Author Archives: Liza

The ILA Information Access

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Liza

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/ila/

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Information in the Future

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Liza

It’s hard to predict the future of information given its ever changing nature: bits and pieces are removed or updated or even added to the growing pool of knowledge and the only thing that can be said for sure is … Continue reading →

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How to Knit

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Liza

Knitting. Every non-knitter that I’ve come across thinks I’m a magician of some sort whenever they see me knitting while traveling. Admittedly, I kinda get a kick every time people look at me like I’m David Blaine or something because … Continue reading →

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Making the Most Out of Search Engines

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Liza

Reading Chapter 10 of Research Strategies has been quite refreshing, especially since the research paper has been far from my mind with the brief vacation that we’ve had. I feel like I need to revise my outline in order to properly … Continue reading →

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Newer is Not Always Better

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Liza

No doubt everyone in the class has tried to use Google Scholar to search for information on copyright laws and online piracy. Given Google’s reputation as the “go-to” search engine for just about anything of interest on the Internet, it … Continue reading →

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Giving Google Scholar A Try

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Liza

After reading about Google Scholar in Research Strategies and then seeing it in action in class, I decided to give Google Scholar a shot. I find it ironic that a search engine that is known to provide  users with the most … Continue reading →

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Researching SOPA and Copyright Laws

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Liza

Having read Badke’s words on picking a research topic, choosing SOPA and copyright laws could be equated to shooting my own foot (sorry. I just finished watching the Season Finale of The Walking Dead), since SOPA is a fairly recent … Continue reading →

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Keywords and Databases

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Liza

Reading Chapter 3 of Research Strategies was a refreshing break from the much more technical readings – while it’s nice to know the nitty-gritty of how search engines like Google and Bing work, the information from the two links was just … Continue reading →

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Copyright and SOPA

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Liza

Watching Professor Lessig’s TED session on copyright laws made me think of SOPA and the fiasco that it caused throughout the Internet. Lately, there seems to be a widely misconception regarding the very nature of copyright itself. The first thing … Continue reading →

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Privacy Trainwreck? Hardly.

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Liza

What is being hailed as Facebook’s “privacy trainwreck” is hardly the hoopla it’s being portrayed as. Privacy seems to be an ongoing problem with Facebook and its users and more often than not, Facebook users blame the website for revealing … Continue reading →

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