I love books of ghost stories. These are just ten titles from a collection of over 200 titles. For the assignment, I tried to focus on Tennessee, but some encompass the whole South. Enjoy!
http://pitt5.opacwc.liblime.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-shelves.pl?viewshelf=55
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Comments on Week 8 Blog Posts (HTML)
http://mhsyoung.blogspot.com/2008/10/week-8-readingspersonal-muddiest-point.html?showComment=1224004140000#c3574286146545758334
http://monicalovelis2600discussion.blogspot.com/2008/10/week-8-readings.html?showComment=1224004620000#c5107739415388618112
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Friday, October 10, 2008
HTML and Style Sheet Readings
HTML Tutorial/Cheatsheet
I have to admit that I have never created a web page from scratch. I thought this tutorial was thorough, yet not overwhelming and it did not take itself too seriously. (Welcome to the end of the Internet, anyone?) After completing the different chapters, I certainly have a new respect for web designers. I did as they suggested and clicked View and Source and was amazed to see how much code was necessary to create the tutorial! I can just see myself flipping back and forth from my page editor to the cheat sheet to see what individual bits of code that I needed to use? "Now, how do I create blue text again?" I would probably only be able to get my name and address down with maybe a picture before giving up at the tediousness of the process. Perhaps it only appears tedious when you are not used to it? I am spoiled by the fact that Blogger creates the workings of my blog for me and I can rely on SiteMason to do the behind-the-scenes work for my electronic subject guides. The cheat sheet made for a nice concise reference displayed all on one page. Once you were more familiar with the terms and code discussed in the tutorials, it would be easy to refer back only to this sheet.
Style Sheets
I thought this tutorial was interesting but a bit over my head. I do believe that it will make more sense once I become more familiar with basic html. It should make it a bit simpler, especially the fact that you can make apply changes to all of your web pages by only editing one sheet.
Georgia State Paper
Our reference team is currently in the process of creating all new subject guides, so this article was very timely. It was great to read about their experience. This is the first time I have ever had to create a subject guide, so everything is new to me. I suppose we are using a commercial product to design ours. It is rather limited in the way you can design the pages, but it is very good at making it easy for all of your pages to look the same. The templates are web-based, so we can each log in at our leisure to make changes to our pages. The program makes it as simple as editing a Word document. I believe that we do have some sort of "gatekeeper" in place that we have to notify when we are finished editing and our pages are ready to go live.
I have to admit that I have never created a web page from scratch. I thought this tutorial was thorough, yet not overwhelming and it did not take itself too seriously. (Welcome to the end of the Internet, anyone?) After completing the different chapters, I certainly have a new respect for web designers. I did as they suggested and clicked View and Source and was amazed to see how much code was necessary to create the tutorial! I can just see myself flipping back and forth from my page editor to the cheat sheet to see what individual bits of code that I needed to use? "Now, how do I create blue text again?" I would probably only be able to get my name and address down with maybe a picture before giving up at the tediousness of the process. Perhaps it only appears tedious when you are not used to it? I am spoiled by the fact that Blogger creates the workings of my blog for me and I can rely on SiteMason to do the behind-the-scenes work for my electronic subject guides. The cheat sheet made for a nice concise reference displayed all on one page. Once you were more familiar with the terms and code discussed in the tutorials, it would be easy to refer back only to this sheet.
Style Sheets
I thought this tutorial was interesting but a bit over my head. I do believe that it will make more sense once I become more familiar with basic html. It should make it a bit simpler, especially the fact that you can make apply changes to all of your web pages by only editing one sheet.
Georgia State Paper
Our reference team is currently in the process of creating all new subject guides, so this article was very timely. It was great to read about their experience. This is the first time I have ever had to create a subject guide, so everything is new to me. I suppose we are using a commercial product to design ours. It is rather limited in the way you can design the pages, but it is very good at making it easy for all of your pages to look the same. The templates are web-based, so we can each log in at our leisure to make changes to our pages. The program makes it as simple as editing a Word document. I believe that we do have some sort of "gatekeeper" in place that we have to notify when we are finished editing and our pages are ready to go live.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Link to Jing Things
Video Link
I apologize that the audio is non-existent, I was having microphone troubles. I hope you can at least get the idea of the coolness and ease-of-use of Roadfood.com.
http://www.screencast.com/users/bookslinger/folders/Jing/media/e67420dd-622c-41ce-8a5b-68a2cac68e11
Flickr Links (If the text on the screen captures is too hard to read, try clicking the "All Sizes" button to see a bigger image.
http://flickr.com/photos/9986600@N08/2920502642/sizes/o/in/set-72157607808939885/
http://flickr.com/photos/9986600@N08/2919679997/in/photostream/
http://flickr.com/photos/9986600@N08/2920530384/sizes/o/in/photostream/
http://flickr.com/photos/9986600@N08/2919700559/sizes/o/in/photostream/
http://flickr.com/photos/9986600@N08/2919708211/sizes/o/in/photostream/
http://flickr.com/photos/9986600@N08/2920565746/sizes/o/in/photostream/
I apologize that the audio is non-existent, I was having microphone troubles. I hope you can at least get the idea of the coolness and ease-of-use of Roadfood.com.
