419 - final list
A late entrant of improved title - so here is the final version of the presentations.
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April 29, 2008
April 28, 2008
419 - Revised presentations
Here is the latest list, with an amended presentation title.
April 25, 2008
419 - Last class
Here's the
list of presentations and also the order of presentations. You will be dragged off stage at the 15 minute mark, so plan for 12. We will take a break after the first four talks to browse the posters.
I will bring something special to class to celebrate. If you feel that you could also bring something, then by all means do. We can have a little party after the presentations.
April 21, 2008
419 - Next PPT in Moodle
The last PDF of PPT slides from me is in Moodle.
April 15, 2008
419 - Penultimate week
In the schedule, I have set aside days in the penultimate week for a review of your presentation and project. Please sign up on the relevant page in the wiki - http://gslis.simmons.edu/wikis/lis419sp08/.
419 - Next PowerPoint
Today's stuff is now there. Sorry for the delay.
April 14, 2008
419 - Next PPT
I am running late with it, and will have to finish tomorrow AM. You will have to capture it after the class if you want it.
April 08, 2008
419 - Next "lecture"
I have recorded this week's lecture and it is in Camtasia. Enjoy.
April 07, 2008
419 - Next PPT in Moodle
These are the slides that I will be talking to when I do the Camtasia thing tomorrow.
April 02, 2008
419 - RSQC2-2
Well, I obviously forgot to put the file up in Moodle during the break, so the missing RSQC2 is now there. Given my delays, maybe you could do it sometime before the next class, if possible. Sorry.
March 31, 2008
419 - Assignment 4 et al.
I have added your last assignment (yay) to Moodle, along with its dropbox and discussion forum. I also added the second (and last) RSQC2 on the topics discussed in the Camtasia lecture on precoordinate indexing. I would appreciate your getting this done by the end of the week if possible.
419 - Next PPT in Moodle
The usual choice between 3-to-a-page or 6-to-a-page.
March 26, 2008
419 - Camtasia now in Moodle
I managed to get the Camtasia lecture into Moodle, so please go there instead. Sorry to redirect, but I really don't like having it on the public Web.
March 25, 2008
419 - next lecture
Well, after three hours of post-production and Moodling, I have had to put the lecture on the Web. It's at http://web.simmons.edu/~schwartz/cam/419-5.html. I will leave it there until next Tuesday. In the meantime I will be chugging my way through your reports, discussions, and assignments.
March 17, 2008
419 - Assignment 3
Assignment 3 and its dropbox and forum are in Moodle.
419 - Changes
I feel that I am nickel and diming you to death with all the little tasks, so I have removed some of them and pushed some due dates forward. I reallocated some points, and am left with 5 unallocated, which is not a problem, as it's all kind of averaged anyway. Happy St. Patrick's Day. Here is what it used to look like:
And this is what it looks like now:
419 - Next lecture
The PDF of the PPT slides for tomorrow is in Moodle.
March 16, 2008
419 - Interim report
There is confusion about the due date for the interim report. On the assignments Web page it has said March 18 since the first day of class. In Moodle it says March 18. However, I think I said "which I think is due March 25" in the Camtasia lecture, and on the course outline it says March 25 (which is actually the date from 2007 which I forgot to excise). So the confusion is my fault. In any event, I will expect all reports by the 25th, and will be happy to see any before that.
March 11, 2008
419 - Various
I have put a small "vocabulary quiz" and its dropbox into Moodle - due March 24 (but do it now) and worth 3 points (vocab1-surname.doc).
I have put a dropbox for the interim report into Moodle (interim-surname.doc).
I have added an interim report forum to Moodle, comments to be made after you have turned yours in. It reads: "Apart from choosing the topic, what has been the most difficult thing about your project? Remind us of what you are doing (informally), describe roughly how you are going about it, and tell us what you have found to be the biggest challenge(s). Come back periodically and comment on other people's contributions. Original comments to be posted by March 22. Comments on others' postings to be completed by March 24." Worth 2 points.
419 - Next "lecture"
I have loaded the Camtasia lecture into eLearning, and also the PPT handouts. I found out how to make the table of contents wider. I didn't do so well in integrating Web and Camtasia. And I was distressed to find out that Epicurious has changed their browsing, so you can ignore the Epicurious link. I make reference in the narrative to the thesaurus software available for free from Tim Craven - it is here.
