New Listserv for Work and Upcoming Finals Week

I've recently joined a new listserv for work. It's mainly for access services folks. It deals with topics such as online/print reserves, circulation fines and fees, the 3M gate that beeps when a customer has a sensitized item as they walk out the door... you know, fun stuff like that. So, I get like at least 20 e-mails a day from that listserv. It's very interesting, but also exhausting! :(

I'm also preparing for our 601 final tomorrow (yes, on a Saturday... ugh) and I'm a bit nervous about it. Our professor has designed it much like the final comprehensive exams that all students have to take in order to get their MLIS degree. I am hoping I do well. After I finish that feat, I'll be able to pay more attention to this final paper in 636. I am still really looking forward to doing more research on blogging and finishing the paper.

Hope everyone else's finals go well!! Good luck!

Finally!

I can't believe it... I just can't believe it. I am finished with my Pathfinder for 601!!!!! I feel like I've really done something, you know? Like I've climbed this impossible mountain. It's an amazing feeling when all that weight is taken off of your shoulders. Now I just have one more task for the semester... the final paper for this class. I've decided on the topic of blogging and web 2.0. I would've liked to have done a paper on the Facebook generation alone, but I enjoy learning about all of it, so I'll figure something out.

I feel like I haven't posted enough blogs this semester. It's been a hectic one, that's for sure. I'm going to try my best to catch-up post some extra blogs before the end of the semester. Perhaps I'll have mercy granted on me, then. :) I have really enjoyed this class, and what I've learned about technology in librarianship. I hope everyone else had a good experience also.

I'll post to this thing again soon enough...

Cheers!

UPDATE: I got Outlook 2007!! Praise be!

Just last week the Morehead State IT guys came to the library and updated everyone's computers to the new Outlook 2007 e-mail client. Everyone except for me hates it, I think. I LOVE the calendar feature, and the out-of-office assistant is pretty neat-o if I do say so myself. Just thought I'd share that with everyone! :-)

Anyone get April-fooled?

I really want an iPhone.

So... I've been thinking about it, and I think I deserve an iPhone. No, really... I want one. I try not to get too caught up in the latest trends and fads, but it seems so cool that we have access to a piece of technology on which you can make phone calls, plan your everyday activities on a personalized calendar, listen to all of your favorite tunes, surf the internet, and locate (and call) the nearest taxi service... all in one handy dandy little device. See what I mean???

There is also this new phone that is supposed to be comparable to the iPhone called the Vu. I've not done much research on it yet, but it's apparently similar to the iPhone only cheaper? Not sure... will check on that and get back with everyone. I'm sure you'll be on the edge of your seats waiting until I update on that topic, right? Don't hold your breath. :)