Google Sites

Spent a long time yesterday trying to complete the web pag/css assignment. I had a lot of trouble with trying to transfer the css file from Amaya to Google Sites. Thought i was going crazy or would go crazy until Dr. Tomer posted a message about Google Sites not allow style sheets etc.

Pitt

Got here Saturday night. Hard to remember where everything was since I was last here, so had a hard time getting re-oriented. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday have been a whirlwhind and very hard to remember everything that I have learned (or at least been presented with) in these last few days. Met all of my cohorts and they are all very nice and most , thankfully, are a bit overwhelmed with all of the reading, etc. I was afraid I was the only one who was in the "what have I gotten myself into" boat. Most felt, as least somewhat, the same. Did not get to the International Rooms in the Tower because we got there too late (they close at 2:30). Will check them out next time...if there is time.

ALso tried some of the various ethnic restaurants in town: I highly recommend ALi BAbba! must try it agin when I get back here...

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.

Next post from Pittsburgh...

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...