School, week 4

We're well out of the starting gate and gearing up for the first stretch. So far, library sciences has been very interesting! I have two classes for this. One is about Libraries, including the history of libraries and a librarian's role in today's libraries. So far, we've had to visit library websites and compare and contrast them; there are four types of libraries: public, academic, special and K-12. While they each do the same thing, which is provide access to knowledge, they do it in different styles, depending on the patron they're serving. Did you know the Library of Congress has webcasts? I watched Stevie Wonder on Saturday :) And the historical photos section: I found some pix of old Dayton Ohio buildings, many of them I have taken pix of myself :) I also found pix entitled "Potato workers near East Grand Forks, MN" from 1937. On my mother's side, the family has been raising 'taters for over a century now! Talk about interesting stuff!!

The other is about information technology. There's a world of differences in how libraries run now, than they did 30 years ago - no more card catalogs! Everything is automated. Our first project was a scavenger hunt: visit a library and take pix of the different technologies .... right up my alley! Our second project is finding a library technology we haven't used, use it, and write a paper about how that went for us.

School sure isn't what it used to be, no studying and memorizing facts and figures, its more of a hands on approach. And I'm rather liking it :)

HUGS to everyone!