Competency 5, tagging for LS5013, has been fun. I think it's cool how a person can catalog all their personal books for free or a one time fee for life. What a great tool.
I was able to find tags about my subject area, which is literature. I found the tag literature tagged to Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I also located the tag American literature for the book The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, which was tagged under this cloud.
I found these tags using http://www.librarything.com/. The good thing about this site, I can create my own tag clouds using the words African American Literature. I could not find a tag that said African American Literature.
Related tags I copyied from the librarything site.
19th Century(32,828) 20th century(32,828) American(32,828) american literature(32,828) anthology(32,828) art(32,828) biography(32,828) british(32,828) british literature(32,828) children(32,828) classic(32,828) classics(32,828) criticism(32,828) drama(32,828) england(32,828) english(32,828) english literature(32,828) essays(32,828) fantasy(32,828) fiction(32,828) France(32,828) French(32,828) french literature(32,828) german(32,828) historical fiction(32,828) history(32,828) horror(32,828) humor(32,828) literary criticism(32,828) medieval(32,828) mystery(32,828) mythology(32,828) non-fiction(32,828) novel(32,828) philosophy(32,828) plays(32,828) poetry(32,828) read(32,828) Reference(32,828) religion(32,828) roman(32,828) russian(32,828) science fiction(32,828) shakespeare(32,828) short stories(32,828) translation(32,828) unread(32,828) world literature(32,828)
I now know there are other sites out there such as http://www.flicker/
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Competency 4
I selected my RSS Feed from http://www.ala.org/, for competency 4. The RSS is ACRLog by the Association of College and Research Libraries. I thought this would be a good choice because I want to work at a university when I complete my degree. I also believe it will keep me up to date with all the last information pertaining to new technology such as databases, Metadata, and Tagging information. The link to The Association of College and Research Libraries can be found on the right side of the page.
I found a new RSS that's part of my database assignment for competency 4. The Women and social movements in the United States 1600-2000 is my new database. URL:http://alexanderstreet.typepad.com/history/rss.xml
I found a new RSS that's part of my database assignment for competency 4. The Women and social movements in the United States 1600-2000 is my new database. URL:http://alexanderstreet.typepad.com/history/rss.xml
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Compentency 3 Podcast Booker T Washington
I am moving right along with my next assignment for LS5013 Information Storage and Retrieval. I am now getting ready to add a "Podcast" to my Blog site for competency three.
I was not sure how to go about this assignment in the beginning so I Googled the word Podcast. From that search it allowed me to begin surfing all over the place. Using the Google search engine allowed me to stumble upon other search engines for my topic of discussion.
I am interested in learning more about African American writers. I want to know who they are, where are they from and what contributions and impact have they made in America. When I typed in the word 'podcast" using the Google search engine, it led me to Podcast Alley.com, Babblebooks.com, YouTube.com and Video.aol.com. At all of these sites I was able to type in the keyword Booker T. Washington and come up with many successful hits.
The Babblebooks.com site was very unusual for me; the audio book was reading like a computer or something I thought some was wrong with my speaker or that particular video clip. I came to find out that’s the way it is. It is not in a normal tone of voice.
YouTube was a fun site for me. I did not know that one could get such a variety of information in one location; it was great. The site was very friendly and easy to navigate around in. It allowed me to view the Podcast with clarity and good sounds. When I typed in Booker T. Washington, it gave me a variety to choose from. It also included how many times the video had been viewed by other people. The Podcast had a share button on it so that you could send it to people such as your family and friends.
If you don’t want to send it by email it gives you the option to copy and paste the link into an email or instant message. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hsd55AK53U that is what I did I copied and pasted I also sign up for a YouTube account. It was very easy to set the account up.
The best part about this: it’s all free and very informative.
You can go directly to these search engines to get information about African American writers. http://www.youtube.com/, http://www.video.aol.com/, http://www.podcastalley.com/ and http://www.babblebooks.com/ just type in the keyword and search.
I have truly had a blast with this assignment.
I was not sure how to go about this assignment in the beginning so I Googled the word Podcast. From that search it allowed me to begin surfing all over the place. Using the Google search engine allowed me to stumble upon other search engines for my topic of discussion.
I am interested in learning more about African American writers. I want to know who they are, where are they from and what contributions and impact have they made in America. When I typed in the word 'podcast" using the Google search engine, it led me to Podcast Alley.com, Babblebooks.com, YouTube.com and Video.aol.com. At all of these sites I was able to type in the keyword Booker T. Washington and come up with many successful hits.
