database publishers made it easier to use than more would take advantage of them. I know that some people think that research shouldn’t be easy and that things shouldn’t be changed to make it more convent and less difficult but times change and databases need to adapt to those changes.
By: Steven J Bell
The article begins by discussing how students today are becoming more and more dependent on search engines such as Google and are not taking advantage of the resources libraries have such as databases. The article then talks about how more and more students are not able to understand the scholarly information in things like databases and are not willing to search and dig for the information they need. The article says that students want fast, easy and most of the time junk information. The term coined for this type of information in infobesity. Then it goes on to talk about how some believe that search engines should be easier for students to use because some current interfaces are extremely difficult to understand. For example their interfaces should appear like search engines such as Google. Finally the article discusses some experiments that have been done and wrap up by saying that the experiments show that databases should be more like search engines but need to get more sophisticated software so that it produces better and more relevant results.
I think that this article discusses many relevant issues. I believe that it is a serious problem that students today don’t know how to use and access information in libraries. It is even more absurd that students don’t even know that a library is available on their campus. However I do agree that it can be extremely difficult to navigate databases and sifting through it all is very time consuming. I truly believe that if database publishers made it easier to use than more would take advantage of them. I know that some people think that research shouldn’t be easy and that things shouldn’t be changed to make it more convent and less difficult but times change and databases need to adapt to those changes.
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