I also imply that the interim report is due in two weeks. It's actually due March 18. Details will follow.
March 06, 2008
419 - Foskett
A second copy of Foskett has arrived and is being added to reserve - so doing the readings should now be easier. Thanks to the Library.
February 25, 2008
419 - PPT handout
I have put the PDF handout for tomorrow's PPT slides into Moodle, in the week which starts tomorrow. See you soon.
419 - Added to Moodle
I have added, in the section for next week, an Assignment 2 discussion forum. This counts for two points. Wait until after you have done the indexing.
I have also added something called an RSQC2 to this week's section. It's a common tool in blended learning. It's supposed to only take 5 minutes, and it would be great if you could do it immediately (but I understand if you need to put it off - just please do it as soon as possible). It's worth one point.
February 20, 2008
419 - PPT slides
I put the normal PDF file containing the slides from both Camtasia lectures in Moodle, right under the two lectures.
February 18, 2008
419 - Camtasia
See note and links under "First Camtasia lecture" in Moodle, for week 19 February - 25 February.
419 - Camtasia
Well, I have recorded one third of tomorrow's lecture in Camtasia so far. Camtasia creates Flash videos (with audio) out of the PPT presentation, I think. It's still saving my first project, so I have yet to see. Anyway, this will end up as two or three separate lectures, and in the first one I did not have an opportunity to say"Now please go on to the next presentation". I have learned that it would have been a good idea to have put my telephone on forward, and that my throat gets dry much faster than in the classroom. Whatever I end up putting into Moodle, please let me know if there are technological difficulties.
I have loaded up Assignment 2 files and a dropbox for the final assignment and have sent you each individually three PDFs (if you didn't get them let me know). After watching/listening to the presentation files, you should get to step one of Assignment 2, the concept analyses. These must be done no later than next class, and you should try to get them done before that.
February 06, 2008
419 - Sign up for appointments
I made a sign-up page on the wiki for project appointments. Please sign up before the end of business (i.e., 5pm) on Friday, so I can clear my calendar of unused slots.
February 05, 2008
419 - Added to Moodle
I added a formal project statement dropbox (projst-yourname.doc), a project bibliography dropbox (projbib-yourname.doc), and a discussion forum for discussing Assignment 1. Please do the Assignment 1 discussion prior to handing in the assignment itself.
419 - Contacts
I put the class phone and e-mail list in the top box of the Moodle course.
February 04, 2008
419 - Next PPT
I have loaded the PDF of the PowerPoint handout for tomorrow into eLearning.
February 03, 2008
419 - Projects
I should have said this earlier - please do not propose a project involving fiction or literature unless it is really rich in a WIDE RANGE of topical content (e.g., is really a thinly-veiled social commentary). The English patient example was an exception.
February 01, 2008
419 - Foskett
The book by Foskett is back in Beatley, is now on three-hour reserve, and a second has been rush ordered.
January 30, 2008
419 - E-mail
In case you are only monitoring the blog, and not your Simmons e-mail - I sent a message out on the weekend regarding the things you have to do before the first time we meet - this coming Tuesday. If you did not get that e-mail, please let me know immediately, since it means that you are not registered in the course, or your Simmons e-mail is not working. I have had InfoSheets from about half of you, and half of you have filled in the "Hello my name is" entry in Moodle. I do not want to get a whole bunch of e-mail and Moodle entries on Monday, just before class. In this blended course, you will need to be doing things continually, not just once or twice a week. If that's not comfortable for you, I understand perfectly, and there is still time to switch to another course.
January 14, 2008
419 - First task
I am going to be getting content ready for you from an Internet cafe in Glasgow. However, I have opened the course to enrollment, so please go ahead and log in to Moodle and enroll. The first thing I would like you to do is edit your profile (under Participants) so that you have a picture of yourself and a brief statement about why you are taking this course.
April 25, 2007
419 - Next PowerPoint
Actually, last PPT from me is in VISTA. Woo hoo!
April 18, 2007
419 - Next PowerPoint
Is in VISTA
April 12, 2007
419 - mea culpa
I have caused confusion over the due date for the final report. I am told that I implied that the final report was due on the penultimate day of class. Wrong - it's due on the last day, but before the class, not the usual 9pm. I need to start final grading that afternoon. Sorry for the miscommunication.
