Assignment 10: Books to Read

1. The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger

2. Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert

3. Shiver Maggie Stiefvater

4. The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini

5. The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards

6. Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris

7. Life As We Knew It Susan Beth Pfeffer

8. The Other Boleyn Girl Phillipa Gregory

9. A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini

10. Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden

Assignment 9: Google Scholar Bibliography

These are the articles I found for Social Networking using Google Scholar:

Cross, R. & Parker, A. (2004). The Hidden Power of Social Networks: Understanding How Work Really Does Get Done in Organizations. Harvard Business School Pres

Times Cited: 194

Adamic, L. & Adar, E. (2005) How to Search a Social Network. Social Networks 27 (3), 187-203.

Times Cited: 205

Lenhart, A. & Madden, M. (2008). Social Networking Websites and Teens: An Overview. Pew Internet & American Life Project.

Times Cited: 185

Gross, R. & Acquisti, A. (2005). Information Revelation and Privacy in Online Social Networks. ACM Workshop on Privacy Issues in Practice, 71-80.

Times Cited: 376

Lewis, K. (2008). Tastes, Ties, and Time: A New Social Network Dataset Using Facebook.com. Social Networks 30 (4) 330-342.

Times Cited: 68

Kumar, R., Novak, J., & Tomkins, A. (2006). Structure and Evolution of Online Social Networks. International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, 611-617.

Times Cited: 288

Mislove, A. (2007). Measurement and Analysis of Online Social Networks. Internet Measurement Conference on Social Networks, 29-42.

Times Cited: 321

Analysis

I thought that both Google Scholar and the KentLINK databases were pretty user-friendly. I am more familiar with Google Scholar, because I have used it to do research in the past, but both were able to help me find the information I needed. Google Scholar's style is a little less rigid and more flexible than the Kent databases. However, I liked being able to choose specifications for my search with the Kent databases. In this case it really helped that I could organize my search by number of times an article was cited or I could be more detailed about exactly what I needed to find. I did notice that the articles on Google Scholar were cited a lot more than the articles in the Kent database. I had trouble finding enough articles in the Kent database that had been cited more than five times. Overall, I received quality information from both sites and will continue to use both in the future.

Assignment 8: Bibliography

These are the articles I found on Social Networking:

Author(s): Boulos, MNK (Boulos, Maged N. Kamel); Wheeler, S (Wheeler, Steve)
Title: The emerging Web 2.0 social software: an enabling suite of sociable technologies in health and health care education
Source: HEALTH INFORMATION AND LIBRARIES JOURNAL, 24 (1): 2-23 MAR 2007
Times Cited: 53


Author(s): Meho, LI; Tibbo, HR
Title: Modeling the information-seeking behavior of social scientists: Ellis's study revisited
Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 54 (6): 570-587 APR 2003
Times Cited: 31
DOI: 10.1002/asi.10244


Author(s): Hampton, KN
Title: Grieving for a lost network: Collective action in a wired suburb
Source: INFORMATION SOCIETY, 19 (5): 417-428 NOV-DEC 2003
Times Cited: 21
DOI: 10.1080/01972240390241547


Author(s): Thelwall, M (Thelwall, Mike)
Title: Social networks, gender, and friending: An analysis of MySpace member profiles
Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 59 (8): 1321-1330 JUN 2008
Times Cited: 15
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20835


Author(s): Tong, ST (Tong, Stephanie Tom); Van Der Heide, B (Van Der Heide, Brandon); Langwell, L (Langwell, Lindsey); Walther, JB (Walther, Joseph B.)
Title: Too much of a good thing? The relationship between number of friends and interpersonal impressions on facebook
Source: JOURNAL OF COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION, 13 (3): 531-549 APR 2008
Times Cited: 13
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2008.00409.x


Author(s): Goulding, A
Title: Libraries and social capital
Source: JOURNAL OF LIBRARIANSHIP AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, 36 (1): 3-6 MAR 2004
Times Cited: 11
DOI: 10.1177/0961000604042965


Author(s): Drori, GS; Jang, YS
Title: The global digital divide - A sociological assessment of trends and causes
Source: SOCIAL SCIENCE COMPUTER REVIEW, 21 (2): 144-161 SUM 2003
Times Cited: 11
DOI: 10.1177/0894439303251556


