LIB 103 grades are posted (as of 12/6).
I was EXTREMELY generous to many of you to move your grades up.
As I have already told you, I'll be out of town beginning tomorrow (12/7) and will not return until 12/14. Should you have a question about your grade, you can make an appointment with Lisa Williams to see your final progress report.
Contact her via e-mail (williamsl@uncw.edu) or phone (962-3688).
Lisa will not be able to give you any more information that what is on your progress report.
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Monday, November 28, 2005
Information Quotes from Robert
"Information is the seed for an idea, and only grows when it's watered." - Heinz V. Bergen
"Know where to find the information and how to use it - That's the secret of success" - Albert Einstein
"It is no use to keep private information which you can't show off" - Mark Twain
"Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant." - Mitchell Kapor
"One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about, and comes out in new and interesting ways." - Peter McWilliams
"Information is the currency of democracy." - Thomas Jefferson
"As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information." - Benjamin Disraeli
"Information is the seed for an idea, and only grows when it's watered." - Heinz V. Bergen
"I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way." - Franklin P. Jones
“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family." - Kofi Annan
"Know where to find the information and how to use it - That's the secret of success" - Albert Einstein
"It is no use to keep private information which you can't show off" - Mark Twain
"Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant." - Mitchell Kapor
"One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about, and comes out in new and interesting ways." - Peter McWilliams
"Information is the currency of democracy." - Thomas Jefferson
"As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information." - Benjamin Disraeli
"Information is the seed for an idea, and only grows when it's watered." - Heinz V. Bergen
"I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way." - Franklin P. Jones
“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family." - Kofi Annan
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Important Info!
If you are going to make up any work or do extra credit:
All blog postings (reading reports, assignments, extra credit - everything) must be posted or handed in BY:
MIDNIGHT, Monday, 12/5
Anything later will not be counted
Grades will be posted by 5:00 p.m. on 12/6
Final Project Due Dates:
Presentations: Tuesday, 11/29
Tests: Thursday, 12/1 (after any leftover presentations)
Papers: Due by the beginning of class on 12/1
AP will be out of town 12/2 – 12/5 and 12/7 – 12/14
All blog postings (reading reports, assignments, extra credit - everything) must be posted or handed in BY:
MIDNIGHT, Monday, 12/5
Anything later will not be counted
Grades will be posted by 5:00 p.m. on 12/6
Final Project Due Dates:
Presentations: Tuesday, 11/29
Tests: Thursday, 12/1 (after any leftover presentations)
Papers: Due by the beginning of class on 12/1
AP will be out of town 12/2 – 12/5 and 12/7 – 12/14
Monday, November 21, 2005
Information Quotes from Nate
"Listening is more than just a very rewarding habit. After awhile you discover what a world of information you can gain from hearing what others say, and If you're interested, you're interesting. All the most popular people are good listeners." - Loretta Young
"The speed of communication, the speed of information transfer, the cheapness of communication, the ease of moving things around the world are a difference in kind as well as degree." - Paul A. Volcker
"Congress has a duty to taxpayers to make informed decisions when carrying out its legislative, appropriation, and oversight functions. Such decisions require access to timely and accurate information, and when access is restricted, we are unable to provide oversight and fulfill our constitutional responsibilities." - Daniel Akaka
"The Internet's been so great, and it's so nice to have fans do nice, elaborate websites, but I think the downside is some of the things... for real fans to go on and see that 90 percent of the information isn't true or to see pictures that aren't really me." - Denise Richards
"The old techniques of gathering information don't apply to America's new enemies." - Chuck Rob
"We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age." - Tony Robbins
"Most of us feel overburdened by information, although I would say the overloaded feeling comes more from coordinating all of the information and responding to it." - David Rose
"There are still places where people think the function of the media is to provide information." - Dan Rottenberg
"All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value." - Carl Sagan
"Data is not information, Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not understanding, Understanding is not wisdom." - Clifford Stoll
"The speed of communication, the speed of information transfer, the cheapness of communication, the ease of moving things around the world are a difference in kind as well as degree." - Paul A. Volcker
"Congress has a duty to taxpayers to make informed decisions when carrying out its legislative, appropriation, and oversight functions. Such decisions require access to timely and accurate information, and when access is restricted, we are unable to provide oversight and fulfill our constitutional responsibilities." - Daniel Akaka
"The Internet's been so great, and it's so nice to have fans do nice, elaborate websites, but I think the downside is some of the things... for real fans to go on and see that 90 percent of the information isn't true or to see pictures that aren't really me." - Denise Richards
"The old techniques of gathering information don't apply to America's new enemies." - Chuck Rob
