For folks in 2670, I hope this helps. For folks outside of 2670, I recommend against using Greenstone Digital Library software, but if you find that you have to, I hope this helps you install it, at least for local use. If I find any good tricks for using Greenstone,…
So, I picked my classes: LIS 2002: Retrieving Information (required core course, blended format)LIS 2405: Intro to Cataloging and Classification (online only course)LIS 2690: Information Visualization (blended format)LIS 2879: Academic Librarianship (blended format) You’ll notice two things about them. One, it’s a pretty fun and interesting set of things to…
I feel like I’m neglecting this blog–SNL videos and class assignments aside–but there hasn’t been much to say: I’ve been sick for about a month (bronchitis and a never-ending cold), which has left me completely drained and not really feeling up to the time, energy, and brainpower requirements of my…
I loved the following quote (from our Week 8 Readings): Google has taught us, quite powerfully, that the user just wants a search box. Arguments as to whether or not this is “best” for the user are moot—it doesn’t matter if it’s best if nobody uses it. Moreover, as both…
I’ve been meaning to post a “State of the Schooling” kind of thing for quite a while, as the six week mark of the semester neared and then swooped past–it’s funny how “six weeks” still has meaning to me, nearly ten years removed from high school as I am. Having…
(This isn’t part of my essay, but I like to state my biases: I work in an engineering and science library, and the journal costs are debilitating. I also signed away rights to papers I wrote as an engineer and regret it.) Changes in scholarly communication–particularly in scholarly publishing–are challenging…
Q: Historically, librarians have served as custodians of recorded knowledge and gatekeepers to information resources. To what extent has the rise of networked information services begun to change the roles that librarians play? What other factors, if any, are contributing to changes in the roles of librarians? A1: Before the…
I am a cynic and a skeptic and a pessimist, and I’m aware of it. So it’s no surprise to me–and if you’ve been reading for long, probably not to you, either–that I have very little hope for the URN or DOI idea ever really working out. (That is, the…