Assignment #5

For Assignment #5 (worth 5% of your final grade), please do the following:

1. View this online plagiarism tutorial: http://www.fairfield.edu/documents/Library/plagicourt.swf

2. Complete the online quiz at the end and e-mail me your results (copy and paste the results into a new e-mail to me: pembertona@uncw.edu).

I must receive the e-mail before the beginning of class on 4/24.

In the News ...

'Katie's Notebook' Item Cribbed From W.S. Journal

No Class Today (April 10th)

LIB 103 will not be meeting today (Tuesday, April 10th).

Please use this time to complete your reading reports that are due today and to begin reviewing for your upcoming final exam. If you want to get ahead, another reading is listed on your syllabus that will be assigned on Thursday.

On Thursday, we'll spend half the class reviewing for the exam and half the class talking about evaluating information.

In the News ...

Iowa Library’s Cat Has a Rich Second Life as a Biography

Review Session: April 12th

We will have a review session for the comprehensive final exam (that happens on April 26th). Your final exam is worth 20% of your final grade.

Of Interest ...

New and improved libraries, on CBS
(requires Windows Media Player 11 or Real Media Player)
The CBS Early Show explores the ways libraries are reinventing themselves in the 21st century, with a visit (4:21) to ALA President Leslie Burger and the Princeton (N.J.) Public Library....
The Early Show, Mar. 23

A new pedia in town
Larry Sanger, a cofounder of Wikipedia, this week launched an alternative resource, Citizendium. His goal is to capture Wikipedia’s bustle, but this time avoid the vandalism and inconsistency that are its pitfalls. Like Wikipedia, Citizendium will be nonprofit, devoid of ads, and free to read and edit. Unlike Wikipedia, Citizendium’s volunteer contributors will be expected to provide their real names. Experts in given fields will be asked to check articles for accuracy.....
Associated Press, Mar. 25

Books getting more digital
The International Digital Publishing Forum has announced a conference in New York City for May 9. Digital Book 2007 will feature digital publishing and mobile device innovations. Librarians might remember the IDPF as the OeBF, or Open eBook Forum. It dropped the old moniker when it became clear that the group was essentially a trade organization, and not primarily an effort to create an open e-book standard....
Hectic Pace blog, Mar. 28

British schools refuse boring classics
Dozens of schools have rejected gifts of free classic books because today’s pupils find them too “difficult” to read. Around 50 schools have refused to stock literary works by the likes of Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, and Charles Dickens after admitting that youngsters also find them boring. The worrying figures were released by the Millennium Library Trust, which donates sets of up to 300 books to schools around the UK....
Evening Standard, Mar. 20

World internet censorship map
In an effort to counter the once borderless internet, states are seeking to create informational boundaries in cyberspace. This is accomplished through a combination of technical and regulatory means—including laws, licensing regimes, industry self-regulation, national filtering, and content removal—thereby creating a matrix of controls. The OpenNet Initiative has created this interactive global map to highlight those countries with restrictions....
OpenNet Initiative

FBI misues Patriot Act, FBI audit says
Poorly trained FBI agents underreported the number of times the agency issued National Security Letters to obtain financial and telecommunications records in antiterrorism investigations, neglected to provide proper justification for their use, and failed to put in place record-keeping procedures to ensure civil liberties were protected, according to a Justice Department audit released March 9. ALA President Leslie Burger said in a March 9 release that the “findings confirm many of ALA’s most repeatedly stated concerns about the lack of oversight into the FBI’s surveillance activities”....

Book ban turns intra-Palestinian fight into a cultural one
For more than 30 years, anthropologist Sharif Kanaana has been collecting and studying Palestinian folk tales so that people at home and abroad would understand the story of his people. This week, the Hamas-run Palestinian Authority added a new chapter: a directive to pull Kanaana’s book Speak Bird, Speak Again from school libraries and destroy it. The decision underscores the struggle for ideological and political hegemony, one that is making itself felt more strongly than ever before....
Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 9

The Wikipedia scandal
Wikipedia’s latest scandal is the revelation that a high-ranking administrator, and employee (until March) of the associated commercial venture Wikia, had falsified his academic credentials. It turns out the contributor nicknamed Essjay was not a tenured professor at a private university but a 24-year-old named Ryan Jordan who holds no advanced degrees....
The Guardian (U.K.), Mar. 8

