I won't lie, I began to panic after yesterday about submitting my assignments. Hopefully everything is submitting and will be graded accordingly. I feel sort of silly about the whole thing, but it was a huge misunderstanding on my part. Oh well. At least now I know and I've done everything I can to fix my error. Now it's up to the library gods... and the professor of course.

I am thoroughly enjoying Double Fold so far. I haven't read too much but what I have read is very compelling. With any luck I'll be able to write a very good paper on it.

bad news on the LIS front...

I received a disheartening email today. Apparently, professor Alman has not received any of my assignments. I turned them all in via the 'digital dropbox' on Blackboard. Hopefully I can get the issue resolved soon. I would hate to have to repeat the course, or worse, drop out of the program all together. So far I have finished the Kuhn writing assignment as well as the first two weeks of discussion/response. Hopefully professor Tomer has received my assignments and there's no issues to be resolved on that front.

Week 3

I feel like I'm finally starting to get into a good routine with school. I'm also really excited to read "Double Fold". It should be very interesting compared to Kuhn's book.

I have approximately 40 pages left of "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions". I have not grasped the concept of what the book is about. Furthermore, I don't really understand the concept of a paradigm and how it's relevant to the study of librarianship. Though it's only a 500 word paper, I have a feeling that writing it will be a significant challenge.

I do have a pretty good idea on how to complete the Scopus/RSS feed assignment though I'm having difficulty finding information on open source computing as it pertains to libraries and/or education. Hopefully I'll be able to refine my search to incorporate those and find more information.

All in all, it's getting easier to prioritize my assignments, but finding time to do it is proving challenging.

After finishing this weekly assignment, I feel as though my answer may not be as comprehensive as the other students. As a marketing major, I find myself trending towards the need to draw in patrons and essentially "market" the library. The library director at Slippery Rock had told me that being a librarian with an 'outsider' perspective would actually be an asset. I can see how the library operates on the inside but also can see how the public views their library. This would help recognize internally and externally, how to better meet the needs of the library patrons. I feel that he was correct in saying this, but I feel slightly at a disadvantage because I have had minimal experience in information classification. I do think that I will catch on but I hope that it won't take me that much longer to do so.

"Life is a supermarket" - Week 2

Well I survived week one of grad school! Kudos to me. Unfortunately I feel like a lot of the material that's being presented is way over my head. Since my last post I've finished 4 chapters of Kuhn's book. After watching the lecture I feel I have a better understanding of the topic, but only marginally so. Hopefully some of the other materials I will be able to get a better grasp of.

Well, the first official week of classes is drawing to a close. I'm feeling a little overwhelmed by it right now but with the correct amount of time management, I think it should be no problem. I started to read Kuhn's book and it's not half bad. I'm really looking forward to reading the rest of it.

First week of class

I must say, I was a bit nervous about grad school. Excited too, but mostly nervous. As I stare at the stack of books piling up that I need to read for this semester I am beginning to think that I should have taken a speed reading course before starting classes. And there are a little under half of my books here, mind you! I am excited to read "The Meaning of Everything" though. I do enjoy words and I think that book will just be an exhilarating read.

A part of me wishes that I had done the classes in person, but I know that I would never have the time to achieve such a task AND work a full time job. I'm a little scared of the online atmosphere, feeling it's too easy for me to get distracted by other things on the internet or worse, forget about my assignments.

Hopefully things will get a little less challenging. And now I should probably be off to finish my reading!