Author(s): Carroll, JM; Rosson, MB
Title: A trajectory for community networks
Source: INFORMATION SOCIETY, 19 (5): 381-393 NOV-DEC 2003
Times Cited: 10
DOI: 10.1080/01972240390241501

Assignment 7: Monticello

For this assignment I decided to focus on Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson. My family visited Monticello years ago and I can still remember being amazed by the beauty and design of the property. We took a tour of the house and grounds and I fell in love with the area. I can remember thinking that I wanted to go to college at UVA because I liked the area so much. Well, that didn't happen, but I would still encourage anyone who has never been to Monticello to go check it out.

I could see that the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog was very different from Flickr. I was looking for pictures that would show the house, gardens, and plantations of Monticello. These are the search terms that I tried:

• Monticello
• Home of Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Jefferson
• Monticello Rooms
• Charlottesville, Virginia
• Monticello Plantation
• Monticello Gardens
• Monticello and Plantation
• Monticello and Gardens
• Monticello and Exterior
• Monticello and Interior

Using these search terms I found many pictures of Monticello, especially the exterior view of the house. I was able to easily find pictures of bedrooms inside the house, the study, statues in the house, the tomb of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, and other items found inside Monticello. I was also surprised to find pictures of the servant quarters, stables, and ice house. Although there were many pictures showing the outside view of the house, I couldn't find any pictures showing the gardens or plantations. I was a little disappointed that I couldn't any pictures showing these aspects, because they are a big part of the property. Other than that I was very pleased with what I was able to find on Monticello. I was not expecting to find pictures on things like the stables.

To be honest this site is not one of my favorites. I can see how it would be very useful in certain situations, for example if you were doing some kind of historical report or something to that extent. However, before I decided to do this assignment on Monticello I was just browsing around typing in certain terms and had trouble trying to find photographs on specific things. For example, I wanted to see if the site had any pictures on the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. This was during the time that women played professional baseball, because the men were fighting in the war---think "A League of Their Own." I tried various search terms, but could only find general pictures of women playing baseball, none that showed any sign of the league. I decided to try Google next to see what it would come up with and all I had to do is type "Girls Baseball" and information and pictures on the league came up. I spent so much time looking for pictures of this nature on the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog and was able to easily pull it up on Google. With Google you can also sort through just images and with the online catalog you had to sort between images and documents. I tried finding some way to just bring up photographs, but could not figure out how to do it. I may use this site again if I am searching for photographs on a very specific historical topic, but even then I will probably still check Google as my first step.

Assignment 6: Flickr Album

For this assignment I decided to find and share pictures relating to skydiving. I went skydiving in Denver, Colorado two summers ago and loved it! I created a set of pictures with my own pictures from this trip and I also created a skydiving gallery using other people's pictures. When I was creating a gallery using pictures from other users I was looking for action shots and anything else that would capture the intense experience of skydiving. Before this class I had never used Flickr, but I have found it pretty easy to use and will continue to use it after this class ends.

Uploading my own pictures was easy to do and it was very similar to how you would upload photos on a social networking site, such as facebook. To find pictures from other users I searched using these terms:
Skydiving
Parachute
Tandem jump
Skydive
Skydiving formations
Skydiving lands
Sky
Jumping from airplanes
Free falling
Extreme sports

Most of the pictures came up right away under "skydiving," but the more detailed terms brought up some pictures showing different aspects of skydiving. I was very satisfied with the pictures that came up. I found exactly what I was looking for in these pictures. I was actually surprised that I found so many pictures from other Flickr users on this topic.

Flickr is very user-friendly and it seems like every time I use it I learn about another service or thing that you can do with your pictures on the site. I like that Flickr has a place where you can edit your pictures. Most social networking sites only allow you to upload pictures, but do not have a place to edit pictures. Usually I end up opening two different programs, but Flickr would make this process much easier. The only thing that I was a little confused about was the difference between sets and galleries. It seems that you create sets with your own pictures and galleries with pictures from other users. I would have liked to combine my own pictures with pictures from other users, but I couldn't quite figure out how to do that. Overall, I have been very pleased with Flickr and will continue to use it.

View my skydiving set and gallery on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/meganseibel/