Reflection of LIS 2600

I have so many feelings about completing this course. I had so many headaches and sleepless nights because of these assignments however I must admit that I'm so much better off because of the struggle. Dr. Tomer thanks for making me find my own way by not giving me direction. I truly appreciate it because I can honestly say, "I have learned and comprehended the assignments!"

Portfolio

Well I have made it to the end of the course and here is the proof!

Thoreau Part 2

Another Down! Here is my link to my Thoreau part 2

Finally!

HelpDesk has finally rectified my Forbidden error I kept receiving when trying to upload my html document to the Pitt server. Here is the link.

404 Error/Terror

So since I want to get credit for effort here is my infamous link to my much failed attempts to create my html document. I'm too disgusted, tired and irritated to write how pissed off I am, so I'll just say goodnight!

Thoreau Part One

Here is the link to my Thoreau part one on Google pages.

MooTools!

MooTools 1.11

AJAX Library

AJAX Libraries API: A CDN for JavaScript libraries

Library Inquiry

For Crying Out Loud!

CSS Tutorial

I have been reading the CSS tutorial, but I really wasn't getting a real understanding. So of course, I went to YouTube and I came across some helpful broadcasts, here is one of them.

How to Make a Website With CSS - Free Template

My Virtual Shelves

My Koha African American Poets Book List


Gwendolyn Brooks
Racism 101 by Nikki Giovanni
Mercy by Lucille Clifton
Into and Out of Dislocation by C. S. Giscombe
I Wonder as I Wander by Langston Hughes
YellowBlack by Haki R. Madhubuti
A Long Way From St. Louie by Colleen J. McElroy
Gwendolyn Brooks by D.H. Melhem
Fathering Words by Ethelbert E. Miller
Tale of a Sky-Blue Dress by Thylias Moss
Herbert Woodward Martin and the African American tradition in poetry by Ronald Primeau
Langston Hughes
The Life of Langston Hughes by Arnold Rampersad
Phillis Wheatley and Her Writings by William Henry Robinson
Coming Clean by Bakari Shabazz
Dudley Randall, Broadside Press, and the Black Arts Movement in Detroit, 1960-1995 by Julius Eric Thompson
Countee' Cullen's Secret Revealed by Miracle Book by Shirley Porter Washington
Report From Part One by Gwendolyn Brooks
Eyes Free by Taalam Acey
The Prisoner's Wife by Asha Bandele
Crossing the Color Line by Felton O. Best
Warrior Poet by Alexis DeVeaux
The Black Notebooks by Toi Derricotte
Clarity as Concept by Mari Evans
The Trials of Phillis Wheatley by Henry Louis Gates

Future of Libraries? Hope Not!

Where Virtual Paths Meet: Libraries in Second Life

Pageflakes?

Pageflakes

Long But Relative!

Library New Directions - Phillip D. Long, Ph.D.

Eprints

Repository and Desktop - EPrints and Leopard

Almost but not Quite!

Oh the joys of technology! Today I thought I was on a roll with Koha since I was able to create 14 virtual shelves however I just attempted to finish the requirements and wouldn't you know it technical difficulties! I am use to unexpected tech difficulties now, not only, within this class but home and work that I don't sweat it anymore. Hopefully, within the hour Koha will be back in order if not I'm getting some shut-eye. I been denying myself proper rest due to these assignments. Peace!

Google Brain, Say What!

google brain

Eprints Done!

Well I have just completed the Eprints assignment which is a major relief. Since I started my searches this week many of my selections were already in the repository which made my task very much irritating. So I ended up searching for a while in order to find selections that weren't already selected. Anyhow I accomplished another assignment and it feels good. Now I will be starting my Koha assignment hopefully this assignment won't be so tiresome.

Google Earth

Farewell Mr. Gates!

Jing Jing Jing Jing It Out!

Here is my Jing Tutorial Link

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Hurry Up Already! & Congrats Class of '08

I am thoroughly upset with part 2 of the Scopus/ Google Schoar assignment. I've been trying to properly share my RSS feeds for several days now and I promise I will get it before 12pm tonight. Besides my RSS complications, I was proud to see my oldest daughter graduate from 8th grade and receive soooo many awards. Next journey high school hopefully she will stay focused, independent, intelligent and happy. So I want to give a shout out to graduating classes of '08. May you all live your dreams!