Who’s watching your space?
A video summary (2:53) of the OCLC Symposium at the ALA Midwinter Meeting, January 19, in Seattle. More than 400 people attended this discussion of social networking practices and trends. Participants included moderator Michael Stephens (right) and panelists Howard Rheingold, danah boyd, and Marc Smith....
YouTube, Mar. 9

How the library changes lives (PDF file)
Last spring, as part of its ongoing partnership with ALA, Woman’s Day asked its readers to send in stories about how the library affected their lives. The 2,000 heartfelt, funny, and touching essays submitted prove that the library isn’t just the place you go to check out books. Ellen Breslau presents four stories of hope and inspiration....
Woman’s Day, Mar. 6

Final Bibliography and Lecture Slides

Your FINAL annotated bibliography must be turned in BEFORE midnight on 4/3. As of today (3/29) you can no longer submit portions for feedback. All feedback is being returned in class today.

I will have office hours on Monday from 3:00 - 5:00 and you are more than welcome to drop by for input then.

The final bibliography format example is available (in Word)

Lecture Slides from today (3/29/07):

Catalog vs. Databases (.ppt or .pdf)
Internet vs. WWW (.ppt or .pdf)

Of Interest ...

Of the Places You'll Go, Is the Library Still One of Them?

Finding CHE Article

Many of you are having trouble finding Reading #3. There are directions below. I want to talk about this in class however. Being able to find an article with only a citation is a very basic skill that I want everyone to know.

- Go to the library homepage and click on "Search Catalog" on the left side
- Then click on the "Journal Title" tab
- Type in "Chronicle of Higher Education"
- Scroll down and click on the link next to "EBSCOHost" (EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier Jan 1999-(last 1 month not available)
- When the EBSCOHost interface comes up click on "2004" on the right side
- Scroll down and click on "Vol. 50 Issue 24 - 2/20/2004"
- It is article #53 (keep clicking next until you get to it)

Affect vs. Effect

Many of you used the words "effect" or "affect" incorrectly in your annotations in your bibliography.

Check out this site for help with this:

http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/effVaff.asp

Technology Sniffs Out Student Plagiarism

"With Unsourced Copying On The Rise, New Software Programs Are Being Used To Combat Cut-And-Paste"

Full Story

Slides for 3/15

The PowerPoint slides from 3/15's lecture are available (.ppt format or .pdf format)

Reminder: Reading #3

Reading #3: "The Infodiet: How Libraries Can Offer an Appetizing Alternative to Google" by Steven Bell. Chronicle of Higher Education (2/20/2004).

This is not on course reserves. Use your new found searching skills to find this article.

Post reading response on blog BY 3/27

Thursday: Meeting in #1022

Both the 11:00 and 3:30 classes will meet in #1022 this Thursday (3/22).

This classroom is located near the DVDs.

Google Lawsuit

Full Story

No Class This Week ... but ....

Hi LIB 103ers,

We will not have class on either Tuesday or Thursday of this week. But ... you have a lot to be working on so use this time wisely.

You should be working on the following:

Assignment #1 (monitoring the news)

Assignment #3 (annotated bibliography)

Assignment #4 (if you were not in class when this assignment was handed out, you can pick up this assignment after Noon on Tuesday at the Reference Desk)

You also have a reading to do. This is listed on the syllabus (Reading #2: "Students Shun Search for Information Offline" (Electronic Reserves). The reading response should be posted before class on 3/13.

Please use this week to work on these assignments.

I'm available through e-mail if you have questions.

Ms. Pemberton

PowerPoint Slides Available

The PowerPoint slides from today's lecture are available (.ppt format or .pdf format)

Library Usability Testing/Student Committee

• If you are interested in receiving 50 free iPrints you can participate in the library's web usability study. Contact Oakley Cline at: obc9017@uncw.edu or 910.200.9552 to set up a time to participate.
  
  
• If you are interested in serving on the Library Student Committee, contact Sue Cody (codys@uncw.edu).

In the News ...

Libraries are repositories of society's greatest thoughts ...

A History Department Bans Citing Wikipedia as a Research Source (this link is temporary)

Google suffers setback in copyright case

Budget cuts threaten British Library services

Courts turn to Wikipedia, but selectively

Baghdad day to day: A librarian’s journal

Library Amusement on Valentine's Day

Library Perfume?

