John McCain Town Hall Meeting, Denver Colorado.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Ascii Codes for symbols not on the keyboard
Here's a useful Ascii chart.
Pour les accents Français: aigu, grave, circonflexe, c cedille.
Pour les accents Français: aigu, grave, circonflexe, c cedille.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Creativity: Common Sense or Criminalization. Lessig
Another Great TED.com offering, filmed March 2007. 19 minutes.
Reviving the Read – Write Culture - a conversation worth having. A film clip worth viewing.
John Phillip Sousa, Flying chickens, ASCAP cartel – BMI
Remix:
Anime mashed up with music.
GW Bush & PM Tony Blair mashed up singing “My love, there's only you in my life.”
Building Artist Choice
Great comments from listeners listed below TED’s post, available via the link http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity.html
Friday, July 18, 2008
"Creativity Always Builds on the Past, " Lawrence Lessig
Copy.... Left! Right! Left! Right! Left! Right! Left?
Creative Commons
Thursday, July 10, 2008
SCOTUS links
A preview from PBS: clearly one of the very good reasons to support PBS.
My original intent was to find the Supreme Court Nominees website that Stephen Abram referenced in a Nov. 11, 2005 lecture (link below). I'm not sure I've found the sight he mentioned, but there are several interesting sites, many are listed below.
I find the Supreme Court fascinating. Two notes of a personal nature: 1) Supreme Court Justice David Souter graciously wrote to our daughter. She, as part of her 7th grade NH history project, wrote him inquiring about hiking in NH. He shared with her one of his favorite hikes...it was a steep one! Clearly, he likes challenges. 2) A few years later when I asked her if she wanted to hear Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor speak on the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address in Gettysburg, PA, she said yes. Justice O'Connor was every bit as gracious as David Souter. When my daughter asked Justice O'Conner if I could take their picture together, she very kindly agreed. Those moments make big impressions on kids! They made big impressions on me! Two very kind, thoughtful justices!
Wikipedia, of course, always a good starting place: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
SCOTUS nominees not confirmed. Some interesting history here: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL31171.pdf
Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library,
Univ. Massachusetts, Amherst: http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/supcourt/
SCOTUS site: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/members.pdf
Law Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/law/
Supreme Court Historical Society: http://www.supremecourthistory.org/myweb/fp/mission.htm
Info Please: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0847276.html This site offers the following: almanac, atlas, dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus, timelines, countries, campaign 2008 and archived “features.”
High Beam Encyclopedia: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-8859882.html
2005 Christian Science Monitor article about SCOTUS justices: the greats and not-so-greats. http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1007/p01s03-usju.html
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
KOHA Step by Step
Graciously shared by a classmate. Thanks DJ!!!!!!!!
Posted here for future reference.
First get into KOHA from your access link/site w/ name & password.
1. Find the ISBN number (10 digits) for whatever book you want to add. You can get this number from "Library of Congress" or from wherever. I got most of mine from amazon.com, however the Library of Congress didn't have all of those books in their stacks, so I got a few errors. Whatever book you want HAS to be in the Library of Congress's stacks.
2. Log into Koha
3. From the left navigation list, select "Add MARC" (about halfway down on the list)
4. Scroll down to "020 International Standard Book Number" and put your ISBN number in the field there.
5. Select the button at the top of the screen for "z39.50 Search"
6. A pop-up window will appear with your search parameters. Your ISBN should already be filled in, and you don't need to fill in anything else. Select "Search Internet"
7. It will find your book and show the title under "Results". Move your bottom scroll bar all the way to the right side, as half of the window was hidden for me. On the far right, you'll see the author, ISBN, etc. Select "Import"
8. This will take you back to the initial Add MARC window, but will fill in all the information for you.
9. Under the line for "003-Control Number Identifier", type in whatever number you want. For example, I used "01" for the first book, "02" for the second book, "03" for the third book, etc.
10. Select the button at the top of the screen for "Add Bibliographic Record and go to Items"
hmmm....okay, this is where I have to deviate. I was walking thru the steps as I was writing this, and now I'm stuck. There was a Firefox patch that I installed today and I wonder if it broke something. All of the above steps, I'm sure of, but here's the rest that I'm going to try to wing from memory. If the page resolves itself, I'll send better instructions later.
11. I believe that takes you to a page where you need to enter the barcode. Go to that field and when you click, it will put numbers in. These numbers will not work and you will get an error. You need to replace them with some other number that you made up. For example, I used my anniversary followed by the number of books I entered. Such as "10071", "10072", "10073" etc.
12. At this point there is a button at the bottom to either import, or add to shelf or something along those lines.
13. I think the next step was a window asking you what shelf to put it on, and the first time, you'll need to "create a shelf" and name it whatever. Be sure to make the shelf "public" and not "private". Every other time, it will have the shelf you created on the top and you click the button associated with it.
14. I believe the final screen is one that tells you it was added and there's a button for "make available" or something to that affect. After clicking that, you should be all set. Verify with the "virtual shelves" link that your book is in there.
Posted here for future reference.
First get into KOHA from your access link/site w/ name & password.
1. Find the ISBN number (10 digits) for whatever book you want to add. You can get this number from "Library of Congress" or from wherever. I got most of mine from amazon.com, however the Library of Congress didn't have all of those books in their stacks, so I got a few errors. Whatever book you want HAS to be in the Library of Congress's stacks.
