On 2/22, you'll have a test about Randall Library and on "library lingo." You'll need to be prepared to answer multiple choice questions about the "lingo" on this page: http://library.uncw.edu/web/instruction/lib103/pemberton/lingo.pdf.
This test counts for 10% of your final grade.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Monday, January 22, 2007
Having Trouble with your Blog?
If you are having trouble logging into your blogs, here is some information that might help:
1) Make sure you click on "New Blogger" when you sign in (http://www.blogger.com/start). This is at the top, right of the page.
2) Make sure you type in your e-mail address as your username (whatever e-mail you used to create the account).
3) If you are still having trouble, try retrieving your password by going to this page: https://www.google.com/accounts/ForgotPasswd
If you do not know what e-mail address you used to create the blog, you may have to create a new blog. If you do, please make sure you send me the new address.
1) Make sure you click on "New Blogger" when you sign in (http://www.blogger.com/start). This is at the top, right of the page.
2) Make sure you type in your e-mail address as your username (whatever e-mail you used to create the account).
3) If you are still having trouble, try retrieving your password by going to this page: https://www.google.com/accounts/ForgotPasswd
If you do not know what e-mail address you used to create the blog, you may have to create a new blog. If you do, please make sure you send me the new address.
Friday, January 19, 2007
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Get Books from an ATM?
An ATM for booksComing soon: The most inclusive reader's catalog in the world, at your fingertips.
By Emily Maltby, FSB Magazine
December 14 2006: 9:36 AM EST
(FSB Magazine) -- Buying a book could become as easy as buying a pack of gum. After several years in development, the Espresso - a $50,000 vending machine with a conceivably infinite library - is nearly consumer-ready and will debut in ten to 25 libraries and bookstores in 2007. The New York Public Library is scheduled to receive its machine in February.
The company behind the Espresso is called On Demand Books, founded by legendary book editor Jason Epstein, 78, and Dane Neller, 56, but the technology was developed six years ago by Jeff Marsh, who is a technology advisor for New York City-based ODB (ondemandbooks.com).
The machine can print, align, mill, glue and bind two books simultaneously in less than seven minutes, including full-color laminated covers. It prints in any language and will even accommodate right-to-left texts by putting the spine on the right. The upper page limit is 550 pages, though by tweaking the page thickness and type size, you could get a copy of War and Peace (albeit tough to read) if you wanted.
As a librarian, it is hard for me to imagine getting a book out of an ATM type machine. It does make me realize that print has not and doesn't seem to be doing away.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Welcome to LIB 103
Welcome to LIB 103 @ UNCW. Check this blog frequently as important announcements about the course will be posted here.
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