An Introduction to the Book

Extra Credit Events

African American Read-In
Wednesday (2/14) 11:00 - 2:00
Must participate (read) to get extra credit

Flash Fiction Contest
This week (due on Friday, 2/16)
Do not have to win for extra credit - submit copy of story to instructor

Carole Weatherford, Children's Book Author
Friday (2/16) 4:00 - 6:00

Assignment #3 and Lecture Slides

The lecture slides for today's lecture are available (.ppt format or .pdf format)

If you did not receive Assignment #3 you can view it here (.pdf format)

2/26 and 2/27

My office hours are cancelled for 2/26

Class is cancelled for 2/27

In Class Exercises: 2/13

Complete the following:

Call Numbers #1

Call Numbers #2

Reminder: Test on 2/22

This test will be multiple choice and will cover any discussions about Randall Library (information from the tours, class, etc.) and "library lingo."

Missed a tour or class? Consult your classmates.

Library Flash Fiction Contest - win $150!

Not only will you get 2 extra credit points for participating ... you could win $150!

The library is hosting a Flash Fiction contest and if you are interesting in writing, I encourage you to participate:

http://library.uncw.edu/web/events/flash/flash_fiction_2007.pdf

State of America's Libraries (Report)

The American Library Association released a report on the State of America's Libraries in 2006

Meeting Location for Thursday (2/8)

Please remember that we are meeting in the Curriculum Materials Center (CMC) on Thursday (2/8)

The CMC is located in the Education Building (#127)

If you enter the building from the front entrance, this room is at the back, right of the 1st floor

British Library to Start Charging

Its archives hold the Magna Carta, Beatles manuscripts and the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. Visitors to its fabled reading room in the British Museum included Karl Marx, Virginia Woolf, Charles Dickens and George Bernard Shaw. But the future of the British Library as a world-class, free resource is under threat fromplansto cut up to 7 per cent of its £100m budget in this year's Treasury spending round.

To survive, the library proposes to slash opening hours by more than a third and to charge researchers for admission to the reading rooms for the first time.

Read more ...

GOOGLE’S MOON SHOT: The quest for the universal library

Article from New Yorker about Google's "Google Book"

Library Lingo Test

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.

Lecture Slides from 1/25/07

PowerPoint Slides (.ppt format) (.pdf format - handouts)

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.

Lecture Slides from 1/18/07

PowerPoint Slides (.ppt format) (.pdf format - handouts)

Get Books from an ATM?

An ATM for books
Coming 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.

Welcome to LIB 103

Welcome to LIB 103 @ UNCW. Check this blog frequently as important announcements about the course will be posted here.

Google Answers Shuts Down

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/061129-050815

Lecture Slides for Tuesday

You can view the PowerPoint slides for Tuesday's lecture (11/28) here:

• Evaluating Information
  
  
• Information Overload

Assignment #5

For Assignment #5 (worth 5% of your final grade), please do the following:

1. View this online plagiarism tutorial: http://www.fairfield.edu/documents/Library/plagicourt.swf

If you are on a computer that does not have flash, you may view an .html version of the tutorial: http://www.fairfield.edu/x14498.xml

2. Complete this online quiz (http://www.fairfield.edu/x14519.xml) and e-mail me your results (copy and paste the results into a new e-mail to me: pembertona@uncw.edu).

I must receive the e-mail before the beginning of class on Thursday, 11/30.

No Class Tomorrow (11/21)

No LIB 103 tomorrow (11/21).

Class will resume on Tuesday of next week (11/28).

Reading responses for reading #4 are due tomorrow (yes, I will be checking!).

Reading #4: "Can Wikipedia Ever Make the Grade?" by Brock Read. Chronicle of Higher Education (10/27/2006) - available via Lexis-Nexis.

Reading responses for reading #5 are due on 11/28. The reading is called, "Web Hoaxes, Counterfeit Sites, and Other Spurious Information on the Internet" and is available on Electronic Reserves.

Today's Lecture

Here are the PowerPoint slides from today's lecture:

• Using the Web for Research

Reading #3

"The Infodiet: How Libraries Can Offer an Appetizing Alternative to Google" by Steven Bell. Chronicle of Higher Education (2/20/2004).

