The link didn't work on my last post, so here is another try.
Project 3
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Final project 3
My final project's purpose is to teach students how to use the online library catalog to find books (and other library materials). Although more and more people are beginning to prefer the online sources, many don't know how to use online catalogs! Also, some are afraid to ask the librarians at the front desk for help on finding books. My intention is to hone the skills of basic book-finding the online way. By using an online catalog, it also saves time and energy: If the book that a patron wants is not in the library, then it will save a trip to the library.
Document link:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/31815835
Document link:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/31815835
Sunday, May 2, 2010
REFLECTION #8 TOPIC
Since I am working at an academic library, I know my patrons’ needs as I myself am one of college students.
Workshops and presentations will be providing to guide the students using appropriate resources. The topics could be How the Library Can Help You Success in College, Introduction to the Library, and Get Prepared for Your Research Paper. The instructions could be other topics related transfer, find a job, rent information (benefit the international students), ESL book Club (help the students speak English as their second language), current event discussion because the concept of Library 2.0 is focus on the patrons.
The assignments that I have learned from this class prepared me for prospect of teaching the students, in the way, how to use the subscription databases to do the research paper. I have experienced so many ways to search variety subject and topic by using print and electronic resources. I can use the skills that I learned to teach patrons either one-on-one or classroom setting. And the instruction does not have to be face-to-face contact because their personal needs are vary. It can be a blog which I learned from this class, a video on YouTube, a library club, handouts, newsletters, or Facebook wherever the patrons are.
Workshops and presentations will be providing to guide the students using appropriate resources. The topics could be How the Library Can Help You Success in College, Introduction to the Library, and Get Prepared for Your Research Paper. The instructions could be other topics related transfer, find a job, rent information (benefit the international students), ESL book Club (help the students speak English as their second language), current event discussion because the concept of Library 2.0 is focus on the patrons.
The assignments that I have learned from this class prepared me for prospect of teaching the students, in the way, how to use the subscription databases to do the research paper. I have experienced so many ways to search variety subject and topic by using print and electronic resources. I can use the skills that I learned to teach patrons either one-on-one or classroom setting. And the instruction does not have to be face-to-face contact because their personal needs are vary. It can be a blog which I learned from this class, a video on YouTube, a library club, handouts, newsletters, or Facebook wherever the patrons are.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
BLOG REFLECTION #7
Over the past few weeks, I always Followed the instruction and finished my readings first, and then I did my homework or discussions. I feel it was very helpful for learning and understanding the course; as a result, I got a good grade on the midterm test. And most important is I learned the theories and practiced into my current library job. It has benefited the patrons and me, too.
In addition, it saved my time when I was doing my homework because I already knew the clue by reading the textbook or online readings. It reduced the feeling of frustration; instead, I had fun and sense of accomplishment when I found the answers using reference resources at my first glance.
First, I need to analysis the topic and think about what kind of references resources are appropriate for that topic. The second, I need choose key words around the topic.
Below are the steps I would like to take when instructing a patron who wanted to use electronic/Internet resources for researching their topic.
a) Government sponsored (.gov) data and information websites
It is always reliable resources.
b) LII.org
It is a combination of the Internet Public Library and the Librarians' Internet Index
The site is hosted by Drexel University's College of Information Science & Technology, and a consortium of colleges and universities, and designed and created by thousands of students and volunteer library and information science professionals. It gives you the information that you can trust.
c) ) ProQuest or another electronic journal/newspaper index such as EBSCO
Provides access to magazine, journal and newspaper citations and articles from Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch and the National Newspapers Core, which includes the Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.
d) Subscription research databases offered through library access such as Facts on File, Gale, etc. |
Complete content from the Facts On File World News Digest since 1940 and Issues and Controversies. Covers events, issues, statistics, and people of the last six decades. Includes historic events, maps, photographs, and documents.
e) Encyclopedia.com
Cengage Learning is its parent company. It provides you reference entries from credible, published sources like Oxford University Press and Columbia Encyclopedia. Trusted sources, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses with facts, definitions, biographies, synonyms, pronunciation keys, word origins, and abbreviations.
f) Encyclopedia Brittanica.com subscription offered through library access
It includes access to research tools, thousands of articles from respected magazines and journals, and rich multimedia—all in an advertising-free environment.
g) Wikipedia
Revisions are not reviewed before they appear on the site. Content is not the result of an editorial decision by the Wikimedia Foundation or its staff. Wikipedia is written, edited, maintained, and almost completely operated by volunteers from around the world.
h) Searching via their favorite search engine
Most common ones are Google.com and Yahoo.com. Everyone can post information online and include advertisements.
