Outlines of Ch.3 + 4

Ch. 3: "Search Techniques: Electronic Sources" (p.48--)

-Search strategy: analyze topic, identify standardized subject headings, identify keywords and terms that are not standardized subject headings, combine subject headings or keywords to narrow or broaden your search, select the appropriate electronic source to use, execute the search by typping in the commands on the computers keyboard, evaluate the search results for appropriateness, revise the search in light of your results.
-Electronic format- term refers to any information that is created or stored electronically either on hard drive, on a disk, or on magnetic tape, and accessed by a computer.
-Online- term refers to information that is stored in a remote computer that is connected to the internet and accessed locally. Online catalogs can be host based (Telnet) or web based.
-Database- term is a collection of data (information) that is organized so that its contents can easily be searched, accessed, and edited.
-there are advantages and disadvantages to using electronic format rather than printed format. E-books may make more titles accessible without going to the library, but sometimes there's nothing like sitting down with a good book! The book lists many examples.
-Types of databases: online catalogs, internet, bibliographic indexes and abstracts, books, periodical articles, plays, poems, essays, reports, and transcripts.
-most commonly searched fields in an online catalog are: author, title, edition, publisher, date, physical description, notes, subjects.
-internet pages: title, domain, site, url, link, image, text.
-use keyword searching when you: are unsure about the order or spelling of all the words in the title, do not know the author's name, do not know the precise subject heading used, want to combine terms to narrow or limit a topic.
-Truncate- shorten keyword to find more words, such as "colleg?" would turn up college, collegial, collegiate, etc.
-Boolean searching- uses operators AND, OR, NOT as in the venn diagram idea.
-nested searches- uses parenthesis
-Proximity searching: adjacent, followed by, near, with.
-Search tips- be precise, use the help menu, use the advanced search feature to formulate your searches, avoid spelling errors.

Ch. 4: "Library Catalogs" (p. 65--)
-Definition of library catalog: a listing of all the items in a particular library, describes it and gives its location.
-Classification Systems- purpose: logical arrangement in library to find book easily.
-major library classification systems: Dewey Decimal, Library of Congress, Superintendant of Documents, United Nations Symbols.
-most common: Dewey, and Library of Congress.
-Differences between them: Dewey begins with numbers/ LC with letters; Dewey has 10 major subjects, LC has 21.
-History/background: Dewey Decimal system originated by Melvil Dewey in 19th century, LC designed by the Library of Congress for its own use in 19th century but is so comprehensive that it has been adopted by large libraries.
-Superintendent of Documents is used by libraries with extensive collections of government documents.
-Call number: indicates subject matter, author, and title, determines location in library.
-Factors that determine where a book is shelved: call number, size, if its reference or reserve, subject category, etc.
-materials that are often not found in library catalog searches are individual articles in journals or anthologies, or government publications.
-Online catalogs can be host based (Telnet) or web based.
-Advantages of online catalogs: ability to search for author, title, subject, or keyword; can update the catalog frequently; can show if it is currently checked out; can access the database from different locations other than the library (like at home); provides links to the websites.
-Library catalogs around the world: Biblioteque Nationale - national library of France), World Cat - database of 30,000 libraries in 64 countries makes interlibrary loan procedures easier.

-card catalogs traditionally were organized in drawers on index cards, arranged alphabetically by author, title, subject, with a card for each.
*Here's a cute old movie clip, its about-- two friends make a visit to the public library, and there are old fashioned card catalogs still, so they look up a book by the author, and the librarian finds the book for them and tells them to ssshhhhh--
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=1134656391

Hello World!

Hello world!
Welcome to LBCC LibBlog! This is our inaugural post. Our goal is to keep the Long Beach City College community up-to-date on Library news.
This entry was posted on Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 at 8:15 pm and is filed under uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
One Response to “Hello world!”
ITDC Says: March 27th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Great blog, Monica! Thank you - we’ll be reading and commenting.
Michele Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation. June 14th, 2007 at 11:28 am
Hello! thanks for the info.
Leave a Reply

http://lbcclib.wordpress.com/2007/03/22/hello-world-2/#comment-12

"This is my letter to the World...

...That never wrote to Me---"
~Emily D. (poem #441)

Just kidding. My friends in the world write to me. :-) Ok here is the asignment for this post:

ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR BLOG CREATED:
5. You are now able to create your first blog post. Blogs generally consist of a Title and the body of the blog post. As an example, create a blog titled "Hello World!" and write a short paragraph about your blog creation experience and whether you have an existing blog or if you read any blogs. If you read blogs, give us the url's of your favorite one. Once you are done typing, click Publish blog.