Use your newly aquired research skills to obtain this reading

Post reading response on blog BY 11/9

PowerPoint Slides Available

You can find the following PowerPoint Presentation Slides available online:

• Organization of Information (Lecture on 9/26)
  
• Classification Systems (Lecture on 9/28)
  
• Controlled Vocabulary and Boolean Logic (Lecture on 10/3)
  
• Subscription Databases (Lecture on 10/17)
  
• Locating Articles (Lecture on 10/24)
  
• Reference Resources (Lecture on 10/26)

Assignment #1 Reminder

Do not forget about Assignment #1

Assignment #1 (ongoing throughout semester): Throughout the semester, monitor the news for stories relating to libraries, the Internet, or information technology. As you see, hear, or read about news stories relating to these topics, post a report on your blog about each story. Give all available citation information for your news source (website address, name of news program, name of publication, date, etc.), a brief summary of the story, and your reaction or opinion about the news. This assignment is worth 10% of your final grade. Each news story is worth 1 point (1% each). You should comment on 10 news stories. We will discuss these news items at the end of the semester. More information will be given in class about this assignment.

Here's an example of something you might comment on:

"Local Libraries Booming"
By Kyle Odegard, Gazette-Times reporter

A great place to search for news on the web is Google News: http://news.google.com/

Reading #2 and No Office Hours Monday

Reading #2 is available on EReserves (Library Homepage - Reserves)

"Students Shun Search for Information Offline"

Post reading response on blog BY 10/24


There will be no instructor office hours on Monday (10/23)

No Class Tomorrow (9/28)

LIB 103 will be cancelled for tomorrow.

If you wish to complete Assignment #3 and were not in class on Tuesday, please get a copy from a classmate or pick up a copy at the Reference Desk in the library. I will leave an envelope with this assignment at the Desk for you to pick up. It's due at the beginning of class on 10/3. You will note your answers on the assignment sheets (not on your blog).

If you have any questions, please let me know. We'll pick up again on Tuesday.

Reminders for 9/21

• We are meeting in the Curriculum Materials Center (CMC) on Thursday (Education Building - #127)
  
• Your reading responses for "The Information Infrastructure: Libraries in Context" should be posted before class on Thursday

Slides/Video/No Office Hours Monday

Hi all,

You can find the last two PowerPoint presentations here:

• What is Information?
• Overview of Libraries

If you missed the video this week, you can check out a copy. It's called, "Signs of the Times: The History of Writing," and is located in the A/V Video section, call number: P211 .S536 1996

I will NOT have office hours on Monday, September 11th. I will be attending the following event (please feel free to come!):

The September Project: Panel Discussion with UNCW Faculty
Monday September 11th
Randall Library Room 1022
4:00-5:30pm

Please join us on Monday, September 11th for a panel discussion with members of the UNCW faculty and staff (including Randall Library’s own Debbie Edwards) as we explore the legacy of 9/11/2001 five years later. This panel discussion is part of a global effort by libraries to commemorate September 11th called “The September Project.” To learn more about events and activities other libraries have planned please visit The September Project website at: http://www.theseptemberproject.org/.

Web Stats

comScore releases July U.S. search engine rankings:

• Americans conducted 6.3 billion searches online in July, down two percent versus June, reflecting seasonal declines typically seen in July
  
• Google sites led the pack with 2.7 billion search queries performed, followed by Yahoo! sites (1.8 billion), MSN-Microsoft (802 million), Time-Warner Network (366 million), and Ask Jeeves/Ask Network (338 million).
  
• Google and Yahoo! continued their dominance in toolbar searches, combining for more than 95 percent of the market share in July. Google grabbed 50.3 percent of toolbar searches, while Yahoo! captured 46.2 percent.

View press release: http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=984

Welcome to LIB 103! (Fall 2006)

This blog will be used for class announcements and communication. Powerpoint presentations will be posted here as well. Remember to check this blog for any new information regarding class.

Final Grades

You should have each received an individual e-mail from me regarding your final grade.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

I will not be able to input grades into SeaNet until next week (1st week of May). The system will not allow me to do so until then.

I hope you all enjoyed your experience in LIB 103. Have a fabulous summer!

Lecture Slides

Today's lecture (4/25) can be found here: http://library.uncw.edu/web/instruction/lib103/Information%20Issues.ppt

Good Example of An Information News Story

Here's a great example of the type of news story I'm looking for as an "information news story" for Assignment #1: "Texas College Bans MySpace.com"

Feel free to use it as one of your 10 stories.

Remember, you should include a summary of the news story as well as your reaction to the story.