"We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age." - Tony Robbins
"Most of us feel overburdened by information, although I would say the overloaded feeling comes more from coordinating all of the information and responding to it." - David Rose
"There are still places where people think the function of the media is to provide information." - Dan Rottenberg
"All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value." - Carl Sagan
"Data is not information, Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not understanding, Understanding is not wisdom." - Clifford Stoll
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Information Quotes from Austin
1) "Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit" - William Polland
2) "Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart, intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the manner in which information is collected and used" - Dr. Carl Sagan
3) "You can always trust the information given to you by people who are crazy; they have an access to truth not available through regular channels" - Sheila Bullantyne
4) "Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family" - Kofi Annan
5) "Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wired, it wafts across the electrified borders" - Ronald Reagan
6) "If Information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development" - Kofi Annan
7) "Technology is so much fun but we can drown in over technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge" - Daniel J. Boorstin
8) "This information movement, left to its own devices, will increase the gap between rich and poor and rich and poor nations" - Michael C. Dertouzos
9) "Information on the internet is subject to the same rules and regulations as conversations at a bar" - Dr. George Lundberg
10) "Information is money, but data is squal" - Angela Llama-Butler
11) "The information in the world doubles everyday. What they don't tell us, is that our wisdom is cut in half at the same time" - Joey Novicle
2) "Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart, intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the manner in which information is collected and used" - Dr. Carl Sagan
3) "You can always trust the information given to you by people who are crazy; they have an access to truth not available through regular channels" - Sheila Bullantyne
4) "Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family" - Kofi Annan
5) "Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wired, it wafts across the electrified borders" - Ronald Reagan
6) "If Information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development" - Kofi Annan
7) "Technology is so much fun but we can drown in over technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge" - Daniel J. Boorstin
8) "This information movement, left to its own devices, will increase the gap between rich and poor and rich and poor nations" - Michael C. Dertouzos
9) "Information on the internet is subject to the same rules and regulations as conversations at a bar" - Dr. George Lundberg
10) "Information is money, but data is squal" - Angela Llama-Butler
11) "The information in the world doubles everyday. What they don't tell us, is that our wisdom is cut in half at the same time" - Joey Novicle
Websites from Tuesday's Lecture
Media Literacy Classroom Guides
American Library Association's Statement on Privacy
Find the owner of a website - http://www.whois.com/
Find background reports on people - http://www.anywho.com/
Electronic Privacy Information Center
American Library Association's Statement on Privacy
Find the owner of a website - http://www.whois.com/
Find background reports on people - http://www.anywho.com/
Electronic Privacy Information Center
- http://www.epic.org/privacy/
- http://www.epic.org/privacy/student/
- http://www.epic.org/privacy/tools.html
Dictionary of Computer Terminology
Search for other blogs - http://blogsearch.google.com/
Example of a Wiki - http://instructionwiki.org/Main_Page
Check your mailbox size (UNCW e-mail)
Server Space for Students (TIMMY)
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Information Quotes from Brad
1. Your library is your Paradise. -Erasmus
2. The founding or endowing of universities and public libraries by gift or bequest. - Ambrose Bierce
3. Never lend books, for no one ever returns them. The only books I have in my library are those that other folks have lent me. -Anatole France
4. There are seventy million books in American Libraries, but the one you want is always out. -Tom Masson
5. A newspaper is a circulating library with high blood pressure. -Arthur “Bugs” Baer
6. Knowledge is free at the library. Just bring your own container. - Unknown
7. Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library. - Barbara Tuchman
8. Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest. - Lady Bird Johnson
9. I go into my library and all history unrolls before me. - Alexander Smith
10. Make thy books thy companions. Let thy cases and shelves be thy pleasure grounds and gardens. - Judah ibn-Tibbon (12th century)
Information
1. You cannot tell your friend you’ve been cuckolded. Even if he doesn’t laugh at you he may put the information to good use. - Michel de Montaigne
2. Knowledge is of two kinds; we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. -Samuel Johnson
3. Psychoanalysts seem to be long on information and short on application. -Gene Fowler
4. I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way. -Franklin P. Adams
5. Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. —-Gertrude Stein
6. Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it. -Alfred Hitchcock
7. Often, the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.”-Mark TwainThe highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence. -Rabindranath Tagore
8. Information is not knowledge. -Albert Einstein
