10/29/2007
Basic Reference Module
Well I completed my first reference resource review. I was really happy that this module had lots of step by step help and the example of a reference resource to walk me through it. I also really appreciated Honore's feedback on my resource. While I understand there isn't a single right way to do it I just wanted to make sure I was on the right track. I'm beginning to think about other resources that I would want to include in my top ten and review in general. A children's reference book on Native Americans keeps popping into my mind since its VERY helpful for school reports because it has a paragraph on a whole bunch of tribes.
10/22/2007
Right Brain/Left Brain
I finished reading the first three chapters of the book A Whole New Mind and it was very interesting although most of the general left brain/right brain stuff I'd heard before. Having majored in Early Childhood Education at TU I really got a lot of learning theories and all of that. So left brain/right brain isn't new nor is multiple intelligence, which I actually did a research paper on at one point. The book A Whole New Mind though with its focus on how right brain might come to play a better indicator in job security was very interesting.
The whole left brain/right brain makes me think of my future in-laws. My fiance is in the computer field working at a help desk and majoring in Computer Information Systems at TU. He also has decent people skills and so his right brain isn't left unused. His older brother however is very, very intelligent but his people skills are very much lacking. He has the right skills to work in the computer field but he doesn't interview or deal with people very well. So he's been working in a bagel shop. He's definitely using primarily his left brain. Their other two biological siblings use more of their right brains. His younger brother is and English major and always has had lots of friends. His youngest sister wants to be a music major and plays a variety of instruments. In his family it seems to go from very much left brained to much more right brained as they go down the line. Its very interesting. His father is in the computer field and his mother is a seamstress and very artistic. My fiance's nephew is only five months old but showing signs of being left handed so I'm guessing he's going to be one of the more creative ones.
I think some left brain jobs will be kept around in the United States because help desks and such can only do so much from across the ocean. We need people who can go out and fix the computers in person and those people can't be in India. Although I do see the demand for more right brain people then before as our society progresses. But I don't think it'll ever be a "well your left brained so I don't think you have much hope for ever having a decent job" or anything. Which it sounded like the author was projecting in the distant future.
The whole left brain/right brain makes me think of my future in-laws. My fiance is in the computer field working at a help desk and majoring in Computer Information Systems at TU. He also has decent people skills and so his right brain isn't left unused. His older brother however is very, very intelligent but his people skills are very much lacking. He has the right skills to work in the computer field but he doesn't interview or deal with people very well. So he's been working in a bagel shop. He's definitely using primarily his left brain. Their other two biological siblings use more of their right brains. His younger brother is and English major and always has had lots of friends. His youngest sister wants to be a music major and plays a variety of instruments. In his family it seems to go from very much left brained to much more right brained as they go down the line. Its very interesting. His father is in the computer field and his mother is a seamstress and very artistic. My fiance's nephew is only five months old but showing signs of being left handed so I'm guessing he's going to be one of the more creative ones.
I think some left brain jobs will be kept around in the United States because help desks and such can only do so much from across the ocean. We need people who can go out and fix the computers in person and those people can't be in India. Although I do see the demand for more right brain people then before as our society progresses. But I don't think it'll ever be a "well your left brained so I don't think you have much hope for ever having a decent job" or anything. Which it sounded like the author was projecting in the distant future.
10/15/2007
LATI
I already posted about my project mostly because I was so excited about that but I thought I should have a post about my first few weeks doing LATI. I've been super busy not just with LATI but with other stuff too. So I hadn't gotten a chance to reflect yet on any of the first weeks assignments. For starters I'm already done 23 things and I'm really glad because its nice to already have something finished. The confidentiality and wild card modules (which are pretty much the same thing) were a nice intro to some procedures and ideas. I disagreed with the Crossman article about VIVO technology. The written language will always be sticking around. As we create new technologies written word is very important.
However the article about the Bookless Libraries did have some good ideas. I graduated from Towson University in 2006 and I rarely used the library for its books while I was a student there. And if I did use the library for books it was for a major research paper that required 2 book sources. Mostly I used the journals, which I accessed from databases while in the comfort of my dorm room in most situations. I did use it for a video I had to watch for class that I couldn't find anywhere else and some teachers would have extra study materials only available at the library. I didn't even use the computers that much because Cook Library was a decent walk up a lot of steps from the Union and most of my classes and since most of the buildings had computer labs or rental laptops if I needed to use a computer I would just use one of those instead of making the hike.
All the information about confidentiality was good to know but a lot of it I had already learned when I started or during the past year since then. But it was still good to read about it since its such an important subject. I keep my county's What to do if Law Enforcement arrives asking for records on my desk so its easy to grab in case that were to happen.
However the article about the Bookless Libraries did have some good ideas. I graduated from Towson University in 2006 and I rarely used the library for its books while I was a student there. And if I did use the library for books it was for a major research paper that required 2 book sources. Mostly I used the journals, which I accessed from databases while in the comfort of my dorm room in most situations. I did use it for a video I had to watch for class that I couldn't find anywhere else and some teachers would have extra study materials only available at the library. I didn't even use the computers that much because Cook Library was a decent walk up a lot of steps from the Union and most of my classes and since most of the buildings had computer labs or rental laptops if I needed to use a computer I would just use one of those instead of making the hike.
All the information about confidentiality was good to know but a lot of it I had already learned when I started or during the past year since then. But it was still good to read about it since its such an important subject. I keep my county's What to do if Law Enforcement arrives asking for records on my desk so its easy to grab in case that were to happen.
LATI Project
I talked to my Branch Manager and she helped me come up with a project for LATI. I'm going to do the Wii programs that I was already planning to do but really try to promote them and make them a sucess and come up with some creative ideas to keep all the kids busy during the programs. I'm really excited about this project because its going to be lots of FUN!
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