Reflections

#1. Has your view of social software changed since starting this course? If so, how? My view of social software has changed since starting this course, absolutely. While prior to this course I understood the usefulness of many of these applications, many of the readings and lectures have made this understanding more meaningful by providing [...]

Posted at 3am on 12/7/10 | 8,357 comments | Filed Under: Uncategorized | read on

Social Software Literacies and Affordances

I thought the lecture by Clay Shirky was great. The idea of a “cognitive surplus” is fascinating and one that definitely spoke to me. The consumption/production paradigm has definitely been altered to the point where production (in many different respects) is much more feasible and accessible for many people, regardless of the “content” produced. I [...]

Posted at 11am on 12/3/10 | 8,243 comments | Filed Under: Uncategorized | read on

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This is Library Vale Tudo, a site dedicated for LIS9763 work, as well as all things in the realm of information science. Vale Tudo is Portuguese for “anything goes” or “no rules”. Given the breadth of LIS, I feel this is an apt descriptor for the field.

As a reader, I don’t want your money, or to put undue demands on you – I’d just like to discuss information science, semiotics, libraries, and maybe some high level grappling.

That said, if you were to offer me a lime rickey, I wouldn’t turn it down.