Readings For Week One

1. "Information Format Trends: Content; Not Containers"
This article highlights information format trends, specifically that things like books, CD's, and movies are available in digital formats over the internet rather than in physical packages. The public cares more about the actual content rather than the packaging. Information can now be more easily shared with other people. In reading this article, I can see that many of the predictions of how people would use and share information have come true in the years since it's been published and it just emphasizes how fast technology changes.


2. "Information Literacy and Information Technology Literacy"

This article was about the difference between Information literacy and Information technology literacy. Information Literacy, according to the article is the understanding of the information and technology literacy is the understanding of how the technology works that generates the information. The article stresses the importance of being able to not only use technology but to understand how, for example, a website is coded or a database is created, as well as how to use the website and the database.
I think that while knowing how to create a website and all of the coding that goes into it is interesting and can be useful, it's not really practical for the average person using a computer.

3. "Lied Library @ Four Years"

This article detailed Lied Libraries technology updates over the course of four years. The article shows how important it is for libraries to keep on top of new technology for the public and how they organized their materials to allow for access. There is a lot of work involved in updating and maintaining a library and the article shows the reader how important this work is for the public.