Thursday, October 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Some library humor
If you have seen the funny commercials of the Old Spice of the guy saying the most random impressive things, and the one of him on a horse?
My boyfriend found this parody video of the Old Spice Commercial, but it has to deal with studying in a library.
talk about a great thing to promote libraries. It's little things like this that attract younger generations!
Monday, July 26, 2010
CSS is the bomb! :-p
After finishing my portfolio and website for LIS 2600, I understand html coding a little bit better than I did before. All the practice and research creating the assignments and webpages really pulled off, and now I can write almost correctly the proper coding. Not like from before where I had no clue!
Even with CSS, I have heard about bit briefly before, but from this class I understand why it's used for design elements in html. CSS makes your life so much easier!! I need to keep that in mind if I ever need to create a web page again. All it is is simple coding with the design elements in the body (font, size, background color, text color) on a separate document that is uploaded along with the html page on a sftp site (Fetch is amazing! I may have to buy it). This saves you from rewriting the coding for the design elements over and over again.
So folks, if you need to create a html webpage, use CSS!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Down to the final weeks!
It's crunch time! This week I am finishing all my assignments and web page for LIS 2600. I am almost done with the web page, and it's not as bad as I thought it would be. I must say I have learned more valuable information from this technology class than I thought I would. Not only I can understand how technologies can play a role in the library systems, but all these lectures about coding and multiple web services, I can apply this information to my photography business. I am almost done with my own personal website (Thanks to my wonderful friend Nancy also) and I just switched over to wordpress for my photo blog. The coding for applying links and even CSS coding I have applied it to my blog to fix some minor design elements.
Ok, now I must get back to work on my grad homework.
Ok, now I must get back to work on my grad homework.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Rare Book School Experience
This past week I attended Rare Book School at UVA in Charlottesville, VA. I took a course called The Identification of the Photo Print Processes. I really wanted to take this course last summer, but my family planned vacation the same week it was offered, so I was thrilled I had another chance to take the class. It is a week long intensive course, 30 hours in class. My course was taught by James Reilly from the Image Permanence Institute (IPI), of Rochester Institute of Technology, and Ryan Boatright, a photographer that worked with Jim for numerous year at IPI. James also wrote a book over 20 years ago about the identification and structure of 19th century photographs.
So in the class we spent a week, learning about each process' time period it was used, the process to make the photograph, the chemicals and type of paper that was used, and certain characteristics to look for to identify the process of a photograph. I loved that they had so many examples of each type of process, so I got hands on experience with real photographs and see the details for my self. In the beginning I could barely remember the type of processes used. Now I am still unsure, but I know more about each process and can identify more photographs that I could ever before. It was amazing. We also got to create our own Gelatin Printed-Out paper (POP) photographs from old printing frames. Being away from the darkroom for a few years, really made me miss what begun my passion of photography, darkroom B&W printing.
My class had so many different professionals from around the nation. From conservators, rare book catalogers, Art History Professors, and even Rare Book Antiques Store Owners. They were all wonderful people and can't wait hopefully visit their libraries and museums that they work for.
If you have an opportunity to attend RBS I would highly recommend it. I am already am planning on taking another course summer.
So in the class we spent a week, learning about each process' time period it was used, the process to make the photograph, the chemicals and type of paper that was used, and certain characteristics to look for to identify the process of a photograph. I loved that they had so many examples of each type of process, so I got hands on experience with real photographs and see the details for my self. In the beginning I could barely remember the type of processes used. Now I am still unsure, but I know more about each process and can identify more photographs that I could ever before. It was amazing. We also got to create our own Gelatin Printed-Out paper (POP) photographs from old printing frames. Being away from the darkroom for a few years, really made me miss what begun my passion of photography, darkroom B&W printing.
My class had so many different professionals from around the nation. From conservators, rare book catalogers, Art History Professors, and even Rare Book Antiques Store Owners. They were all wonderful people and can't wait hopefully visit their libraries and museums that they work for.
If you have an opportunity to attend RBS I would highly recommend it. I am already am planning on taking another course summer.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Hi everyone!
