This week's comments are brought to you by Doc Brown, of Back to the Future fame, whose hair I can so totally identify with. Sadly, on a daily basis.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Week 8 Readings
Beyond HTML
The most important thing in this entire (read: loooong) article is right there in the abstract: "The new system met and exceeded the baseline expectations for content collection and
management, offering a greater control over appearance and navigation while still offering
customization features for liaisons." No matter what brave new world we're exploring in trying to better library services, I think it's important in every type, shape, and size of library that we remember that the end must always be to best serve the patrons. Georgia State University Library succeeded in that way, I think; andThat makes me feel warm and fuzzy.
HTML Cheatsheet, HTML Tutorial, and CSS Tutorial
All of these seem easy enough to follow, but they annoy me for no rational reason. It's almost like they'd be useful or something if I ever stooped to doing my own webpage authoring. Yes, I am a huge snob. Yes, I'm out of the closet now: I'm a playa hater. I don't want
to know more about programming. I *heart* event programming to the nth degree, but I could do without ever trying to HTML my way out of a paper bag. 
Highly unfortunately for me, there's Assignment 6 to be done. Who knows, maybe I'll be converted to the good ways of HTML writing by the time the assignment is finished...yeah. 
The most important thing in this entire (read: loooong) article is right there in the abstract: "The new system met and exceeded the baseline expectations for content collection and
management, offering a greater control over appearance and navigation while still offering
customization features for liaisons." No matter what brave new world we're exploring in trying to better library services, I think it's important in every type, shape, and size of library that we remember that the end must always be to best serve the patrons. Georgia State University Library succeeded in that way, I think; andThat makes me feel warm and fuzzy.
HTML Cheatsheet, HTML Tutorial, and CSS Tutorial
All of these seem easy enough to follow, but they annoy me for no rational reason. It's almost like they'd be useful or something if I ever stooped to doing my own webpage authoring. Yes, I am a huge snob. Yes, I'm out of the closet now: I'm a playa hater. I don't want
to know more about programming. I *heart* event programming to the nth degree, but I could do without ever trying to HTML my way out of a paper bag. 
Highly unfortunately for me, there's Assignment 6 to be done. Who knows, maybe I'll be converted to the good ways of HTML writing by the time the assignment is finished...yeah. 
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Assignment 5: Koha Bookshelf
Brought to you by Kobra Khan: Koha Komplete!
To read up on the art and science of NHL goaltending, see http://pitt4.kohawc.liblime.com/cgi-bin/koha/bookshelves/shelves.pl?viewshelf=16.
Week 8 Muddiest Point
Mud? I haven't seen any mud. Don't touch the stuff myself.Know it's a little early...for me at least, but this week's muddiest point for me relates to Koha. Does it have a foreign language complex? I really wanted to add a book about Dominek Hasek (one of my favorite goalies) to my virtual shelf, but the book just wouldn't load past to the second screen (where you have imported the MARC record already, but need to assign it a barcode).
Could this be because the book (and parts of the record) is in Czech? I do have a couple of French books, too, but they're all translations. None of them had any trouble.
Is foreign language a common stumbling block for tools like what we're using this semester?
BTW, the book and all its AWESOMENESS can be found here: http://lccn.loc.gov/2004549421
Monday, October 6, 2008
Week 7 Comments
This week's comments are brought to you by the ever-addictive lolcats. Just like real cats, you may like them, but they really don't care about you. 
Friday, October 3, 2008
Week 7 Muddiest Point
"Muddy...tonsils?" You ask yourself. "Yes, indeed," I whimper, "and adenoids too."
I am sick. I hate being sick. I'm bad at it. Like 3 year old wrapped around mama's leg bad at it.
This week's muddiest point is two fold because I haven't got the energy to think of anything at a deep level. First of all, will we ever run out of IP addresses like they thought we did with ISBNs? Second, can you actually exchange books through Library Thing? I didn't think it was a place for physical exchange like Craigslist or anything.
Week 7 Readings
How Internet Infrastructure Works
Satisfactorally well written, but I still had to go back and re-read several parts in order to get the right idea. Is it just me misremembering again, or was there a big deal made out of T3 internet connections a while back--like was it used as a marketing campaign on the scale of the 10-10-220 commercials but with the idea of "bigger is better" like those insane razors?
Dismantling Integrated Library Systems
Every library I have worked in has used an ILS--but no library has been satisfied with theirs. I have found them clunky, plodding, and ugly--sort of like Shetland Ponies.
I'm glad to see that there is some recognition of the dissatisfaction with ILS's and that they may go the way of the OPAC in terms of improvments over time.
Inside the Google Machine
The video was a nice presentation and all, but like most companies' chest-thumping power points, it was overwhelmingly shallow. It didn't really explore how Google works (with the algorithyms and spiders
and all), which would have been more to the point really, considering what we're studying and all.
Satisfactorally well written, but I still had to go back and re-read several parts in order to get the right idea. Is it just me misremembering again, or was there a big deal made out of T3 internet connections a while back--like was it used as a marketing campaign on the scale of the 10-10-220 commercials but with the idea of "bigger is better" like those insane razors?
Dismantling Integrated Library Systems
Every library I have worked in has used an ILS--but no library has been satisfied with theirs. I have found them clunky, plodding, and ugly--sort of like Shetland Ponies.
I'm glad to see that there is some recognition of the dissatisfaction with ILS's and that they may go the way of the OPAC in terms of improvments over time.
Inside the Google Machine
The video was a nice presentation and all, but like most companies' chest-thumping power points, it was overwhelmingly shallow. It didn't really explore how Google works (with the algorithyms and spiders
and all), which would have been more to the point really, considering what we're studying and all.
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