So now that I'm done with school what shall I do with my time?
On a professional level I have several projects that I am working on - I am working on creating three screencasts.
One will be titled A Skill Building Tour of the Library - this screencast will be designed to introduce the library by teaching information literacy skills pertinent to each area of the library. For instance,Reference will include:
Evaluation Skills - how to tell if resources are appropriate, Search Skills - gathering citations and materials, and Citation skills will introduce the new bibliography builder in Word 2007.
The next two screencasts will be for younger patrons & those that teach them. On our campus there are camps offered for children in the summer. I will create screencasts which teach the counselors how to utilize our resources for teaching and one that is geared to middle school and high school kids so that they can understand how to use our resources, too.
On a personal level, I will finally have time to begin some family projects which I have been planning for a long time. The first will involve my father, his letters and sermons from Viet Nam. I think it would be very interesting to have the Viet Nam story told from a Chaplain's perspective. The next will involve my mother and all of her family stories. I would love to put them in manuscript form. One of her friends, a prominent Southern Literature expert, has agreed to write a Foreword, and another of her friends, a prominent linguist, has agreed to edit it. Once this is all done we will present it to my mother so that she may agree to send it to a university press.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Great Week
What a week it has been. My mom's friend from France, Roger', came into town just in time to join us for my graduation on December 17th; how cool is that? We had a great time at the Library School reception held in the Virginia Dare room of the Alumni house.
The reception was much more formal than I anticipated. Our main speaker was Wanda Brown, president-elect of NCLA. She was quite inspirational. I also enjoyed the student speakers, one was my friend, Jason Hyatt. It was really nice to be formally inducted into the field of librarianship and I am very glad I attended. My mom and my daughter enjoyed it, too, as did Roger' who was able to converse with Dr. Carmichael in his native tongue.
After the reception we made our way to Old Salem and looked around for a bit before dining in the Old Salem Tavern. What a lovely way to celebrate this achievement in my life.
The reception was much more formal than I anticipated. Our main speaker was Wanda Brown, president-elect of NCLA. She was quite inspirational. I also enjoyed the student speakers, one was my friend, Jason Hyatt. It was really nice to be formally inducted into the field of librarianship and I am very glad I attended. My mom and my daughter enjoyed it, too, as did Roger' who was able to converse with Dr. Carmichael in his native tongue.
After the reception we made our way to Old Salem and looked around for a bit before dining in the Old Salem Tavern. What a lovely way to celebrate this achievement in my life.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Last Session of Library 2.0 for Transfer Students
The last session for transfer students went very well; we learned about podcasts, wikis, and blogs, and four people showed up. One lady got really excited that her stuff was actually going to be on the Internet.
Using Mypodcast was a great way to showcase the Atkins Library recording studio. We went into the sound room to listen to the students final products. We played around with how to record in there as well, but I wanted the students to be familiar with how they would use the podcast recorder with a PC before spoiling them in the Mac Lab.
Interested in all I showed them? Visit my website: http://sites.google.com/site/unboundlibrarian/
Overall it was a great experience to work with the transfer students. Next semster I will be working with the library liaison for adult students to do a bit more with the transfer population. Atkins library will be expanding services to transfer students now that we have made the contact wth the transfer student advisor. As Martha says, "it's a good thing."
Using Mypodcast was a great way to showcase the Atkins Library recording studio. We went into the sound room to listen to the students final products. We played around with how to record in there as well, but I wanted the students to be familiar with how they would use the podcast recorder with a PC before spoiling them in the Mac Lab.
Interested in all I showed them? Visit my website: http://sites.google.com/site/unboundlibrarian/
Overall it was a great experience to work with the transfer students. Next semster I will be working with the library liaison for adult students to do a bit more with the transfer population. Atkins library will be expanding services to transfer students now that we have made the contact wth the transfer student advisor. As Martha says, "it's a good thing."
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