I have not been home in a week! I can't wait to sleep in my own bed again, but it's all for great reasons. I call this "vacation" my educational road trip. I have fast track weekend this past weekend at Pitt. It was great to finally meet my classmates in person, and putting voices to the names I have been reading responses on Bb from. I definitely took the time while I was there to see sight of Pittsburgh. I visited the Andy Warhol Museum, ate a sandwich at Primanti's, and went to the Duquesne Incline. My 2 friends from college came up with me so I didn't drive alone, and went sigh seeing during the day while I was in class. I was glad I got to spend time with them as well :-). Once I get photos uploaded to my computer, I can put a few up here, or put a link to my photo blog where they may end up.
Then I had to leave super early Sunday from Pitt back to MD to drop off my friends, drive home to Falls Church, change suitcases, took a 20 minute nap, then hopped back in the car to drive to Charlottesville, VA, where I am now. I am here for the week attending Rare Book School at the University of Virginia. I opted to staying in an air conditioned dorm room, and I must say it's a little weird. Brings back memories from undergrad, but the dorms at UVA are old... and I mean old. My room has a fireplace which I find awesome, the windows are the old windows you see in colonial houses, and the front door to the building is decaying and reads "Peters 1879-1904" well it's still standing past 1904 unless this was rebuilt at some point. Charlottesville is beautiful and charming. I am going a little crazy though for eating at the same places (because it's super cheap and I need to save money).
I'll write in another post about the class I am taking and the experience after friday. I need to get some sleep since my brain is totally fried from so much information!
Goodnight!
I have not been home in a week! I can't wait to sleep in my own bed again, but it's all for great reasons. I call this "vacation" my educational road trip. I have fast track weekend this past weekend at Pitt. It was great to finally meet my classmates in person, and putting voices to the names I have been reading responses on Bb from. I definitely took the time while I was there to see sight of Pittsburgh. I visited the Andy Warhol Museum, ate a sandwich at Primanti's, and went to the Duquesne Incline. My 2 friends from college came up with me so I didn't drive alone, and went sigh seeing during the day while I was in class. I was glad I got to spend time with them as well :-). Once I get photos uploaded to my computer, I can put a few up here, or put a link to my photo blog where they may end up.
Then I had to leave super early Sunday from Pitt back to MD to drop off my friends, drive home to Falls Church, change suitcases, took a 20 minute nap, then hopped back in the car to drive to Charlottesville, VA, where I am now. I am here for the week attending Rare Book School at the University of Virginia. I opted to staying in an air conditioned dorm room, and I must say it's a little weird. Brings back memories from undergrad, but the dorms at UVA are old... and I mean old. My room has a fireplace which I find awesome, the windows are the old windows you see in colonial houses, and the front door to the building is decaying and reads "Peters 1879-1904" well it's still standing past 1904 unless this was rebuilt at some point. Charlottesville is beautiful and charming. I am going a little crazy though for eating at the same places (because it's super cheap and I need to save money).
I'll write in another post about the class I am taking and the experience after friday. I need to get some sleep since my brain is totally fried from so much information!
Goodnight!
Saturday, July 10, 2010
So a little story for you all.
On my first interview for my position that I have now at the Folger, I remember there were a bunch of cop cars outside the library. I was thinking to myself... "what am I getting myself into?!" Well turns out a man was arrested for theft of a first folio that he tried to get appraised at the Folger. Now 2 years later, of course the folio was returned to Durham, England, but the trials are going on and the man was just convicted. Here is the article in today's post about the outcome of the trial and the back story of how it all went down. Think of this as an awesome library mystery solved.
Shakespeare First Folio's saga ends as man is convicted of handling stolen goods
On my first interview for my position that I have now at the Folger, I remember there were a bunch of cop cars outside the library. I was thinking to myself... "what am I getting myself into?!" Well turns out a man was arrested for theft of a first folio that he tried to get appraised at the Folger. Now 2 years later, of course the folio was returned to Durham, England, but the trials are going on and the man was just convicted. Here is the article in today's post about the outcome of the trial and the back story of how it all went down. Think of this as an awesome library mystery solved.
Shakespeare First Folio's saga ends as man is convicted of handling stolen goods
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