Archive for the ‘Studies’ Category
Results: Academic Librarian Journal Readership Survey
Posted in Reading, Studies on Monday, March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Steven Bell has posted the results of his Academic Librarian Journal Readership Survey at ACRLog. Most of the respondents seem to be ACRL members and read 1-2 articles from their personal copies of magazines, on paper, within one month of receiving it. Steven’s conclusion from the one open-ended question are that
* the articles in these [...]
Application for graduation
Posted in Future, Studies on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 | No Comments »
I just applied for graduation with Pratt’s learning management system. After the hoops I had to jump through to get accepted into the program, this application procedure was a minor letdown. I had to check a box for my program, check that my name and address were correct, and click the Submit button. I did [...]
Done!
Posted in Academic, Library 2.0, Studies on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been too busy to blog for wrapping up the semester. However, last night was the final meeting of my Seminar & Practicum group. My classwork is officially over! All that remains is to apply for graduation. I hope that will be in February.
The link of the day: ACRL NY Social Software in Academic Libraries [...]
100 % increase overnight
Posted in Studies on Thursday, November 15, 2007 | No Comments »
In the responses for my Seminar & Practicum survey, that is. I’m up to four.
Web activities
Posted in Studies, Web 2.0 on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 | No Comments »
I participated in my first web conference yesterday. It was an exciting experience! There were no technical problems, and the presenter clearly understood the limitations of the medium. Definitely something to try again.
I also e-mailed selected libraries an invitation to participate in a reclassification survey for my Seminar & Practicum class. I used SurveyMonkey to [...]
Deep thoughts (for grocery trip)
Posted in Eh?, Libraries, Studies on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 | No Comments »
While walking to the grocery store today, I was musing on the point of undergraduate education (I can only speak for humanities, though). My conclusion: it’s all about analysis. Sure, there’s learning about the history of the Western civilization, considering the wider issues, and expanding your knowledge of the world. But the assignments and discussions [...]
First line of service
Posted in Career, People, Reference, Service, Studies on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Stephen Abram quotes data from New Paradigm (via YPulse) about what the NextGens want.
By this definition, I fall somewhere between Stephen and the Next Gens. (By another I’ve seen, I’m definitely Gen Y.) Whatever the case, I certainly find a lot of the Next Gen ideas appealing.
Stephen says (italicized comments are his):
They want to be [...]
After wrapping up my summer studies, visiting relatives in Europe, hosting relatives in NYC, and starting a part-time library job (yay!), I’m back in school. Well, technically school starts next week for me, but other classes have been meeting for almost two weeks. I will also start my internship next week. It’s going to be [...]
Why blogging matters to me?
Posted in Blogging, Studies on Monday, August 6, 2007 | No Comments »
On Tuesday in Communication class, we had a very interesting discussion about blogs. Most of the class didn’t seem too taken with them. Someone even remarked having read somewhere that “blogs are written by people with nothing to say and read by people with nothing to do.” I felt a little out of place with [...]