Google Apps Yeahhhhh!

Watershed School speaks about Google Apps

Breath of Fresh Air

I submitted my WorldCat assignment a few days ago again I was surprised about how easy it was (assuming I executed the assignment properly). I was still a little flustered after the booktagging/metadata assignment, so the WorldCat assignment was a breath of fresh air! However I started looking over the Scopus assignment and I could feel the tension and headache all over again!

Web 2.0

Live & Explore!

Life Before Computers! Do You Remember?

I came across this clip about "Life Before Computers Jokes". I thought it was cute.

Thoroughly Upset & Tired!

Well, I just posted my booktagging/metadata assignment and boy was it a struggle. I thought the complicated part would be gathering my tags but to my surprise it was exporting/importing to RefWorks that did me in. First, my computer had a nervous breakdown yesterday and I couldn't use it until 4am today. To say the least, I've been up since dealing with this assignment. I have to admit since I did not have any directions on how to execute this assignment (for reasons I'll leave anonymous) I feel I great sense of pride and happiness in my final results. I have come to the conclusion that this class will be very hands-on and trail-and-error. Thanks a bunch Dr. Tomer! What won't kill me only makes me tougher and more resourceful. Peace.

Information Building

I thought this YouTube clip was fitting for this course! Enjoy!

So Much Info!

For the past several days I have been introduced to a vast amount of tech information. For example, I never noticed how many blogspot.com addresses are within Google searches. Honestly a majority of my Google inquiries for the tagging assignment were blogspot.com links. I never realized the vast amount of info. available through blogs. Another, technology capability I was unaware of prior to this course is RSS feed, I mean, I'm able to have news important to me feed to me daily, what a great tool! However, while I've been enlightened by so much technology information I've also realized how many people don't how access to this important information let alone a computer. So for the last couple of days I've been pondering over the pros and cons of technology and, of course, tagging.

Finally!

Hopefully I'm finally successful in embedding a YouTube video into my blog. I went to bed last night past 1am upset and frustrated because I could not embed this video. But I was back at it this morning and I think I accomplished this one simple goal!!! Enjoy!

Tagging

I managed to tag close to 50 records since my last post. I honestly thought I would have tagged 120 records by now but since I stop to review the selections I lot longer than I should I have more to go than I hoped. So far I have only made tags within Connotea and del.icious the latter being my favorite as of now. For some reason when I add to Connotea a have to type in a code and still the particular addition is quarantined. This has happened at least 4 times so right now I have qualms with Connotea. As for Zotero I plan to start a library within the next couple of days.

Buggin' Out

Nothing to really share expect a major compliant; my computer has been buggin' out. Needless to say, I've been reading the tutorial print outs for Zotero, WorldCat, Connotea, del.icious and Zoho which all were very helpful. Hopefully, I will be able to finish some more tagging tonight and maybe my next blog will be a bit more encouraging.

Ready, Set and Slow

Today I completed my readings for DC 2009 for up to this week. My thoughts of DC 2009 are pretty positive being that in my opinion chapters 1-6 appear to be informative and useful. Since the readings I've discovered that I knew even less about computers, than I thought. Even though I have heard terms such as motherboards, RAM, ROM, CPU, MHz/GHz etc., after the readings I have a better view of computers. Its funny that after about chapter 4, I had thoughts of building my own computer (wishful thinking). Another, interesting aspect so far was the lecture with Sir Tim Berners-Lee ( the 45 mins. I did view). However my most sophisticated accomplishments for LIS 2600 so far was my long awaited success of downloading Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer (don't laugh) and last but not least my enlightenment of del.icious. Because frankly before my enlightenment I had no clue about del.icious, tagging etc. (pitiful I know), anyhow after all my downloads I went to del.icious and discovered all my tags, in which, I had no idea I had tagged. My new found tags were, of course, my many mozilla downloads. I think I'm really going to appreciate this class. So for now, I'm going to stop this tech talk and finish tagging.

Point of no return within LIS 2600

Well here I am imagining the enormous tech knowledge I will possess after completing this course. My overwhelming goal is to complete this course and gain competent knowledge in order to help library patrons understand and conquer the tech revolution. But, just like most of my challenging learning experiences, I have, to take baby steps however come August 1, 2008 I plan to be at least a confident techie. With that said, let the tech info and assignments challenge me.