Hello, I am trying again the next day - at a public access computer in a public library. When I tried to open some links attached to the Week 3 lesson, the browser closed down. I had this problem with the Library of Congress photos link, the FAQ page on Flickr groups and the link at the text "look at this photo" under "Creative Commons". I also couldn't open an image to link it to my blog. As frustrating as this is, it illustrates that public access computers in libraries often have glitches, and library staff often have to assist users with them, especially on the weekend when specialist IT staff may not be there.
I looked at Mosman Library's photos on Flickr and saw many pictures of youth events including "Shoreshocked". I wonder if Mosman Library found it difficult to get permission to publish photos of minors there. When I typed in my community I found several libraries with the same name, some of them in the U.S.
Well, I did discover something else this week. I came across the AquaBrowser at Queens Library in the Borough of Queens, New York. I'm not sure if AquaBrowser or similar technology is covered later in this course, however I found this intriguing. It is a catalogue for a library which seems to have about 60 branch libraries. It uses fuzzy logic and shows a diagram a bit like a star with rays radiating out when you type in a keyword. It shows associations, translations, and spelling variants. I typed in "Josquin" and found a few similar words; you could select the one you wanted. It then brought up a library catalogue display a bit like a Google display. Some records were brief, others more detailed. I was impressed with the fuzzy logic because borrowers often misspell things and then it's hard to find them.
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I found the only way to upload photos on to my blog was to first download them onto my computer's hard drive. I could not get the option it gives of putting the URL of the photo I wanted directly on to the blog to work. Best Wishes,
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