Koha assignment

Please visit http://pitt5.kohawc.liblime.com/cgi-bin/koha/bookshelves/shelves.pl?viewshelf=41 to view my virtual bookshelf entitled Red Sox Baseball. Maybe next year...go Sox!

Jing/Screencast.com

http://www.screencast.com/users/nosila/folders/Jing/media/0c34175c-8ea5-4cde-86d6-2b51d7c69bd7

Jing/Flickr URL's

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29928686@N03/sets/72157607757545004/comments/#comment72157607757921938
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29928686@N03/2915683448/in/set-72157607757545004/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29928686@N03/2915686616/in/set-72157607757545004/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29928686@N03/2915688688/in/set-72157607757545004/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29928686@N03/2915691302/in/set-72157607757545004/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29928686@N03/2914859317/in/set-72157607757545004/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29928686@N03/2915705856/in/set-72157607757545004/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29928686@N03/2914866657/in/set-72157607757545004/

Muddiest Point #6

My muddiest point this week: The huge push to make things easier and faster has definetely helped develop some technology that has truly benefited libraries and librarians. When is it enough? While the RFID tags hold some value, it really bothers me to hear one of the advantages of this technology would eliminate "having to open each book up in order to check them out". What? If you can't handle that, as a librarian, you may want to consider another line of work. Put the technology to better use...

Comments Week #7

I have commented on :
Rian's blog: http://rians-thoughts.blogspot.com

Kerri's blog: http://kerricimineralis.blogspot.com

Laura's blog: http://laurenmenges.blogspot.com

Readings for week #7

How Stuff Works
Dismantling Integrated Library Systems
Google video

My first impression after these readings/viewing is the incredible amount of activity that is going on at any one time. Besides all the technical advancements, the size and scope of the Internet and the World Wide Web as an industry in and of itself is mind boggling. Watching the Google video was very interesting and impressive. Seems like a cool company to work at...it always seems that the most successful companies treat their employees not as commodities but as contributors. I'm not sure whether Google is as employee friendly as they seem but they obviously treat their employee's creativity as welcome and necessary asset.
I found Dismantling Integrated Library Systems annoying, jargon filled and slightly whiny. Not a good combination. I think I understand the issues but it seems to me that it is very difficult to combine the amount of information available on the Internet and "integrate" all of that into a library system that still accomplishes all of the tasks central to a library database. Maybe trying to force the two together is not something that is supposed to happen, the Internet and WWW were not created by librarians or information specialists. I completely support the efforts but wonder if starting from the ground up may be the answer.
As usual, I found the How Stuff Works article very informative- wish I had known all of this a lot earlier!