In addition, it saved my time when I was doing my homework because I already knew the clue by reading the textbook or online readings. It reduced the feeling of frustration; instead, I had fun and sense of accomplishment when I found the answers using reference resources at my first glance.
First, I need to analysis the topic and think about what kind of references resources are appropriate for that topic. The second, I need choose key words around the topic.
Below are the steps I would like to take when instructing a patron who wanted to use electronic/Internet resources for researching their topic.
a) Government sponsored (.gov) data and information websites
It is always reliable resources.
b) LII.org
It is a combination of the Internet Public Library and the Librarians' Internet Index
The site is hosted by Drexel University's College of Information Science & Technology, and a consortium of colleges and universities, and designed and created by thousands of students and volunteer library and information science professionals. It gives you the information that you can trust.
c) ) ProQuest or another electronic journal/newspaper index such as EBSCO
Provides access to magazine, journal and newspaper citations and articles from Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch and the National Newspapers Core, which includes the Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.
d) Subscription research databases offered through library access such as Facts on File, Gale, etc. |
Complete content from the Facts On File World News Digest since 1940 and Issues and Controversies. Covers events, issues, statistics, and people of the last six decades. Includes historic events, maps, photographs, and documents.
e) Encyclopedia.com
Cengage Learning is its parent company. It provides you reference entries from credible, published sources like Oxford University Press and Columbia Encyclopedia. Trusted sources, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses with facts, definitions, biographies, synonyms, pronunciation keys, word origins, and abbreviations.
f) Encyclopedia Brittanica.com subscription offered through library access
It includes access to research tools, thousands of articles from respected magazines and journals, and rich multimedia—all in an advertising-free environment.
g) Wikipedia
Revisions are not reviewed before they appear on the site. Content is not the result of an editorial decision by the Wikimedia Foundation or its staff. Wikipedia is written, edited, maintained, and almost completely operated by volunteers from around the world.
h) Searching via their favorite search engine
Most common ones are Google.com and Yahoo.com. Everyone can post information online and include advertisements.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
REFLECTION #6
I have to admit that not all answers can be found on the first try. It is common because we are getting start to learning the reference field. I found reading the textbook and online reading assignments is the key to the answers. And than I have earned experience form previous homework, so I could find some resources at once. With the time goes by, I think that we can get used to it- use the reliable reference resource, either print materials and online databases instead of simply using Google or Wikipedia. I only use Wikipedia for finding a clue when I knew nothing about the question and after I had done some researches found nothing. But, I prefer go to a library to use print material. Now, I am happy to see the progress that from the beginning, I barely used reference books to right now I could find some reference books to answer the questions on the first try.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Project 2
A proposal for a fictitious library – San Francisco Art Library
I have researched the demographics of San Francisco city. The population break down by age was as following: Of the population, 32.1 % were ages 18-34, 25.0 % were ages 35-49, 14.6 % were ages 50-64, 10.4 % were ages 5-17, 10.0 % ages 65-79, 4.0 % were under age 5, and 3.8 % were 80 years and over. Ethnicity: Of the people in San Francisco, 49.1% were White, 32.8% were Asian, 13.7% were Hispanic, 11.3% were others, and 6.8% were Black. Speak a language other than English at home (population 5 years and over)were 45.2%, it compares to U. S. 19.6% that was a huge number of percentage. Educational Background: Highest level of education. Less than high school was19.0 %, High school diploma was 14.0%, some college no degree was 16.9 %, associate degree was5.6 %, bachelors degree was 28.4 %, masters degree was 10.0 %, professional school degree was 4.5 %, and doctorate degree was 1.7 %. Compared to U. S. average of bachelors degree was 15.7%, master’s degree was 5.9%, professional’s degree was 2.0%, and doctorate degree was 1.0%, the city of San Francisco educational level was much higher than U. S. average. Employment by Industry: Government, education and health services, professional and business services, retail trade, and leisure and hospitality. Fastest growing occupations: Network systems and date communications analysts, home health aides, computer software engineers, applications.