9. Communication can’t always follow the top-down model. With the fluidity of information in business today, leaders need to be masterful listeners; they need to be able to receive as well as send. -Joseph Badaracco
10. As a rule, he -or she- who has the most information will have the greatest success in life. -Benjamin Disraeli
2. The founding or endowing of universities and public libraries by gift or bequest. - Ambrose Bierce
3. Never lend books, for no one ever returns them. The only books I have in my library are those that other folks have lent me. -Anatole France
4. There are seventy million books in American Libraries, but the one you want is always out. -Tom Masson
5. A newspaper is a circulating library with high blood pressure. -Arthur “Bugs” Baer
6. Knowledge is free at the library. Just bring your own container. - Unknown
7. Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library. - Barbara Tuchman
8. Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest. - Lady Bird Johnson
9. I go into my library and all history unrolls before me. - Alexander Smith
10. Make thy books thy companions. Let thy cases and shelves be thy pleasure grounds and gardens. - Judah ibn-Tibbon (12th century)
Information
1. You cannot tell your friend you’ve been cuckolded. Even if he doesn’t laugh at you he may put the information to good use. - Michel de Montaigne
2. Knowledge is of two kinds; we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. -Samuel Johnson
3. Psychoanalysts seem to be long on information and short on application. -Gene Fowler
4. I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way. -Franklin P. Adams
5. Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. —-Gertrude Stein
6. Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it. -Alfred Hitchcock
7. Often, the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.”-Mark TwainThe highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence. -Rabindranath Tagore
8. Information is not knowledge. -Albert Einstein
9. Communication can’t always follow the top-down model. With the fluidity of information in business today, leaders need to be masterful listeners; they need to be able to receive as well as send. -Joseph Badaracco
10. As a rule, he -or she- who has the most information will have the greatest success in life. -Benjamin Disraeli
Friday, November 11, 2005
Links from Thursday's Lecture
UNCW Honor Code
Plagiarism Sites:
Plagiarism Sites:
- Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It
- How Not to Plagiarize
- A Plagiarism Tutorial
- You Quote It, You Note It!
World Intellectual Property Organization (tutorial)
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
NCSU Library Patent and Trademark Guide
Berkley Intellectual Property Blog
Sticker Shock (Academic Journal Prices)
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
No Class Today (11/8)
There will be no class today (LIB 103) – Tuesday, November 8th.
Unfortunately (or fortunately for you all) I have a work related commitment that I cannot change.
Use this time to catch up on anything you’ve missed, work on extra credit and think/work on your final project.
There is no homework for today.
See you Thursday!
Unfortunately (or fortunately for you all) I have a work related commitment that I cannot change.
Use this time to catch up on anything you’ve missed, work on extra credit and think/work on your final project.
There is no homework for today.
See you Thursday!
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Information Quotes from Tammy
"In today's knowledge-based economy, what you earn depends on what you learn. Jobs in the information technology sector, for example, pay 85 percent more than the private sector average." - William J. Clinton
"Imagine a school with children that can read or write, but with teachers who cannot, and you have a metaphor of the Information Age in which we live." - Peter Cochrane
"Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world." - Walt Disney
"Information is not knowledge." - Albert Einstein
"Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?" - T. S. Eliot
"Comprehensive anti-terrorism legislation provides new tools for law enforcement and for improved information sharing among Federal agencies to address terrorist threats." - J. Randy Forbes
"We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information." - Benjamin Franklin
"Oh, I think there are a lot of people who would be buying and selling online today that go up there and they get the information, but then when it comes time to type in their credit card they think twice because they're not sure about how that might get out and what that might mean for them." - Bill Gates
"Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it." - Alfred Hitchcock
"Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information." - John McCarthy
"Imagine a school with children that can read or write, but with teachers who cannot, and you have a metaphor of the Information Age in which we live." - Peter Cochrane
"Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world." - Walt Disney
"Information is not knowledge." - Albert Einstein
"Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?" - T. S. Eliot
"Comprehensive anti-terrorism legislation provides new tools for law enforcement and for improved information sharing among Federal agencies to address terrorist threats." - J. Randy Forbes
"We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information." - Benjamin Franklin
"Oh, I think there are a lot of people who would be buying and selling online today that go up there and they get the information, but then when it comes time to type in their credit card they think twice because they're not sure about how that might get out and what that might mean for them." - Bill Gates
"Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it." - Alfred Hitchcock
"Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information." - John McCarthy
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Really Cool Website!