April 05, 2007
419 - Sign up
Don't forget to sign up for a 20-minute time slot during next week's class, or to make some other 20-minute appointment with me before or on April 12. The sign-up is in VISTA, linked from the main page. I have corrected the errors on the course outline and in VISTA that implied that the consulting day would be April 19. It's not. It's April 12. Next class. Assignment 4 is due on April 19.
Please bring as much evidence of your project as you can to the consulting, and if you have specific questions, have them ready. I will want to talk about your project, your evaluation, and the day on which (and the format in which) you would like to present.
April 04, 2007
419 - Next PowerPoint
And next assignment are both loaded. I apologize for being behind in grading. I am working on it.
March 28, 2007
419 - Next PPT
Is done. And now I am going to sleep.
March 21, 2007
419 - Next PowerPoint
Is in VISTA
March 14, 2007
419 - Next PPT
Is in VISTA, along with Assignment 3
February 28, 2007
419 - Next PPT
Is in VISTA.
February 22, 2007
419 - Bibliographies
I am sorry I have not gotten your bibliographies back. For some reason i thought they were due today, and I didn't realize that I had been sitting on them for a week. I will put priority on these over the concept analyses, and should be able to get them back either before I leave, or from Montreal (if the hotel's wireless is working).
419 - NEASI Meeting
The focus of the Spring Meeting of the New England Chapter of the American Society of Indexers (March 24, at the Chelmsford Public Library) will be non-book indexing (i.e., database and periodical indexing). Please have a look at the flyer. This would be a great opportunity to network with local indexers.
February 21, 2007
415, 419 - Mann article
Thomas Mann, of LC, has an interesting paper on the Library of Congress Professional Guild site at http://www.guild2910.org/. Look for the link to his essay "More on What is Going on at the Library of Congress", from January 1, 2007.
419 - PPT
Next one is in VISTA.
February 16, 2007
419 - Feinberg
From Linda Watkins: "Hi Candy: I received a replacement copy of Indexing Specialized Formats and Subjects by Hilda Feinberg." It is now in the general collection.
February 13, 2007
419 - Slight error
The assignment and its handout are in your assignment space, not in the PowerPoint & handouts section, sorry.
419 - Next PPT and Asst 2
Both are now in VISTA - in "PowerPoint & handouts". You will need three copies of the thing called "Assignment 1 form". BRING YOUR ARTICLES TO CLASS.
February 12, 2007
419 - New standard
Hi all - remember that new standard I alluded to in class? Well, given that it is a draft, and also not in the public domain, and costs a lot of money to purchase, I am reluctant to even put it into VISTA. So, I have it in a binder and will happily lend it out. It would be useful to anyone doing thesaurus construction.
419 - Bib
I have created a VISTA drop box for the project statement and bibliography. Please don't forget a) the formal statement part and b) that the citations should be APA. Typical errors are in capitalizing article and book titles (don't, except for the first word of title and subtitle and proper names), and in not using the appropriate formats for volume, issue, and pages, which should be, e.g., Librarianship Quarterly, 4(1/2), 6-17. Note the spacing and the italics. And for URLs, it's "Retrieved February 7, 2007, from http blah blah".
February 09, 2007
415, 419
Phone and snack sheets have been added to the opening pages of 415 and 419 VISTA spaces. I will update these when (if) I get additional information sheets from students.
February 07, 2007
419 - Update
The PPT for tomorrow, and Assignment 1, have been loaded into WebCT.
February 06, 2007
419 - Project possibility update
The project possibility I mentioned yesterday has been snapped up by one of the 419 students.
February 05, 2007
419 - Project possibility
Jessica Steytler has asked whether a student in the course would be interested in the following project:
http://www.congregationallibrary.org/
Located in Boston's historic Beacon Hill, the Congregational Library offers researchers, readers, and browsers an extensive array of contemporary and classic religious material. Our collection includes a wide variety of resources on American religion, New England local and town histories, and, of course, three hundred years of records documenting the history of American Congregationalism.
The Bulletin, published quarterly by the Library and contains articles, book reviews, and news on topics of interest. The original index was completed in 1989. The current project is to bring the guide up to date and combine the old material with the new into a cohesive, digital form.
The original index emanates from a 419 project conducted in 1989!
February 01, 2007
419 - First PPT
Oops - I put 419's first PowerPoint in 415's VISTA space. Sorry - still jet-lagged. All better now.
January 31, 2007
419 - PPT
The PPT for Day 1 is available in VISTA - it's not especially thrilling - just recappish and introductory.