Assignment #5

For Assignment #5 (worth 5% of your final grade), please do the following:

1. View this online plagiarism tutorial: http://www.fairfield.edu/documents/Library/plagicourt.swf

If you are on a computer that does not have flash, you may view an .html version of the tutorial: http://www.fairfield.edu/x14498.xml

2. Complete this online quiz and print out your results. Please make sure to put your name on the quiz. You must turn this in at the beginning of class on Tuesday, April 25th for full credit: http://www.fairfield.edu/x14519.xml

Announcements and .ppt slides

All class requirements must be completed by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 27th for full credit. No assignments will be accepted past this date and time. This includes:

- Assignment #1 (10 news stories)
- Any extra credit you wish to do

Here are the .ppt presentations from the last few classes:

Using the Web for Research: http://library.uncw.edu/web/instruction/lib103/Using%20the%20Web%20for%20Research.ppt

Information Overload: http://library.uncw.edu/web/instruction/lib103/Information%20Overload.ppt

Announcement

For the 11:00 Class:

We will meet in Leutze tomorrow (Tuesday, April 11th)

Slides for 3/23

You can find today's powerpoint slides here:

http://library.uncwil.edu/web/instruction/lib103/Locating%20Articles.ppt

http://library.uncwil.edu/web/instruction/lib103/Print%20Reference%20Resources.ppt

Announcements and Reminders

• The 11:00 class will meet in Leutze (old classroom) on Tuesday (3/28) for your database presentations
  
  
• I will not have e-mail access from Friday morning (3/24) through Sunday night (3/26). If you have a question about your database presentation over the weekend, I will respond to you on Monday morning.
  
  
• Database prices: If I am able to get a price for your database I will either e-mail it to you or tell the class on Tuesday. You are not responsible for finding the cost of your database.
  
  
• On Tuesday, I will have a sign up sheet for your final project presentations. Should you wish to present on the last day of class (4/27) you may do so. If you want to wait until our finals day (5/9) you may do that as well. Be prepared to sign up for either day on Tuesday.
  
  
• Course Readings: Make sure you refer to your syllabus to find course readings. If the reading is online it will be labeled as such and you can simply click on the title to get to the reading. If it's a reading that is in the Course Reserve system it will be labeled as such and you can click on "ERes" to get to that system.

Class on 3/21 Cancelled

Tomorrow's class (3/21) is cancelled due to several students having conflicts relating to Business Week.

You must be prepared to turn in your exercises from last week (Thursday's exercises) in at the beginning of class this Thursday (3/23).

You should think about using class time to work on your database presentation with your partner.

You also have a reading response due on 3/30. Check your syllabus for details.

If you have any questions, let me know.

3/14's Lecture

Today's Lecture slides can be found here: http://library.uncwil.edu/web/instruction/lib103/Subscription%20Databases.ppt

Example of news posting for Assignment #1

The following is an example of a news item relating to information. The following should serve as an example of how/what to post for news items for Assignment #1:

--

"Winfrey Stands Behind 'Pieces' Author - Writer Has Been Accused of Exaggerating Memoir"
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/01/11/frey.lkl/
Posted:Thursday, January 12, 2006; 9:09 a.m. EST

From CNN: "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- The author of a best-selling memoir enthusiastically endorsed by talk show host Oprah Winfrey answered accusations Wednesday night from critics who say parts of the book are fabricated or exaggerated."

Having read and been impacted by James Frey's book, "A Million Little Pieces," I am shocked and disappointed that the author felt he needed to falsify details of his life that were included in his "memoir" about his battles to fight drug and alcohol addiction. After Winfrey stood up for the author on "Larry King Live," the author later came on her show and admitted to changing details of his life that were included in his book.

This brings up important issues about information. Who is responsible for this? Should the author be held accountable solely? Should the publisher be held accountable? Should the book be republished as fiction? Many look to print to be the last place left to find "the truth." With the ability to publish anything electronically/online on blogs, wikis, and websites, books have always seemed to be the last place one would expect to find a case of someone so misleading to their readers.

Are Frey's exaggerations enough to be called "lies?" He writes about a woman he had fallen in love with who hangs herself. He admitted on the "Oprah Winfrey Show" that she actually committed suicide by cutting her wrists. How far is too far when it comes to exaggeration? What does this mean for the publishing industry?

This story raises many questions about infomation and more specifically the publishing industry and future of books such as Frey's.

Classroom Location - only for section #001

As we talked about today, the test (this Thursday) will be held in your regular classroom in Leutze.

After Thursday, we will meet in the Library Instruction Room (RL #1039) for the remainder of the semester with 2 exceptions:

March 28 (meet in Leutze)

April 11 (meet in Leutze)

I will update your online syllabus accordingly.

