Mark KnoxinInternet, Libraries, ThinkingBorges: Where Libraries Meet SchopenhauerThe Library of Babel is a short story about a fictional library written by Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges. It is set in an infinite…Dec 8, 2015Dec 8, 2015
Mark KnoxinInternet, Libraries, ThinkingDarwin Core: Most important Metadata Scheme Ever?For the uninitiated metadata is data about data. Obviously, it is something libraries make a great deal of use of in their catalogs…Dec 8, 2015Dec 8, 2015
Mark KnoxinInternet, Libraries, ThinkingModern Libraries, Privacy, and The EnlightenmentGangadharan (2015) described how a recent trend has called into question whether libraries are truly able to protect patrons’ privacy when…Nov 23, 2015Nov 23, 2015
Mark KnoxinInternet, Libraries, ThinkingStop Dismissing Google and Wiki, Librarians!I recently started an internship at one of Northwestern’s libraries at their downtown campus. It is my first time actually working in a…Nov 16, 2015Nov 16, 2015
Mark KnoxinInternet, Libraries, ThinkingMoore’s Law: Limitation, Confusion, InconsistenciesMoore’s law about the extremely fast expansion of computing power based on the number of transistors, and the limits of such expansion, is…Oct 12, 2015Oct 12, 2015
Mark KnoxinInternet, Libraries, ThinkingGamification: A Fix for the World’s Problems or a Brave New World?For a class project and just generally desiring something to read, I started Jane McGonigal’s Reality is Broken, a book about how gaming…Sep 28, 2015Sep 28, 2015
Mark KnoxinInternet, Libraries, ThinkingInformation Theory. Why it Matters.The broad application of Information Theory is perhaps the most astonishing aspect of this branch of knowledge. From language processing to…Sep 22, 2015Sep 22, 2015