http://www.screencast.com/users/bookslinger/folders/Jing/media/e67420dd-622c-41ce-8a5b-68a2cac68e11
Flickr Links (If the text on the screen captures is too hard to read, try clicking the "All Sizes" button to see a bigger image.
http://flickr.com/photos/9986600@N08/2920502642/sizes/o/in/set-72157607808939885/
http://flickr.com/photos/9986600@N08/2919679997/in/photostream/
http://flickr.com/photos/9986600@N08/2920530384/sizes/o/in/photostream/
http://flickr.com/photos/9986600@N08/2919700559/sizes/o/in/photostream/
http://flickr.com/photos/9986600@N08/2919708211/sizes/o/in/photostream/
http://flickr.com/photos/9986600@N08/2920565746/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Friday, October 3, 2008
Infrastructure and I want to work at Google!
How Internet Infrastructure Works
I thought this was a an informative, yet concise article. I knew most of the basic information already, but it was nice to have a reminder. Even though I have a basic understanding of how it works, it still blows my mind that I am able to chat with a friend from South Africa! How can the information possibly travel that far, that fast!
Dismantling Integrated Library Systems
This article seemed to be rather bleak. At our library we have had to piece together different programs from different vendors in order to be able to offer the services we want. I don't know what I would do without our Journal Finder and Article Linker! For those of you who are not familiar, you type the name of a journal in the Journal Finder and it lists every database that we subscribe to that covers that particular journal. It also provides a link to the print journals or micro form records in our catalog if available. The Article Linker then takes over and takes you to the full-text of your article if we have it. The service also works with Google and Google Scholar. Pretty cool. Speaking about "homegrown" versions, I saw a proprietary software developed and demonstrated by UNC-Greensboro last year. First, you typed an item into their catalog search - if they only had a print copy it would immediately give you the call number and show you a map of the library with the location of the item marked, if it was available electronically, it would immediately take you to the full-text of the article. If neither version was available, then an already filled-out ILL form would appear. All of this would happen with one search, you did not have to click several times. It was great! I don't know if they had problems linking it to their established circulation software, but I really admired their initiative!
Google Video
It seems like a really nifty place to work. I really like the idea of the 20% rule! Plus, I just know that I would be even MORE productive if I had all four of my dogs at work with me. I remember hearing about Froogle once upon a time, but I don't know if it ever took off. This was the first time I had ever heard of Orkut. Perhaps it did not work out as well as they hoped, either?
Muddiest Point
This is a little strange for a muddiest point, but it is something that I find frustrating. I have only been able to see some of this week's lecture so I don't know if this was discussed in more detail. I tried to stay ahead of the game and downloaded the required software programs before classes began. Skype was one of them. I have never used it before. However, I want to know how safe it is. Nearly every day, when I open my computer I have several Skype "messages" waiting for me. All of them are creepily soliticous in nature asking me to "view my pics" or "be my friend". Is this type of Skype spam normal and is there a way to stop it?
I thought this was a an informative, yet concise article. I knew most of the basic information already, but it was nice to have a reminder. Even though I have a basic understanding of how it works, it still blows my mind that I am able to chat with a friend from South Africa! How can the information possibly travel that far, that fast!
Dismantling Integrated Library Systems
This article seemed to be rather bleak. At our library we have had to piece together different programs from different vendors in order to be able to offer the services we want. I don't know what I would do without our Journal Finder and Article Linker! For those of you who are not familiar, you type the name of a journal in the Journal Finder and it lists every database that we subscribe to that covers that particular journal. It also provides a link to the print journals or micro form records in our catalog if available. The Article Linker then takes over and takes you to the full-text of your article if we have it. The service also works with Google and Google Scholar. Pretty cool. Speaking about "homegrown" versions, I saw a proprietary software developed and demonstrated by UNC-Greensboro last year. First, you typed an item into their catalog search - if they only had a print copy it would immediately give you the call number and show you a map of the library with the location of the item marked, if it was available electronically, it would immediately take you to the full-text of the article. If neither version was available, then an already filled-out ILL form would appear. All of this would happen with one search, you did not have to click several times. It was great! I don't know if they had problems linking it to their established circulation software, but I really admired their initiative!
Google Video
It seems like a really nifty place to work. I really like the idea of the 20% rule! Plus, I just know that I would be even MORE productive if I had all four of my dogs at work with me. I remember hearing about Froogle once upon a time, but I don't know if it ever took off. This was the first time I had ever heard of Orkut. Perhaps it did not work out as well as they hoped, either?
Muddiest Point
This is a little strange for a muddiest point, but it is something that I find frustrating. I have only been able to see some of this week's lecture so I don't know if this was discussed in more detail. I tried to stay ahead of the game and downloaded the required software programs before classes began. Skype was one of them. I have never used it before. However, I want to know how safe it is. Nearly every day, when I open my computer I have several Skype "messages" waiting for me. All of them are creepily soliticous in nature asking me to "view my pics" or "be my friend". Is this type of Skype spam normal and is there a way to stop it?
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