The Babblebooks.com site was very unusual for me; the audio book was reading like a computer or something I thought some was wrong with my speaker or that particular video clip. I came to find out that’s the way it is. It is not in a normal tone of voice.
YouTube was a fun site for me. I did not know that one could get such a variety of information in one location; it was great. The site was very friendly and easy to navigate around in. It allowed me to view the Podcast with clarity and good sounds. When I typed in Booker T. Washington, it gave me a variety to choose from. It also included how many times the video had been viewed by other people. The Podcast had a share button on it so that you could send it to people such as your family and friends.
If you don’t want to send it by email it gives you the option to copy and paste the link into an email or instant message. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hsd55AK53U that is what I did I copied and pasted I also sign up for a YouTube account. It was very easy to set the account up.
The best part about this: it’s all free and very informative.
You can go directly to these search engines to get information about African American writers. http://www.youtube.com/, http://www.video.aol.com/, http://www.podcastalley.com/ and http://www.babblebooks.com/ just type in the keyword and search.
I have truly had a blast with this assignment.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Competency 2
I am posting competency 2 for my LS5013 course Information Storage and Retrieval.
If you are interested in learning more about African American Literature as well as its history, the Georgetown Law library blog site is a wonderful site to visit and get more knowledge about the lives of African Americans.
This blog lead me to visit the African American Odyssey exhibit that's highly documented and very educational. The African American Odyssey was so powerful and overwhelming to me in the beginning it caused me to want to read everything that was available. I had to put the breaks on and get back on track and realize why I was there in the first place.
I went to the site searching for African American writers and boy did I hit the jack pot. The site is laid out in chronological order and very friendly to navigate. The text and the history about African American lives have been well documented and preserved.
I started off searching an academic site: http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/ this site head line read February is Black History Month. "This year's them is the Quest for Black Citizenship in the Americas. It also stated "learn more by visiting the Law Library of Congress' online exhibit The African American Odyssey: A Quest for full Citizenship. And from there I found my first writer that I would like to post on my blog. One will find this site very informative. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammer/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html you can also just click on the Georgetown's.edu address above and it will take you directly to the site.
Phillis Wheatley's Love of Freedom
One of the most celebrated of early black writers, African-born Phillis Wheatley was captured when she was about eight years old and sold to the Wheatley family in Boston as a household servant. Educated by her Boston owners, the girl showed amazing aptitude. Soon she was writing and publishing poetry. This work, published in England where British societal leaders received and entertained Wheatley, includes affidavits affirming that Wheatley was a woman of unmixed African ancestry. In this volume, Wheatley discusses her African background and her love of freedom. Wheatley was freed as an adult. The George Town's Library have serveral copies and editions of Phillis Wheatley's poems.
Phillis Wheatley.Poems on Various Subjects: Religious and Moral.London: A. Bell, 1773.Rare Book and Special Collections Division. (2-15)
If you are interested in learning more about African American Literature as well as its history, the Georgetown Law library blog site is a wonderful site to visit and get more knowledge about the lives of African Americans.
This blog lead me to visit the African American Odyssey exhibit that's highly documented and very educational. The African American Odyssey was so powerful and overwhelming to me in the beginning it caused me to want to read everything that was available. I had to put the breaks on and get back on track and realize why I was there in the first place.
I went to the site searching for African American writers and boy did I hit the jack pot. The site is laid out in chronological order and very friendly to navigate. The text and the history about African American lives have been well documented and preserved.
I started off searching an academic site: http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/ this site head line read February is Black History Month. "This year's them is the Quest for Black Citizenship in the Americas. It also stated "learn more by visiting the Law Library of Congress' online exhibit The African American Odyssey: A Quest for full Citizenship. And from there I found my first writer that I would like to post on my blog. One will find this site very informative. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammer/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html you can also just click on the Georgetown's.edu address above and it will take you directly to the site.
Phillis Wheatley's Love of Freedom
One of the most celebrated of early black writers, African-born Phillis Wheatley was captured when she was about eight years old and sold to the Wheatley family in Boston as a household servant. Educated by her Boston owners, the girl showed amazing aptitude. Soon she was writing and publishing poetry. This work, published in England where British societal leaders received and entertained Wheatley, includes affidavits affirming that Wheatley was a woman of unmixed African ancestry. In this volume, Wheatley discusses her African background and her love of freedom. Wheatley was freed as an adult. The George Town's Library have serveral copies and editions of Phillis Wheatley's poems.
Phillis Wheatley.Poems on Various Subjects: Religious and Moral.London: A. Bell, 1773.Rare Book and Special Collections Division. (2-15)
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