Lecture slides and Lingo page

Now that the library website has changed, the web addresses for the lingo page and the PowerPoint slides have changed. The following are the new addresses for the material that will be covered on your test:

Library Lingo: http://library.uncwil.edu/web/research/topic/lingo.html

Overview of Libraries .ppt slides: http://library.uncwil.edu/web/instruction/lib103/Overview%20of%20Libraries.ppt

Organization of Information .ppt slides: http://library.uncwil.edu/web/instruction/lib103/Organization%20of%20Information%20and%20Citations.ppt

Classification Systems .ppt slides: http://library.uncwil.edu/web/instruction/lib103/Classification%20Systems.ppt

Controlled Vocabulary and Boolean Logic: http://library.uncwil.edu/web/instruction/lib103/Controlled%20Vocab%20and%20Boolean%20Logic.ppt

Updated Syllabus and .ppt slides

Your syllabus has been updated: http://library.uncwil.edu/is/LIB103/syllabus.html

You can find Tuesday's lecture slides here: http://library.uncwil.edu/is/LIB103/Classification%20Systems.ppt

Assignment #3

We will discuss assignment #3 in class. You are to answer the following questions on your blog. This should be posted BEFORE class starts on 2/28.

1. How is the word "catalog" defined? (use any dictionary)
   
2. Name any catalogs that you are familiar with
   
3. What kinds of information do catalogs offer?
   
4. How are the catalogs organized?
   
5. What similarities are there in the way that this information is offered?
   
6. What do the catalogs have in common?
   
7. What do they do for you?

Section #001 Meeting in Library on 2/21 and 2/23

This is to remind you that LIB 103 (Section 001) is meeting in the Library Instruction Room (back, right of 1st floor #1039) at 11:00 on Tuesday and Thursday of this week (2/21 and 2/23).

No Class Today (2/16)

LIB 103 has been cancelled today (Thursday, 2/16). Class will resume on Tuesday (2/21).

Deadline and Lecture

The deadline for both Assignment #2 and your reading response to "The Information Infrastructure: Libraries in Context" is 10:00 p.m. tonight (2/14). Both Assignment #2 and your reading response MUST be posted ON YOUR BLOG by 10 p.m. tonight to receive credit.

The powerpoint presentation slides for today's lecture can be found here: http://library.uncwil.edu/is/LIB103/Organization%20of%20Information%20and%20Citations.ppt

Meet in CMC on Thursday

All classes meet in the Curriculum Materials Center (in the Watson School of Education Building) on Thursday

Blogs, Lingo, Lecture, Thursday, etc.

If you have not already checked to see if your blog is working, please do: http://library.uncwil.edu/is/LIB103/LIB103blogs.html

The library lingo learned in class can be found here: http://library.uncwil.edu/faculty/pembertona/lingo.html

The powerpoint lecture from last week is here: http://library.uncwil.edu/is/LIB103/Overview%20of%20Libraries.ppt

Thursday (2/2) we will have a tour of the library. Section #001 should meet across from the Circulation Desk at 11:00.

Assignment #2 is due on 2/7. You must have your assignment posted on your blog BEFORE class time on this date.

Out of Town

I will be out of town from Friday (1/20) through Wednesday (1/25). We will have class on Thursday (1/26). If you need to contact me before then, e-mail is your best bet (pembertona@uncw.edu).

Remember to send your blog addresses to me BEFORE class on Thursday. The format should be: http://thenameofyourblog.blogspot.com

Welcome to the LIB 103 Blog!

This is the course blog we'll be using for LIB 103.

You can come here to look for new posts which will include information and updates about class, information passed on by your classmates, and citations for resources we discuss in class.

Grades Are Posted

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.

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

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

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

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

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

• http://www.epic.org/privacy/
• http://www.epic.org/privacy/student/
• http://www.epic.org/privacy/tools.html

How Stuff Works

Dictionary of Computer Terminology

UNCW's Virus/Spam Information

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)

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

Links from Thursday's Lecture

UNCW Honor Code

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)

Trademarked Sounds

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

NCSU Library Patent and Trademark Guide

Copyright Information

Berkley Intellectual Property Blog

Sticker Shock (Academic Journal Prices)

Cornell's Scholarly Communication Website

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!

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

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

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 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.

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)

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.

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

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.

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

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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).

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

Websites from Lecture 4/5

Library Time Line

Babelfish (used to translate webpages and text)