Portfolio

Here is the last assignment for LIS 2600!
http://www.pitt.edu/~cam148/portfolio_mellott.html

Dreamweaver

I am finally getting that somewhat relieved feeling that "I believe I am going to make it through this class"...with Dreamweaver's and my husband's help. Now if I could only get that song out of my head! It is quite a feeling of accomplishment to see all of the Assignments together in one place and what all I have learned, albeit kicking and screaming.

We had a hot weekend camping in the 90 degree weather but still had fun.

Borders New Concept Stores

Wow, this looks fabulous!
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/borders/31761/

I went to a library program last night as part of my on-going professional development. www.twoofakind.com David and Jenny were excellent, creative and fun. Who knew there were so many fun songs about libraries and books!

Pitt Travels

Well it's hard to believe but I traveled my last trip to Pittsburgh this weekend as a graduate MLIS student. Our cohort ate breakfast at Pamela's in the strip district. We had a nice ceremony and lunch. Sure is tough to keep up the motivation now for the final three weeks but got to get that diploma! We had a gorgeous weekend and enjoyed eating at our favorite places like Lu Lu's and Primanti's. We visited the zoo and saw the 3 day old baby elephant named Angelina. We also hoofed it over to the Point Fountain. I have to agree that the on-campus experiences were an asset to the program as a fast track student. I even had my picture taken with the panther.
A new gizmo caught my eye when reading the paper:
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/03/gps_ranger_does_sign_language.html

wikireadia

Here is a cool site that is not about books like so many others but the "art of reading, how to encourage and teach reading, and how to help people enjoy it."

http://www.yearofreading.org.uk/wikireadia/index.php?title=Main_Page

KOHA list of books

The school library and educational change.
Rossoff, Martin,
The media specialist, the microcomputer, and the curriculum /
Troutner, Joanne,
American library history :
Harris, Michael H.
More teen programs that work /

Teen book discussion groups @ the library /
Dickerson, Constance B.,
The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-2004 /

Building a children's literature collection.

Finding the right path :
Sutter, Lynne.
100% information literacy success /
Taylor, Terry.
Basic library skills /
Wolf, Carolyn E.,
101+ great ideas for teen library Web sites /
Doyle, Miranda,
Hot, hotter, hottest :

Connecting with reluctant teen readers :
Jones, Patrick,
The big book of teen reading lists :
Keane, Nancy J.
Popular series fiction for middle school and teen readers :
Thomas, Rebecca L.
Best new media, K-12 :
Barr, Catherine,
The Newbery/Printz companion :
Gillespie, John Thomas,
Excellence in library services to young adults :

Special events programs in school library media centers :
Trotta, Marcia.
Using educational technology with at-risk students :
Mendrinos, Roxanne.
Strategic planning for school library media centers /
Zilonis, Mary Frances,
School library management.

Creating cyber libraries :
Craver, Kathleen W.
Collection development for a new century in the school library media center /
Lukenbill, W. Bernard.
Using Internet primary sources to teach critical thinking skills in the sciences /
Johnson, Carolyn.

KOHA school library list

Here is the link to my KOHA list.
http://pitt1.kohawc.liblime.com/cgi-bin/koha/bookshelves/shelves.pl?viewshelf=67

shoe comic on information technology

http://www.gocomics.com/shoe/2008/06/29/

Future of Libraries Grocery Store or Kitchen?

“I think we’re going to be in the ideas business. Libraries will still have lots of things that look like we love,” observed consultant Joan Frye Williams, “but… it won’t be about the books and information as objects… and by the way, it’s not the ideas that are being offshored to Bangalore.” Beyond that, she said that libraries should be about relationships rather than transactions. (Hence her preferred term for library user: “member.”) And libraries should be “more and more a place to do stuff, not just to find stuff. We need to stop being a grocery store and being a kitchen.” http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6574501.html

Interesting, after all Borders is not just a bookstore and Wegman's is not just a grocery store.