If you're interested in looking at historical books, this is a great website: Turning the Pages - Online Gallery (British Library)
Citation Information
Here is some info covered in yesterday's lecture:
Citation Manuals:
APA Manual - Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2001
MLA Manual - Call Number: LB2369 .G53 2003
Chicago Manual of Style - Call Number: Z253 .U69 2003
Turabian Manual - Call Number: LB2369 .T87 1996
Resources for Formatting Citations:
UNCW Writing Center
Randall Library Citation Guides
NCSU Citation Builder
Citation Machine
Citation Manuals:
APA Manual - Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2001
MLA Manual - Call Number: LB2369 .G53 2003
Chicago Manual of Style - Call Number: Z253 .U69 2003
Turabian Manual - Call Number: LB2369 .T87 1996
Resources for Formatting Citations:
UNCW Writing Center
Randall Library Citation Guides
NCSU Citation Builder
Citation Machine
More Information Quotes
From Monique:
“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.” - Bill Gates
“The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.” - Steve Ballmer
“Information and communications technology unlocks the value of time, allowing and enabling multi-tasking, multi-channels, multi-this and multi-that.” – Li Ka Shing
“Renewable energy is proven technology, the price is dropping, the rest of the world is going that way, that's where our investment should be going as well.” – Bob Brown
“As we go forward, I hope we're going to continue to use technology to make really big differences in how people live and work.” – Sergy Brin
“The new information technology—Internet and e-mail—have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.” - Peter Drucker
“If information is power, why are the powerful so ill informed?” – Arthur Curley
“We can have information as rich as the Web delivered to our email in-boxes.” – Jim Barksdale
“Information can tell us everything. It has all the answers. But they are answers to questions we have not asked, and which doubtless don’t even arise.” – Jean Baudrillard
“Information is the seed for an idea, and only grows when it’s watered.” – Heinz V. Bergen
“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.” - Bill Gates
“The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.” - Steve Ballmer
“Information and communications technology unlocks the value of time, allowing and enabling multi-tasking, multi-channels, multi-this and multi-that.” – Li Ka Shing
“Renewable energy is proven technology, the price is dropping, the rest of the world is going that way, that's where our investment should be going as well.” – Bob Brown
“As we go forward, I hope we're going to continue to use technology to make really big differences in how people live and work.” – Sergy Brin
“The new information technology—Internet and e-mail—have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.” - Peter Drucker
“If information is power, why are the powerful so ill informed?” – Arthur Curley
“We can have information as rich as the Web delivered to our email in-boxes.” – Jim Barksdale
“Information can tell us everything. It has all the answers. But they are answers to questions we have not asked, and which doubtless don’t even arise.” – Jean Baudrillard
“Information is the seed for an idea, and only grows when it’s watered.” – Heinz V. Bergen
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Information Technology Minors
Message from CS Faculty Mmember:
Can you also let your current LIB 103 students know that they should take CSC 112 and/or CSC 110 next if they haven't already. Laurie is teaching a 112 section and I will be teaching a 110.
Can you also let your current LIB 103 students know that they should take CSC 112 and/or CSC 110 next if they haven't already. Laurie is teaching a 112 section and I will be teaching a 110.
Friday, October 28, 2005
Database Prices - 2005
Here are prices for many of Randall Library's Databases for 2005:
NC LIVE databases: Price is not given to us. These databases are provided through NC LIVE (North Carolina Libraries for Virtual Education). To learn more about NC LIVE, visit http://www.nclive.org
Academic Search Elite (NC LIVE)
ACM Digital Library ($5,138.88)
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts ($8,790.00, Includes Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts, Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management)
Anthropological Literature ($3,350.00)
ATLA Religion Database ($3,080.00)
Biological Abstracts $28,890.75
Blackwell-Synergy ($14,925.00)
Business Source Elite (NC LIVE)
CINAHL (NC LIVE)
Communication & Mass Media Complete (NC LIVE)
Criminal Justice Abstracts ($2,875.00)
EbscoHost animals (NCLIVE)
Emerald Management Full Text (all Emerald journals: 7 for $7,874)
FIAF ?
