2nd Weekend of Class

It seemed like my group struggled a bit at the end to pull our project together into a single cohesive whole, but somehow we managed to create something that I'm really proud of.  The Languages presentation was really fascinating, and got me thinking about unwritten languages in a whole new way.  One statement that Kristen made that struck me was about folks trying to write down oral languages who were struggling with how to indicate tone in speaking.  They concluded that they didn't need to indicate tone, drawing a parallel to written languages which rely on context to help establish meaning.  I got a lot out of the digital preservation presentation, as this is an area that I've been hearing a lot about at KU, in both the Digital Initiatives and Collection Development departments, where preservation of born-digital and online subscribed content are huge priorities.  Overall, this was a really great weekend!