San Francisco Public Library is the largest library in the city. URL: www. sfpl.lib.ca.us. It contains Main Library and other twenty-seven branches. It has all kinds of format: books, computer files, DVDs/VCDs, e-books, music CDs, tapes or LPs, music scores, periodical current and ceased, spoken CDs, tapes or LPs, VHS videos. The reference center made up of three centers: African-American Center, Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center, and Educational Guidance Center. The General Collections and Humanities Center offers an in-library and circulating collection of encyclopedias, materials in library & information science, journalism, the occult, philosophy, psychology, religion, social sciences, education, linguistics, literature, travel, history and biography. A very strong biography print collection is supplemented by databases such as Biography Resource Center, Biography/Genealogy Master Index, and Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. reference travel collection, history collection, Social Sciences collection, psychology collection, and Other well-covered collections including philosophy, journalism, true crime, library science, encyclopedias, and dictionaries. The library also has services for disabled patrons. Another library that I have visited online: http://www.plos.org, Public Library of Science. Subject was related biology, medicine, computational biology, genetics, and pathogens. It provides Open Access to the broadest audience.
The reference area of the San Francisco Art library should be with iMacs surrounded near reference desk. It constructs by artistic images and environment. Art collections from Americas, Asia, Hispanics, and Africa based on types of patrons. Study rooms for drawings, prints, and photograph. It contains books, periodicals, photographs, manuscripts, and other scholarly resources in printed and electronic formats. Database includes Art Full Text, Bibliography of the History of Art, Grove Art Online, Grove Music Online, Oxford Art Online, Oxford Music Online. It also should contain different language books or multimedia rooms for special patrons needs. Library website would have email, blog, fax, Skype features and service patrons 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
I have researched the demographics of San Francisco city. The population break down by age was as following: Of the population, 32.1 % were ages 18-34, 25.0 % were ages 35-49, 14.6 % were ages 50-64, 10.4 % were ages 5-17, 10.0 % ages 65-79, 4.0 % were under age 5, and 3.8 % were 80 years and over. Ethnicity: Of the people in San Francisco, 49.1% were White, 32.8% were Asian, 13.7% were Hispanic, 11.3% were others, and 6.8% were Black. Speak a language other than English at home (population 5 years and over)were 45.2%, it compares to U. S. 19.6% that was a huge number of percentage. Educational Background: Highest level of education. Less than high school was19.0 %, High school diploma was 14.0%, some college no degree was 16.9 %, associate degree was5.6 %, bachelors degree was 28.4 %, masters degree was 10.0 %, professional school degree was 4.5 %, and doctorate degree was 1.7 %. Compared to U. S. average of bachelors degree was 15.7%, master’s degree was 5.9%, professional’s degree was 2.0%, and doctorate degree was 1.0%, the city of San Francisco educational level was much higher than U. S. average. Employment by Industry: Government, education and health services, professional and business services, retail trade, and leisure and hospitality. Fastest growing occupations: Network systems and date communications analysts, home health aides, computer software engineers, applications.
San Francisco Public Library is the largest library in the city. URL: www. sfpl.lib.ca.us. It contains Main Library and other twenty-seven branches. It has all kinds of format: books, computer files, DVDs/VCDs, e-books, music CDs, tapes or LPs, music scores, periodical current and ceased, spoken CDs, tapes or LPs, VHS videos. The reference center made up of three centers: African-American Center, Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center, and Educational Guidance Center. The General Collections and Humanities Center offers an in-library and circulating collection of encyclopedias, materials in library & information science, journalism, the occult, philosophy, psychology, religion, social sciences, education, linguistics, literature, travel, history and biography. A very strong biography print collection is supplemented by databases such as Biography Resource Center, Biography/Genealogy Master Index, and Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. reference travel collection, history collection, Social Sciences collection, psychology collection, and Other well-covered collections including philosophy, journalism, true crime, library science, encyclopedias, and dictionaries. The library also has services for disabled patrons. Another library that I have visited online: http://www.plos.org, Public Library of Science. Subject was related biology, medicine, computational biology, genetics, and pathogens. It provides Open Access to the broadest audience.
The reference area of the San Francisco Art library should be with iMacs surrounded near reference desk. It constructs by artistic images and environment. Art collections from Americas, Asia, Hispanics, and Africa based on types of patrons. Study rooms for drawings, prints, and photograph. It contains books, periodicals, photographs, manuscripts, and other scholarly resources in printed and electronic formats. Database includes Art Full Text, Bibliography of the History of Art, Grove Art Online, Grove Music Online, Oxford Art Online, Oxford Music Online. It also should contain different language books or multimedia rooms for special patrons needs. Library website would have email, blog, fax, Skype features and service patrons 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
BLOG REFLECTION #5
I got the idea, evaluating Websites accuracy from my EDT 110 class (EDT: Educational Technology), and before that time I knew nothing about it. Simplify, I used Google and never thought that I have to evaluate Websites.