Historical Abstracts ($6,945.00)
Hoover's Company Capsules and profiles (NC LIVE)
InfoTrac (NC LIVE)
JSTOR ($13,990.00, all collections we have: A&S I-III, Botany & Ecology, General Science)
LeisureTourism.com ($840.00)
LexisNexis Academic: ($1,164.79, Congressional $988.00 & $5,082.72 (why 2?), Government Periodical Index $1,650.00, Statistical ? is this one of the 2 Congressionals?)
MasterFile Premier (NC LIVE)
MLA International Bib ($15,760.00)
PsycARTICLES ($12,600.00)
PsycInfo (NC LIVE)
PubMed (Free, courtesy of NIH)
ScienceDirect ($13,998.93)
Sociological Abstracts ($4,990.00)
SportDiscus ($2,667.00)
Zoological Record ($8,442.00)
NC LIVE databases: Price is not given to us. These databases are provided through NC LIVE (North Carolina Libraries for Virtual Education). To learn more about NC LIVE, visit http://www.nclive.org
Academic Search Elite (NC LIVE)
ACM Digital Library ($5,138.88)
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts ($8,790.00, Includes Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts, Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management)
Anthropological Literature ($3,350.00)
ATLA Religion Database ($3,080.00)
Biological Abstracts $28,890.75
Blackwell-Synergy ($14,925.00)
Business Source Elite (NC LIVE)
CINAHL (NC LIVE)
Communication & Mass Media Complete (NC LIVE)
Criminal Justice Abstracts ($2,875.00)
EbscoHost animals (NCLIVE)
Emerald Management Full Text (all Emerald journals: 7 for $7,874)
FIAF ?
Historical Abstracts ($6,945.00)
Hoover's Company Capsules and profiles (NC LIVE)
InfoTrac (NC LIVE)
JSTOR ($13,990.00, all collections we have: A&S I-III, Botany & Ecology, General Science)
LeisureTourism.com ($840.00)
LexisNexis Academic: ($1,164.79, Congressional $988.00 & $5,082.72 (why 2?), Government Periodical Index $1,650.00, Statistical ? is this one of the 2 Congressionals?)
MasterFile Premier (NC LIVE)
MLA International Bib ($15,760.00)
PsycARTICLES ($12,600.00)
PsycInfo (NC LIVE)
PubMed (Free, courtesy of NIH)
ScienceDirect ($13,998.93)
Sociological Abstracts ($4,990.00)
SportDiscus ($2,667.00)
Zoological Record ($8,442.00)
Class Updates/Reminders
I will not be able to get your “estimated” participation grades to you all until Tuesday or Wednesday. So look for those e-mails in the near future.
I will not have office hours on Monday, October 31st.
I will not have office hours on Monday, October 31st.
Information Quotes from Norma
“The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” – Aldus Huxley
“Information is the currency of democracy.” – Thomas Jefferson
“If you believe everything you read better not read.” – Japanese proverb
“We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.” – John Nasbitt
“The right to search for truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true.” – Albert Einstein
“I believe that we decipher the incoherent flow of life through stories.” – Milos Forman
“By three methods we may approach wisdom:
First, by reflection, which is noblest: second, by imitation, which is the easiest: and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.” – Confucius
”The telephone book is full of facts but it doesn’t contain a single idea.” – Mortimer J. Adler
“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you its going to be a butterfly.” – Richard Buckminster Fuller
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” – Aldus Huxley
“Information is the currency of democracy.” – Thomas Jefferson
“If you believe everything you read better not read.” – Japanese proverb
“We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.” – John Nasbitt
“The right to search for truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true.” – Albert Einstein
“I believe that we decipher the incoherent flow of life through stories.” – Milos Forman
“By three methods we may approach wisdom:
First, by reflection, which is noblest: second, by imitation, which is the easiest: and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.” – Confucius
”The telephone book is full of facts but it doesn’t contain a single idea.” – Mortimer J. Adler
“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you its going to be a butterfly.” – Richard Buckminster Fuller
Thursday, October 20, 2005
No E-mail Access for Next Three Days
I will NOT be in the library on Friday, Saturday OR Sunday (10/21 - 10/23) and will NOT have e-mail access. If you have questions about your database presentations, feel free to e-mail me but you will not get a response until Monday.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Gray Literature and Blog PowerPoint
Here are a few ways that you can find gray literature:
- DOE’s Information Bridge (http://www.osti.gov/bridge/)
- Gray Lit Network (http://www.osti.gov/graylit/)
- OAIster (http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/)
- Library – Technical Reports Guide (http://library.uncwil.edu/subject/Biology/Guides/techreports.html)
There was a library workshop on Blogs today. Here is a link to the PowerPoint slides: http://library.uncwil.edu/faculty/petersone/blogs.ppt
Friday, October 14, 2005
Quotes About Information
Here are some quotes about information from Mandy:
1. "Information is not knowledge"-Albert Einstein
2. "Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit."-William Pollard
