Hi all,
This week we are looking at Flickr. After doing the sign-up exercise, I saw an incredible picture. The link to it is http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelstains/282063863/. I will be trying to upload some of my photos of the Library soon.
Bye for now.
Eileen
Monday, October 29, 2007
Saturday, October 27, 2007
More on RSS
Hi all,
I learned how to make my RSS list public. The link is at http://www.bloglines.com/public/moonrocker. I've got some library news feeds as well as blogs by two patent librarians, one from Stephen van Dulken from the British Library in London, United Kingdom, and one from Michael White from the Engineering and Science Library at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Michael White worked for seven years at the US Patent and Trademark Office in the Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program Office prior to his move to Canada.
Regards,
Eileen
I learned how to make my RSS list public. The link is at http://www.bloglines.com/public/moonrocker. I've got some library news feeds as well as blogs by two patent librarians, one from Stephen van Dulken from the British Library in London, United Kingdom, and one from Michael White from the Engineering and Science Library at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Michael White worked for seven years at the US Patent and Trademark Office in the Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program Office prior to his move to Canada.
Regards,
Eileen
Monday, October 22, 2007
RSS
Hi all,
This is my second post. As part of the TLC 2.0 assignment we learned about RSS feeds: how to find them and how to use them. We learned about Bloglines and about various ways of getting RSS feeds added to our list. This is a very interesting aspect of the Internet. Most people are familiar with Google and other search engines, which are used to actively seek information that is posted. This takes time, and unless one can determine a search strategy that narrows the search well enough to get relevant information, there is a lot of irrelevant information that comes up. I would call this an active search. In a sense, RSS is the other side of the coin. One determines the most likely resources for the information one needs and then includes these in their list. Then, one can see what new information comes in. I would call this a passive search. Both methods of searching the wealth of information available online complement eachother.
Bye for now,
Eileen
This is my second post. As part of the TLC 2.0 assignment we learned about RSS feeds: how to find them and how to use them. We learned about Bloglines and about various ways of getting RSS feeds added to our list. This is a very interesting aspect of the Internet. Most people are familiar with Google and other search engines, which are used to actively seek information that is posted. This takes time, and unless one can determine a search strategy that narrows the search well enough to get relevant information, there is a lot of irrelevant information that comes up. I would call this an active search. In a sense, RSS is the other side of the coin. One determines the most likely resources for the information one needs and then includes these in their list. Then, one can see what new information comes in. I would call this a passive search. Both methods of searching the wealth of information available online complement eachother.
Bye for now,
Eileen
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
This is my first entry in my first blog
Hi all,
This is my first entry in my first blog. I am an Intellectual Property Librarian and Patent and Trademark Depository Library Representative before the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the Broward County Main Library. Our library has been selected to exhibit a moon rock. According to the library's press release "This moon rock is an Ambassador of Exploration Award given by NASA to Susan Eisele Black on behalf of her husband. She, in turn, has selected Broward County Library as the location for the gift." Donn F. Eisele was the command module pilot for Apollo 7, launched October 11, 1968, which was the first manned mission in the Apollo program to be launched. The moon rock will be formally presented on October 23, 2007 and it will be available for viewing beginning October 24, 2007. The Broward County Main Library is an officially designated Patent and Trademark Depository Library and Federal Depository Library, which can provide visitors with access to many Moon related government documents information.
The moon rock award is intended to serve as an inspiration to a new generation of explorers who will help toreturn humans to the moon and eventually on to Mars and beyond. The award is part of the 842 pounds of samples collected during the six Apollo lunar expeditions from 1969 to 1972. According to the NASA website at http://www.nasa.gov/news/special/exploration_ambassadors.html, "These awards are a fitting tribute and serve to remind each of us that great things can be achieved when we focus our energies and our resources on a specific goal," added the Administrator. "In January, President Bush charged us to carry humanity forward into the Universe, to gain a new foothold on the Moon, and to prepare for new journeys to worlds beyond our own. Each of us can be an Ambassador of Exploration and help secure America's preeminence in science and technology by supporting the Vision for Space Exploration." As Ambassadors of Exploration, the recipients will help communicate the benefits and excitement of space exploration and why the continuing investment in our future is vital to the security and vitality of America.
It is my hope that my blog can contribute to this goal. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Physics, a Master of Arts in Journalism and Communication, and a Master of Library Science.
Cheers,
Eileen
This is my first entry in my first blog. I am an Intellectual Property Librarian and Patent and Trademark Depository Library Representative before the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the Broward County Main Library. Our library has been selected to exhibit a moon rock. According to the library's press release "This moon rock is an Ambassador of Exploration Award given by NASA to Susan Eisele Black on behalf of her husband. She, in turn, has selected Broward County Library as the location for the gift." Donn F. Eisele was the command module pilot for Apollo 7, launched October 11, 1968, which was the first manned mission in the Apollo program to be launched. The moon rock will be formally presented on October 23, 2007 and it will be available for viewing beginning October 24, 2007. The Broward County Main Library is an officially designated Patent and Trademark Depository Library and Federal Depository Library, which can provide visitors with access to many Moon related government documents information.
The moon rock award is intended to serve as an inspiration to a new generation of explorers who will help toreturn humans to the moon and eventually on to Mars and beyond. The award is part of the 842 pounds of samples collected during the six Apollo lunar expeditions from 1969 to 1972. According to the NASA website at http://www.nasa.gov/news/special/exploration_ambassadors.html, "These awards are a fitting tribute and serve to remind each of us that great things can be achieved when we focus our energies and our resources on a specific goal," added the Administrator. "In January, President Bush charged us to carry humanity forward into the Universe, to gain a new foothold on the Moon, and to prepare for new journeys to worlds beyond our own. Each of us can be an Ambassador of Exploration and help secure America's preeminence in science and technology by supporting the Vision for Space Exploration." As Ambassadors of Exploration, the recipients will help communicate the benefits and excitement of space exploration and why the continuing investment in our future is vital to the security and vitality of America.
It is my hope that my blog can contribute to this goal. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Physics, a Master of Arts in Journalism and Communication, and a Master of Library Science.
Cheers,
Eileen
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