This is my first blog creation experience on blogger. I have not been on blogger before, so I have no other blog on here, and I do not know if any of my other friends outside the class have a blog on here. I have been trying to search for blogs but so far I have not really found something else I want to read on here. So for my favorite blog other than this one I am writing I will say the one that our instructor made: http://lbcclibrary3.blogspot.com. My first post on this profile was the notes for Ch. 1. Recently I have been posting blogs on myspace. I actually even mentioned this blog in a myspace blog so I wonder if any of my myspace friends will be able to coment on this? Before I started myspace blogging a little while ago I did not know what a blog is. It think the word "blog" must be a new invention of a word in modern times because it is not found in an old dictionary I tried to look it up in. It will probably be in future dictionaries now that there is a concept of the term blog. A blog is like a public email that does not have to be sent out because people go to the blog to read it. The purpose of this blog is for the Library 3: Library Information Competency class. Each student is writing a blog so our instructor can read our asignments apart from the discussion board. Since this is a class-related blog, my profile info for this blog is class-related, not personal. I hope the instructor and whoever else reads this will find it to be well written. Thank you!

my experience in the relocated LBCC library today; my outline notes for Ch. 1

Name: Michele
E-Mail: discussion forum
Subject: my experience in the relocated LBCC library today; my outline notes for Ch. 1
Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Time: 8:10am

Yesterday morning it was a nice day I rode my bike to campus and checked out the relocated Library. Its downstairs in Bldg. E (the bldg on the other side of the cafeteria...but no food or drinks in the library!). Several levels had to be condensed into one level, so not everything is down there. But they do have our textbook on reserve. Here's my outline, hope it helps.

"The Research Process: Books and Beyond" 3rd Ed. by Bolner and Poirier.
-Ch.1: Libraries: Materials and Services.
-Introduction: technology has caused book storage to develop into a sort of virtual library electronically. ... How are materials organized in libraries? What materials are available? How to retrieve them?
-Information sources: the term format refers to the general physical quality or appearance of an information source. Types of formats in libraries today include: books, e-books, and cd-rom or dvd books.
-Table 1.1 Standard Features of Books: include-- bookcover, title page, copyright/printing info., table of contents, preface/forward, intro., list of illustrations, main text/chapters, notes, glossary, appendix, bibliography, index, etc.
-Table 1.2: The Advantages and Disadvantages of E-books: for example the ones I relate to were-- an advantage is to be able to study at a home computer, disadvantage is expense of computer, many other examples.
-Serials: a publication that is issued on a continuing basis at regular intervals; for example: periodicals, e-journals, newspapers, annuals, yearbooks, etc.
-Difference between dissertation and thesis: a dissertation is the research project in partial fullfillment of requirements for a doctoral degree, whereas a thesis is a research project completed in partial fulfillment of requirements for a masters degree.
-Archives: unpublished or published materials of historical value.
-Vertical file: pamphlets, brochures, newspaper clippings, etc. that have to be updated.
-Audiovisual (AV) materials: audio, video, and micro type formats.
-Electronic sources: online catalog, online datebase, internet, cd-rom, dvd.
-Arrangement of Library Materials:
-Stacks: shelves on which the library's main collection of books is arranged. open to all, or closed to some so asistance is required then.
-Reference department: encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, handbooks, manuals, indexes, cd-roms.
-Reserve dept.: materials circulate for limited periods (2 hrs or overnight) our class textbook is on 2 hr reserve.
-Periodical dept.: magazines and journals all shelved together.
-Media Center: audio-visual materials and the equipment to view them all in one space.
-Rare books dept.: out of print, valuable, or otherwise rare books, probably not for check-out.
-Special collections- specialized subjects shelved together.
-Branch libraries: located away from main/central library.
-Library Services:
-Librarians-
-Librarians are still needed, even with all the new technological advances, librarians are not so replacable; without librarians there would be no more libraries (and what a sad world that would be!)
-Professional librarians are usually required to have a masters' degree (such as in Library Science) from a college that is accredited by the American Library Asociation. The support staff in a library are not all required to have these degrees.
-Roles of librarians: administrative, technical, or public. Administrative: concerned with management, budget, staff, etc. Technical: acquisition, prep., maintenance of books, ordering/cataloging materials, reparing damaged books, etc. Public: serve the public who go to the library, such as at the reference or circulation desk, answering questions, etc.
-Getting help: if you're looking for a book but want to talk to a real person not a computer, ask a librarian! be specific. explain briefly. the librarian is there to help.
-Preliminary research: before approaching the help desk try to figure out as much on your own as you can...search the catalog, brose/look up in reference materials, etc.
-Library instruction: a service provided by reference librarians, such as courses for credit (such as Lib.1, 2, and 3 at LBCC), general orientation sessions, subject-related instruction, computer-assisted instruction, preparing printed/online guides, individualized instruction.
-Circulation: books/materials usually checked out from a centrally located desk near entrance or exit. It can also serve as an information/help desk to ask about lending policies, fines, schedules, etc.
-Interlibrary loans: libraries loaning specific titles to eachother for convenience of patrons; document delivery- copies of materials for a fee from other library; library cooperatives: holdings/services reciprocal.
The End.