3. "Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"-T. S. Eliot
4. "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation"-Herbert Spencer
5. "Information is the seed for an idea, and only grows when it's watered."-Heinz V. Bergen
6. "You can always trust the information given to you by people who are crazy; they have an access to truth not available through regular channels"-Sheila Ballantyne
7. "Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind with desires and belief."-Leo Burnett
8. "It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information."-William Gibson
9. "Information on the Internet is subject to the same rules and regulations as conversation at a bar."-Dr. George Lundberg
10. "Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense."-Gertrude Stein
1. "Information is not knowledge"-Albert Einstein
2. "Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit."-William Pollard
3. "Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"-T. S. Eliot
4. "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation"-Herbert Spencer
5. "Information is the seed for an idea, and only grows when it's watered."-Heinz V. Bergen
6. "You can always trust the information given to you by people who are crazy; they have an access to truth not available through regular channels"-Sheila Ballantyne
7. "Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind with desires and belief."-Leo Burnett
8. "It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information."-William Gibson
9. "Information on the Internet is subject to the same rules and regulations as conversation at a bar."-Dr. George Lundberg
10. "Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense."-Gertrude Stein
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
PowerPoint Presentation from guest speakers
The PowerPoint Presentation slides that were giving by our guest speakers (from Technical Services) is available here.
Enjoy your Fall Break!
Enjoy your Fall Break!
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Class Updates/Reminders
- You will have your “library lingo” quiz on Tuesday, October 4th
- You have until the end of September to catch up on your course readings/blog postings
- We will not tack on extra days to class but may have some supplemental activities instead (to make up for the time)
- You WILL have class on 9/27. I had originally hoped that we might get ahead and would have a free day. But we WILL meet every T/R for the rest of the semester.
- If you posted flyers for me, please e-mail me so I can make sure you get extra credit
- Please attend class on Thursday. Roll will be taken.
Friday, September 16, 2005
Course Readings
You will be responsible for reading the course readings. You will have until the end of the month to post your blog responses.
You need to read the following:
Reading: "The Understanding Business" (on ERes - Electronic Course Reserves at Randall Library)Post reading response on blog
Reading: "The Low-Fat Information Diet" (on ERes - Electronic Course Reserves at Randall Library)Post reading response on blog
Reading: "Executive Summary of 'How Much Information?' 2003" (http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/how-much-info-2003/execsum.htm)
Post reading response on blog
On Tuesday I hope to cover the lecture originally scheduled for 9/12.
I’ll make sure everyone is on the same page on Tuesday.
You need to read the following:
Reading: "The Understanding Business" (on ERes - Electronic Course Reserves at Randall Library)Post reading response on blog
Reading: "The Low-Fat Information Diet" (on ERes - Electronic Course Reserves at Randall Library)Post reading response on blog
Reading: "Executive Summary of 'How Much Information?' 2003" (http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/how-much-info-2003/execsum.htm)
Post reading response on blog
On Tuesday I hope to cover the lecture originally scheduled for 9/12.
I’ll make sure everyone is on the same page on Tuesday.
Monday, September 12, 2005
NO CLASS TUESDAY (9/13)
Hurricane Ophelia Update - 12 noon Monday, Sept. 12, 2005
UNCW is currently within the hurricane watch area for Hurricane Ophelia. The university has issued a mandatory evacuation for all resident students. All UNCW events and activities, including classes at all locations, are cancelled beginning at 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12 through Tuesday, Sept. 13 and until further notice. UNCW employees should continue their normal workday today and finalize their hurricane checklist in the event the university closes for employees tomorrow. Employees and students should continue to monitor this hotline, the UNCW Homepage and local media for updates.
UNCW is currently within the hurricane watch area for Hurricane Ophelia. The university has issued a mandatory evacuation for all resident students. All UNCW events and activities, including classes at all locations, are cancelled beginning at 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12 through Tuesday, Sept. 13 and until further notice. UNCW employees should continue their normal workday today and finalize their hurricane checklist in the event the university closes for employees tomorrow. Employees and students should continue to monitor this hotline, the UNCW Homepage and local media for updates.
