Monday, July 12, 2010

YAY!

I got my Dickens fragment posted! My html was very rusty but it finally worked.

Here it is for your viewing pleasure: http://www.pitt.edu/~lcs27/

I didn't take to many liberties with it. (It hyperlinks off of that page)

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Are libraries in trouble?

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/98091589.html

Here is a link to an article that was in the Philadelphia Inquirer. It may be more along the lines of a bleeding heart for the library but it is definitely trying to be a call to arms for Philadelphia citizens, although it doesn't make a very successful case since it doesn't give to many direct examples for Philadelphians to relate to. Check it out and decide for yourself.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Another post about e-books

I found this article to be very interesting. I posted another article from this site a few posts ago and it really has some interesting stuff about what's going on with the library science field currently.

This article really has a great history about how e-books started and where they may be going.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

E-books

Since we always seem to come back to the topic of e-books....

The library I work in now has access to an e-book downloader where patrons can borrow e-books for free. It's really a great system. A major downfall though....it's not compatible (as of yet) with the Kindle or the iPad. However, free e-books! The provider we use, overdrive.com, also gives us access to audiobooks as well, which have been popular with our patrons who are somewhat internet savvy. The service is really very easy to use, but most patrons don't want to take the time to read the instructions on the site to download the software needed. Another downfall to the whole thing is that the site will only allow a few users to "borrow" a book at one time. Otherwise, you are put on the wait list. I find this to be pretty ludacris, but hey, it's better than no e-books or audiobooks.

Here are some links for you...

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Library newzzzzzzz

LOLZ. (Sorry. I love them LOLCats.)

There are 72 million baby boomers, 11,000 Americans turn 50 every day, 4.6 adults turn 65 each minute, and almost 60% of librarians are 45 or older. There is little balance: only 7% of the library work force is age 20-29! (DAAAAAAAAAAAAMN.) (Got this from LISnews.org)

http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2010/06/08/08readwriteweb-googles-new-secure-search-might-force-schoo-20681.html

Just imagine not being able to use Google. Google, the number one search engine, may not be available for children to use in schools, as well as some of the education tools that go with it because a new version, which is more secure, will not be allowed through the filters set up by the Children's protection act. Hopefully Google figures this all out soon.

http://www.idealog.com/blog/metadata-is-the-new-most-important-thing-to-know-about
Here's an article on metadata (topic of Everything is Miscellaneous for those 2000 people)

AND........

http://www.librarything.com/topic/92663
Twitter article on ebooks. Very interesting debate.

In other news, I need to start studying for the quiz/exam this weekend.
Good luck to all of you!

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Zotero Assignment

Whew!
Finally got my microphone to work!

Monday, June 7, 2010

Dabble Assignment

Well, I just finished the Dabble assignment. It was really easy. I was worried for about 5 minutes when I saw that it needed to be done for tomorrow but now it is so I can rest easy.

In other news, I will soon be the proud owner of a Mac Book Pro. I'm really excited. I just need to move everything around so it is on my new computer, when it arrives. It was a total surprise from my parents, who I am so lucky to have.

I still need to do my Jing assignment. And my paper for 2000. However, I am super tired so neither will be getting done tonight. I'm going to try to get some reading done before bed but we will see how that goes.

Good night everyone!