Today I was working on the manuscript records again (Kannowski records). For the Frances Kannowski record, we wondered if we should add a subject field about Kannowski park here in Grand Forks (park named in her honor, from what I gather). I needed to find more information from more reliable sources than Wikipedia and I came across what I thought was another Kannowski record. Well, turns out there were additional donations to that record. So I had to fix and add quite a bit of my original record for her. Good thing I went through part of additional donations to the original donation of Paul Kannowski to know how I had to build and fix this one.
In the afternoon, I finally finished the LibGuide for the Online Reference Tools - which is a collection of useful sites by topic, such as Dictionaries or News. Yay!! :D
I also worked on LibGuides for one of the other reference librarians and finished ones for Communication Sciences and Disorders and Economics. Well they are mostly completed - resources that are in print will be added. :)
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Day 13 - May 31
Today was a shorter day again due to the Memorial Day holiday. I worked at the Reference Desk with Sally. I worked on LibGuides again - which I have almost finished! Yay!!
This LibGuide has been taking awhile to complete since its from the Reference Online Tools tab from the OPAC. They termed the Reference Online Tools as Website (and some databases) that would be useful to a person, by topic. Such as Encyclopedias, Employment or News. :)
This LibGuide has been taking awhile to complete since its from the Reference Online Tools tab from the OPAC. They termed the Reference Online Tools as Website (and some databases) that would be useful to a person, by topic. Such as Encyclopedias, Employment or News. :)
Day 12 - May 28
Today was a shorter day, where I was working on the Kannowski records again. :)
I got into a discussion with Shelby about and ILS systems. One was Ventura - they are vendor that that she said has tried to get FRBR. (Ah yes, that FRBR has raised it's complicated head once more!)
I don't know what prompted but I showed her UA's library opac with the Discovery Search. We agreed that it could be helpful for those who don't know how to do searching or what they are searching for.
(Today was a shorter day because I needed to get to Fargo to get in touch with my shop at the Guard, and get set up for my last online class. Today was also marking one year since Jarrett and I started dating. Yay!)
I got into a discussion with Shelby about and ILS systems. One was Ventura - they are vendor that that she said has tried to get FRBR. (Ah yes, that FRBR has raised it's complicated head once more!)
I don't know what prompted but I showed her UA's library opac with the Discovery Search. We agreed that it could be helpful for those who don't know how to do searching or what they are searching for.
(Today was a shorter day because I needed to get to Fargo to get in touch with my shop at the Guard, and get set up for my last online class. Today was also marking one year since Jarrett and I started dating. Yay!)
Day 11 - May 27
In the morning, I was working on the Kannowski records again. I found that with Paul Kannowski, there were 3 separate donations. So I had to create a main record with all the donation information on them. (Pick an easy record to start with? Nope!)
After, getting as much as I could in those records - I put them back in save in OCLC. Shelby and Beth are going to look over them to be sure that they are good to go since there was so much stuff that had to go into them.
Shelby then started to talk about ContentDM. Oh another thing to wrap my brain around! :)
In the afternoon, I started to work on the LibGuides again. Sally talked to me about the Business Librarian position - there were 56 applicants for the position. Wow! She talked about how they look at the applications and rank them with points. I didn't rank high enough, which was fine with me. I didn't think I'd stack up enough against those applicants who already had their ALA degree and experience as a Business Librarian, even though they know me. Meh. :)
Well, that prompted me to show her about the position that is currently open at MSUM in Moorhead, MN. She wanted me to work on applying for that as well. :) It's a big help to get all that put together and get some feedback about what to do and not do with my resume and what not. Win!
After, getting as much as I could in those records - I put them back in save in OCLC. Shelby and Beth are going to look over them to be sure that they are good to go since there was so much stuff that had to go into them.
Shelby then started to talk about ContentDM. Oh another thing to wrap my brain around! :)
In the afternoon, I started to work on the LibGuides again. Sally talked to me about the Business Librarian position - there were 56 applicants for the position. Wow! She talked about how they look at the applications and rank them with points. I didn't rank high enough, which was fine with me. I didn't think I'd stack up enough against those applicants who already had their ALA degree and experience as a Business Librarian, even though they know me. Meh. :)
Well, that prompted me to show her about the position that is currently open at MSUM in Moorhead, MN. She wanted me to work on applying for that as well. :) It's a big help to get all that put together and get some feedback about what to do and not do with my resume and what not. Win!