Quotes About Information
Here are some more quotes (from Drew):
1. Information is the currency of democracy. -Thomas Jefferson
2. Information is not knowledge. -Albert Einstein
3. Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit. -William Pollard
4. There is a principle that is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance, that principle is contempt prior to investigation. -Herbert Spencer
5. Where is the life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? -T.S. Elliot
6. Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is collected and used. -Dr. Carl Sagan
7. Information is the seed for an idea, and only grows when it's watered. -Heinz Bergen
8. Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. -Kofi Annan
9. You can always trust the information given to you from people who are crazy, they have an access to truth not available through regular channels. -Sheila Ballentyne
10. Information on the internet is subject to the same rules and regulations as conversation at a bar. -Dr. George Lundberg
1. Information is the currency of democracy. -Thomas Jefferson
2. Information is not knowledge. -Albert Einstein
3. Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit. -William Pollard
4. There is a principle that is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance, that principle is contempt prior to investigation. -Herbert Spencer
5. Where is the life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? -T.S. Elliot
6. Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is collected and used. -Dr. Carl Sagan
7. Information is the seed for an idea, and only grows when it's watered. -Heinz Bergen
8. Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. -Kofi Annan
9. You can always trust the information given to you from people who are crazy, they have an access to truth not available through regular channels. -Sheila Ballentyne
10. Information on the internet is subject to the same rules and regulations as conversation at a bar. -Dr. George Lundberg
Office Hours Today (Monday, 9/12)
As I mentioned in class, my office hours will be cut short today so that I can attend the following presentation (you can attend too if you have time!). I'll be in my office from 3:00 to 3:45 if you need me.
Monday, Sept. 12 4 pm "9/11 in Context" Faculty Panel DiscussionKing Hall Auditorium, UNCW
A panel discussion to explore the events of September 11, 2001, in a larger context. What foreign policy decisions influenced 9/11, and what has happened since then? What are the roots of prejudice and fear that can lead to repression? How should governments deal with terrorism? The only agenda is to provide a forum for discussion and education.
The panel will consist of Dr. W. Taylor Fain (History, UNCW), Dr. Rob Miller (Sociology, UNCW), Dr. Lynne Snowden (Criminal Justice, UNCW), Thomas Massey (History, CFCC), and Dr. Craig Galbraith (Cameron School of Business, UNCW).
Monday, Sept. 12 4 pm "9/11 in Context" Faculty Panel DiscussionKing Hall Auditorium, UNCW
A panel discussion to explore the events of September 11, 2001, in a larger context. What foreign policy decisions influenced 9/11, and what has happened since then? What are the roots of prejudice and fear that can lead to repression? How should governments deal with terrorism? The only agenda is to provide a forum for discussion and education.
The panel will consist of Dr. W. Taylor Fain (History, UNCW), Dr. Rob Miller (Sociology, UNCW), Dr. Lynne Snowden (Criminal Justice, UNCW), Thomas Massey (History, CFCC), and Dr. Craig Galbraith (Cameron School of Business, UNCW).
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
More Information Quotes
Here are more quotes about information (from Rick):
He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge — where it is written and where it is to be found. - A.A. Hodge
I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking something up and finding something else on the way. - Franklin P. Adams
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. - Samuel Johnson
Research means that you don’t know, but are willing to find out. - Charles F. Kettering
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. - Benjamin Disraeli
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” -Albert Einstein
“The stone age was marked by man’s clever use of crude tools; the information age, to date, has been marked by man’s crude use of clever tools.”-?
“Learning is the indispensable investment required for success in the ‘information age’ we are entering” -?
“In the information age, you don’t teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he’d have a talk show.” -?
“Trying to control information in the network age is about as successful as pissing into the wind” -Marshall McLuhan
He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge — where it is written and where it is to be found. - A.A. Hodge
I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking something up and finding something else on the way. - Franklin P. Adams
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. - Samuel Johnson
Research means that you don’t know, but are willing to find out. - Charles F. Kettering
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. - Benjamin Disraeli
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” -Albert Einstein
“The stone age was marked by man’s clever use of crude tools; the information age, to date, has been marked by man’s crude use of clever tools.”-?
“Learning is the indispensable investment required for success in the ‘information age’ we are entering” -?
“In the information age, you don’t teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he’d have a talk show.” -?
