I’m looking forward to two weeks off. December 18 is my last work day for the year. It has been BUSY at work! I’m finishing up the cataloging of math books that came over from our former math and science center and I’m planning some new professional development for next year. Maybe I will even get going on buying that Palm Pre over vakay.
A colleague told me about a cool website called Senduit. If you want to share large files that get clipped by organizational email systems, just upload them to this site, set an expiration date, and forward the link provided to your audience.
Presentation Materials Now Available!
Published November 13, 2009 Curriculum , MAME , Media specialists , Reference Books , School Library Media Centers , Search engines , Web 2.0 Leave a CommentTags: michigan, Traverse City
If you would like to peruse conference presentation materials from the MAME 36 conference held last month in beautiful Traverse City, Michigan, please check them out at the MAME website. You will see quite a few PDFs and PPTs from our presenters. More will be added as they are received. Keep checking!
Bing and Wolfram-Alpha Team Up!
Published November 13, 2009 Search engines Leave a CommentTags: Bing, Microsoft, Wired.com, Wolfram-Alpha
Check out the article from Wired.com on the new partnership between Microsoft’s Bing search engine and the very nice “computational” search engine Wolfram-Alpha.
Ode to Cataloging
Published October 30, 2009 Libraries , Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: cataloging, DDC, Dewey Decimal Classification
It’s funny (even more funny to my library school friends) that I am now cataloging in our Information Center. I never thought I would be a cataloger but things happen and now I am one. It is very interesting because you really find out about your collection and get to know what is being added. Recommending books is one thing but actually picking up that book and looking at it up close and personal is even better. It really is a “hands-on” experience.
Yes, I mostly “copy-catalog” from OCLC but I have had to create some records (or derive some records) and that’s when you have to put on your thinking cap to add content.
I am also a bit shocked that I now have the four volume set of DDC 21 on my desk. That set has been languishing on the shelf for years but now a work day doesn’t go by without cracking open a volume or two.
Believe me, I experienced some trepidation when I found out that I would be cataloging but after several months it is part of my daily work and I am learning from it and finding it rather fulfilling! Cataloging is the first step in getting the items into the hands of our customers and that makes it even more important! Man, oh, man, I feel like I’m gushing. Make it stop!