Day 10 - May 26
This morning, I spent some more time with Special Collections trying to figure out the particulars with the MD Bulter record. I guess there was a main company, but there was stores in two different towns, Tolna and Brocket, ND, and these stores went by different names. It got worked out though!
After that record, I started to look at other records to do. So I started with Frances Kannowski. However, when starting it, I found that there were related records for:
Max Kannowski and Paul Kannowski.
The neat thing about putting together records is seeing what kind of people they were and needing to do alittle research inorder to get have a nice record of what the donation was about. :)
In the afternoon, I was out at the reference desk again. There was a reference meeting as well that I presented the Reference Department about using some social networking tools in the library - Meebo, Facebook and Twitter. We had a good discussion about it and it sounds like something that they may start using. Yay!
After that record, I started to look at other records to do. So I started with Frances Kannowski. However, when starting it, I found that there were related records for:
Max Kannowski and Paul Kannowski.
The neat thing about putting together records is seeing what kind of people they were and needing to do alittle research inorder to get have a nice record of what the donation was about. :)
In the afternoon, I was out at the reference desk again. There was a reference meeting as well that I presented the Reference Department about using some social networking tools in the library - Meebo, Facebook and Twitter. We had a good discussion about it and it sounds like something that they may start using. Yay!
Day 9 - May 25
Today was different from the other days. This morning I spent with Reference and the afternoon with Cataloging. I spent this morning with Reference due to helping out Janet S. with teaching her class. It was suppose to be 9-11a - however it turned out to almost be 3 hours instead.
Some of the students started to do research and they needed our help. One thing I found with some of the students was some of the students didn't really know what they were asking with their research questions. It really made me think about "The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and their quest of knowing the question in order to know the answer.
After getting the students to think about their question more, we were able to get some of the answers they were seeking. And it was like a light went on in their heads of our purpose. Ding!
In the after lunch, I started to catalog some of the manuscripts that are held up in Special Collections - specifically the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection. I worked with Beth with the record for MD Butler. We had to go pull the record in order to get a fuller idea of how to catalog this particular record. Its said Paper, but found that it really was Records of his business, MD Butler and Co.
Some of the students started to do research and they needed our help. One thing I found with some of the students was some of the students didn't really know what they were asking with their research questions. It really made me think about "The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and their quest of knowing the question in order to know the answer.After getting the students to think about their question more, we were able to get some of the answers they were seeking. And it was like a light went on in their heads of our purpose. Ding!
In the after lunch, I started to catalog some of the manuscripts that are held up in Special Collections - specifically the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection. I worked with Beth with the record for MD Butler. We had to go pull the record in order to get a fuller idea of how to catalog this particular record. Its said Paper, but found that it really was Records of his business, MD Butler and Co.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Day 8 - May 24
Today I finished cataloging the 2 eBooks I was given:
Aerodynamic design of transport aircraft by Obert
Multitasking myth: handling complexity in real-world operations by Loukopoulos
After I completed the eBooks, I looked at eJournals:
Jewish Journal
Italian Voice
The titles are now searchable in the OPAC now. :)
After I completed that - I started to look at how manuscripts are cataloged.
In the afternoon, it was back to the reference desk and working on LibGuides. :)
It's kinda slow right now...well alright, lets face it - it's slow. Summer semesters at the moment are generally like that from what I remember and what I hear from the Reference staff. But if things get too crazy I have a handy dandy button to push to call them from their offices in the back. :)
Aerodynamic design of transport aircraft by Obert
Multitasking myth: handling complexity in real-world operations by Loukopoulos
After I completed the eBooks, I looked at eJournals:
Jewish Journal
Italian Voice
The titles are now searchable in the OPAC now. :)
After I completed that - I started to look at how manuscripts are cataloged.
In the afternoon, it was back to the reference desk and working on LibGuides. :)
It's kinda slow right now...well alright, lets face it - it's slow. Summer semesters at the moment are generally like that from what I remember and what I hear from the Reference staff. But if things get too crazy I have a handy dandy button to push to call them from their offices in the back. :)
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