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Hi all! No posts for awhile because I’ve been running workshops in Connecticut and now I’m heading to Denton for a weekend class, a wiki demo and some elbow rubbing with the new cohort!
Margaret Lincoln, who I know as Gigi, is doing incredible stuff with Holocaust education. I’m glad to be in the cohort with her! http://battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050522/NEWS01/505220336/1002
Summer 2005 IMLS Distance Ph.D. Program in Library Science: School Library Division: Douglas Achterman Gayle Bogel Vivian Cisneros Richard Hasenyager Wendy Stephens Public Library Division: Shannon Bomar Sara Jones Brian Kenney Jeanne Puacz David Scott Congrats to all!!
Take a look: http://www.alise.org/newsletter/issue1_2005/poster_sessions.html Here’s Mike Pullin and Dr O’Connor with their most cool poster:
Chapter one is the introduction Chapter two is the literature review Chapter three is the methodology Chapter Four is data collected and data analysis Chapter five is the conclusion and recommendations for further research. ?
I made it to Texas about three hours late for the start of class but all is well. This semester’s BIG class is SLIS 6910 with Dr. Sam Hastings and Shannon Peevey. The topic: Open Source Digital Library Tools! http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php We started with some lecture, software installation and basic command line practice. I am using my Mac for this class — running OS 10.3.7 — and guess what : I have all the tools built in to my system. I open the terminal mode and it is there! I was tickled. This semester we will code in Python, discuss issues […]
USA TODAY: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2005-01-06-thursday-delays_x.htm?csp=34 Officials at Chicago O’Hare have already canceled 300 flights for Thursday, which comes on top of the more than 900 canceled there Wednesday. As one of the nation’s busiest connecting hubs, that spelled problems for travelers Thursday. Yes… that includes me. I just rescheduled to a flight at 6am tomorrow because United had nothing to DFW today or tonight. I am SUPPOSED to be all bright and shiny in the classroom at 9am. Instead, I should be landing in Dallas at 9am and hightailing it to Denton ASAP. I haven’t heard from anyone else in the cohort […]
We are under seige by a storm here in Indiana… but tomorrow I am to fly out at 6am for Dallas a the start of a new semester. More from Texas!