Late assignment

The Jing/Zotero assignment below was due a few weeks ago, and I just realized yesterday that I had not done it properly. I figured I should get it in even though it is too late for a grade. I thought that I could just link to the Jing page, and that would be the embedding. admiteddly, I was struggling with it the whole time and was surpirsed that I even was able to do as much as I did (make a video recording!). After working on the HTML Thoreau "fragment" assignment, another one which I am not so sure I am doing correctly, I realized that what I hade done was incorrect because I found the embedidng directions in our lis2600.info page.

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Zotero

Post Two Today

Getting ready for my trip to Pittsburgh. Been in much contact with other members of my "study group" re. the hot topic of social networking in libraries. I have not been able to find much negative in this regard. All opinions of librarians seem to be pointed at sn and web 2.0 as being inevitable and positive for the future of libraries. This is really a no-brainer but I just wanted to point out that it was hard if not impossible to find a negative opinion.

Jagd Versuch

This is the name of my new website. Jagd is German for Hunt and Versuch is German for, among other things, experiment: so the site is my experiment.

I chose Google Sites for my site because it seemed the most convenient and easy site to learn. I spent quite a long time yesterday trying to figure out how to format the fragment of Thoreau. And no, I did not get caught up in reading the fragment though I would have liked to -but who has the time for that?!! I also chose Amaya as my site composer/editor though I am still learning just what all that means. As far as I can tell, it does the HTML work for you though you can manipualte it if you want to. I am still learning how to do this via the tutorials, so I do not feel too confident or sure about it all. I have posted the fragment on my site and may change it around some more to give it a more 19th c. "look." However, I just wanted to see if I could even do that much.

Pittsburgh

I'll be back in Pittsburgh next week. It's been almost ten years since I was there last. Wow, I never thought I would be gong back for more school! I'm looking forward to seeing the Pitt campus again and checking out all that the school has to offer. I am especially interested in finding out as much about the other student's lives and comparing notes with them a to see how they are dealing with the fasttrack program...

July 4th Weekend

Lots of eating (and drinking) this weekend. Am really trying to get things done for LIS 2000, book review. Not sure what else to say now except that I really enjoy what I am learning in this program but I wish I had more time to absorb it all...

Thoughts on the Fasttrack Program

Seems like everything is coming to a head now. I have to write an essay on three books that I am reading, help prepare for a presentation and continue to do all the other regular keeping up that we are required to do for LIS 2000 and 2600: lectures, blogs, other readings, etc... The work is not difficult, just intense...I guess the best advice I would give to anyone entering the MLIS fasttrack program is to, first get plenty of sleep before you start, but secondly, manage your time wisely. That is is the most improtant thing that the program has taught me so far. As a regular, full time student it was easy to get work done and have plenty of time to do it, but the fasttrack is just that fast. I love what I am learnign but I only wish that I had more time to absorb everything.