IST 612 help

Hello folks,
well for anyone still in town and wanting more info on the 612 assignment here's a link to the scholastic web page. It has correlations for every state, a very useful little guide. It's also up in the forums for the class but that can be buried easily.
Correlations page
Just recall please that these are guidelines, no need to take each book they give you and treat it as gold. Also if you want I'm up in my room, Watson 336, so feel free to drop on by, say hello, work, ect. Trust me there is plenty of room.

Poster session IST

I must say that I was proud to be a member of my group. Not only did we all present but we engaged each other, made the poster and did so without mishap. I will admit that the late night sessions in Hinds were long, me being ill only complicated matters, but despite all that we prevailed. I think that our poster was one of the best ones there, if for no other reason than I know what our group did in order to make it. From the cuts of the exacto knives moments before the session started to the idea pounding that we did until the dawn, I know who was there all that time.
To the rest of my group 13,
Good job

Web site

Need to thank Professor Nicholson on this one. Took his advice, bought my own domain, and then made a site. www.imaginationsway.com Not to bad for an hour's worth of work. Now back to the page for more edits.

Games

Who else recalls Scotts attempt to load Second Life on the school computer? I did not realize it then, but there is another potential example of life on the web. Perhaps not the same degree as Second Life but still quite relevant and real. Massive multiplayer online role playing games or better known as MMORPGS. One well known example is World of Warcraft. Known for it's vastness, number of players and addicting habits. I refuse to play World of Warcraft (aka WOW) for one reason. It is expensive.
Yet there are other games, akin to WOW which I do play. First off they are free.
The one which I know quite well and use is known as Perfect World International. There are active online communities, games, events and while a library most likely would not make a character on a game like this it still might be interesting to see the results if a library sponsored a group of locals to all go onto a game, create a group of their own with the library as their sponsor, and see what happened.

Perfect World International

Trips and Tips

ALA. The American Library Association. A massive organization who presents a wondrous opportunity twice a year to learn, talk, and as some videos say even mate.

March of the Librarians

However, one must be wary on these trips. There are many goodies to be had, internships, people have committees, exhibits and sessions to attend. A swarm of librarians like no other has ever seen.
The ALA appears to be a giant organization with multiple offerings for a plethora of people.
Their site is
www.ala.org
and I was quite thrilled when Professor Nicholson announced that Syracuse University provided one year subscription to the ALA or SLA which can be found here www.sla.org

Tips for travelers. Bring bags, try as much as you can, learn, have fun, and meet people. That's what important.

Which way do we go?

Professor Nicholsan said something like this. That IST 511 was to take us and make us change which librarian we wanted to be, seven ways from Sunday. For me that statement was brought to life today with the tour of the library.
First was Professor Lavender and the books. Lovely books, wonderful books full of fun, history and so much work and detail it is eye opening. Five square miles of manuscripts alone in their collection. Mind boggling. That made me say, oh, this is more interesting than I thought.
Now time for Round Two - special collection restoration.
Conservation. Restoration, taking a broken old book and making it usable once again. I love fixing things, always have. I'm also a very tactile person, so feeling things, holding them in my hands is so important to me. Watching the process of book recovery made me want to work on them.
Final Round - Digital Conservation.
Take the work from the Special Collections and up the ante. A streamlined process of constant motion. People going about repairing book after book. I counted at least five books glued in the time I was there. Having the knowledge of how books are repaired is so essential. Now, at the very least, I know that I want to take some preservation courses.

What could be bad?

You know, copyright is fun. It really is, just like a root canal. A painful evil that is supposed to make life better for all of us. Still doesn't mean it makes you feel any better when they drill. Then comes along something new. Something exciting. Instead of drilling all the way they just scrape the surface. Say hello to Creative Commons, the official it's okay to do this with this material site. See below.

Creative Commons

Now then how do I describe this and do it justice. A rock library music vid? A comical conglomerate of bookish material? How about you look for yourself and decide.


Music video of Libraries

Let it be known that the professors here certainly know how to keep students engaged in class.