Like the source that I found online: http://www.lib.umd.edu/guides/evaluate.html
It gave us the categories of how to evaluate Websites accuracy:
* Authority and Accuracy
a. Who is the author?
Can you tell by the domain (.com or .edu) or Web address?
b. Is the information reliable?
What are the qualifications or expertise of the individual/group that created the site?
c. Does the Web site provide a means of communicating with the author or Webmaster (e.g., email or postal address, telephone number, etc)?
* Purpose and Content
a. What is the purpose of the Web site? (Look at the title and headings for clues.)
b. What is the purpose?
To provide research and scholarly information?
To provide educational or factual information?
To entertain?
To advertise,market or sell something?
To advocate ideas?
To persuade you?
Or, is there another purpose?
c. Is there a link to a Mission Statement or About Our Organization page?
d. Does the site provide balanced, objective or factual information?
e. Does the Web site provide subjective, editorial or opinion statements?
Is the site a forum for a personal, political or ideological bias?
f. Is the point of view presented in a direct manner,
or is it presented in an unbalanced and unreasonable way?
Are arguments well supported?
* Currency
a. When was the Web site last revised, modified or updated?
b. Is the site well-maintained?
Are links current and working or do they lead to outdated pages and/or error messages?
* Design, Organization and Ease of Use
a. Is the Web site clearly organized, easy to read, use and navigate?
b. If applicable, are Help or Search Tips pages available?
Are they easy to understand?
c. If the Web site is large, is a search capability provided?
If so, is it easy to use?
* Evaluating Web Sites: A Checklist
My other recommendation for evaluating Website accuracy is to read our online reading assignment - week 9 Biographical Resources. It provides all kind of reliable information, such as International Who’s Who and Current Biography.
According to Kay Ann Cassell and Uma Hiremath, the criteria for evaluating biographical resources include the following:
a. Scope
b. Accuracy
c. Length of entry
d. Criteria for inclusion
e. Audience
f. Authority
g. Frequency of updates
h. Photo
i. References for further reading
Like the source that I found online: http://www.lib.umd.edu/guides/evaluate.html
It gave us the categories of how to evaluate Websites accuracy:
* Authority and Accuracy
a. Who is the author?
Can you tell by the domain (.com or .edu) or Web address?
b. Is the information reliable?
What are the qualifications or expertise of the individual/group that created the site?
c. Does the Web site provide a means of communicating with the author or Webmaster (e.g., email or postal address, telephone number, etc)?
* Purpose and Content
a. What is the purpose of the Web site? (Look at the title and headings for clues.)
b. What is the purpose?
To provide research and scholarly information?
To provide educational or factual information?
To entertain?
To advertise,market or sell something?
To advocate ideas?
To persuade you?
Or, is there another purpose?
c. Is there a link to a Mission Statement or About Our Organization page?
d. Does the site provide balanced, objective or factual information?
e. Does the Web site provide subjective, editorial or opinion statements?
Is the site a forum for a personal, political or ideological bias?
f. Is the point of view presented in a direct manner,
or is it presented in an unbalanced and unreasonable way?
Are arguments well supported?
* Currency
a. When was the Web site last revised, modified or updated?
b. Is the site well-maintained?
Are links current and working or do they lead to outdated pages and/or error messages?
* Design, Organization and Ease of Use
a. Is the Web site clearly organized, easy to read, use and navigate?
b. If applicable, are Help or Search Tips pages available?
Are they easy to understand?
c. If the Web site is large, is a search capability provided?
If so, is it easy to use?
* Evaluating Web Sites: A Checklist
My other recommendation for evaluating Website accuracy is to read our online reading assignment - week 9 Biographical Resources. It provides all kind of reliable information, such as International Who’s Who and Current Biography.
According to Kay Ann Cassell and Uma Hiremath, the criteria for evaluating biographical resources include the following:
a. Scope
b. Accuracy
c. Length of entry
d. Criteria for inclusion
e. Audience
f. Authority
g. Frequency of updates
h. Photo
i. References for further reading
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