Reading and Goofing off

Hello all! Sorry I've been so slow on updating. I had a little reading this week and now I'm trying to get a head start on text weeks reading... But I keep getting distracted by Facebook Games... Buffy the Vampire Slayer... And a strange little game called Achievements Unlocked 2. You should try it.. But be warned... It will suck your time away... http://armorgames.com/play/6561/achievement-unlocked-2

I'm not going to update too much. I was only going to tell you that I am supper excited for my new computer class (HCI: Human Computer Interaction) and give you last weeks reading list...

Norman, D. (1988). The psychopathology of everyday things. Ch. 1

Dubberly, H., Pangaro, P., & Haque, U. (2009). What is interaction? Are there different types? Interactions. 16 (1), 69-75.


My other class, Public Library Management IS AMAZING. Not only is the class a blast (We defined what a library does... and then put that under one giant category... It was something like "Providing Access to Information and Leisure") The class was pretty awesome. We have a pretty cool group of people and EVERYONE was talking. I can tell that this class is going to be a blast to go to. If your interested... Here was last weeks reading list...

McCrossen, A. (2006). “One cathedral more” or “mere lounging places for bummers”? The cultural politics of leisure and the public library in gilded age America. Libraries & Culture, 41(2), 169-188.

Moorman, J.A. (2006). Public libraries. In J.A. Moorman (Ed.), Running A Small Library: A How-To-Do-It Manual (pp. 45-54) New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.


Finally, I'm going to give you a sneak peek at what I need to do for this week (Not counting out of school activities)

Reading List...
Nothing for 401 Computer Based Information Tools

501 - Reference
Read Guidelines for Instruction Programs in Academic Libraries
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/guidelinesinstruction.cfm
Association of College and Research Libraries Standards for Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians and Coordinators
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/profstandards.cfm
Is There an Information Literacy Skills Gap to Be Bridged? An Examination of Faculty Perceptions and Activities Relating to Information Literacy in the United States and England by Jacqui Weetman DaCosta
Undergraduate Perceptions of Information Literacy: Defining, Attaining, and Self-Assessing Skills by Melissa Gross and Don Latham

516 HCI
Hannon, C. (2008). Mental and conceptual models, and the problem of contingency. Interactions. 15 (5), 58-64.
Hannon, C. (2009). As we may speak: Metaphors, conceptual blends, and usability. Interactions. 16 (3), 16-19.

553 Public Library Management
Bell, S.J. (2005). Submit or resist: Librarianship in the age of Google. American Libraries, 36(9), 68-71.
Cart, M. (1993) What literature? School Library Journal, 39(9) 160-161.
Isaacson, D. (2005) Let them steal books. Library Journal, 130(6), 68.
Kennedy, S.D. (2005). Give them what they want. Information Today, 22(11), 17-20.

Well... I'm off to read and write responses to everything. Hope everyone has an awesome night!

The Sock Monkey (almost) Librarian