“Trying to control information in the network age is about as successful as pissing into the wind” -Marshall McLuhan
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Quotes About Information
The following quotes are from Melissa:
5 below obtained at:
http://www.useful-information.info/quotations/library_quotes.html#information
He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge -- where it is written and where it is to be found. - A.A. Hodge
I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking something up and finding something else on the way. - Franklin P. Adams
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. - Samuel Johnson
Research means that you don't know, but are willing to find out. - Charles F. Kettering
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. - Benjamin Disraeli
5 below obtained at:
http://www.bartleby.com/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?filter=colQuotations&query=information&submit=Go
Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves the information. We are unable to take it all in. – Gunther Grass
Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders. – Ronald Reagan
Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product. – Christopher Lasch
Information can tell us everything. It has all the answers. But they are answers to questions we have not asked, and which doubtless don’t even arise. – Jean Baudrillard
The information links are like nerves that pervade and help to animate the human organism. The sensors and monitors are analogous to the human senses that put us in touch with the world. Data bases correspond to memory; the information processors perform the function of human reasoning and comprehension. Once the postmodern infrastructure is reasonably integrated, it will greatly exceed human intelligence in reach, acuity, capacity, and precision. – Albert Borgman
5 below obtained at:
http://www.useful-information.info/quotations/library_quotes.html#information
He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge -- where it is written and where it is to be found. - A.A. Hodge
I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking something up and finding something else on the way. - Franklin P. Adams
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. - Samuel Johnson
Research means that you don't know, but are willing to find out. - Charles F. Kettering
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. - Benjamin Disraeli
5 below obtained at:
http://www.bartleby.com/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?filter=colQuotations&query=information&submit=Go
Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves the information. We are unable to take it all in. – Gunther Grass
Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders. – Ronald Reagan
Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product. – Christopher Lasch
Information can tell us everything. It has all the answers. But they are answers to questions we have not asked, and which doubtless don’t even arise. – Jean Baudrillard
The information links are like nerves that pervade and help to animate the human organism. The sensors and monitors are analogous to the human senses that put us in touch with the world. Data bases correspond to memory; the information processors perform the function of human reasoning and comprehension. Once the postmodern infrastructure is reasonably integrated, it will greatly exceed human intelligence in reach, acuity, capacity, and precision. – Albert Borgman
Monday, August 29, 2005
Reminders!
Make sure you have read "The Impact of Information in Society" (on ERes - Electronic Course Reserves at Randall Library)
Post reading response on your blog
(For Tuesday, August 30th)
Post reading response on your blog
(For Tuesday, August 30th)
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Reminders!
For Thursday (August 25th):
Post your 24 hour report of information sources to your blogs by 3:30 p.m.
For those new to the class, don't forget to send me your blog address!
Post your 24 hour report of information sources to your blogs by 3:30 p.m.
For those new to the class, don't forget to send me your blog address!
Friday, August 19, 2005
Reminders!
Before Tuesday:
1) Create a blog (you can use any free blog host such as Blogger.com, Blog City, Blogsome, MyBlogSite)
2) E-mail the blog address to me (pembertona@uncw.edu)
3) Find out 10 facts about me (I've given you 2 so you only need 8 more)
4) Post this information to your blog!
See you on Tuesday!
1) Create a blog (you can use any free blog host such as Blogger.com, Blog City, Blogsome, MyBlogSite)
2) E-mail the blog address to me (pembertona@uncw.edu)
3) Find out 10 facts about me (I've given you 2 so you only need 8 more)
4) Post this information to your blog!
See you on Tuesday!
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
New LIB 103 Blog
This blog was specifically created for students and those interested in the LIB 103 class at the University of North Carolina Wilmington by the course instructor (Anne Pemberton).
LIB 103. Introduction to Library Research and Technology. (3 credit hours)
Tuesdays/Thursdays 3:30 - 4:45 p.m.
Exploration of research concepts in library science and information technology with an emphasis on the evolution of information, trends and issues in using online catalogs, subscription databases, evaluating and citing online material, and using web sites for research. Required course for Information Technology Minor.
Syllabus: http://library.uncwil.edu/is/LIB103syllabus.html
LIB 103. Introduction to Library Research and Technology. (3 credit hours)
Tuesdays/Thursdays 3:30 - 4:45 p.m.
Exploration of research concepts in library science and information technology with an emphasis on the evolution of information, trends and issues in using online catalogs, subscription databases, evaluating and citing online material, and using web sites for research. Required course for Information Technology Minor.
Syllabus: http://library.uncwil.edu/is/LIB103syllabus.html
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