2. Log into Koha
3. From the left navigation list, select "Add MARC" (about halfway down on the list)
4. Scroll down to "020 International Standard Book Number" and put your ISBN number in the field there.
5. Select the button at the top of the screen for "z39.50 Search"
6. A pop-up window will appear with your search parameters. Your ISBN should already be filled in, and you don't need to fill in anything else. Select "Search Internet"
7. It will find your book and show the title under "Results". Move your bottom scroll bar all the way to the right side, as half of the window was hidden for me. On the far right, you'll see the author, ISBN, etc. Select "Import"
8. This will take you back to the initial Add MARC window, but will fill in all the information for you.
9. Under the line for "003-Control Number Identifier", type in whatever number you want. For example, I used "01" for the first book, "02" for the second book, "03" for the third book, etc.
10. Select the button at the top of the screen for "Add Bibliographic Record and go to Items"
hmmm....okay, this is where I have to deviate. I was walking thru the steps as I was writing this, and now I'm stuck. There was a Firefox patch that I installed today and I wonder if it broke something. All of the above steps, I'm sure of, but here's the rest that I'm going to try to wing from memory. If the page resolves itself, I'll send better instructions later.
11. I believe that takes you to a page where you need to enter the barcode. Go to that field and when you click, it will put numbers in. These numbers will not work and you will get an error. You need to replace them with some other number that you made up. For example, I used my anniversary followed by the number of books I entered. Such as "10071", "10072", "10073" etc.
12. At this point there is a button at the bottom to either import, or add to shelf or something along those lines.
13. I think the next step was a window asking you what shelf to put it on, and the first time, you'll need to "create a shelf" and name it whatever. Be sure to make the shelf "public" and not "private". Every other time, it will have the shelf you created on the top and you click the button associated with it.
14. I believe the final screen is one that tells you it was added and there's a button for "make available" or something to that affect. After clicking that, you should be all set. Verify with the "virtual shelves" link that your book is in there.
Wikis mentioned by Cass Sunstein in “Infotopia.”
I’m enjoying “Infotopia” and spending more time with it than I should.
I’ll start and end with Jimmy Wales’ offerings.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
SirsiDynix, Professional Development & Marketing
I met Stephen Abram last November at PALA's annual conference. He suggested we think big! He sure does! I looked at his blog last year and I think I looked at the SirsiDynix website too. Yet it was only today that I realized the SD website offers a ton of FREE lectures. Just click and listen. Many offer accompanying handouts. I listened to Stephen's Nov. 11, 2005 lecture about 'Google and Libraries.' Excellent! AND still VERY relevant.
Here's the link to the entire treasure trove. Pat Wagner lectures too! Enjoy!
http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/
Providing professional development is a great marketing strategy for SirsiDynix. It makes them our partner. I suspect libraries might do well imitating the plan. Our customers are curious about all kinds of things from technology to knitting. We too, want to be their information & knowledge partners; as vital a part of our respective communities as SirsiDynix is to the library community. It's all about relationships!
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Open Source Architecture
There's so much significance to Cameron Sinclair's talk that I need to watch it 10 more times to understand the potential & reality of Open Source.
Another great TED.com offering:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/cameron_sinclair_on_open_source_architecture.html
KOHA fini
http://pitt3.kohawc.liblime.com/cgi-bin/koha/bookshelves/shelves.pl?viewshelf=44
Knitting for beginners. Rubenstone, Jessie. BK Reserves
At the pirate academy : Zingher, Gary. BK Reserves
The school library media center / Prostano, Emanuel T. BK Reserves
The school library media center: Davies, Ruth Ann, BK Reserves
Information literacy and information skills instruction : Thomas, Nancy Pickering. BK Reserves
The emerging school library media center : BK Reserves
Woolcraft / Bloor, Liz. BK Reserves
Knitting from the top /
Designs on knitting / Kelso, Avril. BK Reserves
Machine and hand knitting : Kinder, Kathleen, BK Reserves
The Magic knitting needles of Mary Walker Phillips : BK Reserves
Teacher's portfolio of library skills lessons & activities / Weisburg, Hilda K., BK Reserves
The vogue dictionary of knitting stitches / Matthews, Anne. BK Reserves
Resources for educating children with diverse abilities : Deiner, Penny Low. BK Reserves
A guide to Dallas learning specialists / Kahn, Beth F. BK Reserves
Reauthorization of part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act : BK Reserves
Guide to writing quality individualized education programs : Gibb, Gordon S. BK Reserves
The Fulton special education digest : BK Reserves
Resources for teaching children with diverse abilities : Deiner, Penny Low. BK Reserves
Kids with special needs : Getskow, Veronica. BK Reserves
SENCO at a glance : Evans, Linda, BK Reserves
Defending and parenting children who learn differently : Teel, Scott. BK Reserves
Beyond survival to power for school library media professionals / Kulleseid, Eleanor. BK Reserves
Understanding special education : Stowe, Cynthia. BK Reserves
Adventuring with books : BK Reserves
Books for secondary school libraries / BK Reserves
Libraries take us far / Hill, Lee Sullivan, BK Reserves
Instruction in school library media center use (K-12) / BK Reserves
Children's literature : BK Reserves
U.S. Government publications for the school media center / Wittig, Alice J., BK Reserves
Friday, July 4, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Open Source Learning - R. Baraniuk
Frustrated w/ KOHA! Can't get there from here, as they say in Maine.
SO TED.com to the rescue. Thanks again TED.com.
SO TED.com to the rescue. Thanks again TED.com.
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